Sigma Nu - University of Washington

SIGMA NEWS A PUBLICATION OF THE GAMMA CHI CHAPTER OF SIGMA NU UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON s SPRING 2018 T he Gamma Chi Alumni Advisory Board is thriving this year, with 16 devoted members. Our goal is to have an adviser for each chap- ter officer—we're not there yet! We meet once each quarter to hear about chapter updates from Gamma Chi's executive team. is is a very exciting time to be in the chapter house; active membership have risen dra- matically and morale is at an all-time high. Advisers take turns attending chapter meetings, which equates to about one meeting every other quarter with our present number of advisers. Ask any of our advisers about working with the active chapter, and they'll tell you that nothing is more rewarding than mentoring these young men and helping mold them into leaders who practice love, truth, honor. We are always looking for alumni who are interested in helping the chapter in a meaningful way. e time commitment for being on the board is minimal. Please contact me if you have any interest in serving, and check us out on the Gamma Chi website at www.uwsigmanu.com/our-alumni. Love, honor, truth, Doug Ichikawa '78 Alumni Advisory Board dsichi@yahoo.com GAMMA CHI'S ALUMNI ADVISORY BOARD IS STRONG Brothers encouraged to get Involved W ith the increased membership, elim- ination of mortgage debt, consistent payment of rent from the active chap- ter, and generous donations from 43 alumni, the Gamma Chi Clubhouse has been able to update lighting, plumbing, and other facility needs that have been a long time coming. Along with the ba- sic repairs needed to provide our live-in members a safe and functioning fraternity, we are moving forward with the projects below. High-Speed Internet throughout Chapter Facility New Wi-Fi has been installed throughout the facility, replacing the outdated, non-functioning system that has been problematic for years. is $10,000 project was paid for entirely by the Gam- ma Chi Educational Fund. e fund allows us to use tax-deductible donations for this specific type of project. Modern Library with New Equipment Library improvement plans have been completed and are ready to be priced by our general contrac- tor. New furniture, flooring, lighting, commer- cial printing and scanning machines, and better storage for books and test files will be included. We aim to create the most state-of-the-art, tech- nologically advanced library in Greek housing at Gamma Chi Clubhouse Establishes Chapter Facility Priorities Library and Kitchen Upgrades Planned for 2019 the University of Washington. is project will be funded 100 percent by the Gamma Chi Educa- tional Fund. Improvements to Make Kitchen Health Department-Compliant e City of Seattle Health Department notified us before the first of January that we will need to make significant improvements to our kitchen or it will be shutdown. e Clubhouse has been given three years to make the necessary renova- tions. We are working with Stig Carlson '86 of Stig Carlson Architects and Paul Ellingson '66 of Bargreen-Ellingson, who are helping us strategize for the imperative and pricey kitchen updates, es- timated to cost $250,000-300,000. e Clubhouse is intent on not accumulating any debt from this project.

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