News

The Society Board of Governors and Executive Council are hard at work for our chapters and alumni, and are always looking for help from our members, both undergrad and alumni.

The following committees and initiatives currently have a need for volunteer help from our membership.
If you would like to help with one of these projects, please email your name, chapter and year, along with a note of which project/s interest you, to volunteer@adps.org.

UNH Greek Life released the Spring 2010 academic rankings and once again our Granite Chapter is on top of them all for Member and New Member grade point averages above their campus average.

They also received special recognition from the UNH Dean of Greek Life in the campus announcement, stating "The men and women of Alpha Delta Phi deserve additional accolades for finishing with GPAs above their campus average in every documented area."

The Middletown Chapter proudly acknowledges the awards and honors earned by our members during the 2009-2010 academic year at Wesleyan University.

Of our graduating seniors, two received degrees with University Honors, seven received Departmental High Honors, and two received Departmental Honors. Five members were elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

In addition, our members received 14 academic prizes, including:

The Alumni of the Alpha Delta Phi Society have created several Regional Graduate Organizations (RGOs) across the country as part of the Life Long Experience for alumni to stay in touch with the Phi and meet and network with fellow siblings in their region.

Our current RGOs are:

adpsBoston - the Boston-area graduate organization.

AD|DC - the DC-area graduate organization.

ADP-NYC - the New York-area graduate organization.

ADPS-Chicago - the Chicago-area graduate organization.

BayDPhi Society - the Northern California graduate organization.

ADPS-NW - the Pacific Northwest graduate organization.

The Alpha Delta Phi Society’s Tenth Convention and Leadership Training Conference will be hosted by the Middletown Chapter from March 19-21, 2010. I hope you will consider joining us at this important Society event! Click here to register on-line!

The Convention is the supreme legislative power of the Society. During business sessions, we will discuss current and future Society projects and participate in educational presentations. You can view the Convention Binder materials, and other Convention information, on-line by clicking here.

All Society members are invited to share their views. But Conventions are about more than business.

The Samuel Eells Literary and Educational Foundation has launched a new web site at samueleells.org. The web site includes information about SELEF's mission and purpose, Literary Contest, and Seward Scholarships. If you would like to make a tax deductible donation to the Samuel Eells Literary and Educational Foundation's Chamberlain Fund to support the Society's educational and literary-related efforts, please click here.

Delegates to the 2009 Alpha Delta Phi Society Convention and Leadership Training Conference passed a series of resolutions about Society operations. Under the Society's Constitution, the Convention is the supreme legislative body of our organization.

The Alpha Delta Phi Society is given the opportunity to publish a page once a year in the Fraternity's Xaipe newsletter. This option exists pursuant to the negotiated agreement that resulted in the separation of the Alpha Delta Phi Society from The Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity in 1992.

The Society's page is included below in pdf format. To read the entire Fraternity Xaipe newsletter, click here to go to the Fraternity's Xaipe archive.

Michael Roth, Middletown 1978, reviews Geoffrey Nunberg's latest book, The Years of Talking Dangerously, in the June 16, 2009, edition of the San Francisco Chronicle.

Ilana Wind Newell, Middletown 1994, has been elected to the Wesleyan University Board of Trustees. Click here to learn more.