February/March 2018

ΑLPHA ΦHI ΩMEGA PHI XI

NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY/MARCH 2018 ISSUE 02

"THE BEST WΑY TO FIND YOURSELF IS TO LOSE YΦURSELF IN THE SERVICE OF ΩTHERS."

IN LEADERSHIP, FRIENDSHIP, AND SERVICE

CONTACT US AUSTIN COLLEGE 900 N. GRAND AVENUE SHERMAN, TX 75090 apo.phixi@gmail.com

EDITORIAL SHIRLEY BANH Editor

HOLLY HE

WELCOME Alpha Phi Omega - Phi Xi "Alpha Phi Omega is a national, co-ed service fraternity that has set the standard for college campus-based volunteerism since 1925. We have active chapters on over 350 campuses, and we strive to help each individual member develop leadership skills, experience friendship on many levels and provide service to others."

- www.apo.org

Historian/Photographer

CONTRIBUTORS Deeksha Machireddy, Megan Slaughter, Ben Allen, Yassi Payma, Allie Armato, Josh Behar

SOCIAL MEDIA http://www.apoonline.or g/phixi/ Facebook & Instagram: @APOPhixi

EXECUTIVE BOARD

EXECUTIVE BOARD 2018 President: Yassi Payma VP Members: Josh Behar VP Leadership: Allie Armato VP Service: Shirley Banh Education Coordinator: Addie Pederson Education Assistants: Megan Slaughter & David Anderson Secretary: Shreya Uppala

Treasurer: Priya Patel Historian: Holly He Parliamentarian: Richard Reyes Webmasters: Faran Riyaz & Imran Blackall MBU Chair: Lindsay Apgar Sectionals Chair: Lu Zhang Member of National Committee: Pranav Sheth

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY Spring Class of 2018

Andrew Futcher

Paulina Ngo

Deeksha Machireddy

Richard Zhu

Emily Estes

Saif Haque

Helen Nguyen

Victoria Gilbert

Holly Humphries

Abiel Cardenas-Botello

"BECAUSE I HAVE A BROTHER, I WILL ALWAYS HAVE A FRIEND."

Katia Holbrook

Kianna Marrs

Kirsten Weber

Sarah Bates

Madison Bolin

Scotti Brown

Milca Chalvez

Sanjana Rasamsetti

Siddharth Kortikere

Shreya Sinha

Sam Marsh

Jessica Thoennes

Melika Monfared

Mahaa Siddiqui

WELCOME H.O.M.E The Education Staff is so thankful for everyone's help during Rush Week! This year's was special as we were able to integrate more service opportunities, with food packaging at Share Ministries, cleanup at TPU, and letter writing at the Mix and Mingle. But Rush Week could not have been such a success without all of you!

Your presence at these events meant the world to us, so thank you!

"Taking part in APO Rush week was a great experience because I felt so welcomed by the active members, and I was having fun while helping out in the community. I am looking forward to helping make APOs vision come true by interacting with my peers to make an impact not only on our own community but also on a national and global level."

"I feel welcomed by our brothers."

- Deeksha Machireddy '21 OUR CURRENT FOCUS IS HOME, AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY EXCITED, ESPECIALLY FOR RETREAT! WITH A SCHEDULE OF SERVICE AND GAMES, WE WILL DEMONSTRATE WHAT APO IS TRULY ABOUT: LEADERSHIP, FRIENDSHIP, SERVICE. Mar. 6th Sexual Harassment PPT / History of APO Mar. 8th Big & Little Reveal Mar. 20th Name Game/Toast Song Mar. 22th Leadership Point Activity Mar. 27th APO Online Presentation Mar. 29th HOME certification April 6-8th Retreat @ Journey to Healing (7162 Leavenworth Trail, Mead, OK)

ANNOUNCING THE FIRST

Pillar Praise Friendship Feature

Ben Allen '19

Leadership Limelight

Service Spotlight

Pranavya Manickavelu '20

Oksana Gil '18

Our brother does a lot This brother has Our senior brother, for the fraternity and is participated in a lot of Oksana, has shown super kind to everyone. leadership events. She her love of service He is always willing to has shown her growth as every year. She has help people and extends a leader within the given her time to himself to others. Ben is fraternity, and in on attend many service passionate about service campus in other events this semester. and creates a friendly extracurricular activities. She is an example of a environment at APO servant leader! events.

CONGRATS TO THE BROTHERS THAT EXCEEDED THE EXPECTATIONS!!

ALPHA PHI OMEGA - PHI XI

BROTHER HIGHLIGHTS RESEARCH & BASKETBALL Our brothers, Keara Malone '19 and Lindsay

Brother, Bryce Frank '19, a star player on the

Apgar '19, Â represented Austin College at

Austin College women's basketball team (20-

the Southeastern Regional Yeast Meeting at

6) has been selected as a 1st Team All-South

Rhodes College for student undergraduate

Region performer in addition to being named

research this past weekend. Keara won first

the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

place for best undergraduate talk! Congrats!!!

Player of the Year.

Our chapter is so proud of both of our brothers for their accomplishments!

Bryce has put on one of the best single

#Saccharomycescerevisibaes

seasons in program history! #GoRoos

ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK SPRING BREAK 2018 THE TEAM

16 of our brothers, along with 11 others, traveled to the hub of Cajun heritage in Lafayette, Louisiana, to help rebuild the flood-damaged area over Spring Break.

WHAT THEY DID

The team volunteered in the smaller, outlying communities where more than 4,400 homes were damaged or destroyed. Their efforts focused on rebuilding the destroyed houses and ensuring that the residents will be able to come back to fixed homes.

Olga Bivol Lu Zhang Kevin Mai Sanjana Rasamsetti

SERVICE

Lucia Bivol Shreya Sinha Todd Liang James Huynh

Madison Bolin Pranavya Manickavelu Shreya Uppala Alina Shrestha

Helen Nguyen Heather Lo Zara Robinson Megan Slaughter

ASB 2018

A REMINDER

SERVICE

By Shirley Banh, Vice President of Service Service is one of the most rewarding things you can give to others. It encompasses sacrifice, time, compassion, humility, and effort. By providing service to our fraternity, to our campus, to the community, to our nation, and to humanity; is astonishingly beautiful. It’s very easy to forget about volunteering with all the stress imposed on us, but it’s well worth it to know that you were able to help and dedicate your time to a worthwhile cause. I recommend that the next time you are having a rough day, go out and volunteer during the weekend - go to the animal shelter, nursing home, write a letter to someone, and just spread kindness.

College is stressful, there’s no doubt about it. But chances are, if you volunteer your time to those that are less fortunate, you’ll get a chance to see how great your stressful college life really is — and nothing relieves stress better than gaining some perspective on how the world really is. Gratitude and reflection are excellent study tools. So next time, you’re stressing about that paper or having a break down about your college career, know that you have done well and will continue doing well as a servant leader.

You were of service to others, and you did good.

S E R V I C E

24 110 95 JANUARY - MARCH

EVENTS

There have been 24 service events APO has participated in on campus and in the community.

HOURS

Through events, APO has accumulated over 100 hours of service in the past three months, This excludes hours completed outside of the events coordinated through APO.

BROTHERS

All 95 brothers have volunteered this semester and contributed to the 110+ hours APO has volunteered.

BE A

PEN PAL Ongoing Service Project Write letters to those who would love to hear from you most! Throughout this semester, you can get service hours by writing letters to deployed soldiers and/or hospitalized kids. Take out a few minutes of your day to write sincere letters with warm wishes that will definitely make them smile! (3 cards = 1 hour / max 5 hours) The following links will give you more information: https://soldiersangels.org/letter-writing-team.html http://www.cardsforhospitalizedkids.com/makecards.html

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