{"id":12823,"date":"2026-05-06T16:37:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/?p=12823"},"modified":"2026-05-06T16:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:37:35","slug":"a-tradition-of-service-mizzou-fraternities-and-sororities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2026\/05\/06\/a-tradition-of-service-mizzou-fraternities-and-sororities\/","title":{"rendered":"A tradition of service: Mizzou fraternities and sororities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Sorority-Chapter-of-the-Year-2026-edited.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1623\" height=\"2166\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Sorority-Chapter-of-the-Year-2026-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Addison Hurley and Rileigh Hooton from Delta Delta Delta accepting the award for Sorority Chapter of the Year\" class=\"wp-image-12826\" style=\"width:auto;height:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Sorority-Chapter-of-the-Year-2026-edited.jpg 1623w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Sorority-Chapter-of-the-Year-2026-edited-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Sorority-Chapter-of-the-Year-2026-edited-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Sorority-Chapter-of-the-Year-2026-edited-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Sorority-Chapter-of-the-Year-2026-edited-1151x1536.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Sorority-Chapter-of-the-Year-2026-edited-1535x2048.jpg 1535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1623px) 100vw, 1623px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Addison Hurley, 2025-26 chapter president, and Rileigh Hooton, 2026-27 chapter president, from Delta Delta Delta accepting the award for Sorority Chapter of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the semester concludes, it\u2019s also a chance to look back and recognize the legacy and ongoing accomplishments of our fraternity and sorority communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, we celebrated the <a href=\"https:\/\/studentaffairs.missouri.edu\/celebrate\/student-involvement-awards\/\">2026 Student Involvement Awards<\/a> \u2013 honoring the excellence of individual student leaders and groups across campus. Each winner provides an outstanding example of how to get involved and make a difference. Mizzou\u2019s fraternity and sorority organizations had an incredible showing and walked away with many top recognitions, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<strong>\u2022<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Fraternity Chapter of the Year:<\/strong>\u00a0Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Sorority Chapter of the Year<\/strong>: Delta Delta Delta<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Service Program of the Year:<\/strong>\u00a0Alpha Gamma Sigma Homecoming 2025 Service Campaign<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>New Program of the Year<\/strong>: Smash-a-Car by Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. x Sigma Phi Epsilon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Community Building Program of the Year<\/strong>: Sisterhood United | Cross-council collaborative event<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/000149.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/000149-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"President Choi presenting during the Sigma Nu, Rho Chapter 140th Anniversary\" class=\"wp-image-12824\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/000149-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/000149-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/000149-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/000149-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/000149.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Choi presenting during the Sigma Nu, Rho Chapter 140<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary celebration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also attended the recent 140<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary celebration of Sigma Nu, Rho Chapter. The chapter is among the oldest on campus and has a <a>dee<\/a>p history of accomplished alumni, including Rich Kinder, who with his wife Nancy established <a href=\"https:\/\/democracy.missouri.edu\/\">the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy<\/a>, and current Chapter Advisor Dave Baker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For generations of Tigers, our fraternity and sorority communities have provided opportunities for involvement and connection. It\u2019s a legacy that unites alumni to current students while advancing a shared commitment to service at Mizzou and throughout the community.<br>\u00a0<br>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the semester concludes, it\u2019s also a chance to look back and celebrate the legacy and ongoing accomplishments of our fraternity and sorority communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12823"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12834,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12823\/revisions\/12834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}