The Parthenon: IFC's Newsletter, Vol.1 Issue 2 by Interfraternity Council

THE PARTHENON IFC NEWSLETTER

Volume 1, Issue 2

ΑΔΠ • ΑΓΡ • ΑΣΩ • ΒΘΠ • ΧΦ • ΧΨ • Γ΢Φ • ΓΣΓ • KA • ΛΧΑ • ΦΓΘ • FIJI • ΦΚΨ • ΦΚΣ • ΦΚΘ • ΠΚΑ • ΠΚΦ • ΢ΑΔ • ΢Χ • ΢Ν • ΢ΦΔ • ΢Π • TEΦ • ΣΚΔ • ΘΧ • ZBT

IFC Wins at SEIFC UGA wins seven awards at regional conference …pg. 3

Committee Work IFC Committees assist in the completion of goals …pgs. 5-8

What’s Inside SigEp & Pi Kapp take home mid-year awards • Fraternity men honored • IFC leadership structure

THE PARTHENON IFC NEWSLETTER

Volume 1, Issue 2

Letter from the Advisor:

IN THIS ISSUE •

Sig Ep, Pi Kapp, & IFC Receive Awards…pg. 3

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Individual Honors…pg. 4

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Committee Leadership & Goal Statements…pg. 5-8

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2012 IFC Executive Board…... pg. 9

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2012 IFC Leadership Structure...pg. 10

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Thank You….pg. 11

SEIFC President David Ward presenting IFC President Fisher Law an award at the SEIFC Banquet. See what awards UGA chapters and the IFC have been winning on page 3

IFC Community Service Committee planning and discussing upcoming events. Learn more about our committees’ leadership & goals on pages 5-8

Pike Exec Kasey Davis (left) and IFC Treasurer Matt LoParco (right) reviewing the chapter’s roster. Information on the 2012 IFC Executive Board members is on page 9

Welcome back to the Parthenon, the Interfraternity Council’s semester newsletter! It has been an exciting and busy spring semester around the Greek Life Office. IFC Exec and Committee leaders have been working diligently to further the fraternal movement and set a strong example for others to follow on our campus. As advisor, I stress the need to our newest group of (inter)fraternity leaders to communicate, to commit to their fraternity, and to have character. After reflecting on working with last year’s group of fraternity leaders it became evident to me that these three characteristics were what separated the highest performing leadership from the rest of the pack. I have already noticed this semester that there are many men striving to raise the standards for their chapters, communicating frequently, and dedicating their time and efforts to the goals for which they hope to accomplish over the next year. To quote Coach Taylor from the show Friday Night Lights, “that’s what character is, it’s in the trying.”

Interfraternally, Michael Pisciotta 2

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RECOGNITION Sig Ep & Pi Kapp Receive National Awards UGA IFC Wins Seven SEIFC Awards

Members of Sig Ep at the Carlson Leadership Academy Award Banquet

Six members of the executive board and three other brothers from the Georgia Delta chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon attended the Carlson Leadership Academy in Atlanta as the host chapter for the conference. The Georgia Delta Chapter was recognized out of the chapters in their district in the following areas: Recruitment Excellence, Outstanding Scholarship Program, Best Chapter House of the Year, and Volunteer of the Year award for Marcia Shurley - who is known around the house as “Mama Shurley”. The Lambda Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity was recognized at their National Winter Leadership Conference with the Most Improved in Academic Achievement award for 2011. The Lambda Chapter posted a 3.35 grade point average for the spring semester and a 3.22 grade point average for the fall semester. The award is given to only one Pi Kappa Phi chapter each year.

OF NOTE: The IFC would like to recognize the efforts of Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s Class of 2011 for raising $77,500 during this past year’s Ham Ansley Memorial Fund Campaign. The money raised goes directly to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

IFC Exec Members after the SEIFC Leadership Academy Awards Banquet

The University of Georgia Interfraternity Council (IFC) received seven awards at the Southeastern Interfraternity Conference (SEIFC) Awards Banquet February 25th in Atlanta. The IFC was recognized in the areas of academics, educational programming, community service, and recruitment. The IFC received the Academic Achievement and Scholarship Programming Award, which is given to the IFC who excels in encouraging and assisting high chapter and individual academic achievement and recognizes academic excellence as well as improvement in new members, members and chapters throughout the system. For the fall of 2011, IFC fraternity men averaged a 3.21 GPA, 0.13 above the all-men’s average of 3.08. The Council was also given the Educational Programming Award, recognizing its efforts to provide education in the areas of scholarship, alcohol awareness and hazing prevention for both initiates and new members. IFC also received the award for Outstanding Educational Program for its Continuing Education program, created to outline expectations for second-year fraternity members

The IFC took home the Excellence in Community Service Award, which recognizes the IFC that best provides initiates and new members with the. opportunity to enrich their own lives by giving back to the campus or local community in a meaningful way. The award also recognizes chapters who place an emphasis on hands-on community service. The council also received the Outstanding Service Project Award for its annual Halloween event, Trunk-or-Treat. The Council was also recognized with the Recruitment Award, given to the IFC that has well-designed, effective, organized year-round recruitment programs that attract high-quality, motivated prospective members to the fraternity community. Lastly, the UGA IFC took home the Outstanding Publication Award for The Fraternity Way. The Fraternity Way was chosen as the best publication based on layout, content, distribution and overall quality. The Southeastern Interfraternity Conference, an association of fraternity governing councils in the southeastern United States, was established in 1966 and today consists of more than 100 fraternity governing councils from colleges and universities. 3

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HONORS The Interfraternity Council would like to recognize individual fraternity men who have been elected to prestigious positions across campus Order of Omega

Freshmen Greek Leaders

- Fall 2011 Initiates Barrett Gold John Torell Destin Weldon Carson Hand Zachary Cowart Garrett Riba Adam McTish Ross Snell Miles Buchanan Taylor Brown Kevin Bick Zack Thompson Christopher Wade Jimmy Anderson Carter Galbraith Charles Purcell Bill Gow Carlisle Vason Trey Bolton Hamilton Bolton Robert Satcher Ben Palmer Charlie Low Burton Dunlap Blake Strickland Jordan Rubens Wells Ellenberg Zachary Stines Trey Bryant Davis Webb Taylor Richardson Austin Farmer Sean Foley Raleigh Garrett Franklin Perlis Grayson Jacobs Alex Chickowski Grant Bickwit Adam Holt

Alpha Epsilon Pi Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Tau Omega Alpha Tau Omega Alpha Tau Omega Alpha Tau Omega Beta Theta Pi Beta Theta Pi Beta Theta Pi Kappa Alpha Order Kappa Alpha Order Phi Gamma Delta Phi Gamma Delta Phi Gamma Delta Phi Gamma Delta Phi Gamma Delta Phi Gamma Delta Sigma Chi Sigma Chi Sigma Chi Sigma Chi Sigma Chi Sigma Chi Sigma Nu Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Phi Epsilon Tau Epsilon Phi Tau Kappa Epsilon Tau Kappa Epsilon Zeta Beta Tau Zeta Beta Tau

- Spring 2012 Initiates Fisher Law Lambda Chi Alpha Joseph Youngo Phi Gamma Delta Taylor Wilkinson Phi Gamma Delta Trace Browne Sigma Chi David Robertson Sigma Chi Patrick Bennett Sigma Nu Ethan Ashley Sigma Phi Epsilon Patrick Hannan Sigma Phi Epsilon Marshall Mosher Tau Epsilon Phi

Max Braun Tillman Daughtrey Weston Quintrell Cameron Dodge David Johnson Albert Jordan Taylor Beckmann Ryan Brenner Robert Koch Evan Brakefield Alex Teodorescu Michael Trainer Alex Sushko Chris Hightower Cole Skinner Jack Kelly Franklin Varn Hayes Patrick Bo Chambliss Matthew Duhon Fletcher James Trevor Phinney Mark Rush Michael Oats John Vaughan Harrison Wobeck Hayden Sykes Baylor Banks George Walker Brad Beausir Sean Gilrain Henry Brenner Anthony Monico Alex Kellams Joey Sharp Peter DeWispeleare Cameron Hay Zachariah Lindsey Jonathan Baker Reed Greening Brandon Fram David Jacobs Hilton Huff Nick Callies Luke Smith J.D. Neppl Frank Russo

Alpha Epsilon Pi Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Tau Omega Alpha Tau Omega Beta Theta Pi Beta Theta Pi Chi Phi Chi Phi Chi Psi Delta Sigma Phi Delta Sigma Phi Delta Tau Delta Delta Tau Delta Kappa Alpha Order Kappa Alpha Order Kappa Alpha Order Kappa Alpha Order Lambda Chi Alpha Lambda Chi Alpha Phi Gamma Delta Phi Gamma Delta Phi Kappa Tau Phi Kappa Theta Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Alpha Sigma Chi Sigma Chi Sigma Chi Sigma Nu Sigma Nu Sigma Nu Sigma Nu Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Pi Sigma Pi Sigma Pi Tau Epsilon Phi Tau Epsilon Phi Tau Kappa Epsilon Tau Kappa Epsilon Tau Kappa Epsilon Theta Chi Theta Chi

Trey Bryant, 2012-2013 UgaMiracle Executive Director

Brian Baker, 2012-2013 UgaMiracle Finance Director

OF NOTE: A special congratulations goes out to Trey Bryant (Sigma Phi Epsilon) & Brian Baker (Alpha Tau Omega) for being named the 20122013 Executive Director & Finance Director for UgaMiracle. UgaMiracle, formerly known as Dance Marathon raises money for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and directly benefits the Comprehensive Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit (CIRU). UgaMiracle has raised over $3 million in the past 17 years for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. IFC would like to wish Trey & Brian the best of luck as the serve in their new positions.

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COMMITTEE SELECTION IFC Chairs & Vice-Chairs Select 74 Committee Members Committee Leadership The IFC Committees serve the Council in the following areas: Chapter Development, Scholarship, Risk Management, Programming, Public Relations, Community Service, Technology, and Recruitment. IFC Committees are made up of 8-10 members from the Council's fraternities. These committees assist in the completion of goals and projects for the betterment of the Council, fraternities individually, as well as the community. The IFC Executive Board has made it a top priority to re-emphasize the committee system to allow for greater participation and leadership development opportunities within the Council. At the beginning of this semester, Committee Leadership selected 74 fraternity men to participate and through this increase of the number of men serving on committees, the IFC has expanded its yearly goals to greater benefit the Athens-Clarke County community and the University.

Recruitment Cody Mauldin Will Costabile Taylor Hardin

Community Service Zachary Stines Greg MacKenzie Culby Hinson

Public Relations Jonathan Branch Wright Shamp Sims Holmes

Chapter Development Morgan Wells Michael Griffin

UGA IFC Committee Leadership reviewing Committee Member applications in the Joe LoCicero Conference Room

Programming Rob Davis Kenneth Haesly

Risk Management J.D. DeYonker

Scholarship Matt Rosenthal Taylor Wilkinson

Technology Chase Cowart Kasey Davis

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IFC COMMITTEES Each of the committees aids the IFC in its overall efforts as a governing body by working to accomplish strategic, committee-specific goals. Scholarship

Technology

Risk Management

JD DeYonker (Chair) Matt Rosenthal (Chair) and Taylor Wilkinson (Vice-Chair)

“The scholarship committee has numerous goals focused on improving the academic excellence of the Interfraternity Council. We aim to increase awareness of the IFC members' outstanding achievements in the classroom and continue to stabilize the progress of fraternities as a whole. We will work with each chapter on an individual basis and provide any necessary assistance to make sure that their scholarship programs are as effective as possible in promoting academic success for their members. As a committee, we will award scholarships to individuals within the Greek system who represent outstanding academic work, campus involvement, and leadership to help continue IFC's strong academic legacy. Overall, we hope to make a lasting impact on the scholarship program of the Interfraternity Council.” – Matt

Chase Cowart (Chair) and Kasey Davis (Vice-Chair)

“Our major goal is to continue updating and modifying the Interfraternity Council website. We hope to make the website very easy to navigate and increase the amount of content available on the website. We are currently adding resources, increasing communication by regularly updating the IFC Calendar, posting the General Body Meeting Minutes, and adding functionality”- Chase

Cowart

Rosenthal

“The Risk Management Committee this year will be focusing on educating chapters on liabilities for both the fraternity and the brothers' safety. We helped set up a seminar for chapters' risk managers, presidents, and other members of leadership. We work directly with Franklin Perlis, Vice President of Risk Management on a weekly basis. Keeping a solid name for the IFC as a whole is a goal of our committee as well.” – JD DeYonker

The IFC Scholarship Committee reviewing and critiquing Scholarship Applications in the Greek Life Office.

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IFC COMMITTEES Each of the committees aids the IFC in its overall efforts as a governing body by working to accomplish strategic, committee-specific goals. Recruitment

Will Costabile (Co-Chair)

Cody Mauldin (Co-Chair)

Taylor Harden(Vice-Chair)

“The Recruitment Committee oversees the entire recruitment process of fraternities in the Interfraternity Council. From educating possible rushees during Summer Orientation to enforcing recruitment regulations for the IFC fraternities, the Recruitment Committee works to make IFC rush a fair and enjoyable process. We also work with IFC fraternities to regulate and enforce new member programs so that every participant has a fulfilling introduction to Greek Life at the University of Georgia.”

– Cody Mauldin

Public Relations

Wright Shamp (Co-Chair)

Jonathan Branch (Co-Chair)

Sims Holmes (Vice-Chair)

“The purpose of the Public Relations Committee is to assist the Vice President of Public Relations in operations, advertising, research programs, and public relation campaigns conducted on behalf of IFC. For the upcoming school year, the committee seeks to expand the reach of information regarding the Interfraternity Council, as well as developing press releases on behalf of IFC. The committee plans to increase IFC's social media presence through its Twitter and Facebook. Lastly, the committee shall be responsible for regular IFC publications, like the Fraternity Way and The Parthenon, IFC's biannual newsletter.” – Jonathan Branch

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IFC COMMITTEES Each of the committees aids the IFC in its overall efforts as a governing body by working to accomplish strategic, committee-specific goals. Community Service

Zachary Stines (Co-Chair) and Culby Hinson (ViceChair). Not Pictured: Greg MacKenzie (Co-Chair)

“The Community Service Committee provides a unique and special opportunity for fraternal chapters to interact with each other philanthropically. In the upcoming semester, we are planning different events such as Red Cross Blood Drives, a Golf Tournament benefitting local Athens charities, a clothing drive, and other service opportunities that become available. Furthermore, we are working with each Fraternity individually to act as a resource in order to make each chapter’s philanthropic efforts a success. Giving back to not only the UGA community but also Athens-Clarke County is very important, and the Interfraternity Council is always looking for new and exciting ways to reach out to the community. If your organization is interested in partnering with IFC, or if you have any ideas for service opportunities, please feel free to contact us with your suggestions.” –

Zachary Stines

Chapter Development

“The Chapter Development committee’s main goal as a group for this school year will be the continued improvement of each one of the Interfraternity Council’s chapters in every way possible. It is important for a chapter to be strong in all aspects of fraternity life: academic, social, and otherwise. This semester, as a committee, we plan to reward those chapters that excel in these areas, as well as help those Michael Griffin (Vice-Chair) chapters that are seeking Not Pictured: Morgan Wells (Chair) improvement. We will do this by recognizing those within the Greek community who strive to make their chapter better, and by working with all members of the Interfraternity Council to further develop and improve their chapters.” – Morgan Wells

Programming

Rob Davis (Chair) Not Pictured: Kenneth Haesly (Vice-Chair)

“During this semester the Programming Committee's goal is to come up with a program that will be beneficial to all the chapters in IFC. Currently we are in the process of developing a first aid/cpr certification program that will be delivered by the American Red Cross. Also, as a committee we will continue to brainstorm

ideas for future programs that will benefit all chapters in IFC and their members. Though we have a program already in the works, we would like to have a second one before the semester is over. As we continue to work on some ideas for future programs, we look forward to the Red Cross program which will be taking place in the near future. It is our hope that we can establish programs that can be beneficial to all IFC fraternities, and that we can establish a precedent for implementing these informative programs in the coming semesters.” – Rob Davis

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EXECUTIVE BOARD 2012 IFC Executive Board Elected & Installed 2012 Executive Board (Pictured from left to right) V.P. of Recruitment Bob Satcher Sigma Chi Third Year Atlanta, GA

President Fisher Law Lambda Chi Alpha Third Year Cartersville, GA V.P. of Risk Management & Judicial Affairs Franklin Perlis Tau Epsilon Phi Third Year Tifton, GA

The positions on the IFC Executive Board are as follows: President, Vice-President of Administration, Vice-President of Recruitment, Vice-President of Risk Management and Judicial Affairs, Vice-President of Public Relations, and Secretary/Treasurer. The Executive Board serves a one-year term and oversees the leadership structure and manages the operation of the Council. The Executive Board work to not only set short-term and long-term goals for the council, but also to serve as advocates for fraternities to administrators and the Athens-Clarke County community.

V.P. of Public Relations Bill Gow Phi Gamma Delta Third Year Roswell, GA V.P. of Administration Will McCorkle Sigma Nu Fourth Year Atlanta, GA Secretary/Treasurer Matt LoParco Chi Phi Third Year Greenwich, CT

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2012 UGA IFC Leadership Structure

Michael S. Pisciotta Senior Coordinator & Advisor to IFC

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This newsletter would not be possible without the diligent efforts of the Vice President for Public Relations Bill Gow, Public Relations Co-Chair Jonathan Branch, Advisor to the IFC Michael Pisciotta, the Public Relations Committee, and the many other fraternity men who contributed to this publication. Any news that you would like published in the upcoming newsletter can be sent to uga.ifc@gmail.com. Visit our website at www.uga.edu/ifc

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