Alpha Tau Omega - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Spring 2023 Newsletter

Gamma Gamma Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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\\\\\\\\\\\\ ACCOMPLISHED BROTHERS \\\\\\\\\\\\ Scholarship Update S cholarship performance is a strong indicator of how our chapter is doing overall and of course is critically important in being com- petitive for the most attractive internships as well as permanent em- ployment. It's also a key component for True Merit consideration. The chapter recognizes our academic performance is below where we and our alumni expect us to perform. Our combined chapter cumula- tive GPA based on the winter quarter is 3.060, which is 5th best of the 8 fraternities and 0.083 below the All-Greek Men average of 3.134. The quarterly GPA for the chapter in the fall was 2.967 in the fall quarter and 3.024 in the winter quarter. Our goal is to be consistently in the top two or three among the 8 fra- ternities, be above All Greek Men average, and be above Rose- Hulman's Men's average and clearly we have work to do to get there. There are three key things we are working on to improve our perfor- mance. First, we will be putting more emphasis on academic perfor- mance during Rush. Second, we are working closely with those brothers that are struggling to provide tutoring, time management guidance, and anything else they need recognizing each brother has unique reasons why they are not performing as well as desired. Third, we have made a significant effort, led by Paul Sofineti earlier this academic year, to improve and reorganize our academic file sys- tem. Specifically, considerable effort and manpower went into up- grading, organizing and digitizing the file system so it can be used as a resource for anyone in the fraternity. As can be seen from the list of brothers who are on the Dean's list, we have many brothers who are doing extremely well academically. With their help, with individual attention to the brothers who are not performing well, and with a better, more accessible file system, we believe that our performance will improve. When I speak with many alumni, they felt that being in ATĪ© was an advantage academically, whether they were excellent students or whether they were more aca- demically challenged. We believe that with the appropriate attention and environment (including the newly renovated house which pro- vides more space for group study and academic collaboration), we will once again consistently be one of the top academic fraternities on campus. But we know it will take a concerted effort and I look for- ward to leading that effort over the next several months. With Respect, Tim Swicord '26, Scholarship Winter Quarter Dean's List Recipients Jared Englert '23 Zachary Junker '23 Tretter Lyons '23 Ryan Nikolic '23 Josh Suslowicz '23 Mason Wetz '23 Noah Woodson '23 Kevin Beddow '24 Devin Bredehoft '24 Troy Hungerford '24 Jackson Kabrick '24 Trevor Ley '24 Tyler Sommer '24 Andrew Tufto '24 Evan Wassman '24 Andrew Forche '25 Fritz Kyser '25 Jack Martin '25 Richard Peters '25 Logan Schuld '25 Paul Sofineti '25 Matteo Calviello '26 Tommasso Calviello '26 Logan Faulkenberg '26 Gavin Lesko '26 Timothy Swicord '26 Owen Wiesler '26 Max Wilking '26 B ridging the Gap Africa (BtGA) is a nonprofit organiza- tion that builds pedestrian footbridges in rural areas of Africa, so that people have access to better schooling and healthcare. One thing they were struggling with was the effi- ciency of micropile installation. A micropile is a deep foun- dation element constructed using high-strength , small diam- eter steel casing and/or threaded bars. The common uses of micropiles are to provide structural support, underpin foun- dations, enhance mass stability, and transfer loads. It would take up to a whole afternoon to install just two. On a trip in the Summer of 2022, Brother Phillips, Brother Martin, and Brother Blackburn accompanied me to Kenya, and we worked with BtGA to design a new system of installing heli- cal micropiles. With our work, we were able to bring the installation time of micropiles down from several hours, to just 10 minutes per micropile. We each had an amazing ex- perience and are eager to see how our contributions last in the long-term. Paul Sofineti '25, Chaplain Brothers and people from the trip holding a sample of the micropile.

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