Collegiate awards serve to motivate and inspire all areas of chapter life: rewarding valued chapter characteristics and achievements. Chapter awards are earned by collegiate sisterhoods as a whole, not only officers, individual members, or advisors. Results are outcome-based, thereby making the awards process meaningful and transparent to all members of recipient chapters. Overall chapter performance is recognized each summer with Diamond Four Point and, in convention years, Golden Lion.
In early 2024, Grand Council unveiled the refreshed Four Points of our diamond badge: Sisterhood, Service, Character, and Knowledge. When leading with these core values, our chapters provide an outstanding membership experience to all members. Alpha Delta Pi is honored to recognize chapters that demonstrated their commitment to their sisters through achievement in academics, operations, facility management, finance, history reporting, marketing, membership experience, Panhellenic, philanthropy, and recruitment.
Delta—Texas
Kappa—Samford
Pi—Iowa State
Chi—Wittenberg
Alpha Iota—Pittsburg
Beta Alpha—Indiana
Beta Beta—Tennessee, Chattanooga
Beta Eta—Michigan
Beta Nu—Georgia
Beta Phi—Maryland
Beta Omega—Auburn
Gamma Theta—Mount Union
Gamma Phi—East Tennessee State
Delta Gamma—Arizona
Delta Kappa—Penn State
Delta Omicron—East Carolina
Epsilon Eta—Mississippi State
Epsilon Mu—Northern Iowa
Epsilon Nu—Ashland
Epsilon Omicron—Murray
Epsilon Pi—Georgia Southern
Epsilon Chi—Longwood
Epsilon Omega—Jacksonville
Zeta Beta—North Carolina State
Zeta Gamma—North Carolina, Charlotte
Zeta Epsilon—West Florida
Zeta Nu—Clemson
Zeta Xi—Virginia
Zeta Omicron—Georgia Tech
Zeta Tau—Winthrop
Zeta Phi—Francis Marion
Eta Pi—Virginia Tech
Eta Phi—Furman
Eta Omega—Centre College
Theta Delta—Delaware
Theta Kappa—Florida Atlantic
Theta Mu—Loyola
Theta Chi—Charleston Southern
Iota Beta—Campbell
In 1973, at the 123rd Anniversary Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, a new tradition began when the Golden Lion Hall of Fame Award was established. This award is the highest honor a chapter can receive. As was typical of Grand President Maxine Blake’s leadership, the award was introduced with grace, dignity, and a certain amount of fanfare when costumed trumpeters processed into the banquet hall to the delight of the Convention body. The Golden Lion Hall of Fame award is achieved by meeting exceptionally high standards in whole-chapter operations across all functional areas, including recruitment and member retention, membership engagement, marketing, service to others, chapter GPA, and business operations including accounts receivable and net income.
All chapters who earned at least seven Programming Excellence Awards at ADPi Academy were nominated for Golden Lion. Nominees completed a qualitative application of five questions where they shared their chapters’ successes in Chapter Operations, Member Experience, Alumnae Engagement, Chapter Marketing, and Support of the Alpha Delta Pi Brand. A committee of experienced alumnae volunteers very carefully reviewed each application and narrowed the list to the final winners—the very best of the best.
Golden Lion Nominated Chapters
Eta—University of Alabama
Iota—Florida State University
Kappa—Samford University
Xi—Ohio University
Pi—Iowa State University
Chi—Wittenberg University
Beta Alpha—Indiana University
Beta Beta—University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Beta Epsilon—University of South Carolina
Beta Sigma—Mercer University
Beta Omega—Auburn University
Gamma Iota—University of Florida
Gamma Phi—East Tennessee State University
Delta Nu—Southeast Missouri State University
Delta Omicron—East Carolina University
Epsilon Eta—Mississippi State University
Epsilon Mu—University of Northern Iowa
Epsilon Nu—Ashland University
Epsilon Pi—Georgia Southern University
Epsilon Tau—Middle Tennessee State University
Epsilon Chi—Longwood University
Epsilon Psi—Tennessee Technological University
Zeta Beta—North Carolina State University
Zeta Gamma—University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Zeta Mu—Appalachian State University
Zeta Nu—Clemson University
Zeta Omicron—Georgia Institute of Technology
Zeta Phi—Francis Marion University
Eta Xi—Presbyterian College
Eta Omega—Centre College
Theta Theta—Quinnipiac University
Theta Iota—Bucknell University
Theta Kappa—Florida Atlantic University
Golden Lion Winning Chapters
Kappa—Samford University
Beta Beta—University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Delta Omicron—Eastern Carolina University
Epsilon Eta—Mississippi State University
Epsilon Pi—Georgia Southern University
Gamma Phi—East Tennessee State University
Zeta Nu—Clemson University
Zeta Omicron—Georgia Institute of Technology
Zeta Phi—Francis Marion University
