KEARNEY, Neb., March 5 -- The University of Nebraska Kearney issued the following news release:

KEARNEY - The University of Nebraska at Kearney's Delta Tau Delta fraternity has been recognized as the No. 1 chapter in the nation.

UNK's Theta Kappa Chapter received both the Court of Honor and Hugh Shields Award for Chapter Excellence during last month's Delta Tau Delta Region 12 Emerge leadership conference in Lawrence, Kansas. The Hugh Shields Award recognizes the top 10 chapters, with UNK ranking first among the nearly 130 Delta Tau Delta chapters nationwide.

Originally chartered at UNK in 1993, the Theta Kappa Chapter has received that honor a total of seven times, including a first-place national ranking in 2023, second place in 2024 a...