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Pi Kappa Alpha
T
he last six months have been extremely busy and rewarding for the
Beta Phi Chapter! We ended the spring semester with over $6,800
raised for the American Cancer Society by participating in Purdue's
Relay for Life, taking home the campus and Greek cups for the event.
The fraternity finished with our best GPA (2.97) and philanthropy dollars
raised ($9,345) in my four years as a Pike. We also finished with more
community service hours (3,019) than any other Chapter on campus.
These achievements were enough to earn us an Orians Excellence award
at the national convention in New Orleans this summer as among the top
20% of Pike Chapters in the nation.
The Chapter shows no sign of slowing down as we complete the fall
semester. Thirty-nine new members signed bids during recruitment, giving
us one of the largest classes on campus. Pike's Firefighter Challenge
continued to grow and raised over $6,000 for the National Fallen
Firefighter's Foundation. The Dream Girl competition has returned to
the Chapter for the first time in many years and is already being highly
contested by the sorority women on campus. Pike won the campus Greek
Olympics competition and took home the Greek Cup in Purdue Dance
Marathon.
We even started a Chapter website, which has been lacking in recent years!
We encourage all of our alumni to visit our undergraduate website at
www.purduepikes.org and sign up to receive e-mail updates
from us at the Chapter. It's always a great day to be a Pi
Kappa Alpha member!
In the bonds of ffka,
Andrew McGowan '17
317-332-6011 / purduepikepresident@gmail.com
The Chapter with the Purdue Fire Department and the sorority participants after Pike's Firefighter Challenge.
Left: Chad Mateja '17, Avery Szatny '19, Andrew McGowan '17, and Mitchell Reeser '19 at the International Convention in New Orleans.
Awards were won for 20-plus members at Pike University events, Pike work day, Chapter excellence, and 100-plus members.
Middle: The fall 2016 new member class at the Steaks and Stogies welcome event. Right: Mitchell Ahaus '17, Andrew McGowan '17,
Tyler Frizzi '17, Connor Chambers '19, Greg Dyer '16, and Nathan Devillez '17 after winning the Greek and campus cups at Relay for Life.
Beta Phi Awarded Orians Excellence Award
Pi Kappa Alpha Succeeds in Campus Involvement, Philanthropic Events
