the FraternIty Review
The Fraternity Review – Issue 1
Blast from the Past, all Greek mixer
Tonight, September 5th is the date of the all-Greek mixer (IFC, PHC, NPHC!!!) in the Union Ballroom from 8-10:30! All-Greek members are invited, tickets are $5 at the door if you haven’t already purchased them. All proceeds will be going to our local American Heart Association! The theme of the evening is "Blast from the Past" choose your decade, century or era and dress the part! Any questions/suggestions/or comments please contact Rachel Richardson,
PHC Director of Interfraternity Relations, richrdsn@ksu.edu (913) 636-0885.
Please encourage your members to come enjoy a great time and support an important cause!
Greek LEADS
We are very excited to improve in the area of education and programming. In years past, Roundtables and Greek 101’s/301’s have cluttered schedules and existed without defined purpose. This year, an innovative new program called Greek LEADS will replace many of our current programs. Greek LEADS will take place on September 13 and will provide chapter officers and new members with a unique development and enrichment opportunity.
Officers will convene at 9:00 am for a special presentation by professional speaker, Rick Barnes. At 9:00 Rick Barnes, a professional speaker will address to full group on the topic of Fraternal Relevance. At 10:00 and 11:00 concurrent session begin; chapter leaders will choose which sessions they feel most appropriate to their role – some topics will include:
• Membership Retention by Dr. Bosco
• Lessons Learned at Colorado State University by Leigh Thiedeman (past Fraternity and Sorority Advisor at Colorado State)
• Engaging your Alumni by Mindy Weixelman - Kansas State University Foundation
• Dirty Little Secrets by Brandon Cutler
During the afternoon, new members will hear from Rick Barnes via his presentation "Leading with your Letters" as well as take part in the K-State specific session "Proud to be Greek." New Member registration will begin at 11:15 a.m. New Member programming will conclude by 5:30 p.m.
Big Thank You to Delta Sigma Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and FarmHouse
These chapters each provided upwards of ten men that assisted with moving luggage during sorority recruitment. Without their help, the process would’ve continued into the wee hours of the morning. We thank them for their commitment to service and for their sacrifice of time and labor!
Recruitment Update
Congratulations to many of our chapters on a job well done in the area of recruitment. Numbers stood at a total of 375 men on August 25th and many chapters have signed men since then through fall recruitment efforts.
Lamba Chi and Sigma Phi Epsilon led the charge with recruitment classes of over 30 men each. Acacia, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Phi Kappa Theta also signed more men this year than they had in the previous 5 years. Many other chapters met their goals and grew their chapters substantially.
Kappa Sigma began a re-colonization period 2 weeks ago and are prepared to initiate 18 men this evening, tripling the size of their chapter membership.
Congratulations to many chapters on a job well done!
Required forms due TODAY September 5.
Remember to submit required forms for your chapter by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 5. These forms include the Anti Hazing Agreement, Census Report, Financial Report (different from the information requested at recruitment as this is more detailed and allows for the tracking of statistical information and community trends). Also remember rosters must be updated on ICS this day as chapter bills will be generated from numbers presented.
For a copy of all forms due, visit www.k-state.edu/greek, and look under the Important Dates section on the homepage.
Greek of the Month applications currently being accepted
Please take time in chapter this week or next to nominate someone for the Greek of the Month. This award is based on chapter and campus involvement, community service, honors and awards, as well as overall GPA. Please nominate one member of your chapter who you feel exemplifies Greek leadership and then fill out the attached application. The Greek of the Month will be announced in the Collegian.
B.I.G. comes back bigger!
The following message comes from Kellen Begnoche, IFC Director of Community and Internal Relations. Kellen’s email address is kellenb@ksu.edu.
We are currently planning an all-Greek community service day called BIG (bring in the Greeks). The event will be on October 18th (not a k-state football game). This is the Saturday prior to homecoming, so you will be working with your homecoming partners. This should be a great way to kick-off homecoming.
BIG has been done in the past, but we are going to change things up a little this time. We are going to be doing community service projects in Manhattan as well as the neighboring communities (Wamego, Chapman, Junction City, Fort Riley, Ogden, and maybe a few others). If anyone in your chapter is from these communities, let me know.
Please mark this event on your chapter's calendar. We would love to have as many people as possible. You will be receiving more details as the semester progresses. We wanted to make sure that you all were aware of this event well in advance.
If you have any chapter members who are from neighboring communities such as Manhattan, Wamego, Junction City, Chapman, Ogden, etc. please send me their names and contact information. The theme is: "Going Home for Homecoming" and we would love to know if people from our community have connections to these area towns in a effort of better serve our community!
K-State Family Day – Children's Carnival
The following message come from Jonathon Hermes, Director of Public Relations. Reach Johnny at jhermes@ksu.edu
Family day this year is on September 27, 2008. Once again we will be hosting the Children's Carnival at the Bosco Student Plaza from 10 a.m. to noon. We will be having all homecoming partners collaborate on a fun and safe children's game, and host this activity on the day of
the event. I will need the names and numbers of each chapter member that will be in charge of your activity.
2008 Homecoming Pairings are as follows (please note NPHC groups are
not listed, but will be participating):
Delta Delta Delta, Delta Upsilon, Beta Sigma Psi, Alpha of Clovia
Gamma Phi Beta, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Pi
Pi Beta Phi, Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Alpha Delta Pi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Acacia, Kappa Sigma
Kappa Delta, Alpha Gamma Rho, Delta Lambda Phi, Theta Xi
Alpha Xi Delta, Delta Sigma Phi, Sigma Nu
Sigma Kappa, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Kappa Theta
Kappa Alpha Theta, Phi Delta Theta, FIJI
Chi Omega, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Triangle
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Chi
Alpha Chi Omega, Sigma Chi, FarmHouse
Please e-mail us the idea for your carnival activity by 9/08/2008.
K-State Ambassador Applications
As the fall semester hits full stride, the time to plan and promote Homecoming Week 2008 has come. One of the most important events taking place during Homecoming Week at K-State is the election of the two K-State student ambassadors (1 male and 1 female), who represent the university at a variety of events organized by the Alumni Association and the President's Office. We are asking for your help in reaching out to qualified students who possess tremendous school spirit and pride to apply for the student ambassador
position.
In order to make the process easier, we are making nominations possible online at www.K-State.com/studentambassadors. From there, you can find a description of the Student Ambassador position, a sample application and a nomination form. Nominations can be submitted online. You can also either print off a nomination form from that Web site or use the attached form and campus mail it back to the Alumni Center. We ask that you please provide us with the necessary contact information of students that you believe would be outstanding candidates and interested in this position. Feel free to forward this address on to those in your department who would have possible nominations to make.
The nomination deadline is Thursday, Sept. 11 at 5 p.m. Students that are nominated by members of faculty and staff will be notified by mail with a 2008 student ambassador application and will also have the option to complete the application via the Alumni Association Web site.
Student and faculty/staff panels select student ambassador finalists through an interview process. The finalists are then up for election by the student body during Homecoming Week. Candidates will be judged by their enthusiasm for K-State, leadership skills and university involvement. Deadline for applications is Thursday, Sept. 25 at 5 p.m.
Thank you for helping promote this fun and honored position that will represent Kansas State University in the coming year. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Tom Roesler, the student ambassador adviser, at 532-5057 or via email at troesler@k-state.com.
Current Delta Upsilon President, Robby Flack is this year’s male Ambassador. I’m sure he would be willing to answer any questions of provide input for any of your members that might be interested in this great opportunity.
Please help keep Hale Library quiet areas quiet
The following message comes jointing from PHC/IFC and Hale Library leadership.
Welcome back to classes! It is encouraging to see that so many members of the fraternity and sorority community are off to great start and preparing to meet the challenges of being academically successful at K-State.
Many chapters are utilizing the Hale Library for study groups. The library staff, IFC and PHC are pleased to see so much activity so early in the semester.
We are writing to request your assistance in making sure that all users of the Hale Library Great Room understand that the area is restricted to quiet study at ALL times. Groups currently using the Great Room have been disruptive at times - especially during arrival
and departure. This is of great concern to other patrons, the library staff, and IFC and PHC because the activities are compromising the integrity of the quiet study space.
If your group is using Hale for study, please check with the library staff regarding expectations for library use prior to your next study session. You may contact the information desk. It is possible that there may be other areas in the library that are more suitable for your group's study if maintaining the integrity of the Hale Library quiet space is not possible for your group. Small group study is also available at the Alumni Center.
We are suggesting that you find an alternative location - other than the Great Room - to do check in/out for your study session. Perhaps chapters could check-in on the main floor hallway outside of the main entrance.
The library staff, Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils are pleased that academics is such a priority for fraternity and sorority students and look forward to the appropriate use of Hale Library facilities - most notably library quiet areas such as the Great Room.