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Pi Kappa Phi
ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Notable Dates • PARENT’S WEEKEND March 24 and 25 • CHILI COOKOFF March 31 • NM’s April 27 • ALUMNI GATHERING April 28 • FOXFIELDS April 29 • FINAL EXERCISES May 21
Officers • Clayton Broga Archon • Carlisle Willard Vice Archon • Alexander Shapiro Treasurer • Christopher Smith Secretary • Stephen Hoang Warden • Robert Corrigan Historian • Luke Rothman Chaplain
A L E T T E R O F I N T RO D U C T I O N Fellow members, You may be asking yourself what it is you are holding in your hand. I hope to answer that and explain to you this newsletter’s intention. During my first year as a member of this house, I thoroughly enjoyed times when alumni would come by for football games and Foxfields. Unfortunately, though, it was always the same few faces who were consistently at these events. Here at U.Va. many fraternities maintain strong contact with the majority of their alumni base. As the newly elected Historian, I feel that the sore lack of alumni interaction within our house is a problem that needs to be addressed. I hope for this newsletter to have a duplicitous purpose. First and foremost, it will be used to serve you, the alumni. It has the potential to be a forum through which to announce weddings, births, changes of address, etc. I was excited to hear that there are a few e-mail lists out there that keep groups of pledge classes in contact. However, I would like to expand this into
an all encompassing network. Secondly, this newsletter will be used to relate to you information about the house, including dates of important events, notable achievements, philanthropy information, etc. Hopefully this will in turn encourage attendance at these events and give you the opportunity to get to know the current members. I strongly encourage you to offer me feedback. Specifically I would like to
know what it is you would like to see in this newsletter as well as any ideas you have to help foster stronger alumni relations. Don’t hesitate to call me at (703) 795-9704 or email me at corrigan@virginia.edu with any questions or suggestions. Sincerely, Robert Andrew Corrigan CLAS 2008
Members of the house and friends gather outside before a football game
ALUMNI WEEKEND We plan on having an alumni gathering the Friday before Foxfields on the 28th of April. The nature of the event has yet to be decided. However, if you are interested in attending, please RSVP me as soon as possible. Once we get an idea
of how many brothers will be attending, we will plan accordingly. It is likely that it will be a barbecue at the house, although, if numbers are large enough, we may plan something bigger in order to accommodate. We would also like
to encourage you to attend our thirteenth annual Chili Cookoff, scheduled for the 31st of March. Last year we made a record amount and donated the proceeds to PUSH America and Madison House. We look to build on last year’s success.
T H E B RO T H E R H O O D AT A G L A N C E House News
510 Rugby Rd. Charlottesville, VA 22903 Phone: (703) 795-9704 E-mail: corrigan@virginia.edu
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There are currently 52 active members with 16 living in the house. The IFC recently informed us that we have maintained the third highest GPA among all thirty two fraternities at U.Va. We are also involved with the IFCJC with four current members serving. Earlier in the fall we participated in a philanthropy event, Battle of the Sexes, with AXO sorority and raised 2,800 dollars. All of the proceeds were donated to PUSH America and a battered women’s fund.
FROM THE ARCHON’S DESK Greetings All, When Bobby shared with me his ideas for an alumni newsletter, I immediately embraced the idea. This is a very exciting time for our chapter, one we certainly want to share with you. With all of the ongoing and future projects, our new pledge class, and the many recent successes of our brothers, I truly believe our house is headed in the right direction. I encourage you to stay in touch with us and feel free to contact me with any suggestions or comments. Thanks for your support. Sincerely, Clayton Broga cwb7p@virginia.edu
Individual News Congratulations to Matt Sherman and Evan Parter for recently being named Echols scholars. Alex Blanchard was given a Greek Endowment Scholarship awarded annually to only one third or fourth year at the University, Dwight Harvey and Dave Szakonyi recently completed their LSATs. We would like to congratulate them for their efforts. Eric Weiss recently accepted a job offer from Goldman Sachs and will be heading to New York after
graduation. Matt Deusteberg recently accepted a job offer from DC Energy.
Steve Hoang, Andrew Fink, and Bobby Corrigan in North Carolina for Spring Break last year
HOUSE PROJECTS We recently renovated and painted the back room. The new setup has proven to be a nice addition
for social gatherings. We are looking into getting shutters on the front of the house as well as repain
NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBERS We just completed a successful Spring rush and have twelve new associate members. The brothers would like to congratulate them on their decision to become affiliated. They are as follows:
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Bryan Cannon McLean, VA
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Will O’Flaherty, Richmond, VA
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Tyler Clark Fairfax Station, VA
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Steven Rogers Dallas, TX
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Brendan Gamble Atlanta, GA
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Josh Royse Charlottesville, VA
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Chris Grenga Suffolk, VA
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Lee Taylor Atherton, CA
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Tony Lettieri Rocky Point, NY
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Darius Thevathasan Richmond, VA
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Matt McCauley Chantilly, VA
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Peter Wallach Washington, DC
-ting the outside trim. There has also been some talk about getting letters put on the front column of the house. This summer, new hardwood flooring will be installed in all common rooms . The renovations will also include a larger fireplace and new tiling for the bar area. We are also attempting to replace the refrigerator and other appliances in the kitchen. There has been discussion about a few smaller projects such as replacing some of the furniture and putting rugs in certain areas. The basketball court in the back may be changed to allow for a larger parking lot. The brick wall lining the outside of the house has seen better days so we are talking with the city about replacing them.