Section 51 History:
Section 51 was formed as a result of the reorganization of Section 48, which covered all of Illinois with the exception of the counties surrounding the St. Louis area, on April 12, 2003. The member Chapters at the time were Eta (Northern Illinois University), Gamma Sigma (University of Chicago), Pi Eta (Loyola University), and Sigma Sigma (University of Illinois at Chicago). Since that time, Alpha Beta Omicron (Elmhurst College), Upsilon Iota (DePaul University), Sigma (Northwestern) and Beta Gamma (Roosevelt University) have been rechartered and Alpha Zeta Delta (Lake Forest College) was chartered.
Past Conference Hosts:
Annual spring Section conferences are held jointly with Section 47 (Western Illinois) and Section 50 (Eastern Illinois).
Past conferences have been held at:
Past conferences have been held at:
1978 Illinois Institute of Technology (Delta Epsilon) *
1994 Illinois Wesleyan University (Omega Epsilon) * 1995 University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign (Alpha Alpha) * 1996 Augustana College (Lambda Rho) * 1997 University of Illinois - Chicago (Sigma Sigma) * 1998 Knox Collge (Alpha Beta Gamma) * 1999 Northern Illinois University (Eta) * 2000 Illinois College (Eta Sigma) * 2001 Illinois State University (Theta Epsilon) * 2002 Eastern Illinois University (Delta Psi) * 2003 Northern Illinois University (Eta) * 2004 Illinois State University (Theta Epsilon) 2005 Augustana College (Lambda Rho) * denotes Section 48 Conference |
2006 University of Illinois - Chicago (Sigma Sigma)
2007 Millikin University (Eta Epsilon) 2008 Illinois Wesleyan University (Omega Epsilon) 2009 Illinois College (Eta Sigma) 2010 Northern Illinois University (Eta) 2011 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Alpha Alpha) 2012 Loyola University - Chicago and Northwestern University (Pi Eta and Sigma) 2013 Bradley University (Zeta Alpha) 2014 Augustana College (Lambda Rho) 2015 Northern Illinois University (Eta) 2016 Bradley University (Zeta Alpha) |
Section 51 Chair History:
The following are past Section Chairs of the Section:
* denotes Section 48 Chair
* denotes Section 48 Chair
Gary Anderson ( - 1978) *
Roger Elliot (1978 - 1980) * Greg Svboda (1980 - 1992) * Kevin Wyatt (1992-1995) * Karen Cramer-Salverson (1995-1996) * Natalie Ferber (1996 - 1998) * Dave Goode (1998 - 2001) * |
Sol Lieb (2001 - 2002) *
Chris Tracy (2002 - 2003) * Jeremy Bingman (2003 - 2009) Kelly Goodpaster (2009 - 2014) Jaclyn Burke (2014 - 2017) Matthew Smith (2017 - Present) |
Section 51 Award History:
Chapter of the Year
2005 Gamma Sigma 2008 Pi Eta 2009 Pi Eta 2010 Eta 2011 Alpha Zeta Delta 2012 Pi Eta 2013 Sigma 2014 Gamma Sigma 2015 Alpha Zeta Delta 2016 Upsilon Iota 2017 Alpha Zeta Delta Friend of the Year
2005 Heather Dunlap - Gamma Sigma 2005 Brianne Koletsos - Alpha Beta Omicron 2006 Dan Novak - Eta 2008 Victoria Allen - Sigma Sigma 2009 Neil Tabotabo - Sigma Sigma 2010 Tim Godsey - Eta 2011 Britt Logan - Pi Eta 2012 Lauren Holtz - Pi Eta 2013 Jessica Byler - Eta 2014 Avery Ash - Beta Gamma 2015 Neeku Hosseini - Sigma Sigma 2016 Julia Lovelace - Alpha Zeta Delta 2017 Andrew McVea Advisor of the Year
2004 Tom Liggett - Eta 2005 Jennifer Carroll - Alpha Beta Omicron 2006 Tom Liggett - Eta 2009 Melissa Haak - Sigma Sigma 2010 Becky Harlow - Eta 2011 Becky Harlow - Eta 2012 Colin Smalley - Sigma Sigma 2013 Colin Smalley - Sigma and Sigma Sigma 2014 Scott Begin - Gamma Sigma 2015 Norm Phillips - Alpha Zeta Delta 2016 Sean Veal - Pi Eta 2017 Andrea Gilman |
Service Program of the Year
2008 Sigma Sigma 2009 Eta 2010 Eta 2011 Pi Eta 2012 Sigma Sigma 2013 Eta 2014 Alpha Beta Omicron 2015 Gamma Sigma 2016 Gamma Sigma 2017 Alpha Zeta Delta Section 51 Distinguished Service Key Recipients
2004 Jennifer Carroll 2008 Nick Wolff 2009 Jeremy Bingman 2013 Amy Goodwin 2013 Victoria Allen 2014 Kelly Goodpaster 2016 Andrea Gilman Outstanding New Volunteer of the Year
2006 Nicole Fortier 2007 Kelly Goodpaster 2008 Kathryn Economy 2009 Craig Bona 2010 Victoria Allen 2011 Jaime Patel & Colin Smalley 2012 Cassie Ramel 2013 Elsbeth Klotz 2014 Jaclyn Burke 2015 Gail Concepcion 2017 Caitlin Spratt |
Leader of the Year
2004 Marc Gorecki - Eta 2005 Dave Munson - Gamma Sigma 2005 Robert Heck - Eta 2006 Henry "Hank" Handler - Eta 2009 Giovani Aviles - Sigma Sigma 2010 Drew Redmond - Pi Eta 2011 Cassie Goodpaster - Upsilon Iota 2012 Megan Wozniak - Alpha Beta Omicron 2013 Cassie Goodpaster - Upsilon Iota 2014 Gail Conception - Beta Gamma 2015 Fernando Arce - Beta Gamma 2016 Jessica Naber - Beta Gamma 2017 Sien Hasker Retired: Most Improved Chapter
2004 Gamma Sigma Outstanding Volunteer of the Year
2006 Joe Wohrstein 2007 Nicole Fortier & Tom Liggett 2008 Rob Rion 2009 Amy Goodwin 2010 Kathryn Economy 2011 Victoria Allen 2012 Victoria Allen 2012 Colin Smalley 2013 Colin Smalley 2014 Jaclyn Burke & Amy Goodwin 2015 Kelly Goodpaster 2016 Fernando Arce 2017 Matthew Smith View Section 48 Award recipients here. |