The 2010 Grand Arch Council is now complete! Right around 700 people attended in Orlando for the biennial governing convention, making it the second largest GAC on record!

Those in attendance likely saw the new Phi Kappa Psi polo shirts worn by members of the staff and Executive Council in Orlando. Those are now available for sale (in 3 different colors) and you can do so with this order form.

Follow the Action

For those of you unable to join Phi Kappa Psi in Orlando, there are several ways to get a recap of what took place.

1) For brothers with Phi Psi Connect accounts, you can read our blog posts from four different GAC attendees. The national blog appears in everybody's Connect page in the "News & Announcements" container

2) Hundreds of pictures are now on Phi Kappa Psi's Flickr page. You can visit it using the link buttons above, or by clicking here.

3) Videos from the week in Orlando are being edited at this time. We will have those uploaded to our YouTube channel in a few days.

Golf Outing  

Despite hot and steamy conditions, several groups braved the weather to compete in the second Founders Cup. Congratulations to our winning foursome:

(From left to right: Jim Boyle Washington '88, Scott Noble Texas '81, Will Haskett Butler '00 and Bruce Jackson Case Western '70)

Awards Luncheon

Thursday saw the recognition of some of Phi Psi's best chapters. The 2010 GAC Awards Luncheon presented the following awards:

Thomas Cochran Campbell Award – Kansas (Kansas Alpha) 

Founders Award – Stanford (California Beta) 

Alumni Relations – West Virginia (West Virginia Alpha) 

Senior Involvement – Kansas (Kansas Alpha) 

Griffing-Tate – Stanford (California Beta) 

Amici Award – CSU-Long Beach (California Xi) 

Edgar Fahs Smith Award – Michael H. McCoy Indiana ’58 

Ralph R. Haney Award – Stanford (California Beta) 

Chapter Public Relations Award – Lycoming (Pennsylvania Phi) 

Intramural Excellence Award – Butler (Indiana Zeta) 

Outstanding Recruitment Publication – DePaul (Illinois Zeta) 

Outstanding Chapter Newsletter – Cornell (New York Alpha) 

Risk Management Award – Bucknell (Pennsylvania Gamma) 

Outstanding Alumni Association - Indianapolis AA 

Alumni Corporation Award for Continued Excellence – Missouri (Missouri Alpha)

Alumni Corporation Achievement Award – Purdue (Indiana Delta) 

Hyatt Pat Eby Award – Stanford (California Beta) 

Ralph D. Daniel Award for Chapter Management – RIT (New York Theta) 

Most Improved Chapter – Beloit (Wisconsin Gamma) 

Outstanding Chapter Advisor - Mark Wong UC-Davis ’88 

Dr. Gordon S. Letterman Award – RIT (New York Theta) 

Phi Psi Big Brother Award – Ashland (Ohio Theta) 

Membership Excellence Award – Purdue (Indiana Delta)

The Final Banquet also awarded the highest honors in the Fraternity. Don Fites Valparaiso '53 was awarded the Medal of Honor. Rob Parada RIT '92 was awarded the Edward H. Knight Award for Merit. And our chapter at Stanford (Calif. Beta) culminated the night by winning Grand Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi for 2010.