Fireside Forum Pi Kappa Phi-Epsilon Epsilon
2010 Fall Newsletter Individual Highlights -30th Anniversary Celebration -Rose Ball 2011
-Giving Back.. -Alumni Chapter Update -Active Brother Update - Other
Epsilon Epsilon’s 30th Anniversary Celebration A Success!!!!!!!! Brothers of Pi Kapp I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on the 30th Anniversary Year of Epsilon Epsilon Chapter. More than 30 years ago on November 16, 1977, Tau Beta Chi Fraternity was founded at Clinch Valley College. During the spring of 1979, the members of TBX became an Associate Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. After one year of planning, these members became the “Founding 22” of Epsilon Epsilon Chapter. Pi Kappa Phi was charted at what now is the University of Virginia’s College at Wise on March 1, 1980. With the arrival of 2010, Epsilon Epsilon Chapter began a yearlong celebration of its 30th Anniversary. On February 27, 2010, the celebration began with a program commemorating the chartering of the Chapter, which was held on the fifth floor of C. Bascom Slemp Student Center on the campus of UVA-Wise. Probably the largest gathering of EE’s ever was in attendance. During the event, the Charter Members of Epsilon Epsilon were recognized and participated in a roundtable discussion of the events that led to the chartering on March 1, 1980. Since the chartering, the Chapter has initiated 395 brothers including 23 Alumni Initiates. Five members of the current UVA-Wise faculty and staff are brothers of Epsilon Epsilon Chapter. The success of the Chapter is the greatest reward that the Charter Members could ever receive. Other 30th Anniversary events included a very special Rose Ball 2010 held in April and the now Annual Tailgate held during the UVa-Wise Homecoming football game in October. More than 60 Brothers and their guests visited the Tailgate. Over the past 30 years, Pi Kapps have dominated the UVA-Wise campus, with Brothers participating in intramural and intercollegiate athletics, SGA, IFC, and numerous other student organizations. Eight Active Brothers were Dean’s List scholars for the Spring 2010 term. Pi Kapps at UVA-Wise have made their way to now being the Senior Greek letter fraternity on campus. One of the most cherished accomplishments of Pi Kappa Phi Epsilon Epsilon Chapter was the creation of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity Hawpe-Donathan Scholarship fund in 2010. With generous contributions from Alumni Brothers and friends, Epsilon Epsilon Chapter is the only student organization to have established a scholarship fund at UVa-Wise. The Chapter also participates in various fundraising activities that primarily focus on Push America, Pi Kappa Phi’s philanthropy that provides special care to citizens with disabilities. With all of this, Epsilon Epsilon Chapter has established itself in the surrounding area of Wise and Norton as a contributing fraternity of young men. Other accomplishments in the first 30 years were the induction of three Alumni Brothers, D. Michael Donathan (EE 65), Neal Lane (EE 244) and Travis Kennedy (EE 246), into the philanthropic Nu Phi Society of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. The 2004 Supreme Chapter Merit Citation was awarded to the irreplaceable D. Michael Donathan (EE 65). Travis Kennedy (EE 246) was awarded the Chapter Advisor of the Year Award at the 2010 Supreme Chapter in Orlando, Florida. Alumni Brothers of Epsilon Epsilon are active in numerous professional fields ranging from the military to education and many more. Through good times and bad, Epsilon Epsilon Chapter has made a significant impact nationally for a small Chapter. I believe that it is fitting to congratulate all of the Brothers of Pi Kappa Phi’s Epsilon Epsilon Chapter. Fraternally yours Mark Collins, Historian Epsilon Epsilon Chapter December 2010