Lambda Chi Alpha - University of Missouri

gamma Kappa Zeta achievementS and honorS greeK WeeK and homecoming • 2nd place in Greek Week 2015 • 1st place in Greek Week 2013 • 2nd place in Greek Week 2012 • 1st place in Greek Week 2011 • 4th place in Greek Week 2010 • 4th place in Homecoming 2014 athLeticS • 1st place Division 1 intramurals 2014 • 1st place Division 1 intramurals 2013 • 2nd place Division 1 intramurals 2012 academicS • Fall 2014 GPA: 3.081; 7th-highest fraternity GPA, higher than all-university and all-fraternity GPA • GPA has been above 3.06 for past four years • Passed motion to raise GPA requirement to 2.6 in fall 2015 and 2.7 in fall 2016 • Received Alumni Consortium Academic Achievement Award for best academic programming phiLanthropy • Collected over 50,000 pounds of food for Feeding America through Watermelon Fest in the fall; Watermelon Fest also had the largest sorority participation with 450+ recruitment • Fall 2014 was the largest recruitment in recent memory • 3rd-largest fraternity on campus " " Fraternities do great things for young men. The men of Gamma Kappa today are top notch." – don fuson'66, GK 556 our urgent need W hile the Gamma Kappa experience is certainly more than the bricks and mortar of the chapter house, our home plays a significant role in the development of our brotherhood. It serves as a symbol of our shared values and goals, a symbol of generations of Gamma Kappa men. Built in 1912, 111 E. Stewart Road is showing its age. At the same time, shifts in the culture of college campuses nationwide, and specifically shifts in culture within the Mizzou Greek community, require us to rebuild our chapter house. Now is the time to make a major investment in our chapter home if we are to remain competitive on campus. In order to ensure that Lambda Chi remains one of the premier fraternities on campus, we must provide an updated home that provides a quality living environment, encourages personal and academic excellence, and fosters brotherhood. Why not 503 KentucKy? Because many of our alumni relate their Lambda Chi experience to our home on 503 Kentucky, the Gamma Kappa alumni leadership team has exhaustively pursued all options to move back into Greek Town. Specifically, two real estate searches, one with Prudential Select Properties and one with House of Brokers, came back negative and gave no hope for open real estate in the foreseeable future. Additionally, the current owners of 503 Kentucky were formally approached to buy the

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