Indianapolis, August 5, 2022 — The North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) announces that Jackie Hackett will depart her full-time position on August 5 to assume the role of Assistant Executive Director at NIC member fraternity Sigma Alpha Mu. Hackett will work part-time assisting the NIC and Foundation for Fraternal Excellence (FFE) throughout the execution of our Dual Meeting at the end of August.

As a member of the NIC team since November 2018, Hackett has been responsible for successfully leading NIC educational programs such as UIFI, LAUNCH, IMPACT, PRIME and IFC Academy—including successfully transitioning PRIME, Academy and LAUNCH to virtual experiences and developing new and updated resources for Interfraternity Councils and officers. This past year she served the NIC in the role of Vice President of Campus Operations working with institutions throughout the Southeast and Midwest. 

NIC Chief Strategy Officer Will Foran added, “Jackie has been instrumental in successfully adapting NIC programs to virtual platforms while actively deploying newly imagined IFC resources. She continually works to build collaborative partnerships with student leaders and campus partners to enhance the fraternity experience. She will be missed, and we know that she will bring the same dedication to her role at Sigma Alpha Mu.” 

Hackett is a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Marshall University and her master’s degree in student affairs in higher education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. 

Communication regarding campus support previously provided by Hackett should be directed to campus@nicfraternity.org while the role is vacant. Communication regarding NIC/FFE Dual Meeting registration should still be directed to Hackett at jackie.hackett@nicfraternity.org.

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Indianapolis, July 1, 2022 – The North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) awards both Dr. Victor Boschini and Dr. Thomas Goodale with an NIC Gold Medal, its highest interfraternal honor. The NIC also awards Betsy Corridan and Dr. Dawn Wiese each with an NIC Silver Medal.  

The presentation of the NIC Gold Medal is one of the oldest traditions of the NIC and dates back to 1940. The Gold Medal is presented for a lifelong service to the interfraternal community.

Boschini has dedicated a lifetime of service to higher education and has made an impact on numerous institutions, organizations and communities. Becoming Texas Christian University’s 10th Chancellor in 2003, he has demonstrated his commitment to the student experience in countless ways. Under his leadership the physical TCU campus has been transformed, applications have more than doubled and the University completed the largest capital campaign in its history. 

A hallmark of Boschini’s entire career has been his unflinching belief in and demonstrable support of the Greek-letter movement for men and women, including one of the most significant institutional investments in fraternity and sorority housing in recent history at Texas Christian University. His service and dedication have been recognized by the Institute of International Education as well as his own organization, Sigma Nu Fraternity.   

A strong advocate for the fraternal movement throughout his career, Dr. Thomas Goodale is a notable educator and leader who supports students and professionals across the nation. He has spent his entire career as a student affairs administrator, faculty member and non-profit executive – with seven years spent as the Eminent Supreme Recorder/Executive Director for Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity – and has demonstrated a passion for bettering the higher education industry in each role. 

Goodale is the co-founder of the Inter-Association Task Force on Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Issues (now known as the Coalition of Higher Education Associations for Substance Abuse Prevention), BACCHUS (Boosting Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of University Students) and GAMMA (Greeks Advocating the Mature Management of Alcohol).  

The Silver Medal is presented for exemplary service or leadership in a role or task that has advanced the fraternal movement. It has been awarded since 1980. 

Having held the position of CEO and Executive Director for Kappa Alpha Theta for almost 40 years, Corridan has contributed to many initiatives and projects advocating for the fraternal experience. Her Silver Medal specifically recognizes her participation in the Harvard Steering Committee supporting the single-sex, fraternity and sorority experience. 

Corridan dedicated countless hours to strategy development, crafting messaging, fundraising and settlement discussions. She was a dominant voice in helping to bring the sorority experience back to Harvard. With numerous one-on-one conversations and a passion for the work at hand, she unquestionably advanced the Greek-letter movement through these efforts. 

Wiese is awarded the Silver Medal for her dedication to furthering robust research about the fraternal experience. Her work has been a catalyst for moving advocacy for fraternities from anecdotes to peer-reviewed research studies, and it has provided fraternal organizations and institutions with facts that show how fraternities directly benefit students, alumni and the bottom line of higher education. 

She is passionate about advancing student development and never turns down a request to engage in efforts to create, educate, communicate, promote or coordinate any research effort that strengthens the overall student experience, with full recognition that through fraternities and sororities the overall college experience is significantly stronger. 

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Founded in 1909, the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) is a trade association that represents national and international men’s fraternities, including a diverse range of culturally and religious-based organizations, on campuses in the United States and Canada. The NIC is committed to supporting opportunities for young men to seek and form positive, enriching fraternal bonds. The health and safety of students guides our advocacy, standards and education.

Media Contact: Hillary Brewer

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The Foundation for Fraternal Excellence and the North American Interfraternity Conference are excited to announce the recipients of the inaugural Men’s College Scholarship designed to identify and reward outstanding high school seniors who have demonstrated an ability to excel in the fields of academics, extra-curricular school activities and community involvement. 

Men are going to college with less frequency than in the past, and not persisting to graduation at the same rates as women. According to The Wall Street Journal, at the close of the 2020-21 academic year, women made up 59.5% of college students, an all-time high, and men 40.5%, according to enrollment data from the National Student Clearinghouse, a nonprofit research group. U.S. colleges and universities had 1.5 million fewer students compared with five years ago, and men accounted for 71% of the decline. 

To counter this trend, a diverse group of fraternity alumni founded the Men’s College Scholarship Program to inspire college attendance and academic success by young men. A college education is important and opens many opportunities to students including the many potential benefits of fraternity membership. In fact, recent research has proven fraternities are more relevant than ever before and foster success in college and beyond. 

Fraternities create lifelong connections to campuses, communities and friends. Members are three times more likely to obtain an internship while in college and almost twice as likely to have a job waiting when they graduate. The research has also shown that fraternity members experience stronger mental health and are almost five times as likely to be satisfied with their lives as alumni. (Fraternity membership is not a scholarship requirement.) 

The 2022 scholarship recipients represent a wide variety of backgrounds from 29 different states and a third are first generation college students. We look forward to seeing this program grow in future years. 

The 2022 Scholarship Recipients: