Chapter receives coveted Gold Star from GHQ!

The Missouri State Phi Delt chapter has received another nod from General Headquarters this August. Missouri Epsilon was one of 25 chapters in the country to earn the Gold Star Award which is awarded to the chapters that have shown overall excellence in chapter operations.

Missouri Epsilon Website Receives Award

The Chapter Website Award recognizes the undergraduate chapter with the most outstanding chapter website. The award is based upon the chapter’s representation of Phi Delta Theta on their site, as well as the technical aspects of the site. With over two dozen applicants this year, Phi Delta Theta recognized both a winner and two honorable mentions for this award. See the full report at phideltatheta.org Here is what we’ve done to the site and why we are proud to call our selves champions of online content:

New visual design – cleaner, more appropriately sized for this decade.

Mobile Version included – Site auto-detects visitors when they view using a mobile device, and displays a mobile friendly version.

WordPress Based - Managed using web-based Content Management System so we can make edits from any computer with internet access – no software required.

Integrated Social Feeds – Twitter feed appears on the home page, and both twitter and Facebook are linked in the footer of each page.

Optimized for Searching – Site is Google friendly, so searching for our chapter online yields better, faster results.

Online contact forms – In the footer of each post is a contact form that allows quick mails to be set to the chapter without accessing a mail client.

Footer Tags – Footer includes recent posts and popular topics to promote further exploration of the site.

New Quick share menu – Appears as tabs at the end of each post – Allows quick sharing of links, posts, pages and more all with a clink that links back to the MSU twitter account.

Added Alumni Info Update Page – Allows alums to email basic data quickly via the site.

Added the Founder’s Day purchase pages – allowing online purchase of banquet tickets and golf.

Added picture gallery Linked up to chapter presidents flickr account, allowing easy updates from a mobile device.

Integrated a Google Calendar – http://missouriepsilon.com/events/full-calendar/ . Chapter can update the calendar using the Google service and it updates live to the new website.

Linked up to YouTube page http://www.youtube.com/phideltathetaghq

Traffic tracked with Google Analytics allowing the chapter to see popular pages and posts.

Members only Section – Fraternity details, bylaws and more.

Bylaws online – Behind a special password protected page.

FULL Membership listing now online – Minus the personal data, all members are now listed online http://missouriepsilon.com/chapter/our-brotherhood/

Chapter receives awards from general Headquarters

The Missouri State Phi Delt chapter has received two awards from General Headquarters this summer. Missouri Epsilon was one of 32 chapters in the country to earn the Hayward S. Biggers Ritual Award which is awarded to the chapters that demonstrate quality ritual performance in accordance with the laws of the Fraternity.

We were also one of 32 chapters in the country to earn the Community Service Citation, which is awarded to those chapters that are involved within their communities as volunteers and philanthropists. Community service hours, money raised for philanthropy, and scope of the projects are all factors in determining the winners of this award.