Sigma Chi - University of Nebraska

4 The Husker Sig Alpha Epsilon Charges Forward Promising New Members with (Continued from page 1) University and our small cadre of actives, the results are nothing short of outstanding. Well done, undergraduates, you have carried the torch well! Here are a few anecdotes about our incoming class of members. • A junior joins our ranks. Dylan Mahler is a well-established presence on campus who graduated first in his high school class in Allen, Nebraska. We welcome his experience which will be a benefit to his new underclassmen pledge brothers. • Among our new sophomore pledges, Sam Williams was captain of his Pius X swim team. Sam is a transfer from Northwest Missouri State where he organized and led a cancer charity benefit which raised more than $5,000, and he is also an international baccalaureate. Allen Smith hails from San Bernadino, California, and is a multiple scholarship recipient from the University. • Our new freshman members are quite accomplished and have interesting backgrounds. Here is but a partial introduction of our freshman pledges: o member of the prestigious Big Red Singers, Gabe Casper. Gabe was on the honor a roll at Lincoln Southwest; othe captain of Grand Island High School's soccer team in Danny Gamboa; ohead of the U.S. delegation for the United Nations International Youth Council. Hung Vo is also a featured speaker at the upcoming Tedx Youth conference and an intern on several political campaigns; oa trap shooting athlete and graduate of Lincoln Southwest, Garret Pfingsten; oa musical whiz from Omaha, Mark Germer. Mark performed this summer with Dr. Thomas Mastrioni at the Amalfi Coast Musical Festival; oanother member of The Big Red Singers and an honor roll student, Ky Veney, who hails from Lincoln; oa young man who scored 33 on the ACT test, Ory Wickizer. Welcome to the latest class of Sigs at the University of Nebraska! Actually, the latest "partial class of Sigs" would be more appropriate. Our undergraduates are fired up and still qualifying those who would aspire to wear the White Cross. Congratulations on a job well done! O Members Spencer Frazier '14, Walker Patten '15, Dylan Maher '15 (pledge), and Thien Chau '16 enjoyed a recruitment event at the lake. Alpha Epsilon's very successful summer recruitment effort is now being supplemented with an intentional and organized formal fall recruitment. Above are the seven core events, culminating with a formal bid signing dinner. The pledges that join during this two week period will join those pledges that signed during the summer, with the fall pledge program beginning September 9, 2013. Alpha Epsilon Receives Bell Award ur undergraduate Chapter received notice that it has been selected as a Thomas Cowan Bell Chapter for the 2013 school year. This recognition is based on exceptional leadership development and contributions to the development of the International Fraternity. The award was announced at International Headquarters in Evanston by Greg Harbaugh, Purdue '78, CEO of the Sigma Chi Foundation. Alpha Epsilon will also receive a designated slot for the highly selective and prestigious Horizons leadership program. This is a program limited to 196 individuals within Sigma Chi each year. The Bell Award presents a significant new scholarship opportunity as well, in making a $1,000 stipened available to a qualified Sig. Nebraska Sigs at the Balfour Leadership Training Workshop in This recognition has several key benefits Alpha Epsilon will also benefit from West Lafayette, Ind., pose with the newly crowned for our undergraduate Sigma Chis. As a this designation in the critical area of Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, Mary Sugden, result of this recognition, we were granted training and character development. a Kappa Kappa Gamma from Loyola University Chicago. eight registration slots for the Balfour The International Fraternity will, at its Leadership Training Workshop, which supported our central goal of expense, conduct a dedicated workshop for the entire Chapter on developing exemplary young leaders in our undergraduate Chapter. There CHOICES, Sigma Chi's acclaimed alcohol and drug education program. was also a specially hosted dinner at Balfour for our Consul, Alex Moore '15, and Chapter Advisory Board Member David Changstrom '11. Congratulations to our undergraduate Chapter for this achievement and our thanks to Sigma Chi alumni support that made it possible. Onward and upward in leadership development for 2013 and beyond!

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