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Standing Awards  |  Recipients

Standing Province IX Awards

Province IX Travelers Award Founded: March 2004 (Glendale, AZ) First Awarded: March 2004 (Glendale, AZ) Description: The Travelers Award is awarded at each Province IX Assembly to the Chapter (not including the host chapter) that brings the most Brothers.

Province IX Lapiz Taquitos Award Founded: October 2004 (Stockton, CA) First Awarded: March 2005 (Albuquerque, NM) Description: The Lapiz Taquitos Award is Province IX's adaptation of the Most Outstanding Chapter Report Award.  Originally, this award was presented arbitrarily at various assemblies at the discretion of the hosting chapter. The Lapiz Taquitos Award is awarded to the Province IX chapter with the most creative and informative chapter report within the given time limit. This award is presented at each Province IX Assembly.   Story behind the award:  The Lapiz Taquitos Legend

Province IX Fellow-hood and Brother-ship Award Founded: October 2004 (Stockton, CA) First Awarded: March 2005 (Albuquerque, NM) Description: The Fellow-hood and Brother-ship Award is awarded at each Province IX Assembly to the Province IX Chapter with the most improved attendance compared to the previous assembly. This award was created with the "younger" Province IX Chapters in mind.  Province IX is fortunate and proud to include four (4) chapters that were installed after the year, 2000. This award, although available to all Province IX Chapters, encourages our "younger" Chapters to promote attendance at the assemblies.   Story behind the award:  The "Fellow-hood & Brother-ship" Tale

Province IX Community Service Award Founded: March 2007 (San Francisco, CA) First Awarded: September 2007 (Glendale, AZ)   Description: The Service Award is awarded to the Province IX Chapter that goes the extra mile to serve the community.

Province IX Professionalism Award Founded: March 2009 (Henderson, NV) First Awarded: September 2009 (San Diego, CA)   Description: The Professionalism Award is awarded to the Province IX Chapter that goes the extra mile to serve the province.

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Province IX Award Recipients

September 2009 Interim Assembly Travelers Award: Epsilon Gamma Lapiz Taquitos Award: Delta Sigma Fellow-hood & Brother-ship Award: Epsilon Gamma Community Service Award: Epsilon Gamma Professionalism Award: Epsilon Gamma

March 2009 Assembly Travelers Award:  Epsilon Gamma Lapiz Taquitos Award:  Delta Sigma Fellow-hood & Brother-ship Award:  Delta Phi Community Service Award: Delta Sigma Province IX Scholarship: Raj Gandhi

September 2008 Interim Assembly Travelers Award: Delta Sigma Lapiz Taquitos Award: Delta Phi Fellow-hood & Brother-ship Award: Epsilon Gamma Community Service Award: Delta Sigma Province IX Scholarship: Ryan Moore

March 2008 Assembly Travelers Award:  Epsilon Gamma Lapiz Taquitos Award:  Delta Sigma Fellow-hood & Brother-ship Award:  Epsilon Gamma Community Service Award: Delta Phi Province IX Scholarship: Dipam Doshi

September 2007 Interim Assembly Travelers Award: Gamma Upsilon Lapiz Taquitos Award: Delta Tau Fellow-hood & Brother-ship Award: Beta Gamma Community Service Award: Delta Phi Province IX Scholarship: Sanaz Farhadian

March 2007 Assembly Travelers Award: Gamma Nu Lapiz Taquitos Award: Beta Gamma Fellow-hood & Brother-ship Award: Gamma Rho

October 2006 Interim Assembly Travelers Award: Gamma Nu Lapiz Taquitos Award: Delta Sigma Fellow-hood & Brother-ship Award: Beta Gamma Publishers Award: Beta Gamma

March 2006 Assembly Travelers Award: Delta Sigma Lapiz Taquitos Award: Beta Gamma Fellow-hood & Brother-ship Award: Delta Phi

October 2005 Interim Assembly Travelers Award: Gamma Nu Lapiz Taquitos Award: Delta Sigma Fellow-hood & Brother-ship Award: Gamma Upsilon Publishers Award: Beta Gamma, Delta Sigma

March 2005 Assembly Travelers Award:  Delta Sigma Lapiz Taquitos Award:  Delta Sigma Fellow-hood & Brother-ship Award:  Gamma Nu

October 2004 Interim Assembly Travelers Award:  Delta Sigma

March 2004 Assembly Travelers Award:  Delta Tau Best Chapter Report Award:  Delta Sigma

March 2003 Assembly Best Chapter Report Award:  Beta Gamma

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Story Behind the Award The Lapiz Taquitos Legend Don't try to translate this one!! To this day brothers are baffled as to the  meaning of "Lapiz Taquitos."   At around 11pm on a Saturday evening in October 2004, brothers from  across the province gathered at the Gamma Nu house in Stockton, California. The brothers had much to celebrate: the reunion of Province IX, one year since the "expansion" of Province IX, a successful inaugural  interim assembly, a visit from Grand Ritualist Becky Fahrenbruch, the  best dinner banquet in province history, ... and a brother's birthday!!   Delta Sigma brother, Jessi Wilts, will never forget the birthday she spent in Stockton. As expected, birthday celebrations started long before the festivities at the Gamma Nu house. But, who knew it would ultimately result in a legend?!   After the second wave of brothers departed for the night, Gamma Nu Regent Mark Walberg took it upon himself to ensure Jessi's bottomless cups of "nutrition" remained full. After providing refills, Mark proceeded  to inquire about a necklace Jessi was wearing. Jessi quickly responded, "Lapiz Taquitos!"  From that moment on, it seemed as though Jessi's entire vocabulary comprised of only two words... because no matter what any  brother asked or said the rest of the night, Jessi's response remained the  same: "Lapiz Taquitos!"   By assembly's end, "Lapiz Taquitos" was designated Province IX's  unifying phrase.   Back to Top     "Fellow-hood & Brother-ship" Tale This phrase was established in March 2004, at the Province IX assembly following the 51st GCC and chartering of the Delta Phi Chapter. During the platform speeches, Gamma Nu brother, Sheldon Kong, inadvertently confused a couple of suffixes. The newly coined phrase caught on quickly as brothers inserted it into their own speeches and presentations.   Back to Top

Special thank you to the time and hard work of the Awards Committee. Due to their efforts and dedication, Province IX chapters are recognized for great service and passion for Kappa Psi.