Awards Guidelines
Sigma Lambda Chi
International Construction Honor Society


Awards Guidelines for 
International Outstanding Chapter Award,
High Achievement Award,
Excellence Award

A.     The award(s) shall be awarded annually.
B.     The award(s) shall be awarded by the International Sigma Lambda Chi.
C.     The International Secretary/Treasurer shall, each year, appoint three or four reviewers who are not chapter advisors.
D.     The reviewers shall grade the chapter activity as reflected in the Annual Chapter Activity Reports only.
       1.  Each of the seven activity parts shall be graded with a score of 0 to 10, with 10 being the highest.  Each of the reviewers shall report the itemized numbers for each activity part to the International Secretary/Treasurer.
       2.  The reviewer will be requested to consider chapter size.
E.     The International Office shall furnish each reviewer a numbered copy of the Annual Chapter Activity Report for each chapter, with the names of the school, university, chapter, advisor, and officers deleted.
F.     The reviewers will enter onto the reviewer's form a score for each item for each chapter.  The International Secretary/Treasurer shall total the scores for each chapter.
G.     The following two overall awards are to be awarded:
        1. The chapter with the highest score shall be awarded the International Outstanding Chapter Award.  In the event of a tie, all tying chapters shall receive the award. 
       2.  Chapters with high ratings in several areas are candidates for the High Achievement Award. 
H.     Chapters who are not receiving the International Outstanding Chapter Award or the High Achievement Award, and who score the highest in an activity area, shall receive one Excellence Award from among the following awards: [A chapter shall receive only one Excellence Award per year.]

1.              Excellence in Current Committees and Their Activities
2.              Excellence in Service Projects to the Major Field of Study
3.              Excellence in Service Projects to the Campus
4.              Excellence in Names of Outstanding Professional Persons in
          Construction Recognized as Honorary Members
5.              Excellence in Fund Raising Activities
6.              Excellence in Special Social Events
7.              Excellence in Pledge Projects

I.     The Annual Chapter Activity Reports shall be modified as follows:

1.       Show the number of active members before the newly installed.
2.       Show the number of newly installed members.
3.       Rearrange the form to make it easy to prepare for the reviewers.

J.     The Society shall, every year, issue to the chapters plaques and other trophies commemorating the awards.
K.     Each year, the International President shall send a letter of transmittal with the Chapter Activity Reports explaining the process to each chapter.

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Per Post-National-Convention Board, April 17, 1993; addendum April 1996; revised April 2001 (most recent changes  in Italics)


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Last updated April 2001.