The Guard of Honor
The Guard of Honor is the highest award the Fraternity can bestow upon a member, is a guard pin with a Tudor rose in gold, with a sapphire center.
The Senior Service Award
The Senior Service Award is a guard pin formally described as follows: a black enamored open book with a Tudor rose on the left half and with double cross-crosslet on the right. The Senior Service Award is given annually by a chapter at its Founders' Day observance to a collegiate senior whose scholarship, leadership, character, and service to fraternity and school have been outstanding.
The Siena Medal
The Siena Medal is a round gold medal bearing the coat of arms of Theta Phi Alpha and inscribed in Greek with the Theta Phi Alpha Motto: "Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring." The medal is named for St. Catherine of Siena, the patroness of Theta Phi Alpha.
2006 Siena Medalist
Andrea Fuller Cooper
Tri Delta and service always have been a passion for Andrea Fuller Cooper. Upon graduation from Florida State University, where she pledged Tri Delta, Andrea became an active alumna member. She has been an officer in four different Tri Delta alumnae Chapters, including president of the Denver, Colorado, Alumnae Chapter. On the fraternity level, Andrea was the Fraternity Music Chairman for four years, a collegiate district officer for seven years, and a recruitment consultant.
Tri Delta is not the only organization to benefit from Andrea’s unselfish attitude. She served the Denver Area Panhellenic for eight years, in which she was honored for her service with the 1999 Denver Area Panhellenic’s Woman of the Year Award. She also served six years on the Oncology Advisory Board for The Children’s Hospital in Denver, Colorado
Andrea was awarded the George Kimball Award from Sigma Alpha Epsilon for her contribution to interfraternalism.
In addition to her volunteer activities, Andrea returned to school to earn her Master’s Degree in Music Education from the Oregon College of Education. She taught elementary music and band in both Florida and Oregon and currently teaches piano in Littleton, Colorado
Her experience with acquaintance rape and depression comes through the tragic loss of her daughter, Kristin, an Alpha Chi Omega, in 1995. Andrea decided to share Kristin’s story with Greek communities across the country through a partnership with the Delta Delta Delta Foundation. The success of the program led Delta Delta Delta chose to partner with another National Panhellenic Conference group, Alpha Chi Omega, and a natural choice. Both organizations fund her travel to universities and conferences where she has been able to speak at over 285 campuses and 22 conferences to a total of more than 80,000 students, faculty and administrators.
Andrea admits she has learned much more about rape through research and the experiences collegians and alumnae have shared with her during her presentations. Andrea resides in Littleton, Colorado, with her husband, Mike, a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
