University of Connecticut www.greeklife.uconn.edu
March 2009
Volume 4, Issue 6
Greek Community Newsletter Greek of the Month
Shawn Corapi, Pi Kappa Alpha
Bethany DiMarzio, Pi Beta Phi
Shawn pledged Pi Kappa Alpha one year ago and since that time Shawn has done more for his fraternity in such a short period of time than most people do in the four years that they are an active member. Shawn exemplifies the true meaning of brotherhood. He will drop anything to help out a brother in need. Shawn is a leader and does not hesitate to get up in front of hundreds of people to make his voice heard for the greater good of Fraternity and Sorority Life.
Bethany is a born leader as evident through her dedication and commitment to both Pi Beta Phi and Alpha Phi Omega the National Co-Ed Service Fraternity. Bethany immediately became a role model within her chapter as the president of her Spring 2007 new member class, guiding her peers through their initiation into Greek life. With knowledge and experience behind her, Bethany took on a similar role as the new member coordinator helping to ease the adjustment period for new members as they become emerged in Greek and college life. For the duration of 2008, Bethany has been responsible for electing executive and chapter offices as the chair of Pi Phi’s Leadership and Nominating Committee. Despite her great involvement in Pi Phi, Bethany is equally dedicated to Alpha Phi Omega and currently serves as their Chapter President. In APO she has also been the pledge master and service coordinator. Due to her goal of always setting an example for others while raising the bar of expectations and her commitment to APO, Bethany has had more service hours than any other member of Pi Beta Phi.
Within his own chapter he took the initiative this semester to bring their national “Pike Dream Girl Competition” to UConn to help support the LiveStrong Foundation for cancer. He has been spending numerous hours a day to organize this event to make it as successful for its first year at UConn. Not only is Shawn vice president for his fraternity, but also vice president of public relations for IFC.
NGLA 2009 The Northeast Greek Leadership Association hosted the Annual Conference in Hartford from February 19 to the 21st. Members from MGC, NPHC, Panhellenic, IFC, Order of Omega, and Gamma all attended the event. Throughout the conference
the UConn Greek leaders interacted with members of communities from schools ranging from UVM to Drexel in Pennsylvania. The conference was a great success as the UConn delegation compared and contrasted its community with others along
with programs, initiatives, and best practices. On the final day there was a formal awards ceremony where UConn IFC won a Programming Excellence in the area of Council Management.
Inside this issue: Philanthropies
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Greek Week
2
HuskyTHON
2
Congratulations
3
OFSL Award Winners
3
Alumni Spotlight
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Greek Community Newsletter
Philanthropies
Wednesday, March 25th 7-10pm
Sunday, March 22nd 1-3pm
Pi Kappa Alpha’s Dream Girl Competition Pi Kappa Alpha's first annual Dream Girl competition. All proceeds will benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation. For more information contact Shawn Corapi at shawn.corapi@huskymail.uconn.edu.
The Price is Right for RIF The Price is right for RIF is Kappa Kappa Gamma's game who event that raised money for their national philanthropy, Reading is Fundamental. For more information contact Victoria Costello at victoria.costello@uconn.edu.
Friday, March 27th 7-9:30pm
Order of Omega/Greek Week Walk for Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s Paddy Murphy Pageant
Registration begins at 11am and the walk begins at 12 noon. All organizations are invited to participated in the first annual walk for the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Ashford, CT. The camp is dedicated to providigng a week of camp at no cost to seriously ill children. Since the camp is so close to the UConn community it is important that we show them our support. Greek Week teams will get points for attending. There will be a $6 registration fee. For more information contact Amy Nelson at amy.l.nelson@uconn.edu.
Join the brothers of SAE for their annual Paddy Murphy Pageant and help raise money for the Children's Miracle Network. For more information contact Dave Cerutti at david.cerutti@uconn.edu.
Sunday, March 29th 12-2pm—Fairfeild Way
followed by a sequence of fun and exciting events. The Order of Omega walk for Greek Week 2009 will be Saturday, March Hole in the Wall Camp will be part of 27th through Thursday, April 2nd. The week Greek Week on Sunday the 29th, where will kick off with a pep rally on Mach 5 at 9 proceeds will benefit the Hole in the Wall p.m. in the Student Union Theater. At the pep Gang Camp. The rest of the week will rally the Greek god and goddess nominees include a Nickelodeon-themed jeopardy and the individual team themes under this game, a keynote speaker from CAMyear's overall theme, Nickelodeon will be rePUSPEAK, the Greek god and goddess vealed.. pageant and a closing barbeque. On March 28th, Greek Week will proceed with the Greek Games, which includes an Apache Relay and Tug of War competition,
HuskyTHON 2009! This year the student dancers and donors raised over $100,000 for the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. The amount of money raised is four times the amount of money that has been raised in past years, which was averaging around $15,000. In 2008, there were 204 dancers and this year there were 530 dancers doubling the participation as well.
enjoyable week for all. Come out and support your team, show your spirit and celebrate the successes of our community this year. We can't wait to see you at the pep rally! For more information on Greek Week, check out http://sites.google.com/site/ uconngreekweek09/
The Greek week management team has been working very hard to ensure an
Congratulations to Alpha Kappa Alpha for receiving the highest GPA for Fall 2008!!!!
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The newly initiated members of Order of Omega Alison Bottenhofer – Delta Zeta Andrew Ligsay – Beta Theta Pi Belinda Kotler – Alpha Epsilon Phi Bruce Morse II – Lambda Chi Bryan Rawlinson – Pi Kappa Alpha Christopher Baiocchi – Alpha Epsilon Pi Eric Phillips – Delta Chi Hillary Doucette – Delta Gamma Jessica Young – Alpha Phi John Harry – Kappa Sigma Katherine Murphy – Kappa Alpha Theta Kelly Frances O’Donnell – Pi Beta Phi Meghan Williams – Delta Gamma Melissa Citron – Kappa Alpha Theta Molly Sanford – Kappa Kappa Gamma Rena Labonte – Delta Gamma Stephanie Rua – Pi Beta Phi Tara Joyce – Kappa Kappa Gamma Thomas O’Neil – Beta Theta Pi Xinyi Li – Kappa Phi Lambda Honorary Member : Ashley Reichenbach - Chi Omega
The new members of Rho Lambda Emily Jessica Lindsay Megan Melanie Jessica Melissa Kami Alex Brynne Gabrielle Ariel Emily Paige Erika Lauren Belinda Renae Desiree Erica Abby Amy Lexia Alyson Tanya Kira Ashley Paige Stephanie Kimberly Elspeth Sapora
Abbate Addonizio Becker Berg Brunner Budnick Citron Escajeda Estes Gaulin Greenlee Grossman Hoffman Hottovy Howe Kelly-Gall Kotler Labonte Leal Leighton Magro Nelson Nowicki Pappas Petronchak Pierce Reichenbach Revens Rua Scribe Trumbull Turenshine
Kappa Kappa Gamma Pi Beta Phi Delta Zeta Delta Zeta Pi Beta Phi Kappa Kappa Gamma Kappa Alpha Theta Delta Gamma Delta Gamma Kappa Alpha Theta Delta Gamma Alpha Epsilon Phi Alpha Epsilon Phi Kappa Alpha Theta Delta Zeta Alpha Phi Alpha Epsilon Phi Delta Gamma Kappa Alpha Theta Alpha Phi Alpha Epsilon Phi Delta Gamma Kappa Kappa Gamma Kappa Alpha Theta Delta Zeta Delta Gamma Chi Omega Delta Zeta Pi Beta Phi Pi Beta Phi Phi Sigma Rho Delta Zeta
Fraternity and Sorority Life Award Winners Fraternity & Sorority Community Partner : Scott Organek, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Outstanding Greek Alumna: Mark Fitzgerald, Delta Chi
Outstanding Risk Management: Beta Theta Pi & Kappa Kappa Gamma
Outstanding Greek Volunteers: Andrew Ligsay, Beta Theta Pi & Amy Nelson, Delta Gamma
Outstanding External Relations: Zeta Beta Tau & Delta Zeta
Outstanding Seniors: Troy Lipp, Delta Chi & Bethany DiMarzio, Pi Beta Phi
Outstanding Philanthropic Efforts: Delta Chi & Kappa Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc.
Outstanding Emerging Leaders: Eric Miller, Pi Kappa Alpha & Mae Bergan, Delta Gamma
Outstanding Chapter Operations: Sigma Alpha Epsilon & Kappa Phi Lambda, Inc.
Outstand Service Efforts: Beta Theta Pi & Kappa Alpha Theta
Outstanding New Member Program: Beta Theta Pi Outstanding Chapter President: Jonathan Lutz, Sig& Delta Gamma ma Alpha Epsilon & Jessica Addonizio, Pi Beta Phi
Outstanding Greek Scholar: Mike Bokoff, Alpha Epsilon Pi & Melissa Rebai, Kappa Kappa Gamma
Outstanding Advisor: Ryan Barone, Delta Chi & Courtney Fandrick, Alpha Phi
Excellence in Ritual & Values:: Kappa Sigma & Alpha Epsilon Phi
Most Improved Greek Scholar: Kevin Moll, Sigma Alpha Epsilon & Chelsea Hagen, Kappa Kappa Gamma
Husky Village House of the Year: Delta Zeta
Fraternity Man/ Sorority Woman of the Year: Sean Cady, Beta Theta Pi & Caroline Oks, Delta Zeta
Outstanding Scholarship Program: Beta Theta Pi & Kappa Kappa Gamma
Most Improved House: Kappa Sigma & Tau Kappa Epsilon House Manager of the Year: Michael Gotkin, Sigma Chi
Chapter of the Year: Beta Theta Pi & Kappa Kappa Gamma
University of Connecticut Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life www.greeklife.uconn.edu 2110 Hillside Road, Unit 3008 Student Union Room 315 Storrs, CT 06269-3008 Redefining and Reaffirming Fraternal Excellence.
Don’t forget to submit your organization’s upcoming events as well as any updates from past events to Paige Hottovy, at student0912@ad.uconn.edu. Send any nominations for Greek of the Month to Kevin Lobdell at student0642@ad.uconn.edu.
Alumni Spotlight
Emily B. Adler, Alpha Epsilon Phi Emily Adler graduated from UConn in May of 2008 and is currently working in Boston, Massachusetts as a social worker at an eating disorder clinic. She wants to go back to school to become a registered dietitian. Emily has continued to support her sisters in Alpha Epsilon Phi and their desire to be a strong organization on campus. She began her UConn career in 2003, and joined P.E.A. (Partnership in Excellence and Academics) her sophomore year, after a curveball was thrown into her freshman year when Emily found out she needed a serious surgery. Since her initiation into P.E.A., she has been extremely active and desired to help out as much as she could. She was rush chair, on the board of social standards, and helped out on several committees including one that brought Alpha Epsilon Phi to UConn’s campus in the Spring of 2007. Even though Emily was involved in AEPhi for only one year, she was recruit assist for AEPhi’s first Formal Recruitment experience as well as served on the standards board for multiple semesters. Emily was not only a great sister while at UConn, she continues to be a great friend and support system even during her busy life outside of college. She regularly attends Preference and Bid Day ceremonies where she connects with the new girls and shares her experience in P.E.A. and AEPhi. Emily still encourages us to work hard, and get involved as much as possible, ultimately making our organization a very close sisterhood.