Criteria for Alpha Alpha Album of Distinction Candidate ~ 2016

The following criteria has been established to create a consistent recognition for Alpha Alpha State members for inclusion in the Album of Distinction. Please consider the information below as you complete a chapter member's nomination form for the 2016 Album of Distinction Award:

Recognition must be for an honor or distinction received or service performed beyond The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International.

Recognition will be given on an annual basis during the State Convention. This year’s candidates shall have received their honors between April 1, 2015, and April 1, 2016.

The nominee must be a contributing/participating member in good standing with her chapter (Active or Reserve).

A completed nomination form will be filed with the Educational Excellence Committee by April 1, 2016, in order to be recognized at the 2016 convention.

Nominations for candidates receiving awards after the stated deadline may be submitted for recognition during the following year’s convention. All applications for the Album of Distinction, received in a timely manner, will be reviewed and evaluated by the Educational Excellence Committee to determine those applicants worthy of the recognition of this distinction of honor.

Included in the application form must be a description of the nominee’s distinction and how this distinction has fulfilled one or more of the seven purposes of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International. Please support your recommendation with specific examples.

All Album of Distinction awardees will be honored at the Friday Night Reception on June 10, 2016, at the State Convention. If either the award winner or chapter president is unable to attend a designee chosen by the chapter president may fill in for either the awardee or chapter president.

A wallet-size color photo (jpeg preferable) of the nominee must be included with the nomination form. Please do not send newspaper photographs.

Any member can file a nomination form on behalf of another member.

All awardees will be notified of their selection by May 1, 2016, in time to register for the Convention. Please complete the Nomination Form and send to:

Marj Paradise, 810 Stone Hill Road, Conestoga PA 17516 or by April 1, 2016.