Theta Chi - Iowa State University

(Continued on page 2) Volume 111, Spring 2015 Alumni Spotlights...............................2 Loyal Alumni......................................3 Alumni Update.....................................4 T H E A L P H A M U TO M A H AW K Theta Chi Fraternity at Iowa State University GOLDEN AGE FOR ALPHA MU A lpha Mu has gone through many fundamental changes over the past few months and refocused our efforts on fostering brotherhood among our members. In addition, our new member education, scholarship, and recruitment programming has been reshaped to be more effective and beneficial for our chapter. Scholarship Chairman Joseph Rogers '16 reports: "Our GPA for the fall of 2014 was a 2.94, ranking 15th out of 30 other fraternities at ISU. This semester, we gave out daily planners to our brothers to help schedule their time more efficiently, and members who did not make grades have weekly meetings with members of our executive board to keep constant updates on their academic progress." Marshal Zach Stuart '16 reports: "This semester we added new member education programs that aim to build brotherhood and continuity within the pledge class. Theta Chi conversations is a program where pledges are given assignments each week, and the pledge project is an activity the pledges decide to do together." During the fall, we were paired with Delta Tau Delta and Kappa Kappa Gamma for Homecoming and hosted a 5K, which had 50 participants and raised approximately $800 for the USO. We hosted our annual parents and alumni weekend on September 6-7. It is always refreshing to see how many supporters we have. Iowa State hosted the Mid-Year Leadership Conference at the beginning of spring 2015. Here are some accomplishments of our undergraduates: Richard Bechtol '17-Dean's list, career ambassador with LAS Career Services, director of values education for the Fraternal Values Society Zachary Galyon '18-Dean's list, top two percent in the College of Business Samuel Greene '18-Photo of the year for the Iowa State Daily newspaper, finalist for the Society of Professional Journalist's Mark of Excellence awards KJ Johnson '18-One of 45 men selected to try out for the USA U-20 Ultimate Frisbee team and a starter for the ISU Ultimate Frisbee club team, which ranks in the top 20 teams in the U.S. Kaleb McKone '18-Midshipman Fourth Class with the NROTC, Color Guard member, NROTC Drill Team member ALPHA MU FOCUSED ON BROTHERHOOD Save the Date! 2015 Alumni Weekend September 4-5 Friday Golf at Ames Golf Country Club (tee times start at 11:30 a.m.) Reception at Welch Avenue Station (5-8 p.m.) Saturday Pre-game tailgate (commencing three hours prior to kick-off) Cyclones vs. UNI (opening game for south end zone renovation) Hotel blocks reserved under Theta Chi Fraternity GrandStay Residential Suites (515) 232-8363 Fairfield Inn & Suites (515) 232-4000 AmericInn (515) 233-1005 Electronic invitation to be sent late spring Questions? Please contact: Andy Nelson '07 (563) 508-5780 / isuanelson@iastate.edu Jon Fleming '75 (515) 291-6892 / mrjfcy@aol.com

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