Pi Kappa Alpha - University of Texas

5 www.texaspikes.com Pi Kappa Alpha B eta Mu hosted its 2017 Dad's Weekend on March 3-4. The Friday night dinner and a Sixth Street outing were a success. On Saturday afternoon the group took in the Longhorns vs. Baylor Bears basketball game, the last of the season. Unfortunately, Texas did not win, but a fun Saturday night at Topgolf concluded the weekend. A fun time was had by all. Thanks, dads! More than 50 enthusiastic Pike moms joined Beta Mu members in Austin March 31-April 2. The weekend included a tour of U.T.'s Blanton Museum and dinner at Abel's on the Lake. We enjoyed both of the spring weekends and welcome parents to visit us in Austin anytime. Dad's and Mom's Weekends Held This Spring P ike's summer 2017 rush leadership team has been announced. Led by Chairman Kris Kubin '14, the Dallas captains are Will Reid '15 and Nathan Roberts '15; Houston captains are Mitchell Benson '15 and Arthur Gorling '16; Austin efforts will be helmed by Justin Dunlap '15, Hunter Hendrix '15 and Parker Morris '15; and the out-of-state out- reach will be led by Alex Crutchfield '15 and Vincent Gangemi '15. A summer rush calendar will be posted on the chapter website in early May. The rush team welcomes rushee recommendations, as well as alumni and parent resources for outings such as baseball tickets, golf outings, ranch use and boating. Rush referrals can be sent to the rush team via e-mail at rush@texaspikes.com or the rush page at www.texaspikes.com (print, scan and e-mail/mail the rec form). Summer Rush Leadership Welcomes Recommendations As we are taught, rush is truly the lifeblood of the fraternity. The Beta Mu rush team is ready for a productive summer 2017. Congratulations, December 2016 Graduates C ongratulations to the following seven Pike brothers for their December 2016 U.T. graduations. Richard Tuckwell-Brown '12 B.S., Economics Reece Maganzini '12 B.S., Mechanical Engineering Baylor Morrison '13 B.S., Economics JD Swancoat '12 BBA, Finance Aaron Trevino '13 B.S., Political Communications Will Wakefield '12 B.S., Economics Jake Webb '12 B.S., Computer Science The Alumni Advisory Board enjoyed hon- oring these new Texas Exes with a Senior Sendoff over cocktails in December and presented them, on behalf of Beta Mu alumni, with Pike blankets. This group made many contributions to Beta Mu and U.T. JD is a past president, Baylor is past philanthropy chairman and Reece is past sergeant-at-arms. Will and Jake are Silver Spurs and past rush chairmen. Ricky and Aaron were academic and athletic contributors. We wish them well in their career and graduate school pursuits and welcome them to alumni status. December 2016 graduates JD Swancoat '12, Aaron Trevino '13, Reece Maganzini '12 and Will Wakefield '12.

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