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Alumni Lead Career Advisory Sessions for Pike Undergraduates O ne of the many ways Beta Mu alumni can honor the "Once a Pike, Always a Pike" mantra and support the undergraduate chapter is by participating in a Career Advisory Session. For its fifth year during the students' holiday break, a fun and informative alumni-led Career Advisory Session took place in Dallas on January 5. The early 2017 session focused on real estate and was hosted at the uptown Colliers International offices of Allen Gump '76. Joining the breakfast ses- sion were alumni real estate "faculty" George Dutter '83, Gianni LaBarba '96, Jay Lucas '76, Brady Maus '09 and Kirk Williams '80. The Dallas session mirrors a January 2016 real estate session in Houston led by alumni. Jeff Hickl '98 of Deloitte led a well-received presentation to 10 active members of the chapter in Austin on April 17 on the topic of preparing for careers and interview suggestions for the accounting and global business consulting sectors. Previous sessions have been held in Austin, Dallas and Houston in both January and the summer, as well as during the school year. Topics have included digital marketing/big data, energy, medicine, banking, law, working in a large global corporation and a visit to the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank. Alumni interested in giving a career talk, please send a note to alumni@texaspikes.com. 4 www.texaspikes.com The Beta Mu Review Texas Pikes Launch New Philanthropy, "Pike Fest" Spring Semester Wrap Up from Beta Mu T he spring 2017 semester for Texas Pikes has been active and produc- tive. The chapter initiated 34 new members in December, and we are pleased to have a five-man spring class (introduced below). Beta Mu is focused this spring on academics, philanthropy, athletics, brotherhood and some great social events. In addition to our spring semester kick-off social, the winter-themed Pikes Peak party held in January, we completed a fun Round-Up Weekend in March and held our spring formal in April in San Antonio. Pikes are competing in Rec Sports basketball and baseball seasons, and Pike has hosted both Mom's and Dad's Weekends in Austin this spring. Academics and community service remain a priority. The overall Pike membership GPA is 3.2 per UT-Austin's most recent official grade report rankings, placing our men 14th of the 30 IFC fraternities at Texas. A team of 15 Pike undergraduates traveled to Dallas in February to attend Pike University, where they met with more than 400 other Pike officers and alumni leaders from chapters in Texas and surrounding states, learning best practices in academics, recruitment and risk management, as well as other fraternity management techniques. Pike continues our deep engagement in community service this semester. We are excited to host a new signature charity event, a day-long music festival held on April 29 christened Pike Fest. Pike Fest is a lawn party for- mat and featured a popular rap group from Chicago, as well as homegrown Austin music talent. Profits will benefit pediatric cancer research; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center's Taylor Trudeau Cycle for Life Foundation are the beneficiary organizations. We are excited to have a broadened rush team and recruitment approach for summer 2017. Rush is the lifeblood of the fraternity, and we need the Pike family and alumni to recommend potential rushees. Our rush team is profiled in this issue (page 5). In 2017, Beta Mu Chapter celebrates her 97th year at The University of Texas at Austin. There has never been a time to have more pride in being an active member or an alumnus of Pi Kappa Alpha. We encourage Pikes, alumni and friends to visit when in Austin. Yours in phi phi ka, Lucas Anderson '13, President Andrew England • Schertz, Texas • Samuel Clemens High School • Activities: National Honor Society, Golf, Football • Major: History Thomas Hebner • Upper Saddle River, N.J. • Northern Highlands High School • Activities: National Honor Society, Lacrosse, Relay for Life • Major: Plan II Edouard Henriet • Houston, Texas • Westchester Academy • Activities: Model United Nations, Interact Club, Rotary • Major: International Business McCord Kobelan • Austin, Texas • Westlake High School • Activities: Football • Major: Liberal Arts Matthew Stewart • Austin, Texas • Westlake High School • Activities: Golf, German Club, Astronomy Club • Major: Business Administration welcoMe, SpRing 2017 pledgeS Beta Mu undergraduates and alumni enjoyed the session on preparing for a career in the real estate industry. From left: Edouard Henriet, Thomas Hebner, Andrew England, McCord Kobelan and Matt Stewart.

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