The Standards of Excellence
Academic Resource Guide
1) Active Chapter Average GPA 2.75 or above
 Recruit members with established gpa’s above a 3.0
 Institute mid semester progress check in with professors
 Have all members fill out a Scholarship Contract at the beginning of the year
 Have actives and chapter make GPA goal
2) New Member Average GPA 2.75 or above
 Recruit members with established gpa’s above a 3.0
 Have all members fill out a Scholarship Contract at the beginning of the year
 Institute mid semester progress check in with professors
 Have New Members and chapter make GPA goal
 Provide structure and skill building content to Study Tables
3) Total Chapter Average GPA 2.75 or above
 Enforce standards and provide support to academically underperforming members with a referral to Greek
Academy and related campus resources, ThinkTank at http://thinktank.arizona.edu/ and Counseling and
Psychological Services at http://www.health.arizona.edu/webfiles/caps.htm
 Use your internal standards board to hold people accountable for falling below your academic standards
 Have an advisor who works specifically with the Academic Chairperson/Committee to place scholastic achievement at the core of the organization
 Make sure academic success is discussed at each chapter meeting
 Have each member make SMART goals, have an incentive program in place to reward those members who reached their goals.
4) Academic Advocate Program
Description Points
Hosts an
Academic
Event per year
Attend 4
Academic
Roundtables per year
Members complete
Greek
Academy each semester
All members
Chapter hosts an Academic event each semester. This may include Professor appreciation event, 100% attendance at campus academic based speaker, etc.
Held monthly by Council Academic Team
2 members from IFC and Panhellenic chapters, 1 member from USFC and NPHC chapters as covered by council funds. Those sanctioned to attend by GSB or their council do not count towards this total.
5
Possible
10
2 each
Possible 8
2 each semester
Possible 4
2 each

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ThinkTank each semester
4 Academic presentations per year
2 of these must be completed by a campus academic resource (i.e.: ThinkTank, FSP etc. ) semester
Possible 4
2 each presentat ion
Possible 8
3 points
Possible 3
Attend
Academic
Resources 101 meeting
Attend
Academic
Advocate semester Wrap
Up meeting
Semester
Academic Plan
Held January/August
Presented by ThinkTank ASTs
Held May/December by FSP staff/Council Academic
Team & ThinkTank ASTs
Must include: Chapter GPA goal, NM GPA goal, academic calendar including Academic event(s) & academic presentations, Role of academic officer and academic advisor, Academic incentives, GPA requirements
3 points
Possible 3
5 points per semester
Possible
10
50 points
possible
5) A percentage of the chapter's budget is dedicated to academic programming
 Create a values-based budget, with money being allocated based on your organization’s values (note: this should mean a sizeable chunk of your money and energy would go toward supporting academic success)
 Create academic scholarship packages for current and new members of your organization
 Create an academic awards structure to provide positive reward for those doing well academically and provide an incentive for those who are struggling. Some ideas include: o Highest GPA o Most Improved GPA o Academic Support Scholarships (for Aristotle and fee-based programs at the Think Tank) o Many national organizations have items that denote having high GPAs, reward members with organization items (dangles that can be attached to badges)
 Review your Chapter budget, if none allotted move to commit funds

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6) A Chapter has a minimum GPA to hold office
 Review Chapter Constitution and bylaws for specific information
 Chapter officers should abide by the same academic expectations of general membership
 Sample Statement: In order to hold office, a member have a minimum cumulative gpa of 2.75.
7) Chapter has a minimum GPA for members to attend social events
 Review Chapter Constitution and bylaws for specific information
 Sample Statement: In order to attend social events, a member must be considered to be good standing have a minimum
cumulative gpa of 2.75 and a previous semester GPA of a 2.75.
BONUS: Chapter has a Faculty Advisor of Faculty Fellow: This individual should be a current University faculty member that is able to provide academic guidance to the chapter or is a faculty fellow.
 Faculty fellow information can be found here: http://studentaffairs.arizona.edu/facultyfellows/
 Ask members if they have a good relationship with any faculty that they can reach out to for your chapter.
BONUS: Chapter has over a 3.0 cumulative GPA
BONUS: Chapter has higher than a 3.33 GPA
BONUS: Members are involved in Greek/Campus Honorary
List names of members
Order of Omega website: http://www.orderofomega.org/
Gamma Sigma Alpha website: http://gammasigmaalpha.org/
Sample Academic Program for Chapter
 Academic/Scholarship Description ( can be a part of a larger officer position) o Job description should include:
 Plan or promote academic workshops to chapter members
 Review all chapter members’ CUM and semester GPA each semester
 Oversee a portion of the budget to be used to promote academic success
 Recognize those members who have succeeded academically
 Hold members accountable who have fallen below the academic standards of the organization
 Programming for the whole chapter o Goal Planning for the Chapter
 Create a chapter goal GPA
 Two academic workshops for the chapter during the year
 Do a needs assessment to determine what the chapter can benefit from
 What will help students who are freshmen or sophomores?
 What will help students who are juniors or seniors? o Goal Planning for the Individual
 Create an individual goal GPA
 Each individual does a goals sheet for their semester

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 Each member should create a short term and long term career goals plan. They should review this plan with the academic chair or advisor each semester.
 Each member should complete a profile for scholarships through scholarshipuniverse.arizona.edu each semester
 Programming for academically successful members o 3.0 or higher
 Achieve 10 points per semester
 Programming for individuals who need assistance
2.75  less than 3.0 = 3 points per week
2.5  less than 2.75 = 5 points per week
2.0  less than 2.5 = 7 points per week
< 2.0  = 10 points per week o Points System
 (2) Attend Professor’s Office Hours (only once per week)
 (2) A positive grade check (only twice per semester)
 (3) Attend 5 monitored study hours (up to twice per week)
 (4) Meet with academic advisor
 (1) Get a B or higher on a minor paper or assignment
 (3) Get a B or higher on a major paper or assignment
 (1) Perfect attendance in class (each week)
 (1) Visit the Think Tank, writing center or other tutoring
 (3) Attend a workshop or speaker related to academics
 (1) Set a weekly academic S.M.A.R.T. goal
 (1) Achieve your weekly academic goal
 (1) Create a study plan for an assignment or test
 (5) Create a calendar combining all assignments from syllabi (only once per semester)
 (5) Join an academic honorary or other major/minor related student group (only once per semester