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The DELTA PSI SIG Delta Psi Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity at RPI 58pinewoods@gmail.com Fall 2018 DELTA PSI WINS NINTH PETERSON AND THIRD FIVE STAR AWARDS D elta Psi brothers received their ninth consecutive Sigma Chi Peterson Significant Chapter award at the Balfour Leadership Training Workshop (BLTW) in Bowling Green, Ohio, on August 4. Delta Psi leadership received the award for outstanding chapter performance for the 2017-18 school year. Only 65 of the more than 230 chapters received this honor. At the end of the 2017-18 school year, Delta Psi received the President's Cup, the top fraternity rating from the Rensselear Greek community. It was the third time that the chapter received the top Five Star ranking. Five Star, the standards and evaluation program used on many college campuses, is a daunting process and requires significant participation and recordkeeping. A copy of the Delta Psi 2018 submission can be found at https://sigmachi-rpi.org/news/. R PI announced a Greek Life Task Force to address unspecified health and safety concerns for the Rensselear Greek community on June 8, 2018. Preceding the establishment of the task force, RPI instituted policies for suspension of alcohol and a two-month delay for Greek fall 2018 recruitment. The Greek Life Task Force met during the last week of August. John Pfaff '71 and Bob Eckart '73 attended, and Sigma Chi's 68th Grand Consul, Mike Greenberg, Illinois Wesleyan '82, attended as keynote speaker. Stay up to date on this issue at: https://sigmachi-rpi.org/2018/07/02/university- creates-greek-life-task-force-new-mailing-list-deployed/ RPI Greek Task Force to Review Health and Safety Concerns for Greeks Aidan Gorby '19, Harrison Ma '19, Timothy Wang '18, Matthew Bonnette '20, Grand Consul Tommy Geddings, Spencer Holt '19, Joe Venusto '19, and John Glendye '21 show off Delta Psi's Sigma Chi Peterson Significant Chapter award at the Balfour Leadership Training Workshop. T he Delta Psi Chapter had another outstanding semester this spring. We won the President's Cup for the third year in a row, a testament to our continued excellence in academics, risk management, community service, and continued education for our members. We are proud to be ranked number one out of the many impressive organizations in the Greek life system and remain leaders both on RPI's campus and in Sigma Chi internationally. Our active brotherhood retained our strong numbers, initiating 12 remarkable young gentlemen to help fill the shoes of our large graduating senior class. Delta Psi has a history of leading innovation in the Greek community, as with our success in the Preparation for Brotherhood and Ritual for Life programs. We continued that practice this semester, adjusting our election period to account for the Summer Arch program so that we may have more experienced returning juniors hold elected positions. Next semester, we will see another series of challenges and opportunities to innovate with the implementation of the five-week pledging process and RPI's temporary pause on recruitment. These events give us the opportunity to lead in the effort of improving the community's viewpoint on Greek life. This fall, Delta Psi will continue to place a heavy focus on public relations and community service, as we have always done, and will seek to improve our involvement in the RPI community. We will incorporate incoming students as well as other fraternity houses in our efforts to strengthen the bond of Greek life on campus. The Greek Life Task Force's goal to create an improved and sustainable leadership culture at Rensselear is a noble pursuit in which Delta Psi intends to assist. We will seek ways to use our identity as front-runner in the community to help other chapters improve academically and with risk management issues, as our brotherhood committee explores events and methods for permissible recruitment that will allow us to bring in enough new members in the coming year to sustain our large brotherhood. The Delta Psi Chapter wrapped up another strong year as a standout example of Greek life on RPI's campus. We look forward to the upcoming year and remain confident that we can not only excel next semester, but help lift the Greek community up with us. In hoc, Spencer Holt '19 Consul shbraxx@gmail.com From Greek Leaders to Community Leaders Undergraduates Hope to Improve RPI Greek Relations

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