Alpha Tau Omega - University of North Dakota

B rothers, families, and friends of Delta Nu can mark July 24, 2019, as the date that clods of topsoil were turned to reaffirm ATW's legacy at UND. While only a stone's throw away from Cambridge Street and University Avenue, the clock wound down on a lionized structure whose days were numbered as a campus edifice. e groundbreaking ceremony was on the site now being readied for a new $3.1 million chapter house at 3000 University Ave. Our fraternity's original residence stood between 1922 and 2007. It was demolished because of age and damage from the 1997 Overland and Red River flood. Meanwhile, in the background stood an empty Memorial Union, built in 1951, awaiting its own demolition beginning exactly one week later to make way for a new student center and other university facilities. With a lighted, rolling billboard touting the new house fusing with the silent Memorial Union as backdrops, various luminaries ushered transition of Delta Nu into a new era before undergraduate members, alumni, UND representatives, contractors, friends, and media. Former Worthy Master and campaign co- chairman Jerry Van Eeckhout '59 unabashedly led the attendees in several renditions of the rousing "Russian Growler." Campaign co-chairman Dick Anderson '62 summarized highlights of the fundraising campaign that's nudging toward the goal of a debt-free $3.1 million with one more year to go. With bunks for 24, construction of the two-story house is poised to begin and is scheduled for completion by August 2020. e new residence will feature accents aligning it with UND's Collegiate Gothic architecture, while providing top-of-the-line facilities to occupants. Kate Kvamme, of ICON Architectural Group, said the new chapter house will reflect the old building's look, with a front patio and gabled roof. Additionally, three factors will embrace UND's architecture: the front gothic arch, an embattlement parapet, and cast stone trim around the windows. e residence's 15,000-square-foot interior will boast a vestibule grand foyer, grand hallway, an apartment for guests, a house manager apartment, a library, mail room, a large dining room, and a spacious kitchen. Most of the bedrooms on the second floor will offer two bunks, desks and closets, along with full central bathrooms. "For us, the word 'groundbreaking' stands for more than the literal meaning of turning dirt," Dick shared. "Groundbreaking is the introduction of new ideas and methods. is house provides us both the opportunity and mandate to introduce new ideas and methods—making ATW relevant by today's standards." National Alpha Tau Omega CEO Wynn Smiley Groundbreaking at 3000 University: The Dream Is No Longer Just a Dream T H E D E L T A NEWS A PUB L IC A TIO N O F A L PHA TA U O MEG A F R A TER NITY UNIV ER S ITY O F NO R TH DA K O TA s F A L L 2019 (Continued on page 4) Campaign StatuS at-a-glanCe As of September 12, 2019 total RaiSed: $2,819,094 numbeR of ContRibutoRS: 166 paRtiCipation Rate: 20% goal: $3 .1million From the left, those wielding gilded spades in the groundbreaking ritual included Delta Nu Worthy Master Eric Kolb '20, Alumni Association CEO DeAnna Carlson Zink, Campaign Co- Chairman Jerry Van Eeckhout '59, Associate Dean of Students Cassie Gerhardt, ICON Project Architect Kate Kvamme, ATO National President and CEO Wynn Smiley, and Jessie Tweeten with Community Contractors Inc., a Grand Forks builder.

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