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Chapters completing a GIG project:

Chapter Year(s)
Alabama Gamma 1997
Alabama Epsilon 1992-93, 06
Arizona Alpha 1992
California Alpha 2007, 2009
California Gamma 1991
California Upsilon 2003
California Psi 2003-04, 2009
District of Columbia Alpha 1996, 97, & 2009
Florida Delta 1989
Illinois Alpha 1982, 84-5, 95
Indiana Alpha 2004
Iowa Alpha 1989-96, 1998-2000, 2003, 05, 07
Iowa Beta 1982, 92
Maryland Alpha 1993
Maryland Beta 1984, 90, 2002, 2006
Maryland Delta 2002
Massachussetts Zeta 1993-4
Michigan Kappa 2012-13
Minnesota Alpha 1984
Missouri Beta 1983-4
Montana Alpha 1991
Nebraska Alpha 1984, 88
New York Xi 1995
New York Omicron 1993-4
Ohio Iota 2003, 2010
Rhode Island Beta 1994
South Dakota Alpha 2001, 2011
Tennessee Alpha 1981
Texas Delta 1987
Texas Eta 1984
Utah Beta 1992
Utah Gamma 2010
Virginia Gamma 2003
Vermont Beta 1999
Wisconsin Alpha 1982
Wyoming Alpha 2000

Tau Beta Pi Greater Interest in Government

The Greater Interest in Government Program was established in 1955 when a $1,000 gift was presented to the Association by F.A. Faville, IL B '19; J. R. LeVally, IL B '15; and R. Sahlstrom, IL B '45, to pay for national student essay contest awards. Cash prizes were awarded for outstanding essays written by student initiates on the subjects of American citizenship, American government, or the responsibility of engineers to take an active part in civic or governmental affairs. The G.I.G. Fund was permanently endowed in 1969 with a $5,000 gift from Mr. Faville, matched by $5,000 in alumnus gifts.

The 1980 Convention revised the program to provide chapter project grants, but the essay contest was ended by the 1981 Convention. The grants, up to $750 each, are used to help pay the expenses of public-oriented projects. Proposals are judged by the Council. Through July 2013, 68 grants have been given totaling $45,748, including a special project award to North Carolina Epsilon in 1991.

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