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Greek Life Attends AFLV Nine Ohio Northern University Greek students attended the Association of Fraternal Leadership and Values Conference in Indianapolis, IN on February 2-5, 2017. Students attended sessions on topics such as Recruitment, Risk Management, Leadership, and more. Students were able to meet their brothers and sisters from across the country during the affiliation luncheon. The conference ended with an awards banquet. The Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council submitted applications for awards. The Interfraternity Council received recognition in Public Relations. The Panhellenic Council received recognition in Council Management; Philanthropy & Community Service; Public Relations; Risk Reduction & Management; Self-Governance & Judicial Affairs. Hannah Stemen (Kappa Alpha Theta) and Ron Atkinson (University of Minnesota) partnered up to win 2nd place in their division of the Order of Omega Case Study Competition.

Office of Student Involvement

Semester in Review A snapshot of Greek Life Accomplishments Spring | 2017

Greek Life Attends AFLV Recruitment Update Page 2 Scholarship Page 3 Sigma Pi/LOVE Day Page 4 Greek Week Page 5 Housing/Advisors Page 6 PHC Updates Page 7 IFC Updates 3 Upcoming Dates Page 21 Contributions Page 21


Recruitment Update This spring, the Interfraternity Council participated in a continuous open bidding (COB) recruitment process. Through COB, the chapters extended bids to potential new members at any time throughout the semester. This spring, 18 men accepted bids through the COB process; 17 members were retained. In addition, Sigma Pi also returned to campus. Their colonization efforts resulted in 42 new members being added to the Greek Community. The men are working hard for fall recruitment. The Fraternity Informational Nights will be September 10-13th. One of our Panhellenic sororities welcomed in one new outstanding member. Three of the four sororities ended the semester at or above Total (63). The Panhellenic Council has been keeping busy planning out recruitment for next fall. The fall recruitment period will be held the second week of September (7th-10th). The Panhellenic Council is very excited to welcome in some great new members next fall. The Greek communities have a lot planned for upcoming fall recruitment events. Both councils and chapters have been working tirelessly to plan and participate in some great activities. Below are some the exciting activities currently planned. • Summer Orientation Sessions—Along with the Greek Life Video, Greek Life will be

presented as a part of the Student Affairs presentation over the lunch hour. In addition, Greek Life will be featured as a break out session during the Campus Expo. This break out session is driven towards parents of potential new members. Greek Students will be represented at an information table during lunch for students and families to ask questions about the recruitment process and our Greek community. Finally, parents will receive the 2017 Family Guide in the Orientation Welcome packets.

• Freshmen Move-In—The Greek community will again be helping with the new student move-in festivities. As members of Klondike’s Crew, Greek members will be present for move-in and other volunteer opportunities including Ada Community Engagement (ACE) Day, convocation, and more.

• Greekapalooza—IFC and PHC have been planning this year’s Greekapalooza. The event will have food, prizes, games, and much more. The event is open up to the whole ONU community.

• Welcome Fest—Both councils and fraternities will have the opportunity for a table at this event during opening weekend activities. New students will have the chance to interact with Greek representatives while learning more about the community.

• Ice Cream Social—Panhellenic Council will host an informational night in the fall to introduce their recruitment events and provide additional information about Greek life at Ohio Northern.

• IFC Open House—The Interfraternity Council will be hosting their forth annual Open House. This open house will include information about Greek life at ONU, house tours, and a chance to further interact with Greek men.

• Panhellenic Preview Day—Panhellenic council are combining both Progressive Dinner and Open house to one event called Panhellenic Preview day in an effort to streamline the informal recruitment events.


Scholarly Achievements

40% of Greek women were on the Deans’ List for Spring

2017! 45% of these women

had a 4.0 GPA!

30% of Greek men were on the

Deans’ List for Spring 2017!

28% of these men had a 4.0 GPA!

Scholarship - Spring 2017 Term Cumulative All Women 3.33 3.29

Zeta Tau Alpha 3.31 3.25 Greek Women 3.25 3.27 Alpha Xi Delta 3.24 3.22

Delta Zeta 3.22 3.32 Kappa Alpha Theta 3.21 3.21

All Campus 3.20 3.20 Theta Chi 3.18 3.09 All Greek 3.14 3.18 Sigma Pi 3.11 3.23

Phi Gamma Delta 3.11 3.16 Phi Mu Delta 3.11 3.17

All Men 3.06 3.10 Greek Men 3.03 3.08

Sigma Phi Epsilon 2.89 2.97 Delta Sigma Phi 2.65 2.78

High Achievers

Dean’s List % 4.0

Alpha Xi Delta 27 63 43% 9

Delta Sigma Phi 6 39 15% 1

Delta Zeta 28 62 45% 16

Kappa Alpha Theta 23 61 38% 14

Phi Gamma Delta 14 42 33% 4

Phi Mu Delta 18 57 32% 6

Sigma Phi Epsilon 5 32 16% 1

Sigma Pi 16 42 38% 4

Theta Chi 15 36 42% 5

Zeta Tau Alpha 22 63 35% 6

Total 174 497 35% 66

Grades available Spring semester grades for individual members, who

have signed a grade release form, will be available to

chapters on May 19. Grades can be picked up by the

Chapter President, Scholarship Chair, or Advisor

from the Office of Student Involvement. Grades cannot

be mailed or sent electronically.


Welcome Back, Sigma Pi The Zeta Colony of Sigma Pi was refounded on campus in Spring 2017. Lanse Macke and Dalton Reeves from Sigma Pi national headquarters headed up the colonization efforts on campus to recruit 42 refounding fathers. The kickoff to their recolonization journey began with a Colonization Breakfast at The Inn at Ohio Northern University. Colonization speakers included alumni who shared some Zeta Chapter history, Advisors and University Staff to give a charge for the young men entering into their fraternal experience.

LOVE Day LOVE DAY 2017 is in it’s second year as an annual event. This year, the committee welcomed over 200 students, faculty and staff for service projects in the Ada and surrounding communities. The day began with a send off from President Dan and First Lady Chris Burns-DiBiasio. Students participated in service sites such as Ada Villiage Schools, Allen East Schools, Table One, Allen County Fairgrounds, Carol Slane Florist, Crime Victim Services, and many more. Works sites included painting, landscaping, visiting with the elderly, and much more. Students who participated earned 3 hours of community service, totaling 606 hours served that day. LOVE Day ended with a pizza lunch to celebrate a hard day’s work.


Greek Week: 90s Cartoons Greek Week was held April 3-8, 2017. Monday kicked off Greek Week with Greek Sing and the Greek God and Goddess competition returning to the opening night of Greek Week festivities. Groups danced and sang their hearts out, while customizing popular music to Ohio Northern University Greek Life. Kickball followed on Tuesday. It was another muddy year out at the Intramural Fields, however with no rain, and even a little bit of sunshine, the games were much more enjoyable. Volleyball returned indoors once again as the amount of matches increased with the addition of Sigma Pi back on campus. Thursday brought Pandora’s Box, a mix of board games popular in the 90s, as well as 90s themed trivia. On a windy, cold Friday, we were able to get into the mud pits for Mud Tug and afterwards joined our runners on the Green Monster for a 2-mile sprint around the track. Spring weather finally showed up for Greek Olympics.

Sigma Pi Greek Sing Zeta Tau Alpha Theta Chi Banner Alpha Xi Delta

Sigma Phi Epsilon Greek God/Goddess Kappa Alpha Theta Delta Sigma Phi Kickball Delta Zeta

Sigma Pi Volleyball Alpha Xi Delta Sigma Phi Epsilon Pandora’s Box Alpha Xi Delta Sigma Phi Epsilon Trivia Alpha Xi Delta

Phi Mu Delta Mud Tug Kappa Alpha Theta Sigma Pi Polar Bear Relays Zeta Tau Alpha Sigma Pi Chariot Race Alpha Xi Delta

Sigma Phi Epsilon Egg Toss Kappa Alpha Theta Phi Gamma Delta 10 Person Pyramid Kappa Alpha Theta Sigma Phi Epsilon 6-Legged Race Zeta Tau Alpha Sigma Phi Epsilon Pizza Eating Contest Delta Zeta Phi Gamma Delta Ultimate Relay Kappa Alpha Theta Sigma Phi Epsilon Spirit Kappa Alpha Theta

Sigma Pi Sportsmanship Zeta Tau Alpha Sigma Phi Epsilon Greek Week Champion Kappa Alpha Theta


Housing Updates Housing Inspections • Fall Housing Inspections took

place the week of March 20. • 9 out of 9 passed the overall life

safety housing inspections and results were sent electronically to chapter leadership, advisors, and housing corporations. 9 of 9 chapters have completed their signature sheet with the office. Thank you!!

• Fall Inspections will be held during weekly meetings with presidents. Inspections will take place September 25-29.

Housing Improvement Fund • At the end of each semester, the

sororities and fraternities which are at or above the all women’s average and all men’s average, respectively, will be eligible for funding. The Office will provide $400 per semester for this fund to be divided equally among all eligible chapters for their exceptional scholarship efforts!

• Eligible purchases must be approved by the Office of Student Involvement prior to purchasing in order to ensure the amount will be paid for/reimbursed.

For the Spring of 2017, congratulations to the following chapters who will split $400 for their outstanding scholastic

efforts:

Theta Chi Sigma Pi

Phi Gamma Delta Phi Mu Delta

Advisor Meeting The fall advisor meeting was held on Sunday, February 26, 2017. The following topics were discussed in length and emailed out with the meeting minutes. University Updates. Several leadership updates were discussed at the meeting. Dr. Maria Cronley joined the university as the new provost/vice president of academic affairs. David Crago returned back to the law school as the interim dean. Since the meeting, both a new dean of arts and sciences and dean of engineering were announced. Dr. Holly Lynn Baumgartner, the new dean of arts and sciences, will start July 1, 2017. Dr. John-David (JD) Yoder will begin his duties as the dean of engineering on June 19, 2017. Also discussed in the university updates were the dining hall renovation, Greek housing selection, summer orientation dates, and Greek life marketing. Greek Updates. Greek Life updates included a recap of the spring continuous open bidding (COB) recruitment process, and joint programming efforts. This year over 100 students volunteered at Night to Shine prom. IFC and Panhellenic hosted a spring recruitment carnival. The Hardin County Sherrif had a candid discussion about risk management topics with students in a program called “What happens when…” The Agora was discussed in length and the goals for this year’s presidents were reviewed. The presidents hope to work on relationships with athletic coaches; review our public relations messaging to potential Greek students and their parents; and increase campus population to 500 by the fall of 2017, which the chapters are vey close to doing so with the addition of Sigma Pi. The advisor meeting ended with a round table discussion highlighting chapter and colony accomplishments thus far in the semester. The next advisor meeting will be held the Friday of Homecoming weekend as many advisors will be in the area for chapter festivities.

Next Advisor Meeting

September 22, 2017


Panhellenic Council The Panhellenic Council had a successful semester. The semester began win 3 Panhellenic Council leaders attending the Association of Fraternal Leadership and Values conference in Indianapolis, IN. Sylvia, Young, Aliya Hutman-Zahler, and Jordan Adkins represented the Panhellenic Council. Fellow executive board member Cassandra Goodman was also there on behalf of her chapter. The council was successful and was recognized in five categories: Council Management; Philanthropy & Community Service; Public Relations; Risk Reduction & Management; and Self-Governance & Judicial Affairs. The Panhellenic Council sent representatives once again to Night to Shine Prom, held annually at Lima’s First Assembly of God. Over 100 Greeks participated in the dance. Greek Carnival was hosted mid-February as an effort to get upperclassmen introduced to Panhellenc chapters in hopes to increase the upperclassmen numbers in the fall. New programming efforts included “What happens when…,” a risk management program designed to allow members to have honest and candid conversations with local law enforcement. Sherrif Everhart from the Hardin County Sherrif’s Office was the presenter for the evening. Additionally, the Greek community is working towards adding a new event in the fall. Kristina Flak, VP of Community Service, is working with her IFC counterpart to plan the first Dance Marathon. The hope is that Dance Marathon will become not only a Greek, but also a University, tradition. Recruitment rules and bylaws related to Total were reviewed and updated in March and voted on in April. The main change included the addition of a Panhellenic Preview day to take the place of Open House, which had traditionally low turnout, and Progressive Dinner. Potential New Members will rotate around the four sorority houses for tours while sampling appetizers at each house. The event will take place the Sunday before the start of Formal Recruitment. The second major change redefined how the Panhellenic Council defines Total. Previous to the change, Total was defined by the sorority chapter average. Total is now defined as the largest chapter size. The hope is that this will allow for additional women into the Greek community following the formal recruitment process. As the semester comes to a close, the Panhellenic Council is excited to hit the ground running in the fall semester.

2017 PHC Officers

Sylvia Young President

Lizzie Hanson

VP of Admin and Judicial

Aliya Hutman-Zahler VP of Recruitment

Kortney Hartman

VP of Rho Gammas

Jordan Adkins VP of Development

Kristina Flak

VP of Community Service

Taylor Hoffman VP of Finance

Katie Seeco

VP of Scholarship

Alie Campbell VP of Risk Management

Cassandra Goodman VP of Public Relations


Alpha Xi Delta (ΑΞ∆) Gamma Tau Chapter The sisters of the Gamma Tau Chapter of Alpha Xi Delta began their semester working together to set goals and prepare for a busy spring. The new executive board and officers got straight to planning for events to be held throughout the semester, including welcoming a new member, planning sisterhood activities and creating a new philanthropy event. We welcomed a wonderful new member, Morgan Augustine, into our chapter and she was initiated at the end of March. Numerous events were held throughout the semester to give our new sister the opportunity to experience chapter life, to get to know other sisters and to bond as a sisterhood overall. These events included Night to Shine Prom, a Blue Jackets hockey game, Alpha Xi Delta Formals, Greek Week, Mom’s Day and also numerous sisterhood events such as a Valentine’s Day craft party.

After working hard last semester, Alpha Xi Delta received numerous awards at the Greek Awards Banquet, both as individuals and as a chapter. Junior Kirsten Lightel received Outstanding Greek Athlete of the Year for her hard work on the varsity softball team and our new member advisor, Jill Simmons, received Outstanding Advisor of the Year for her dedication to our chapter. The rest of the awards we received include: Standards of Excellence Silver Chapter, Baker Innovation Award, President’s Award, Philanthropic Project Award, and also the Outstanding Scholastic Program Award. We are proud of these accomplishments and will continue to strive to have a positive impact on ONU’s campus.

The spring semester is always a busy time as we prepare for World Autism Month in April. In addition to our typical philanthropy regimen with all you can eat pancakes at Blue Dinner and the “Light it up Blue” campaign around campus, we added a new event named Mac and Cheese with the Alpha Xis. This event had a "create you own" style mac and cheese bar with the option of two different types of mac & cheese, three different types of meat, and two vegetable topping options along with a drink and cookie. We had an outstanding turn out from the ONU community and we hope to make this an annual event for next spring. Overall, we were able to raise $1,763 this semester with all proceeds going towards Autism Speaks. Sisters also dedicated their time to community service throughout the semester by helping during LOVE day, volunteering at Elmcroft Nursing Home, cleaning up the Panhellenic Highway location, working at a local pre-school, and various other projects.

As the semester comes to a close, we are sad to say goodbye to 18 amazing Seniors as they continue with their education or begin exploring their career paths. Their dedication, passion and leadership has allowed this chapter to realize its potential and we will continue all their hard work in the fall. We are looking forward to relaxing Summer break to recharge our batteries to come back in the Fall for another successful semester!


Delta Zeta (∆Ζ) Zeta Kappa Chapter To start the semester off, Delta Zeta was able to successfully cohost the first annual Diamond Rose Gala. We were able to pair with the Lima, Ohio branch of an organization known as Sertoma. This organization serves to improve the quality of life for those at risk or impacted by hearing loss in ways similar to that of the Starkey Hearing Foundation. Through our efforts and participation in this gala, we received $2,000 with which we donated to our philanthropy. We also hosted two other successful philanthropy events this spring as well. Our annual Hoops for Hearing event, a three-on-three basketball tournament, raised roughly $175. Our second philanthropy event of the semester was dubbed Hamburgers for Hearing, a food based event where we sold snacks, burgers, and hotdogs on the tundra in a classic picnic-like fashion. This first ever philanthropy event that we hope to continue was able to raise over $550 for the Starkey hearing Foundation, a drastic improvement from previous food-based events that we have tried. Delta Zeta was also able to implement the start of some other successful programs, such as our mental health program that included making free handouts for students with candy, encouraging notes, and mental health facts. We also implemented a brief healthy eating program to encourage heart health awareness among our sisters, as well as a driving and alcohol safety program, where we played trivia and discussed personal experiences with unsafe driving choices. Service opportunities were also allotted to sisters, as all members must participate in an active 18 hours of service each semester, such as our pillow making event where sisters were able to sew turtle-shaped pillows that we mail to the Painted Turtle Camp. Academically the sister hood thrived as we continued with the implementation of our academic challenges where teams faced off on a weekly basis for academic points, while the winning team at the end of the semester was treated with a gift. This continued program likely contributed to our success at the Greek Awards Banquet where we received the most improved GPA. We also received awards for our outstanding risk management program, a program consisting of a mock crash that was staged in the fall for alcohol awareness, our outstanding alumnae program, a program that allows our new members to have an alumna pen pal to communicate with throughout their new member period, and the outstanding new member award, an award given to Claire Witschger and also an award that is indicative of the quality of women we have brought into our sorority. Even with our push for quality programming and academics, Delta Zeta women always have time to relax. We were able to participate in fun events such as mom’s day, an event where sisters can bring their mothers or other guardians to come


and participate in crafting and fun. From Greek Week to formals, our sisterhood always finds time to come together and bond over our love for our organization and the amazing women that make it so successful.

Kappa Alpha Theta (ΚΑθ) Zeta Sigma Chapter The sisters of Kappa Alpha Theta started off the Spring 2017 semester with our annual LEAD Day, where all sisters come together and talk about their goals and aspirations for the chapter as the year begins. It was a time of collaboration and open discussion on how we want Zeta Sigma to operate throughout the 2017 year. February brought a new sisterhood event, a Valentine’s Day Movie Night, where we watched romantic comedies and ate plenty of popcorn, chocolate, and ice cream! Everyone gathered in their comfy clothes and fluffy blankets, it was a wonderful date night for sisters! That same weekend members attended the Greek Awards Banquet, where Zeta Sigma was recognized for our program titled “The Leading Women Corner”, put together by our past CEdO, Keely Wagner! The Leading Women Corner reminds each of our members to recognize the amazing leaders that have come before us in this sisterhood, and how we can use their paths to better ourselves! Because of this innovative program, Zeta Sigma received the Outstanding Educational and Membership Development Award! In addition to that award, one of our senior members, Mikayla Shea was deemed the Ohio Northern Greek Woman of the Year due to her dedication to not only her Theta sisters, but all those in the Greek and professional community! After Spring break, sisters came back for a workshop with an Ohio Northern and Zeta Sigma Alumnae, Mandy Wushinske, who currently serves as a Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity Vice President. She gave wonderful insight on how the real world operates when you’re out of college and how Kappa Alpha Theta and the ideals we all share can guide us to success in every portion of our lives! At the end of March, we hosted our second annual “Nacho Average Event” philanthropy event in the Kappa Alpha Theta house! Ohio Northern students and faculty were invited to stop by the house for quesadillas, nachos, salsa, guacamole, and of course lemonade! The event was extremely successful, raising nearly $800 for our national philanthropy, C.A.S.A or Court Appointed Special Advocates. With Greek Week quickly approaching, the chapter spent lots of time practicing and getting ready for their favorite week of the year! After many hours of practicing and lots of sisterhood bonding, we brought home a Greek Week Victory, taking first place along with the brothers of Sigma Phi Epsilon!


One of the most rewarding parts of being a member of Kappa Alpha Theta is the support gained not only from your sisters, but from the whole Greek Community. We are so thankful for each sorority and fraternity on Ohio Northern’s campus, for all the connections and friendships we have made, and for all those to be made coming back in the fall!

Zeta Tau Alpha (ΖΤΑ) Delta Theta Chapter During spring semester, the sisters of Zeta Tau Alpha accomplished many great things. While balancing academics, service and philanthropy events, and social events, our sisterhood has flourished. Throughout the semester, our chapter enjoyed many sisterhood events which were planned by our Director of Sisterhood, Rosie Nagy. Events included ice skating, a Bachelor watch party, a farewell dinner for the seniors, and a game night with fun prizes. The sisters of Zeta Tau Alpha enjoyed these events because they were time with sisters well spent. Our chapter recently began an updated version of study tables. Traditionally, sisters whose previous semester’s GPA was below a 3.0 were required to attend a certain amount of study hours at the library each week. Study tables were offered from 8-10pm on Sunday-Thursday and were monitored by the Executive Council members. This semester, our chapter began recording study hours through the GIN System App. The app allows you to set a location, ours being the library, and log hours as you enter and exit the library. As an incentive, our Scholarship Chairman, Casey Miller, rewarded the sister with the most study hours of the week with a bag of candy at chapter. Zeta Tau Alpha prides itself in its dedication to service and this past semester we decided to be innovative. When our Service Chairman, Kayli Kuhn, wasn’t able to schedule a time to have us visit the Humane Society, she collected old t-shirts from sisters and the chapter made them into homemade dog toys as seen on Youtube. The event was a success and our chapter donated 50 dog toys to the Humane Society. Danielle Pete, our chapter’s Links Chairman, added a fun spin on our mental health program, Behind Happy Faces. Danielle, a certified yoga instructor, lead yoga sessions and meditation for Zeta Tau Alpha to show that a healthy body goes hand in hand with a healthy mind. While not all of our sisters are as skilled as Danielle, this event was well liked from everyone and a great break from studying. Additionally, our chapter hosted and attended various service events. Some events included Zeta Tau Alpha’s Adopt-a-Highway, Panhellenic Council’s Adopt-a-Highway, LOVE Day, Relay for Life, and Zeta Tau Alpha’s Operation Beautiful. Operation beautiful is an annual week-long event that promotes self love to all students through different activities and the


use of social media. This year, our chapter hosted a free yoga night, passed our compliment cards, and encouraged random acts of kindness. Throughout the week, we encouraged participants to post pictures with #OB17 to spread the word. The sisters of Zeta Tau Alpha joined the rest of the chapters for a new event - the spring carnival. This event served as an informational night about the chapters and Greek life as a whole. Our chapter was thrilled to talk to others about their experience in Greek life and encourage other students to sign up for formal recruitment in fall 2017. Throughout the semester, our sisterhood made it a priority to attend the events of other chapters. Whether it was Kappa Alpha Theta’s Nacho Average Event, Theta Chi’s taco night, or Delta Sigma Phi’s benefit dinner, the sisters of Zeta Tau Alpha know the importance of contributing to other chapter’s philanthropies and causes. For example, our chapter spent $171 at the Mac n Cheese with Alpha Xi’s event. On April 23rd, Zeta Tau Alpha held the 10th annual Race for the Ribbon 5k, which is traditionally our biggest event for our philanthropy, breast cancer education and awareness. The event was a huge success this year with 200 runners and raising over $4000. In addition to the 5k, the event included a bake sale, raffle baskets, kid’s fun run, t-shirt sale, and a Dine to Donate at Viva Maria held earlier in the semester. The event was attended by family members, friends, other chapters, students, and faculty. Early in the semester, 3 of our sisters took on new leadership roles in Student Senate. Haley Holtje was elected as a Housing Representative of Stadium View apartments. Christina Fagnano and Alexis Miller were chosen by the Student Senate President and Vice President to be a part of the cabinet by filling the positions of Secretary of Judicial Affairs and Secretary of Communications, respectively. The Delta Theta chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha is beyond proud of its accomplishments this past semester. We look forward the achievements we will reach in the semesters to come.


Interfraternity Council The Interfraternity Council has been working hard this semester to set up programs that fit the needs of the IFC chapters and Greek community as a whole. The council kicked off the semester by attending the Association of Fraternal Leadership and Values (AFLV) central conference. Two executive board members, Cort Everhart and Nick Cordell, learned about topics ranging from risk management to recruitment and more. The council was awarded recognition in Public Relations at the awards ceremony. As February rolled in, IFC hosted its first spring recruitment carnival to encourage students to come out and meet the fraternities. While the event did not achieve its goal, it did provide an opportunity for members of Sigma Pi to meet the Greek Community. Night to Shine Prom once again boasted over 100 Greek volunteers at the event, as members from both IFC and PHC put on their dancing shoes to make a difference. In March, the Vice President of Risk Management, Kyle Woodruff, along with his Panhellenic counterpart introduced a successful risk management program to the Greek community titled, “What happens when…” The program invited Hardin County Sherrif (and polar bear dad), Keith Everhart, to campus for some honest dialogue about what happens when students are facing potential issues with law enforcement. The program was well attended and the conversation provided valueable insite. April was an extremely busy month. Friendly competition during Greek week kicked off the month. Living Our Values Everywhere (LOVE) Day capped off the end of the semester with several of our IFC members giving up time on a Saturday morning to help the Ada and surrounding community. IFC has also been planning a large scale philanthropic project for the fall. Coming together with his Panhellenic counterpart, Austin Keefer, VP of Campus and Interfraternal Relations, plans to kick off the first (and hopefully annual) Dance Marathon on Friday, November 3, 2017. This initiative will help balance the two semesters with a service component in the spring and a philanthropic component in the fall. The event will also allow the council to focus on large scale programs which a chapter may not be able to organize due to time and financial constraints. The IFC looks forward to hitting the ground running in the fall semester.

2017 IFC Officers

Jeremy Pultz President

DJ Schroeder

VP of Administrative Operations and Public

Relations

Cort Everhart VP of Recruitment

Nick Cordell

VP of Financial Operations

Kyle Woodruff VP of Risk Management

Tim Kargl

VP of Membership Development

Austin Keefer

VP of Campus and Interfraternal Relations


Delta Sigma Phi Alpha Eta ChapterThe brothers of the Alpha Eta chapter of Delta Sigma Phi had a great spring semester involving philanthropy, service, and brotherhood. Delta Sigs started the semester with a transition to a young, but driven, executive board. This executive board was able to make progress by making improvements in the house and developing a scholarship plan to help improve grades and study habits. The brotherhood is very excited for the thirteen brothers graduating this semester, but everyone’s also excited for the two new brothers that were initiated this spring. They help bring a new dynamic to the brotherhood with their positive attitudes and willingness to help. Philanthropy is a massive part of Greek life, with every organization hosting their unique events. Delta Sigs hosted their annual Polar Plunge where they raise money for the American Red Cross. Luckily, this year the pond was not frozen, but still shockingly cold. The Delta Sigs also held another philanthropic event which hit close to the brotherhood. A brother lost his mother to breast cancer, so the Delta Sigs came together and hosted a spaghetti dinner. House mother, Wilma Parker, was an enormous asset for this dinner. She cooked about sixty pounds of spaghetti noodles and with donations from many organizations, and a strong Greek life presence, the brotherhood was amazingly able to donate more than one thousand dollars to the family. Similar to philanthropy, service is another huge part of Greek life. The Greek community, along with other student organizations teamed up for LOVE day (Living our Values Everywhere). Brothers of Delta Sigma Phi with other students volunteered around Ada, and the neighboring cities. Brothers of Delta Sigma Phi also volunteered for the Ada mini baseball league, working the concession stand for the baseball games. The brothers hope to continue these traditions of service, and even pick up more service events in the future. Being involved in these events builds an inseparable bond between the brotherhood. Nationally, Delta Sigma Phi hosts events to build this bond even stronger! Earlier in the semester, Regional Leadership Academy took place at Eastern Michigan University, where ten brothers united with brothers from other Delta Sig chapters. Here, the main goal was to discuss challenging the process, and going against norms for the better. There were two other events hosted nationally for executive members to get together with brothers from across the country and learn about strength based leadership. Also, this summer, Convention will be taking place in Baltimore, Maryland. This happens biannually, where brothers come from chapters across the country to network and vote on decisions regarding the entire national fraternity. This should be a rewarding experience for the brothers that get the chance to attend.


It’s amazing to look back and see the progress the brotherhood has made throughout the semester. Here’s to a great summer and another rewarding semester of brotherhood.

Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) Omega Nu Chapter The spring semester of 2017 was a successful one for Phi Gamma Delta. From a recruitment standpoint, we had a good number of brothers join us for a spring semester. We initiated five new men at the end of April, and are expecting to have grown by around nine members after removing graduating seniors. We were able to earn a substantial amount of money for the United Service Organization and the American Cancer Society. This semester, Phi Gamma Delta earned a total of $352.94. Most of this cash was earned through our annual FIJI Chili Cook-off where students from around campus come together to taste and vote for the best chili! During this event, we also held a Pie-a-FIJI event where people could pay a dollar to throw a cream pie at the brother of their choosing. This event was a huge success and helped bring us over the $300 mark for this event. The proceeds from this event went towards the USO. We were also able to participate in Relay for Life this semester put on by the American Cancer Society. The remained of our philanthropy dollars were earned by donating at this event to help fund cancer research. Phi Gamma Delta also participated in several service opportunities throughout the semester. During the spring, one of the most liked event is L.O.V.E (Living our Values Everywhere) Day. Other events FIJI was present for included the Relay for Life and Orange and Black day, a day for prospective students to visit campus.


Phi Mu Delta Mu Beta ChapterThe brothers of Phi Mu Delta are proud of their Spring 2017 accomplishments. The semester started off with a brotherhood trip to Hocking Hills, where we refocused our efforts and goals for the semester, and then hit the ground running. Twelve brothers participated in the Pack Away Hunger event, helping pack over 40,000 meals for those in need. One of our members, Nick Cordell, attended AFLV in Indianapolis to further develop their leadership skills. In February, we started off the month with a Super Bowl social in our own affinity house and invited anyone from campus to attend. At the Greek Awards Banquet, our chapter won the Outstanding Community Service Award, the Outstanding Philanthropic Project Award, Outstanding Risk Management Event Award, Outstanding Alumni Program Award, and the President’s award, for having the highest GPA both semesters. Moreover, our nominee for Outstanding Faculty of the Year, Matt Phillips. Additionally, our brother Nick DePeel was awarded the prestigious honor of Greek Man of the Year and another of our brothers, Tyler Davis, was named Outstanding Greek Athlete of the year. Finally, our brotherhood was the only organization honored that night with gold in the revised standards of excellence program. Later in February, our brotherhood welcomed six new members to our chapter, and their eagerness to get involved was inspiring. Eight of our brothers participated in one of our favorite events, Night to Shine, while three others participated in a senior citizens Valentine’s dance at Elmcroft nursing home. Another favorite of Phi Mu Delta, Relay for Life, was a success. Our brotherhood raised over $550 to fight cancer by having our second annual “Presidents’ Mayhem” event, which lead to some pretty hilarious tasks from our campus’ various presidents, all for a good cause! March was a busy month for our Phi Mu Delta men. At the beginning of the month, five brothers gave up their spring breaks to serve in Jackson, Mississippi with the ONU chapter of Habitat for Humanity. They grew closer as brothers all while helping better a community in need. Also in March, our chapter hosted its first ever Formals since re-colonization four years ag. The event has a great turnout and was enjoyed by many brothers and their dates. In April, fifteen members participated in the first annual L.O.V.E. day, going out to our community and participating in a variety of service events. At the end of this semester, our brothers participated in over 500 hours of community service. Also in April, we participated in our fourth Greek Week, with our chapter’s theme being the cartoon Dexter’s Laboratory. It was a fantastic week, and our brotherhood was incredibly proud of our accomplishments and the fun that was had along the way. Speaking of fun, our brotherhood relieved some stress with a trip to the Columbus Zoo, and a social with the sisters of Delta Zeta that included tie-dying t-shirts, along with a recruitment boot camp for both chapters.


At the 18th President’s Leadership Dessert, twelve brothers were recognized for their outstanding leadership the past year, and our chapter won Outstanding Event of the Year for our second annual philanthropy event Phi MuDder Bingo. Finally, four brothers, Fares Alrubaish, Hunter Reese, Brandyn Reinhart, and Wyatt Stahl, were honored as they transitioned to alumni status. As we look forward to the summer, our brotherhood is excited to once again offer the Lion Book Scholarship to an incoming student in the fall, as well as participate in Good News Bears to welcome new students to campus. We have much to be proud of this past semester, and we cannot wait to use our momentum to come back and work hard in the fall.

Sigma Phi Epsilon Ohio Alpha Chapter We all met with our RD this semester to go over possible recruitment techniques that will help us bring in new guys. For recruitment we all met and played volleyball at our house and invited the guys who were interested in joining still. At the end of the semester we ended up handing out a bid to one new member. We then met with Dr. Cruea in an effort to learn new study tactics in an effort to help our current brothers and eventually new brothers in their academic careers. The brotherhood had our formals at a hotel in Windsor, Canada where brothers had the option of inviting a date to enjoy a night of dancing, music and food in a different country. To help build our brotherhood bond we had a scheduled football game where we divided into teams and played against each other. Then in an effort to practice for Greek week we practiced playing kickball. With great effort out of our new members we managed to take first place in Greek week. We also managed to bring home an award this year from nationals for our new member development program. Over the course of the semester there were two scheduled house cleanings falling on March 23 and April 30. Through the help of these house clean ups we managed to pass our housing inspection on March 24 and the necessary improvements were noted. There is a scheduled summer work day coming May 27 where we plan to meet and fix things within the house. We hope that by improving our house we will be able to gain more new members in the coming fall. Lastly we had a highway clean-up on April 26 to allow our members to get some community service house and also to clean up the trash on our section of the road. We also had members participate in relay for life where one of our brothers Connor Cruea, gave the opening speech. Lastly our chapter raised over $100 in the penny wars that took place during Greek week.


Sigma Pi Zeta Colony The Zeta Colony of Sigma Pi is happy to be back on campus, and we are very excited about our future here. We are disappointed by the reputation that was left behind for us, but we are confident that we will restore this and progress in a positive direction. In March, we colonized with an amazing group of 42 men who are passionate about this organization and want to contribute to its success here. We were all drawn to the opportunity to start something fresh on campus and want to ensure that this chapter is here to stay. It took only days for our colony to become a close knit group and feel like a true brotherhood. Everyone has been encouraging and kind to each other, and we are all thankful to have this new sense of brotherhood in our lives. Less than two weeks after our colonization, we participated in Relay For Life, and came with a strong presence. Over half of our colony attended, and we can proudly say that we were the top fundraising team, raising $2,655 for the American Cancer Society. The week after, our fraternity participated in Greek Week, which was an incredible experience for our colony. We spent a great deal of time preparing and we gave it our all with the hopes of winning our first year back. However, we were very content with second place and the experiences that came with it. We learned a lot about ourselves and each other during that week, and it brought us closer as a brotherhood. In early April, we brought in a speaker from Donate Life, Ellen Andersen, whose son attended ONU. She spoke to us about the importance of organ donation and the impact that it has in everyday life. We adopted Donate Life as one of our philanthropies, and had a Mac table the following week to educate students on this topic with the hopes of having some register to become organ donors that weren’t already. We were able to get a total of about 30 students to register, which we did not expect and were extremely proud of. We were also very pleased to have President Dan agree to allow us to fly a “Donate Life” flag for a few weeks on campus. We are looking forward to doing more for Donate Life in the fall and continue to raise awareness about this important subject. Our fraternity has been incredibly supportive of the other fraternities and sororities on campus. We want to maintain good relationships with other greek organizations here, and we are enjoying this community that we are now a part of. So far we have had one social, with Phi Mu Delta, and we are excited to plan many more with the other fraternities and sororities. We have made it our goal to send some of our members to other group's fundraising events to begin strengthening our relationship with them, which has included Delta Sigma Phi’s Spaghetti Dinner, FIJI’s Chili Cookoff, Alpha Xi Delta’s Blue Dinner, and Kappa Alpha Theta’s Nacho Average Event. We are eager to continue attending these events as well as host our own next year!


Moving forward, we are very confident that we will make a good name for Sigma Pi, and we are excited to bring in more men with us on our journey. We are fortunate to have a very supportive alumni base that is pushing us to be the best that we can be, and continues to ensure that we have the resources we need to succeed. We have set high goals for our fraternity, but we trust that our passion and sense of brotherhood will allow us to achieve anything we set our minds to.

Theta ChiZeta Kappa Chapter For the Spring of 2017, our brotherhood brought renewed effort and enthusiasm into many of our activities. We made advances in our recruitment, philanthropy, new member education, alumni activities in areas we have not been before in recent memory. After a poorly implemented plan for fall recruitment that fell apart near the end of the initial cycle, we decided to use spring recruitment to prove some ideas that we have for the upcoming fall and to show ourselves we are capable of recruiting. The idea we proved to ourselves was that large events were not the only thing we should do for recruitment, we organized our brothers in doing recruitment on the micro level with small gathering. Essentially other than our superbowl party, we used groups of brothers to seek out and recruit people they knew and that had some interest of joining. The result we gained were 3 new members, more than we have had for a spring class since 2014, that we as a brotherhood have agreed are of a higher quality than we usually recruit. We are taking the lessons and success of this semester and will apply them for the fall. We held two successful events to raise money for the USO this semester. We held Tacos for Troops on April 20th in the English Chapel. We sold meals of tacos (beef or chicken), with toppings, chips and salsa and drinks for $5. It turned out greater than we expected with about 100 people coming, 90 were able to buy tacos before we ran out of food, in total raising $502 for the USO. Then a week later on Saturday the 29th we held our annual parent and alumni dinner with a silent auction. We prepared a meal of chicken, potatoes, asparagus along with salad and dessert for at least 50 parents and about thirty brothers, for close to 100 or more. We held a silent auction with 7 items and also sold chapter merchandise to donate the revenue from. This event brought in another $700 for the USO, making it so that in total we were able to donate $1200. These two events proved their viability and we are in the process of improving them for the coming years. With our fraternity also being known as the assisting hand, we made efforts and encouraged our members to get involved with community. Due to consistent poor weather, we were only able to conduct one of our highway clean up activities.

We then got involved with the local Humane Society, participating in service events put together by USO. Several of our brothers were involved with STEM education days. One of our brothers went on the annual service trip with Habitat for Humanity, doing a week of service. Our semester came to a close with about a dozen brothers participating in the 2nd annual LOVE Day event, performing service projects in Ada, Lima, Kenton and Bluffton. After a successful recruitment season, new member education began to help teach the ways of the fraternity, its ideals, and the expectations of every brother. With this semester, we revamped the education process with better presentations for a more visual representation to follow along with, the incorporation of executive officers and chairmen conducting sessions, and the initial implementation of the Resolute Man initiative of IHQ. Additionally, we conduct initiation at a new location, the newly built United Methodist Church in town, which provided excellent accommodations and a wonderful experience for both initiates as well as brothers in attendance. This semester has shown us the potential we have in certain areas of campus life. Our philanthropic events are accessible and enjoyable to the public. We have the ability to recruitment high quality men regardless of the time of year. Our service efforts could be focused more and done as a chapter. But in general this semester was not boring and gave all of our members plenty of opportunities for fun and advancement of our purpose.

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