The Alumni Newsletter of Pi Kappa Phi at Morehead State University
Fall 2010
Π Κ Φ Letter From The Archon Brothers,
The alumni newsletter is intended As the Archon to keep alumni and of Delta Eta, I active relations am pleased to frequent; so here report that the is some insight as chapter is in to what we have great condibeen doing here in tion as we are Morehead: We rounding the maintained the turn into 2011. honor of highest This Fall seGPA in the Spring mester has Semester, making been an excelit 6 consecutive lent one for Andrew Robinson semesters that our chapter, Archon - ΔΗ 465 we have been and the morale awarded with that and outlook is better than distinction. In the Spring, ever. As you will discover we were recognized as the throughout this newsletter- Greek Chapter of the Year, we have remained a soundly the most prestigious award operating organization in on our campus. Our fundour campus community. We raising efforts for Push are excited about our Asso- America in the past few ciate Member Class (Xi years have placed us in the Zeta) and about the future top 15 nationally in total of our chapter in general. fundraising, as we have al-
Journey of Hope
ready raised nearly $4500 this year. We are arguably the most involved organization throughout our campus community, with brothers being active in roles such as IFC president, IFC reporter, SGA, basketball team, and tennis team. The finances of the chapter are better than they have ever been, in terms of accounts receivable and outstanding debt. It’s an exciting time to be a Pi Kapp at MSU. I am proud and confident in reporting that we are the best on this campus, and that we are constantly growing stronger. Yours in Pi Kappa Phi,
Andrew Robinson
Pi Kappa Phi recently hosted the Journey of Hope team this past August. The cyclist team included over 30 young men and alums from many different Pi Kappa Phi Chapters. The team was hosted by Morehead State University in Cartmell Hall. The Delta Eta Chapter provided lunch to the cyclists at CiCi’s where Pi Kappa Phi’s gathering together and discussed many different experiences they had made along the way. A friendship visit was held at Horizon Village, our partnership organization. The team interacted with Horizon Village members and played many outdoor games. Upon leaving Horizon Village the evening festivities was a great time of celebration at Buffalo Wild Wings. Buffalo Wild Wings provided dinner for the team and the Delta Eta Chapter. The team the next day started their journey on to Huntington, WV. We look forward to serving as a future destination and host for the Journey of Hope teams.
Special Points of Interest:
Recent Awards and Accomplishments
No Boundaries Week - PUSH America
Horizon Village Prom
Homecoming 2010
Meet The Xi Zeta Pledge Class
Delta Eta Chapter Chapter Address: 150 University Blvd. P.O. Box 1247 Morehead, KY 40351
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PUSH AMERICA
eant winner, Cara Hall, also won best talent. Cara represented the ladies of Gamma Phi Beta, whom helped tremendously with our philanthropy week this year. Thursday we held Zumba for People with Disabilities in Button Drill Room at 6:00p.m. with approximately 30 girls in attendance. Mikka Sowards and Grace Bentley, both members of Delta Zeta, were kind enough to donate their time and effort to instruct the Zumba session. We ended the week on Friday with our most successful event – Pathways Prom. This event was co-sponsored by Gamma Phi Beta. These ladies were crucial to the success of this event. They helped with hair and make-up for the female residents, escorted male residents into prom, helped decorate ADUC, and donated several hundred dollars for catered food through Aramark. Along with all these events, we had the Scaffold Sit all week long, as well as Penny Wars which was won by Chi Omega. All-inall, the Delta Eta Chapter raised $3,500 for Push America. As of the publication of this newsletter, the Delta Eta chapter is ranked 8th in the nation for raising the most money for Push America.
No Boundaries Week 2010 was held September 13-17th. The philanthropy week was a new challenge for the Delta Eta chapter as there were many new events hosted. The Date Auction was held Monday at 5:00p.m. Bids were placed on each Pi Kapp from members of several sororities on campus, as well as individuals not affiliated with Greek Life. The bid-placers at the Date Auction donated over $700 to Push America. A Space and Laser Light Show was hosted at the Star Theater in the Space Science Center. We invited the local Special Olympics chapter of Rowan County as well as the lovely ladies who bought a Delta Eta Pi Kapp at the Date Auction to attend this event on Tuesday night at 6:00p.m. This event was free for those in attendance. Wednesday was the 11th Annual Miss Push America Pageant, held in Button Auditorium at 6:00p.m. There were 15 participants representing Chi Omega, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Delta, Delta Zeta, Sigma Gamma Rho and Sigma Phi Epsilon. Over the course of the evening, each participant participated in an interview category, a talent category and a formal wear category. One of the judges for the pageant, Daniel Noltemeyer, also spoke on behalf of Best Buddies International. This is an organization started this year at Morehead State University, pairing college students with a disabled person from the community – much like Big Brother/Big Sister. A lot of Delta Eta chapter members are also members of this new organization. Our special guest singer, Holly Forbes, sang three songs for us this year. The crowd favorite this year was Brooke Lyons of Gamma Phi Beta. The third runner-up this year was Tracie Prickett of Delta Gamma – who was also Brother Nick Davidson escorting Prom voted Best Poise Question winner. The second runner-up was Kalle Cole of Chi Queen Debbie Burton from Horizon VilOmega, who also won Best Interview. The lage into our Pathways Prom. first runner-up was Cayce Crowder of Chi Omega. The 2010 Miss Push America Pag-
RECENT AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS Delta Eta has received numerous awards for excellence over the past two semesters. The hard work of our active brothers has paid off and we are extremely proud to inform our alumni of our achievements.
Academics: Delta Eta has been ranked #1 in grades among Morehead State fraternities over the past six consecutive semesters. Adding to our high level of academic achievement, over the past semester we were ranked third on campus among all Greek organizations including sororities. We achieved a 3.2 overall chapter GPA last spring and we look to improve even more in the future.
Greek Awards: At the end of Spring 2010, Delta Eta won every award given to male organizations at the annual Greek Awards presentation. These awards included Chapter of the Year, Philanthropy of the Year (Push America), and Community Service of the Year (Horizon Village).
TEXT: PUSH241 to 50555 to donate $5 to Push America today! Another exciting program Delta Eta Chapter has been selected to participate in is a text-giving campaign for Push America. This is a pilot program and only a few elite chapters have been selected to take part. Delta Eta’s campaign is now live and running and if you would like to donate you can text message PUSH241 to 50555 and $ 5.00 donation will be applied to your cell phone bill and added to the Delta Eta Fundraising total for Push America. Push America helps to enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities all over the country each day. We would love your support, and what better way to give back than through a donation to Push America. With your help we can make a difference.
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FROM THE HISTORIAN Brothers of Delta Eta,
XI ZETA PLEDGE CLASS
This Fall the Delta Eta chapter of Pi I am pleased to Kappa Phi has gained 12 new associate have completed our members. They are: Kevin Hamilton from second alumni newsCincinnati, OH, Austin Lay from Bellevue, letter of 2010. My KY, Kyle Roth from San Luis Obispo, CA, name is Evan Boyd Tyler Fraser from Evansville, IN, Josh Goble and I am the Histofrom Inez, KY, Brad Stump from Owingsrian of Delta Eta. I ville, KY, Chris Corbin from Flemingsburg, pledged Fall of 2009 KY, Josh Brett from Bellevue, KY, James and I am a SophoGoble from Inez, KY, Mark McGuire from more Mathematics Erlanger, KY, Dan Clemons from West Jefmajor from Russell, ferson, OH, and Ryan Farthing from WinKY. The past few chester, KY. We as a chapter believe these months have been an men obtain the qualities that we look for in exciting time for recruiting students with C.L.A.S.S. Delta Eta and the chapter looks to continue its successes in We also want to extend the invitation for any alumni to come to this semesters initiation 2010. of the associate members. Delta Eta is working hard to maintain our high level of achievement in every aspect of fraternal life. Our success in academics, intramurals, campus involvement, and recruitment is unparalleled among other Greek Organizations on campus. Your support is greatly appreciated and we thank you all. In order to improve future editions of this newsletter, please feel free to inform the chapter of your own personal successes and happenings. We will be looking to add an alumni spotlight section, as well as alumni updates to keep everyone informed about marriages, births, and other wonderful life events taking place within the greater brotherhood of Delta Eta. Please send any news, stories, or accomplishments to my email address (evan8989@roadrunner.com), and I will be sure to publish them in the next newsletter, which you should expect to receive in the next Spring semester. Thanks again for all your support. I hope this newsletter finds you all well. Fraternally Yours,
PATHWAYS PROM
NOTE FROM THE CHAPLAIN This semester we have inventoried our initiation equipment and have come to the conclusion that a simple trip to the dry cleaner is no longer going to cut it for most of our things. Most of the robes are tattered, torn, and dirty (or caked with candle wax). Getting new equipment is a necessity for our rituals be look professional and appropriate. However, at the moment our chapter is unable to afford the new robes so we would like to reach out to all of our alumni brothers and ask for donations. The price for a complete set is $1,375 and we are hopeful that it will be possible to raise this amount so that our ritual of initiation can remain the wonderful ceremony that we all remember it as. Thank you for the donations that some have already given. On another note, last spring our chapter traveled to UK and initiated over 40 new members to Pi Kappa Phi! Their chapter is growing and doing well thus far.
On Friday September 17, 2010, the gentlemen of Pi Kappa Phi, along with the ladies of Gamma Phi Beta, hosted a “Pathways Prom” for the residents from the surrounding Pathways assisted living homes. The prom was held in a reserved room of the Adron Doran University Center on Morehead State University’s campus. There were approximately 75-100 residents in attendance from surrounding areas such as Ashland, Louisa, and Morehead. The Thanks For Your Support, prom included a dinner from Aramark catering. This was made possible due to the Channing Knipp - ΔΗ 500 generosity portrayed by parents of the resi- Chaplain dents and the ladies of Gamma Phi Beta. The favorite song of the night was undoubtDonations may be sent to our edly Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus. We also had a prom king and queen: Prom ter mailing address: king was Elmer Mills from Louisa and the prom queen was Debbie Burton from Hori- 150 University Blvd zon Village in Morehead. This truly was a P.O. Box 1247 special night and everyone who attended Morehead, KY 40351-1684. had a wonderful time. --Cody Plank
Evan Boyd - ΔΗ 504 Historian
HOMECOMING 2010! Delta Eta will be having homecoming events on the weekend of October 20th, 2010. If you’re not informed, the University is now allowing tailgating to occur for the home football games this year! Pi Kappa Phi has rented out a spot in the Eagle Rally Zone for the entire season and will be purchasing an additional lot for the game on the 30th as Morehead State Eagles take on the Jacksonville Dolphins a 2:00 pm. Events will follow after the game.
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The brothers of Delta Eta, along with the women of Gamma Phi Beta, after the first annual Pathways Prom.
Snapshot Fall 2010
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The Alumni Newsletter of Pi Kappa Phi at Morehead State University
Fall 2010