TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology’s Triangle Fraternity has been recognized nationally with a $100,000 prize.
During the fraternity’s national convention in Orlando, the RHIT chapter was given the first place prize in the Larry and Judy Garotoni Building Better Men Program. Chapter President Luke Dawdy said the money may be used in the chapter’s plans to build a new chapter house on campus. A total of 32 members currently live in the group’s campus house which opened in 1968. Officers are starting to meet with chapter alumni and Rose-Hulman officials about plans to construct a new house or make improvements to the current building.
“This award recognizes that our chapter is headed in the right direction and supports long-range plans for the chapter to get even stronger,” said Dawdy.
The Triangle fraternity boasts a current roster of 60 members in the RHIT chapter, with 28 of those being new members.
The membership’s 3.264 cumulative grade-point average for the 2021-22 academic year was higher than the collective academic mark for all students at the college last year. Members were involved in more than 30 campus organizations and five varsity athletic teams, with several holding executive or key leadership roles. In the area of philanthropy, Triangle chapter members assisted in service projects that included a Praying Pelican Missions trip to a community in Belize last spring, assembling bicycles for Terre Haute Chances and Support of Youth’s Bikes For Tykes holiday project, assisting a variety of campus fundraising events, and supporting the national Triangle fraternity’s FIRST Robotics program.
Rose-Hulman news release
