State of the Chapter

Dear Brothers and Friends of Beta,

With the harsh winter weather behind us and warm weather aplenty, this D-Term allowed for our chapter to flourish and form into a connected brotherhood that many brothers have not been able to see since the beginning of the pandemic.

We began this D-Term by welcoming our newest sweetheart Hannah Kachadorian who not only played an influential part in the planning of Fall and Spring rush but has greatly supported our brothers when they needed it the most. On top of this, we had the pleasure of adding Luke Foley, Ashton Kittur, and Edward “Spencer” Smith to our role as the members of our Spring Rush Class. I am extremely proud of what this class, Sigma Class, has been able to accomplish already in their short amount of time in the chapter and given that most of these new brothers have taken up of officer positions already, I see great things to come from this class in the future.

Unfortunately with the addition of new brothers we also see the departure of old ones, this term we had to say our heartfelt goodbyes to 10 total graduating seniors who will be shortly leaving us to pursue postgraduate life.

Of and in addition to these brothers we are sad to see our Risk Manager Matt Karns ending his time at WPI along with our Brotherhood Chairmen Josh Barney who has accepted a co-op position for the fall semester. Although we are sad to see them leave we are happy to welcome our two of our new brothers from Rho Class, Jeremy Allen and Matthew Letourneau, who will be filling the role of interim Risk Manager and interim Brotherhood Chairmen.

Beyond the welcoming of a new class and the parting of another this D-Term, we were able to bring back the brotherhood by kicking the term off with our first ever house retreat where brothers were able to connect fully and relax early on into D-Term. Throughout the remainder of the term, the chapter was able to come together in smaller ways by taking photos of brothers across campus and putting it in our slack, meeting up at the gym to exercise together, spending time on the quad on the nicer days, and coming together on the bottom floor of the Campus Center at “Pisland”.

To sum up, this term we welcomed a new and strong set of brothers while we said goodbye to a group of brothers who had a grand impact on us all. We now look forward to the Fall semester ahead, with plans for one of the strongest Rushes of late and an even stronger brotherhood.

Yours in __kai__

Casey Frommer #149