Fall 2025 Delta Upsilon Quarterly

2025 Awards

Chapter Awards

Sweepstakes Award Recipients

The Delta Upsilon Sweepstakes Awards are presented annually to the Fraternity’s top chapters, which make up no more than 10 percent of all Delta Upsilon chapters across North America. Sweepstakes Award recipients are determined based on operational metrics found in the Fraternity’s Men of Merit Chapter Standards Program. 

Sweepstakes Award

The Sweepstakes Award is Delta Upsilon's top honor awarded annually to the best DU chapter in North America.

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Clarkson

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Iowa State

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Kansas State

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Missouri

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Purdue

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Quinnipiac

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Western Illinois

Most Improved Chapter

Rochester Chapter

Outstanding Alumni chapter

DePauw Alumni Chapter

Campus and Community Impact Award

DePauw Chapter

Health, Safety and Prevention Award

Quinnipiac Chapter

Innovative Member Development Award

Missouri Chapter

Individual Awards

Distinguished Undergraduate Award

Andrew Bergmeier, Kansas State '25

President’s Award: Chapter President of the Year

Al Mazid, Purdue '25

Distinguished Delta Upsilon Award

Jordan Lotsoff, Northern Illinois '88

Chairman’s Award: Outstanding alumni volunteer

Timothy Dowd, Oklahoma '75

Outstanding Chapter Advisor Award

Jacob Ellis, Purdue '16

Founders Medal

Robert Brand, Louisville '70
Chad Paul, Lehigh '76

James A. Garfield Award of Merit in Public Service

Morgan McGarvey, Missouri '02
David Taylor, Miami '92

Distinguished Undergraduate Award

Andrew Bergmeier, Kansas State '25

Finalists
Al Mazid, Purdue '25
Aidan Powell, Wichita '25
David Queree, Western Ontario '25

Delta Upsilon's Distinguished Undergraduate Award recognizes the time and effort given by an undergraduate brother for the improvement of his chapter, campus and community throughout his entire college career. It is the highest honor that can be bestowed on an undergraduate DU.

Andrew Bergmeier, Kansas State ’25, was presented with the Distinguished Undergraduate Award during the 2025 Leadership Institute. Andrew graduated from Kansas State University in May 2025 with a degree in Elementary Education and a cumulative GPA of 3.95. He is now pursuing an advanced degree in College Student Development. As an undergraduate within Delta Upsilon, Andrew served the Kansas State Chapter as VP Public Relations. On campus, he was involved in numerous campus organizations, such as the Student Alumni Board, Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Theta Kappa, Blue Key Honor Society, and Call Me MISTER, which stands for Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models.

“I think it's a great reflection of the incredible men that we have at the Kansas State Chapter, and it reminds me of why I joined DU in the first place,” Andrew said of the award recognition. “Never forget that you are representing something larger than yourself, whether that is your university, your community or even DU. Find a purpose while you are in college, while you are at DU, and whatever that purpose is, let it drive you."

Hear directly from DU's 2025 Distinguished Undergraduate Andrew Bergmeier, Kansas State '25, about the honor and what DU means to him.

President's Award: Chapter President of the Year

Al Mazid, Purdue '25

The President’s Award recognizes the Chapter President who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in his chapter within the past year.

Al Mazid, Purdue ’25, took the helm of the Purdue chapter after it had been re-chartered and was still finding its footing on campus and operationally within DU. He used his business acumen to strategically evaluate operations and make data-driven goals. Under his leadership, the chapter grew from 35 members to 100 in just one year. With such rapid growth can also come challenges, but Al anticipated potential pain points and made plans of action along with his Executive Board to address financial reserves, connect with alumni, increase the chapter GPA and emphasize campus involvement.

Al, a citizen of the United Arab Emirates, was unable to attend the 2025 Leadership Institute, but chapter brothers accepted on his behalf. (He is photographed above from LI 2024.)

“It has been an honor advising Al,” said Purdue Chapter Advisor Jacob Ellis, Purdue ’16. “He knew that the chapter desperately needed to grow in order to reach its potential. Although his presidency came with real challenges, he embraced those challenges and was honest with his support system so we could all collaborate and help him decide what the best long-term decision for the chapter would be.”