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SigmaPiBetaGamma.com 3 Right: Ron Tredennick '74 (center) presents the Christopher E. Tredennick Memorial Scholarship to Brandon Rosenbush '15 and Terry Culkins '14. SIGMA PI FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED O n May 11, Brother Ron Tredennick '74 returned to the Chapter House to present undergraduate scholarships funded through the Tredennick Family. e Christopher E. Tredennick Memorial Scholarship honors his son, who worked hard to promote the ideals of the Fraternity. Sage Brandon Rosenbush '15 and Terry Culkins '14 were pre- sented with plaques and a scholarship check in recognition of their exem- plifying the ideals of Sigma Pi through leadership, academics, and service. Submit Your oughts A ll brothers are invited to submit items for the Beta-Gamma Gab. Send your com- ments, photos, or tidbits to the interim editor at treasurerforCIAA@gmail.com. Help Support Beta-Gamma by Paying Your Alumni Dues W e started the new fiscal year on July 1. is means our dues cycle for the 2018-19 academic year is up and op- erating. Annual CIAA dues remain $50. e monies de- rived from dues wholly support the publishing of the Beta-Gamma Gab, support social programming, and help defray some of the costs in maintaining our two properties. I have been asked how many Brothers pay their annual dues. is past year 66 of the 1,568 living alumni paid dues. is was down by 40% from 2016-17. is was understandable because everyone was awaiting the final decision on what was to happen with the house. One way we could cut costs is if we were to accumulate everyone's email address. Currently, we have about half (786) the living alum- ni's email addresses. Our goal is to get to 80% and then distribute every other Gab electronically—a huge cost savings. I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge Dan Carr '74 for his financial genius over the past two years. Dan has operated the books for the Housing Corporation (HC). He has decided it's time to pass the duties onto someone with better accounting skills. I don't know if Dan can ever be replaced. On behalf of all the alumni, we thank him for his dedicated service and timely reports. If you can volun- teer to manage the books for the HC, please contact me. Fraternally, Jeff Knezovich '75 CIAA Treasurer treasurerforciaa@gmail.com Make the Trek Back for Homecoming 2018 T his year, Eastern will celebrate Homecoming weekend on Oc- tober 19-21. As usual, the parade route will pass by the chapter house. Viewing from the lawn will still be available even though the chapter house is under construction. It was just announced from the EIU Alumni Association that Brother Paul Hoffman '77 has been named Dis- tinguished Alumnus. He will be on campus participating in many events that week. A dinner where he will receive his award will be hosted on Satur- day evening. e Central Illinois Alumni Association (CIAA) hopes to have a table at the event. If you would like a seat, please contact Jeff Knezovich '75. Full details about all the Homecoming activities can be found on the EIU website. e CIAA will also have a mailing announcing homecoming weekend activities. 2018-19 CIAA Membership Dues Name: _________________________________________________ Street Address: ___________________________________________ City: ___________________________________________________ State: _____________ Zip Code: _____________________________ Telephone: ______________________________________________ Email: _________________________________________________ Mail checks to CIAA, 380 Prairie Knoll Drive, Naperville, IL 60565 For Credit Card Payments include: Card Number: ___________________________________________ Expiration Date: ___________ Security Code: ___________ Zip Code: ________________ Credit card payment can be sent to treasurerforciaa@gmail.com

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