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| Contact: Executive Director Laurence A. Bolotin, M.Ed., CAE, Alpha Zeta (University of Florida) '01 | | August 25, 2016 | lbolotin@zbtnational.org; (317) 334-1898 |
Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity awards the Brummer Cup for Best Chapter to Iota Chapter at the University of Denver
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity has awarded the Iota Chapter at the University of Denver with the 2016 Brummer Cup for Best Chapter on Saturday, July 23, 2016, at the 2016 International Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. |
 | | Iota Chapter undergraduate and alumni brothers in attendance at the Grand Awards Banquet on July 23, 2016. The Iota Chapter was honored with several awards at 2016 International Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| Iota has been among the top chapters in all of Zeta Beta Tau for several years. The chapter stands out for its commitment to education, brotherhood, operational success, Ritual and the Credo, and still chapter leadership was able to demonstrate great improvement in the 2015-2016 school year. The chapter has more than 100 brothers. The chapter leadership is unquestionably committed to the growth and success of all brothers, the campus community, alumni of ZBT and antecedent groups, the Jewish community and ZBT as a whole.
"The Iota Chapter is a true leader at the University of Denver and within ZBT. The group's commitment to the ideals of our Fraternity are unmatched," said International President Norman M. Waas, Esq., Alpha Omega (University of Miami) '82. "Year in and year out, Iota has been a leader of our Fraternity. The brothers and our chapter advisors are to be commended for showing us all what it means to be a brotherhood for a lifetime."
The Brummer Cup takes its name from the highest honor given to a chapter of Phi Sigma Delta Fraternity, which merged with Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity in 1969.
"On behalf of the alumni and advisors of Iota Chapter, we are thrilled that after nearly a decade of being one of ZBT's top chapters that Iota has once again won the Brummer Cup," said Past International President Stephen P. Ehrlich, Esq., Iota (University of Denver) '70, long-time chapter advisor to Iota. "The pursuit of excellence has always been a hallmark of the chapter. The undergraduates should be proud of this well-deserved honor, but more importantly of the effort they make every day to live their lives in accordance with our Ritual and Credo." |
|  | | Iota Chapter delegates accept the Omega Award (left) and the Heritage Award (right) at the 2016 International Convention. |
| Iota Chapter also received the Heritage Award for outstanding heritage programming, the Omega Award for outstanding publications, the Lee Dover Award for excellence in chapter programming, the Sid Luckman Award for outstanding participation in intercollegiate athletics and the Barry D. Siegel Award for outstanding recruitment for campuses of its size at the 2016 International Convention.
"Congratulations to the undergraduate brothers and alumni advisors of Iota Chapter on this well-deserved recognition. I am proud of these men in the way they have made ZBT’s Credo come to life. It’s great to be a ZBT," said National Permanent Endowment Fund President Gregg F. Witt, Iota (University of Denver) '77.
View the chapter's Summer 2016 newsletter, An Iota's Worth, featuring information on the award as well as a video of the Brummer Cup presentation.
Chapter alumni are planning a celebration on the University of Denver campus on September 22. See more information here.
Iota Chapter will celebrate its centennial anniversary in 2019.
"We are in the midst of developing final plans for an expansion of the chapter house and a fundraising effort through the University to raise some of the money for that effort. The alumni also support the Bruce Saiber Fund, which is part of the Zeta Beta Tau Foundation. It helps us send additional delegates to International Convention and Dover Days," Past International President Ehrlich said.
The Brummer Cup runners-up in 2016 were Alpha Alpha Chapter at Purdue University and Delta Iota Chapter at the University of Central Florida.
Gifts in honor of the Iota Chapter may be made to the Zeta Beta Tau Foundation via zbt.org/donate. Learn more about the Zeta Beta Tau Foundation at zbt.org/foundation.
Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity was founded in 1898 in New York City as the world’s first Jewish fraternity. ZBT is a Brotherhood of Kappa Nu, Phi Alpha, Phi Sigma Delta, Phi Epsilon Pi and Zeta Beta Tau. ZBT is represented on nearly 90 campuses across North America and has 140,000 undergraduate and alumni brothers throughout the world.
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