Sigma Alpha Iota

PAN PIPES • FALL 2015 • sai-national.org 42 2015 Fraternity Awards e Gamma Iota Chapter is this year's National Collegiate Chapter Achievement Award recipient. is chapter held several fun and exciting events in their community and on campus this year. Some of them included: a Girl Scout badge day; Lessons with Sisters — a program the chapter devised that provides free private music lessons to less fortunate youth in the community; a Mr. Red and White pageant, with proceeds going to SAI Philanthropies Inc.; concerts at local nursing homes; and a recruitment event where they made small instruments and sent them to the Richmond Virginia Children's Hospital. ey also supported a project in Harrisonburg Virginia called Our Community Place, an organization dedicated to individuals struggling with poverty and difficult life circumstances. e chapter purchased food, prepared dinner, and served the homeless. During dinner, the chapter provided music for the patrons. ey also held a Philanthropies week in April, where they hosted different events each day to showcase the fraternity and raise money for SAI Philanthropies Inc. is year they raised $1,500, bringing their total SAI Philanthropies Inc. donation this triennium to $5,526.42. Gamma Iota continues to grow as a chapter, focusing on creating new and exciting events for their sisters to participate in each year. Katherine Becker National Collegiate Chapter Achievement Award Gamma Iota James Madison University, Iota B, Region VII REGION CHAPTER SCHOOL PROVINCE I Alpha Phi U. of Colorado/Boulder Xi C I Kappa Psi California State U.-Fresno Delta B I Sigma Zeta U. of Idaho Nu II Alpha Zeta Oklahoma City U. Zeta B II Beta Theta Sam Houston State U. Kappa D II Iota Theta U. of North Texas Kappa B II Kappa Upsilon Kansas State U. Theta A III Pi Chapter Drake U. Xi B III Theta Tau Southern Illinois-Carbondale Pi B IV Delta Zeta Troy U. Rho A IV Epsilon Iota U. of Tennessee at Mar n Psi C IV Zeta Rho Arkansas Tech U. Mu B V Beta Northwestern U. Gamma A REGION CHAPTER SCHOOL PROVINCE V Beta Mu Northern Illinois U. Gamma B V Iota Pi Albion College Alpha B VI Eta Beta U. of North Carolina-Pembroke Tau D VI Theta Chi U. of South Carolina Tau C VII Alpha U. of Michigan Alpha A VII Alpha Gamma Muskingum U. Sigma C VII Delta Sigma U. of Dayton Sigma B VII Eta Psi Northern Kentucky U. Sigma A VII Gamma Gamma Shenandoah U. Iota C VII Gamma Iota James Madison U. Iota B VII Gamma Zeta Old Dominion U. Iota D VII Lambda Eta Lee U. Psi A VIII Lambda Tau Westminster Choir College at Rider U. Phi A Collegiate Chapter Province Achievement Award Regional finalists in red National Outstanding Advisor Award Dr. Renée Chérie Clark Sigma Mu, Hillsdale College, Alpha A, Region VII Dr. Renée Chérie Clark, Faculty Advisor for the Sigma Mu chapter, is this year's recipient of the National Outstanding Advisor Award. Dr. Clark is a top educator in the field of musicology and beloved by her chapter. is year, she attended many chapter events, including a series of recruitment events, fundraising activities, concerts, and charitable events. Her participation in chapter activities ranged from interacting with potential new members at recruitment events to performing in chapter concerts throughout the year. Her exceptional abilities as an advisor were particularly noted in her ability to support the chapter's leadership both in and outside of chapter activities. In the words of her chapter, "she found a way to encourage the active membership and personal growth of all chapter members, taking the time to meet with individual members and the chapter as a whole. When chapter officers found themselves struggling with insecurities, she would lend a listening ear and gently inquire without prying. She would then lighten the mood with her quirky and delightful sense of humor, followed by supportive insight that every insecure student needs to hear." Dr. Clark was educated at the University of California at Riverside (BA in Music, MA in Historical Performance Practice) and the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (Ph.D. in Musicology). As a musicologist, Dr. Clark specializes in British music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and her articles and reviews have appeared in Ralph Vaughan Williams Essays, Fontis Artis Musicae, and MLA Notes. As an accompanist, Dr. Clark has appeared throughout the United States, Mexico, and the UK. In 1996, she was awarded the Ralph Vaughan Williams Fellowship, and in 1998 she was awarded the Rotary International Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship.

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