Chi Phi - University of Wisconsin

THE METEOR Alumni Association of Kappa of Chi Phi 16680 Mary Cliff Lane Brookfield, WI 53005 Address Service Requested CHAPTER OFFICERS President (Alpha) Alex Lous '19 Lakeville, Minn. alextlo28@gmail.com (952) 607-8012 Vice President (Beta) Ryan Soohoo '19 New York, N.Y. Secretary (Gamma) Nguyen Nguyen '19 Bloomington, Minn. Treasurer (Delta) Ian Sprosty '18 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. House Manager (Epsilon) Matt Goulette '18 Madison, Wis. Historian (Zeta) Zach Wallace '18 Milwaukee, Wis. Risk Manager (Eta) Carlos Diaz '18 Beloit, Wis. Recruitment Officer Nicholas Schutz '20 Minneapolis, Minn. nicholas.m.schutz@gmail.com (763) 276-5506 Send Us Your News! W e want to hear from you! Alumni are encouraged to keep us up to date on personal news about your family, career, activities, and contact information. As Brothers of Kappa Chapter, we want to utilize e Meteor as a way of staying in touch. Please send information for publication in future issues to our alumni relations coordinator at mlisher@penningtonco.com. I t was a successful and busy fall 2016 semester for the Men of 200. At the end of the fall semester, we had the privilege of initiating 15 new mem- bers. e Chapter also improved our GPA by a 10th of a point and extended our social reach. Our Chapter GPA is 3.15, which places us 23rd of 32 reporting fraternities. at is a 0.14 point increase from spring 2016. Last fall, we also had the fortune of initiating three new members who are attending UW on the Chancellor's Scholar- ship. Academic Chairman Darin Carrig '19 has worked tirelessly to improve our academic stand- ing. He created house accounts for useful study websites, as well as mandatory tutor hours for any active member who received a GPA lower than 2.5 last fall. Unfortunately, the university has barred us from holding an organized philanthropy. In place of that, we have put extra emphasis on the service branch of our Chapter. Last fall, instead of a phil- anthropic event we held a Chapter-wide service event, where we partnered with the UW Lake- shore Nature Preserve to clean up the path and give back to the local community. at was in addition to the compulsory four service hours each member does every semester. Additionally, we were paired with Delta Chi and Delta Delta Delta for Humorology this year, helping to raise over $100,000 for the Rainbow Project, which provides adult and child counseling services. Last fall, we initiated 15 new members into our brotherhood, and this spring we have a class of 11 new members. Our new member education program has shied its direction to focus par- ticularly on the Chapter's local history, as well as values that the Men of 200 emphasize. "We have had the fortune of initiating 23 new members in the last calendar year who possess and have been taught the pillars of excellence that our Chapter has had at its core for over 90 years," said New Member Educator Matt Watters '18. is spring, we hosted several events for our alumni and parents. On April 8, we had the an- nual 18-bar bar crawl, Plasters. In addition, we hosted a Mother's Weekend on April 22, where we had a reception and Sunday brunch planned for our moms. is spring, the Men of 200 had intramural teams in basketball, soball, and dodgeball. is semester, we started our own internal fitness competition that 24 of our Brothers have elected to join to help improve their fitness. I would like to take this opportunity to personal- ly thank the alumni for your support. In conclu- sion, the Men of 200 have grown exponentially and improved both GPA and University involve- ment. is spring, we focused on buying a new house pool table, further improving our GPA, and becoming more involved with the Alumni Association. On behalf of all the members of the Men of 200, I would like to thank the entire Alumni Association, as well as Russ Lein '81, for your continued support and blessing. ank you for believing in the strength of our Frater- nity when nobody else did. You have given 34 men, including myself, the ability to experience the true meaning of brotherhood, as well as be shaped in the moral guidelines of our brother- hood. Please feel free to visit the house whenever you have the time, and please don't hesitate to contact me via e-mail or phone with any ques- tions about what we have going on at 200. Sincerely, Alexander Lous '19 Chapter President alextlo28@gmail.com / (952) 607-8012 Visit Us Online www.kappachiphi.org Liam Bailey '20 Lake Geneva, Wis. Asher Bernards '20 St. Paul, Minn. Kolboth Boehmer '20 Sauk City, Wis. Daryn Claussen '20 Waupaca, Wis. Demetrio Donzelli '19 Palo Alto, Calif. Lacan Falk '20 Lodi, Wis. Gavin Jerg '20 Middleton, Wis. Jackson Miller '20 Plymouth, Minn. Nick Pike '20 New Berlin, Wis. Matt Rehard '20 Oconomowoc, Wis. Jack Schaffer '20 New Berlin, Wis. THE MEN OF 200 SET THE BAR HIGH FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS AT UW Welcome, New Members

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