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Sigma Nu fraternity will honor one brother each year with a chapter award created in memory of former IU President and University chancellor Herman B Wells, a Sigma Nu alumnus.\nThe award will be given to a brother who demonstrates the qualities Wells values and lived by, Sigma Nu Commander Matthew Grassman, a junior, said. \n"(Wells) is responsible for the tremendous success we see in IU, the IU greek system and our fraternity, Sigma Nu," he said. "Herman B can take credit for the growth and acceptance of these institutions more than any other single person. Despite this, he led with an air of humility. He credited his successes to the people for which he worked -- the students and faculty of IU, every member of the greek system and all of his beloved Sigma Nus."\nGrassman said Wells remained active in the chapter long after he left the house as an undergraduate member.\n"He had the house relocated in the early '50s from Kirkwood to its present spot," Grassman said. "He would frequently drop in at chapter meetings for the next 40 years, and he actually continued his yearly tradition of coming to dinner every year until his death last year."\nSigma Nu also honors Wells each fall at its Wells Rally Day, when chapter members and alumni come together to celebrate the life and legacy of Wells. A memorial is being constructed in the chapter house and a tree is being planted with a memorial plaque.\nStudent chosen to attend national conference \nSenior Rachel Karess is one of 30 students chosen nationally to attend the Wingspread Summit on Community Engagement in Higher Education March 15-17 in Racine, Wisc.\nThe summit is a gathering for students who are active in community service and service learning to help them discover and analyze the factors that stimulate students' involvement in local civic activities.\nA political science major, Karess founded "Life Goes On," a program of the Children's Organ Transplant Association. The program is an organization active on 15 college campuses that promotes awareness and education about issues related to organ and tissue donation.\nShe also volunteers with the United Way, is president of the IU chapter of the American Humanics Association and is a service learning/volunteer coordinator for a Bloomington homeless resource center.\nISIS awards to be held at Union\nIota Phi Theta fraternity will honor exceptional female faculty and staff at its annual ISIS awards at 7 p.m. today in the Frangipani room of the Indiana Memorial Union.\n"There has not been a lot done or said about the women that play a vital role in the academic success of the students at IU," Jesse Ali Roddy, president of the local chapter, said. "We feel that it is time to step up and start giving credit where credit is due."\nVoting for the ISIS Award was done through the chapter's Web site and also through hand-written ballots.\nIota Phi Theta is a historically black, national social-service fraternity. The ISIS awards are being presented in conjunction with the fraternity's sister organization, the Iota Hearts, an auxiliary organization in which women of all ethnic backgrounds come together with the men of Iota Phi Theta to do community service projects.