Fraternity News: A Semester of Opportunity

FRATERNITY NEWS

FLI attendees engage in a model Be the Match donor drive, adding 79 names to the National Bone Marrow Donor Registry. A grant from the FarmHouse Foundation is available for chapters who want to host a drive on their own campus. Read more about the history of the Fraternity’s partnership with Be the Match on page 18.

January

FarmHouse Leadership Institute Jan. 3-6, 2015

FarmHouse Leadership Institute (FLI) participants are reminded to “live the Ritual” during the closing session. The theme of the 2015 FLI was “It Begins with Me,” reminding chapter officers to be the change that they want to see in their chapters. Top: Midwest Regional Director Thomas Marten (SIU ’11) energizes FarmHouse men at the Detroit RLC. Bottom: Attendees visit the

February

Regional Leadership Conferences

Mobile RLC attendees visit the USS Alabama Museum on the deck of the decommissioned battle ship anchored in Mobile Bay. Attendees learned to fight “An Enemy Called Average” in recruitment, member education, personal development and career success during two weekends at three

Mobile, Ala. | Feb. 13-15, 2015

locations in February. Little Big Horn National Monument near Billings, Mont. Each RLC featured a cultural activity in the host city as part of the program.

Detroit, Mich. & Billings, Mont. | Feb. 20-22, 2015

FRATERNITY NEWS

A SEMESTER OF OPPORTUNITY

FarmHouse members travel the continent in pursuit of personal and chapter development in the Spring 2015 semester.

To Be & Become (TBB) May 20-22, 2015

Twenty-nine recently-initiated FarmHouse men “break the ice” at the opening session on the grounds of the Heartland Center, outside of Kansas City, Mo.

May

Thomas Curtis (TT ’15) launches from the top of a telephone pole during the “leap of faith” activity. Attendees spent an afternoon on the high ropes course during TBB. Blake Scism (KS ’15) and Trevor Kirkland (AU ’15) share their StrengthsQuest top five themes. The StrengthsQuest assessment is the basis of the TBB curriculum.

June

Top left: left to right, participants Taylor Thooft (SD ’13), Braden Wilson (CO ’13), Josh Christoffer (MN ’15), Randy Davis (IL ’15) and Ryan Bruntjen (IL ’15) find shade from the mid-day Honduras heat. The team spent four days turning a bare concrete foundation into a finished new home. Top right: The team celebrates the completion of the project with members of the community. Bottom: Overlooking Santa Cruz, Honduras, construction is underway on the home the FarmHouse team built for a family in need.

The Journey: FarmHouse May 30-June 6, 2015

International FarmHouse travelers zipline over the 90-foot Pulhapanzek Falls to relax on the last day of their experience. This was the second year for the Fraternity’s international service immersion program.