Sigma Phi Epsilon - University of Connecticut

PAGE 3 SIGMA PHI EPSILON T he SigEp Open golf tourna- ment has been running for over 20 years, thanks primar- ily to the stewardship of Paul Sum- mers '87. With the chapter back on campus, interest has increased, and this year's tour- nament was significantly larger than in past years and included over a dozen undergraduate brothers. We are looking forward to an even larger turnout next summer! We have also been hosting a rotating ird ursday Happy Hour in a different location each month. ese casual gatherings are open to all alumni. So far, we've been to Hartford, New Haven, and Stamford, and keep this going in 2019. For more information, please see our Facebook group at SPEatUConnAlumni or LinkedIn at CT Alpha Alumni of Sigma Phi Epsilon and request to join the group. We are always looking for volunteers to help coor- dinate social events. A Hartford Yardgoats game over the summer? A local brewery tour? Rentschler Field tailgates? Please let us know. S ince returning to campus, the AVC has provided nearly $10,000 in financial sup- port for chapter members attending SigEp's regional and national leadership events and con- tributed $2,350 toward the overall amount that CT Alpha has awarded through our Balanced Man Scholarship, which recognizes men across the UConn campus who best demonstrate our ideals of Sound Body Sound Mind. When CT Alpha moved back into Husky Village in 2015, AVC funds provided the $10,000 deposit on the residence, and more than $28,000 going to common room and study/office furniture and repairing or reframing composites and other memorabilia, some back to our 1956 Founding. Other than a small amount kept in a local bank account, AVC operating funds are held in an in- terest earning equity management fund with the SigEp National Housing Corporation. Scholar- ship funds are separate, and are held in funds restricted specifically for CT Alpha to use at the SigEp Education Foundation. Earned interest may be drawn off for scholarship purposes each year based on fund totals. We currently draw al- most $1,700 each year from these funds. Alumni contributions over many decades have afforded us the opportunity to support our chapter finan- cially in many ways, and we are grateful for this generosity. Alumni Stand Up for CT Alpha A lumni volunteers work with chapter leaders across chapter operations, help officers develop goals and action plans to achieve their objectives and serve as career and community mentors. A number of our key volunteers working with the chapter are not native to CT Alpha. SCSU Professor Jonathan Wharton, past Chapter Counselor and current advisor to our Resi- dential Learning Community team, comes to us from NJ Alpha (Stephens Tech). Bal- anced Man Steward (and new father!) Derek Stanley hails from CT Epsilon (Quinnipiac University), and our current Chapter Coun- selor, Andy Kelly (see page 2) was a Founding Father of Arkansas Alpha. We are incredibly fortunate to have these men devoting their time to CT Alpha. e generosity of our alumni have enabled us to provide financial support to our undergrad- uate brothers. We have been fortunate to send two members each summer to the Ruck Lead- ership Institute, the fraternity world's premier training academy for rising leaders, and have had one member attend the exclusive Tragos Quest for Greece. Over 40 brothers have at- tended the yearly Carlson Leadership Acad- emy, over 45 have attended Life Aer College, and close to 20 have represented CT Alpha at Conclave in 2015 and 2017. CT Alpha brothers have benefitted from na- tional competition scholarships supported by our Educational Foundation. With 200+ chapters and more than 14,000 current mem- bers, these awards are very competitive, and since returning to campus, our members have been awarded the Zollinger Outstand- ing Senior, general National Competition Scholarship, and the Rader Memorial Wres- tling Award. Each of these has come with a monetary award from either national or CT Alpha Education Foundation funds. VOLUNTARY ALUMNI DUES Managing CT alpha asseTs for our fuTure Get Social with CT Alpha C onnecticut Alpha's alumni program, our SPEACONN publication, and the ability to support our undergraduate chapter, are made possible through the generous support of alumni and friends like you. In years past, the alumni association requested regular donations to our operating funds through a Voluntary Alumni Dues (VAD) program. Funds raised through alumni dues are separate from scholarship donations and are used for both undergraduate chapter support and AVC operations. Contributions made over many decades have afforded us the opportunity to support our chapter financially through our colonization and chartering, and allowed us to spend significantly more than our interest income alone might allow. With the successful return of CT Alpha to UConn's campus, it is time to start the VAD program again. Items financed through alumni dues include: • Publishing the newsletter • Maintaining address files • Supplies and postage for mailings • Chapter memorabilia maintenance for Husky Village • Undergraduate support for retreats and national leadership events • Governance costs (fees and insurance) All contributions for Voluntary Alumni Dues are appreciated. Please consider making a gi of $40, but all amounts are valued and needed. Contributions to Voluntary Alumni Dues or to any Connecticut Alpha Scholarship Fund will be recognized in this newsletter. Please make checks payable to "CT Alpha of Sigma Phi Epsilon AVC" and mail to: Larry Carboni, AVC Treasurer, 78 Summer Lane, North Haven, CT 06473

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