The Iota Rho Herald Featured in this Issue •
Spring and Summer chapter happenings
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Housing Update
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Fall Preview
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Homecoming Info
AWARDS WON Iota Rho brings home some hardware from Pi Kapp College for Chapter Officers! To start off the spring semester on a strong foot, Iota Rho was awarded some impressive hardware at Pi Kapp College for Chapter Officers in Kansas City. Awards received included, Outstanding Scholarship, Outstanding Recruitment Program, and Brother Wil Gradle (IP46) won the Outstanding Archon award for his term as archon!
Other notable awards won through the semester included being recognized as a Gold Standard Chapter for the second year in a row, the president’s award for excellence, and Brother Zack Young (IP85) won the 2016 fraternity man of the year. The Iota Rho chapter was also presented with the outstanding multicultural program award at the OSA awards.
Spring 2017 Ability Experience Updates
The awards won at Greek awards, including the president’s award for excellence.
Spring/summer 2017 Newsletter Published by the Iota Rho Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained herein. The Iota Rho Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi, nor Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity is liable for errors or omissions. © 2017
-This spring, Iota Rho hosted its first annual bike-a-thon in order to raise awareness and to fundraise for the abilities experience. The event ran for 12 hours straight with brothers riding stationary bikes throughout the event. -The chapter also had 4 brothers spend their spring break serving others at an Ability Week. Harry McCoy (IP58), Nick Ebelhack (IP84), Chris Scheer (IP103), and Kevin Dukes (IP105) spent the week at Camp Twin Lakes in Georgia building accessible structures for campers. -Chapter Address
Summer 2017 Ability Experience Updates -On top of our spring efforts with the abilities experience, the chapter also has 5 people participating in summer events. Dustin Brown (IP60) is a part of Build America, Francisco Aquino (IP62) was a part of GearUp Florida, and Chase Servison, Wil Gradle, and Joe Reinert are all on the North Route of Journey of Hope. BAM and JoH will finish on the steps of the US capital on August 12.
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Fall Preview/House Updates Iota Rho is looking to keep building on a strong year, this fall brings many challenges, but also some incredible potential for the chapter. With a strong recruitment plan in place a huge goal of 30 men has been set which, if completed, will keep the chapter at the top of Greek life at WIU. Another year of events for AbEx has been planned as well while the chapter looks for brothers to participate in the summer events. In what represents a great opportunity, as well as a great challenge, we had brothers move into our new chapter house this month. After almost 5 years on campus, the chapter has finally secured permanent housing at 812 Wigwam Hollow Rd. I would like to personally thank all alumni who had a hand in getting this building for the chapter. If you are looking to donate items to the house, please reach out to the House Manager. If anyone is interested in contacting the current House Manager, it is Brad Young (IP94), a current junior LEJA major. His number is 815-540-6608.
Homecoming 2017
We all look forward to seeing as many alumni brothers at homecoming, which is set for September 30th this fall. Events will kick off at the house at 5:00PM on Friday, September 29th with a joint alumni and undergrad house improvement project. It will be followed by dinner at the house and an official house dedication! Keep an eye on the Facebook page for additional details!
ΙΡ 812 Wigwam Hollow Rd, Macomb IL, 61455 Points of Contact: Archon: Austin Kopera (IP69) Cell: (262) 496-0173 Historian: Mike Kuyper (IP67) Cell: (815) 483-8123
Brothers Joe Reinert, Wil Gradle, and Chase Servison proudly holding a Pi Kapp flag in front of the Pacific Ocean before kicking off JoH. RUSH schedule 8/31 - Cookout @Tanner Hall 9/5 - Open house/Grill out @The House 9/7 - Sports day @The House 9/9 - Sports day @Vince Grady field9/12 - Info Session @BAY/HEN 9/14 - Cigar night @The House If you’re going to be in town, feel free to come to any events!
ALUMNI UPDATES A few shout-outs to some recent graduates making great strides in their fields! Tyler Kendall (IP45) just finished his field officer training and will be on solo patrol with Crystal Lake PD. Zach Young will be starting grad school at Kansas State for College student personnel. -Founding Archon Michael Quigley (IP10) was awarded Pi Kappa Phi’s Thirty Under 30 award. He is currently an intelligence officer for the US Army stationed in Korea. As always, we wish all the luck in the world to every alumni brother of the chapter. It is your continued hard work that keeps this chapter successful. Chapter Address