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“Micki is very deserving of this award because of her compassion, drive and sheer love for Campus Life.”
Greek Life Administrator of the Quarter: MICKI ESTUESTA As the Campus Life Advisor at Sonoma State University, Micki Estuesta is making a real difference in the lives of those on her campus. She drives her students to be better leaders and stewards to post baccalaureate work. She cares deeply for her students and continually aides TKE men in their mental, moral and social development. Michael Booz, past Prytanis of the Tau-Beta Chapter of TKE at Sonoma State, attests that “Micki Estuesta has been an invaluable resource in fostering the growth of our chapter. She teaches us about organizational issues such as membership, recruitment, fundraising, and program planning. She has always been a big inspiration and continues to help further our goals and success. Not only does she help make our chapter better and stronger, she cares very deeply about all groups on our campus. Micki is very deserving of this award because of her compassion, drive and sheer love for Campus Life.” Micki believes that the fraternal experience can be the most relevant college experience an undergraduate can have if done right. Just as her collegiate experience at the University of Oregon and post
graduate work at the University of Southern California taught her, Micki is a sheer professional. According to the Director of the Center for Student Leadership, Involvement and Service, Heather Howard Martin, “In her first semester as the Campus Life Advisor here at Sonoma State University, Micki has clearly demonstrated her student-centered approach and willingness to go the extra mile for our student organizations and fraternity/sorority life. She works tirelessly to insure that organizations are living the values that they espouse and has provided tremendous leadership to our student leaders on this front. Her professionalism, positive attitude and can-do spirit has been an absolute asset to the student life team, and I know that moving forward she will continue to shine. It is so wonderful to hear that TKE is recognizing and acknowledging her contributions—both to our chapter here but to the betterment of fraternity and sorority life at Sonoma State University.” TKE Nation gives their sincere thanks to Micki Estuesta for her work to make the Tau-Beta chapter Top TKE caliber.
October Volunteer of the Month: PATRICK MCELROY
“With each colony or chapter interaction, I hope to help Tekes experience the same successes I have been lucky enough to achieve.”
“As an undergraduate, I worked to help re-establish the Iota-Beta chapter at Susquehanna University. Throughout the colonization and chartering processes, the relationships I built with the volunteers in the Northeast region were extremely impactful on my development within the Fraternity.” Life Loyal Teke Frater Patrick McElroy (Iota-Beta, Susquehanna University) says he volunteers because of his commitment to the Bond and respect for those Fraters who paved the way for him and the re-chartering of Iota-Beta. “Those same volunteers who guided me and gave me and my fellow colony members the necessary foundation and encouragement to charter and receive Top TKE Chapter in the same year, are the same volunteers who sought my commitment to becoming a volunteer upon graduation.” Currently, Patrick is Province Advisor for the Liberty District and serves as president of the TKE Iota-Beta Alumni Association. He says by actively participating as a volunteer, he gets to do some-
thing every day that he loves—becoming a better Teke and living the ritual. “With each colony or chapter interaction, I hope to help Tekes experience the same successes I have been lucky enough to achieve. As a volunteer, you have the opportunity to help facilitate the ultimate collegiate experience—fraternity life.” His role as a volunteer also led to his membership in the Northeast Ironmen Alumni Association and commitment to provide further service to our great Fraternity. In his professional endeavors, Frater McElroy is a financial analyst for Financial Research Associates in Bala Cynwyd, Penn. Twice a year, he visits Gettysburg National Military Park with his fraternity brothers to perform cleanup, maintenance and restoration projects. In closing, Frater Patrick says, “I have received more from my experiences as a volunteer than I could have ever experienced as an undergraduate and look forward to many more years of impacting the lives of future Tekes.”
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