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Fraternity News: Clemson Chartering & Wichita State Expansion
FRATERNITY NEWS
MEMBERSHIP GROWTH 1,660 MEMBERS 1 NEW COLONY 1 NEW CHAPTER
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Top: Members and guests celebrate the re-chartering of the Clemson chapter of FarmHouse on Feb. 7, 2015. Clemson originally hosted a FarmHouse chapter from 1995-2004. Numerous alumni from the original chapter joined the new initiates for a ceremony and banquet on the scenic Clemson campus in upstate South Carolina. More than 150 FarmHouse members, family and guests were in attendance.
Bottom: The Fraternity’s newest group was established at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kan., on Nov. 15, 2014. After an extensive application and interview process, FarmHouse was selected over other fraternities to establish a new colony on campus. This project was the first under the guidance of Drew Goering (KS ’07), assistant director of membership growth, a recently established staff position tasked with expanding the FarmHouse experience to new members and more campuses.
Headquarters Staff Transitions for Fall 2015
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Effective August 1, there were some transitions and changes to the Fraternity’s Headquarters staff.
After five years as part of the Fraternity’s staff in various full-time roles, director of chapter services, Tim Hadachek (KS ’07), assumed the new part-time position of member education coordinator. This fall Tim will pursue a law degree at the University of Kansas School of Law. Hadachek will work mostly remotely while he attends law school full-time in Lawrence, Kan.
Tim’s continued work with the Fraternity will include curriculum development for FarmHouse educational programs including The Journey: FarmHouse, To Be and Become…The FarmHouse Emerging Talent Retreat, Regional Leadership Conferences, Conclave and assistance with the FarmHouse Leadership Institute.
Additionally, he will manage and lead the Fraternity’s external philanthropic partnerships with the Leukemia-Lymphoma Society (LLS) and Be the Match: The National Bone Marrow Donor Registry.
Tim will continue to manage the Fraternity’s social media presence and accounts as well and may continue to be reached at tim@farmhouse.org.
Justin Crowley (MN ’09) served the Fraternity the last two-plus years as an educational leadership consultant and will now transition into the role of assistant director of chapter services.
In this position, Justin will be the primary staff lead in chapter health monitoring, chapter operations
Maples Goering
development, risk management education and develop programming for staff consultation and targeted visits.
He will also serve as the staff liaison for the regional director program as well as the first point of contact for the variety of services, programming and merchandise available through FarmHouse Headquarters. Justin may continue to be reached at justin@farmhouse.org.
And, Robbie Maples (OK ’10) hits the road again this fall and enters his second year as an educational leadership consultant. He will support chapters, their leadership and members, through in-person, on-site visits, educational programming and targeted consulting based on a chapter’s varying needs. The membership may reach Maples at robbie@farmhouse.org.
Rounding out the staff line-up, Drew Goering (KS ’07) continues in the role of assistant director of membership growth, leading organizational membership growth and retention, recruitment education, membership marketing and branding and expansion to new campuses. He may be reached at drew@farmhouse.org.
A search for a second educational leadership consultant will begin in Fall 2015 for appointment and an anticipated start date of January 2016.
Interested candidates should monitor www.farmhouse.org for the employment application, position description and benefits or may make their interest known by emailing fhhq@farmhouse.org.
FRATERNITY NEWS
Resignations Prompt Changes to Board Composition
During the spring meeting of the International Executive Board, held March 27-29 in Indianapolis, Ind., the Board made the difficult decision to accept the resignations of two directors, undergraduate chapter members Brennan Costello (NE ’12) and Daniel Suess (SIU ’15).
These resignations came after several months of discussion on the structure and composition of the International Executive Board. Professional advice from insurance providers and insight from legal counsel that chapter members not hold voting seats on the boards of directors of national fraternal organizations led to the decision.
In accepting the resignations, the Board voted to, “acknowledge and commend the exemplary service provided by Brother Costello and Brother Suess during their tenure on the Board. The Fraternity also extended its thanks and appreciation to the 63 men from 36 chapters who, since 1968, for 47 years ably represented the chapter member perspective and voice and honorably served as student directors to the International Executive Board.” The motion passed unanimously.
The IEB will not fill these vacated seats and the composition of the Board will be addressed through delegate legislation as a bylaws amendment at next summer’s 49th Biennial Conclave in Denver.
Additionally, moving forward, the Fraternity will identify other avenues to ensure the chapter member voice is a part of national leadership conversations and that undergraduate input is sought for important governing matters facing FarmHouse.
