Pi Kappa Alpha - University of Texas

PI KAPPA ALPHA Beta Mu aluMni Board P.o. Box 7842 austin, tx 78713 - 7842 Address Service Requested Beta Mu Achieving Academically Many Brothers Pursue Graduate Studies P IKE's core values have always been scholar- ship, leadership, athletics and being gentle- men. e young men of Beta Mu today have excelled in academics, particularly as University of Texas admission standards have accelerated over the last decade. Per the fall 2017 semester fraternity grade reports, which are tracked through UT's Dean of Students office, Pike actives earned a GPA of 3.245. is aca- demic performance placed us in a cohort of five fra- ternities all carding 3.2 GPAs, tying PIKE and four other competing chapters for 10th place amongst the 28 UT IFC fraternities in terms of GPAs. To- day, 47 of Beta Mu's 135 undergraduates maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher. Another 45 hold GPAs between 3.0 and 3.49. Each year many Pikes pursue graduate school in business, medicine, law and other fields. Recent Pike graduates currently in graduate school are: Medicine Kevin Elwood '12 (M.D., UT Dell) Marshall Frieden '10 (M.D., University of Queensland, Australia) Michael Poliner '12 (M.D., UT Medical Branch) Kevin Schlang '11 (D.D.S., UCLA) Nathan Wisnoski '09 (Ph.D., Environment Indiana) Law Zach Carrabine '12 (Tulane) Davis Clark '12 (UT) Eric Halpern '13 (UT) Drew Lane '13 (Duke) J.D. Swancoat '12 (Duke) Jonathan Vela '14 (South Texas) Jake Winslett '12 (SMU) Business Aaron Bold '15 (UT MS Public Accounting) Austin Burcham '14 (UT MS Public Accounting) Hunter Hendrix '15 (UT MS Finance) Chris Herrington '11 (Rice MBA) Kyle Logan '14 (UT MS Public Accounting) Looking back eight years, the following brothers have completed graduate schools (with graduate school graduation year noted): Business School Elliott Ash (Ph.D., Economics Columbia 2016); Chris Bigelow (UT MPA 2014); Scott Bigelow (UT MPA 2012); Pat Braun (UT MPA 2011); Carson Carruthers (UT MBA 2016); John Colwell (UT MPA 2012); Josh Devin (SMU MBA 2016); Kevin Dufour (Texas A&M MS Real Estate 2014); Pat- rick Hyde (UT MBA 2015); Jake LePage (UT MPA 2013); Conner Mowles (UT MPA 2012); Justin Peden (UT MPA 2013); Nick Saunders (UT MPA 2012); Max Shill (UT MPA 2012); and Ben Wein- blatt (UT MPA 2013). Law School Aaron Martinez (SMU 2012); Houston Berger (UT 2015); Jeremy Camp (SMU 2009); Chris Col- linsworth (George Washington 2016); Cameron Dean (University of Houston 2010); David Dyer (UT 2016); Marcus Fettinger (SMU 2010); Ben Fortner (SMU 2015); Will Mabry (UT 2016); Mat Mackay (SMU 2015); Alex Martin (UT 2014); Zach McFarlane (Arkansas 2015); Ted Moreland (Wil- liam & Mary 2016); B. E. New (Baylor 2009); Erik Nielson (St. Mary's 2017); Phillip Pool (SMU 2014); Taylor Randazzo (Arkansas 2014); Patrick Schenkel (Tulane 2013); Chad Smith (UT 2012); Bill Weiss (St. Mary's 2011); Matthew Wheatley (UT 2017); and Cory Wilkinson (Stetson 2013). Medical and Health Schools Rob Allen (D. Audiology, Auburn 2015); Ryan Ash (M.D., Baylor 2015); Tyler Benson (D.O., Texas Osteopathic Medicine College 2015); Jeff Blume (M.D., Texas Tech 2015); Jeff Brekke (M.D., UT Health Houston 2014); Warren Brown (D. Audiol- ogy Lamar University 2014); Daron Davis (M.D., UT Southwestern 2014); Andrew Giordano (D.O., Texas Osteopathic Medicine College 2013); Antho- ny Kruger (O.D., University of Houston Optometry 2016); Jay Messer (M.D., UT Health Houston 2016); Andrew Mueller (M.D., UT Southwestern 2015); Cullen Ryburn (M.D., Texas Tech 2015); James Showery (M.D., Texas Tech 2016); Adam Tarlec- ki (Columbia M.P.H. 2015); and Chris ompson (M.D., Texas Tech 2015). Le: Chris Herrington '11 (in white shirt) finds time to maintain his pilot license and flying ratings in addi- tion to his work for Pioneer Natural Resources and pursuing a Rice MBA. In the co-pilot seat is Derek Caven- der '10, who also works for Pioneer and lives in Houston. Right: Anthony Kruger '10 with his parents at his White Coat Ceremony at University of Houston College of Optometry in 2017.

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