THE ALUMNI NEWSLETTER OF PI KAPPA PHI AT MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY
FALL2013
HOMECOMING 2013 Greetings Brethren,
Homecoming is right around the corner—October 26th, 2013! I sincerely hope all My name is Chris Darnell and I am the alumni brothers can attend. Tailgating starts at Chapter Historian. I pledged Fall 2009 and am 11:00am and the game kickoff starts at currently a graduate student studying Biology 1:00pm. at Morehead State. Yours in Pi Kappa Phi, This year is a great year for our beloved Chris Darnell Delta Eta chapter. 2013 marks the 40th year 503n2 since the original founding of our chapter at Morehead State University in 1973. With that being said, I would like for this year to be a great starting point to improving Alumni Relations.
Potential Housing Opportunities (cont. page 2) Since being appointed housing chair in the spring of 2013, I have put forth profound efforts on potential housing opportunities for the Delta Eta chapter. Since the spring of 2013, I have made continuous contact with Pi Kappa Phi Properties and our National Headquarters to housing an option for Delta Eta. The current advisor, Thomas Jones, and myself have had conference calls with Mr. Greg Buehner from Pi Kappa Phi Properties. We have since formed a housing
corporation, scouted potential properties, and been in contact with local banks for a potential loan. Even after these latest efforts, we are still very far from obtaining a house for our beloved Delta Eta. If anyone wants to know any more information regarding the housing details please contact me, Garrett Creech (859-473-0035), or at my email gacreech@moreheadstate.edu. Housing Chairman, Garret Creech 555
A Letter From The Archon
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tunity for us all to come together as lifelong brothers.
Hello, my name is Tyler Fraser and it is my pleasure to lead our Delta Eta Chapter as Archon again this Fall. We currently have a strong active roster of 33 men with nine associate members hoping to be initiated this November, and are led by our new advisor and Delta Eta Alum, Tee Jones. The semester has started of with a bang as we just completed No Boundaries Week 2013, crowned our new Miss Push America and held our 4th Annual Horizon Village Prom. We have set many goals for the year, one of which is to greatly improve our alumni relations. We plan to establish at least two alumni/active events separate from Homecoming and Roseball such as a possible Grillout Reunion at Horizon Village or an Active/Alum Softball Game. We are also in the process of acquiring a Chapter House, hopefully within the next 12 months and this is a perfect oppor-
It is a great time to be a Pi Kappa Phi at Delta Eta right now. We have won Fraternity of the Year four years in a row and have a chapter GPA of 3.09. We raised over $3,900 for Push America helping people with disabilities and as a chapter completed 1030 hours of community service this year. I can attest that our brotherhood and diversity is as strong as it has ever been in my three and a half years as an active brother. As the semester comes to a close, we look forward to reuniting with you at Homecoming this Fall on October 26th! Nil Separ Abit Tyler Fraser Archon Please feel free to contact me at tafraser@moreheadstate.edu
Potential Housing Opportunities (cont.)
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A Word from the Treasurer Hello, my name is Tim Hildebrandt, Treasurer of Pi Kappa Phi at Morehead State University. I am here to talk about how our chapter is doing through finances. So far, we have made excellent progress on collection of dues and staying on track with the budget. In fact if there continues to be a great collection rate from our members, then we potentially could have the best budget within the last 5 years. As treasurer,
I will continue to set deadlines for dues and strive to lower our debt in the fraternity. Recently we have been looking into a new house and I will work with the housing chair intently for the rest of my term. I hope we can accomplish this goal in the near future.
Fall 2013 Recruitment Hello Alumni members!
Fraternally Yours, Tim Hildebrandt
about to go through. If you have any questions or concerns don’t hesitate to call me or email me. My phone numI’m John Michael Reitz and the current Vice Archon for Morehead State ber is (859) 588-0068. My email is University. We had great fall recruit- jereitz@moreheadstate.edu . I hope ment and picked up the best guys we everything is going well your way and could possibly ask for. With our sanc- hope to see you for homecoming! tions that occurred last fall, we could only have ten guys go through this fall Sincerely, semester. We are always recruiting John Michael Reitz and keeping up with the potential new 513 members for the spring semester. I feel very confident with these group of young men and I hope they will cherish this great semester that they are
Meet Xi Mu!
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As Warden of this year’s Fall 2013 pledge class, I would first like to say how excited I am to pass down my knowledge of Pi Kappa Phi and all its great history to the newest members. This year I plan to educate all new members on not only the history of Pi Kappa Phi, but also its importance to the Delta Eta chapter itself. I feel that in order to maintain a 100 percent retention rate for these new members you must show how Pi Kappa Phi has progressed over the years and how that has lead us to where we stand today.
A couple of goals for this semester are: 100 percent retention rate for new members, equipping these new members with a vast amount of Pi Kappa Phi history that will help through out the pledging process, and finally showing these new members how the Delta Eta has made its own history, that has helped push Pi Kappa Phi into the spotlight at the national level.
Sincerely, Lou Woods
Journey of Hope This upcoming summer I am planning to be a cyclist on Journey of Hope. My goal is to raise $6,500, and currently I have $1,630. Right now I don’t have a bike but am working on plans to get one. This fall I have to attend regional team training with other brothers who are planning to ride next summer so we can learn the basics of riding and all the rules of the road to be as safe as possible. Over the next few months up until the beginning of May I have to ride a total 1,500 miles. I am hoping to be able to get on the TransAmerica team so that I am able
to ride through my hometown and Morehead. It is also the hardest and longest trip and I love a challenge. To donate to my trip you can donate online at www.support.pushamerica.org/goto/ randallroof. If you have any questions for me you can email me at randallroof@yahoo.com or call me at 859-866-8257. Sincerely. Randall Roof n
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Delta Eta has No Boundaries! day we will be doing Pie-a-Pi Kapp again and selling each pie for 1 dollar a piece. Wednesday will be the Laser Light Show and fundraising night at Gatti’s Pizza. Thursday will be the Miss Push America Pageant in Button Auditorium. Friday is my favorite event; we are having the Horizon Prom in Crager Room in ADUC. This year This semester I am hoping to raise at least we will have Horizon Village and Guardian from $4,500 for Push America. All week we will be on Rowan County. Also organthe ADUC Lawn to ask for donations. While inizations from Fleming, side ADUC we will be holding Penny Wars for all Carter, and Bath County the organizations participating in Miss Push will be in attendance. America Pageant, and the winner will receive a Fraternally— bonus on Thursday. On Monday we will hold the Randall Roof Date Auction in Button Auditorium and the ladies will but bidding on us to win a date to the Laser n Light Show with Special Olympic Athletes. Tues-
Living the Ritual Brothers of Pi Kappa Phi,
campus as well as, all recorded minutes and the agenda. We have been using GROOPT as an active chapter for this past semester and its has proven to be a My name is Brad Stump ( 520) and I am major asset for communication. We could use this year’s secretary. For the duration of my term I GROOPT to upload old photographs of previous have set a goal to help improve our alumni relation- events held by the alumni during their active status ship. One way of doing this was by setting the chap- within the chapter—serving as a time capsule of sorts ter up on GROOPT.com. This is to preserve our history. If you’re interested in signing a very simple web site that lets up for GROOPT you can email me at all active, alumni and associate bjstump@moreheadstate.edu and I sill send you an members have access to all invite! things that are going on within In Pi Kappa Phi, our chapter. This includes; all Brad Stump contact information, any current or upcoming events that the 520 chapter is holding on or off
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SAVE THE DATE! Here is a list of Alumni events you should note in your calendars:
HOMECOMING 2013 October 26, 2013 in Morehead, KY
FALL RECRUITMENT
INITIATION WEEK
August 16-23, 2013 in Morehead, KY
October 27-Novermber 2 in Morehead, KY
FAMILY WEEKEND
GRADUATION
September 14-16, 2013 in Morehead, KY.
December 14th in Morehead, KY