Chapter Scholarships

Scholarships

Initiate Scholarship
Bay Area Alumni Association/Delta Omega

Guidelines for the BAAA - Initiate Scholarship

This Scholarship will be given to an initiate that is deemed to have done an exceptional job during their initiation period. The recipient has shown himself or herself to be an excellent candidate for membership, gauged minimally by completing all the requirements for induction into membership, and has pursued knowledge of the fraternity in all aspects of the tripod. Furthermore, candidates for the scholarship will have gone above and beyond the requirements laid out by the Chapter and carried out each task with enthusiasm. The funds for this scholarship are made available by charitable donation of members of the Bay Area Alumni Association, and when desired, the Delta Omega Chapter alumni (which will be referred to as BAAA from here on out).

Nominations from the Chapter will be taken during a regularly scheduled chapter meeting, or via email through BAAA, immediately following Induction. Nominations will consist of the name of the individual as well as a statement of reason. This statement will educate the selection committee on the merits of the individual and their nomination. Nominations may be anonymous. There can be a maximum of (3) three nominations from the Chapter. In the event that more than three (3) individuals are nominated by the Chapter, the first three (3) nominations received shall be the only considered. Duplicate nominations are not considered in determining the total quantity of nominations, but are provided to the selection committee for reference. In addition to the (3) three nominations, the Initiation Committee may nominate one (1) additional individual, if it feels that the chapter has not nominated the initiate the Initiation Committee deems to be a worthy candidate, based upon the description in the first paragraph of this document. Therefore, the maximum number of candidates can be (4) four. It is at the Chapter's discretion whether or not to nominate candidates. Furthermore, this Scholarship will be conducted subrosa. For the purposes of this Scholarship, the initiates are to have no knowledge of the scholarship prior to its awarding. All nominations and discussions regarding the scholarship are subrosa. If subrosa is violated, BAAA will not present the award to any candidate and will maintain funds for the next semester's candidates. In the event that there are no nominees for the Scholarship, BAAA will maintain the account and the fund will become available again for the next semester's candidates.

This nomination list of a maximum of (4) four candidates is to be sent to the leadership of BAAA. BAAA will seek input from all alumni that have interacted with the Initiates on two or more occasions, such as meetings, events, the review game, etc. BAAA will rely on the Chapter to furnish this list of alumni participants. This alumni input will be received during a meeting, which may occur online or in person, or the input may be in writing to the leadership of BAAA.

The selection committee will be made up of alumni in BAAA and members of the Chapter, with a total of five members. The alumni representation shall be no more than three members: at least one member of the BAAA leadership and at least one alumnus/a of the local Chapter will represent the alumni on the selection committee. In the event that an alumnus/alumna from the local chapter is not available, the remaining positions on the committee may be filled with any alumni meeting the prescribed requirements. The Chapter representatives shall be the Awards & Scholarship Chair and the Initiate Advisor. In their absence, the Awards & Scholarship Chair and the Initiate Advisor may choose to appoint a member of their committee to represent them. No more than one scholarship may be awarded per semester, unless by unanimous vote of the selection committee.

The award will be a scholarship in the amount of total local chapter and national dues, and will be awarded if the selection committee determines that one of the nominees is eligible/acceptable.

The scholarship need not be awarded every semester. This award is bestowed at the discretion of BAAA.

Nomination for the Alumni Scholarship

Criteria: The Initiate below has shown himself or herself to be an excellent candidate for membership, gauged minimally by completing all the requirements for induction into membership, and has pursued knowledge of the fraternity in all aspects of the tripod. Furthermore, this individual has gone above and beyond the requirements laid out by the Chapter and has carried out each task with enthusiasm.

Name:

Statement of Reason (i.e.: why is this individual deserving of this scholarship?):