Theta Chi - Iowa State University

THE TOMAHAWK 2 Alpha Mu Chapter 2 SHOW ALPHA MU YOUR SUPPORT Join the Brotherhood Society Today! John C� Laurie, D�V�M� '66 Larry S� Buss '68 Gordon T� Gorychka '69 Stephen L� Parker '69 Thomas G� Connard '72 William D� Kalm '73 Kim A� Lorenzen '73 Douglas M� Winslow '73 Jon L� Fleming, M�D� '75 Paul D� Burgan '78 Bryan K� Boerschel '79 Ricky L� Killion '79 David M� Svingen '79 Randy L� Vanderwerf '80 Paul B� Von Tersch '80 Michael W� Mendlik '81 Douglas P� Kelly '85 Brian D� Mino '85 William G� Ringsdorf '85 Kurt A� Tjaden '85 Joseph E� McSharry '86 Bret C� Keast '89 Douglas W� Den Adel '94 Mark E� Steward Jr� '98 Chris McNamara '99 Eric D� Nelson '00 Alan Terrell '00 Brian D� Deets '01 Joshua Hibben '02 Brandon J� Cutler '04 Nathaniel S� Hibben '04 Andrew J� Nelson '07 Joshua S� Moline '12 Dustin T� Reed '17 T hank you to the brothers below who have contributed $10,323 to the Brotherhood Society� These contributions directly impact the lives of our active members, provide much-needed funding for their educational programming needs, and support the events that bring us together as alumni� Your membership in the Brotherhood Society makes events like Alumni Weekend possible� Make your donation of $240, or $20 a month, to the Brotherhood Society and ensure Alumni Weekend remains an Alpha Mu tradition� Non-tax deductible gifts can be made to the Alpha Mu Chapter Corporation Board and tax deductible gifts can be made out to the Iowa State Foundation, memo: Theta Chi Fraternity� Please mail all donations to P�O� Box 2407, Ames, IA 50010� Alpha Mu Alumni Survey Spurs Action I n August 2017, several members of undergraduate and alumni leadership met during a strategic planning session to develop a vision to best position our chapter over the next several years� The result of that discussion was to develop a list of themes and goals� To refine our vision and develop a strategy, we reached out to our alumni for their input on how to best accomplish these goals� More than 100 alumni responded to our survey to gauge the relative importance of each theme� Below reflects the results of that survey as well as action plans for themes that resonated most with our responding alumni� THEMES WITH SUPPORT OF OUR RESPONDING ALUMNI BASE 1. Provide incentives and scholarships to recruit highly accomplished new members as well as award academic achievement within our current members. Short-term action plan: To recognize and encourage well-rounded student leaders, we will, under our current annual campaign structure, explore additional areas outside of GPA to award dollars for undergraduate excellence (i�e�, leadership, philanthropy, etc�)� Long-term action plan: To award more for outstanding achievement and offset the ever-growing expense of college, we will explore opportunities to develop an endowed scholarship fund at the ISU Foundation� 2. Renovate the chapter facility resulting in state-of-the-art common study areas. Action plan: Develop a schematic design of a renovation or addition to the chapter house, with state-of-the-art group study areas� Subsequently, determine the support of our alumni for this project� 3. Better inform and promote the strengths of the chapter. Action plan: Form a task force comprised of undergraduate and alumni leadership with a review by International Headquarters (IHQ) to document current perception on campus and create a minimum of three recommendations for sustainable actions to improve the perception of our chapter� In addition, develop a mission statement and a vision statement for the organization that reflects the concept of Theta Chi for Life� These statements will be prominently displayed in the chapter house� 4. Alumni leaders should provide advice and counsel to the chapter leadership to provide more consistency each year as undergraduate executives regularly transition and to further demonstrate Theta Chi for Life in helping young men develop. Action plan: Establish a Chapter Advisory Board, which is now currently mandated by IHQ� This board will meet and exceed the minimum time and performance requirements, which will be outlined in a training session conducted by IHQ staff� 5. Alumni should assist in the recruitment of prospective new members through a referral process. Action plan: Increase and diversify communication with a target audience of alumni who reside in geographic areas of recruitment priorities (i�e�, recent trends for the state of Iowa, Minneapolis/St� Paul metropolitan area)� 6. Formalize a mentoring program between alumni and undergraduates to further demonstrate Theta Chi for Life in helping young men develop. Action plan: Electronically communicate with alumni to research those interested in mentoring our undergraduate members� 7. Semiannual newsletters. Action plan: Expand our vehicles for communicating with our alumni base� Specifically, utilizing Facebook, Alpha Mu website, monthly electronic messaging, etc� Emphasize updating our email address accuracy through collaboration with the university and IHQ� Explore the content of this messaging with a greater emphasis on current affairs of the undergraduate chapter� Begin the transition from paper copies of the Tomahawk to electronic version� 8. Alumni Weekend events. Action plan: Continue this highly successful event, while receiving input from our attendees on how to improve the experience� 9. Develop intentional proposals for charitable giving via tax-deductible gifts. Action plan: Go beyond giving to educational opportunities� As an example, in the near future we hope to offer a tax- deductible giving opportunity (i�e�, The Theta Chi Fraternity Educational Equipment Fund)� 10. Debt and mortgage reduction. Action plan: Perform an in-depth analysis of a funding model going forward giving high regard to both achieving our goals as well as respecting the appropriate amount of debt� Themes Without Significant Support of Our Responding Alumni Base and No Action Plan Currently Established: 1� Increase facility capacity� 2� Increase non-academic spaces within the facility�

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