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Making An ImpactPhi Kaps Serve their Communities and the World

THE TEMPLE is published twice a year as an educational journal for Phi Kappa Theta members, family and friends.

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Spring 2010 Volume 93, Number 1

MANAGING EDITORHeather Matthews Kirk (LSU, ‘04)

COPY EDITORGregory E. Stein (CCNY, ‘70)

GRAPHIC DESIGN EDITORKeith D. Harshbarger (IUPUI, ‘06)

NATIONAL BOARD OF TRUSTEESPresidentKevin J. Lampe (Western Illinois, ‘83)

Vice PresidentNathan G. Rues (Missouri-Rolla, ‘01)

TreasurerMark C. Anthony (Georgia Tech, ‘90)

SecretaryFather Owen J. Mullen (Univ. of San Diego, ‘A)

TrusteesDan A. Bureau (Univ. of New Hampshire, ‘94)Larry F. Dorocke (Purdue University, ‘68)Joshua J. Gisi (Univ. of Kansas, ‘96)Rick Maggiore (Univ. of Georgia, ‘68)

UGAC ChairmanThomas M. Jasper (Univ. of San Diego, ‘11)

UGAC Vice ChairmanKevin J. Hakenewerth (Missouri-Rolla, ‘10)

EXECUTIVE OFFICES9640 N. Augusta Dr., Suite 420Carmel, IN 46032317.872.9934FAX: 317.879.1889executiveoffices@phikaps.orgwww.phikaps.org

EXECUTIVE OFFICES STAFFExecutive Vice PresidentRobert W. Riggs (RPI, ‘02)

Director of OperationsSarah A. Harris (Indiana Wesleyan University, ‘05)

Director of Member DevelopmentAnita L. Kerlin (Bowling Green State University, ‘03)

Assistant Director of Member DevelopmentGretchen E. Stahl (Valparaiso University, ‘04)

Director of Communications and MarketingKeith D. Harshbarger (IUPUI, ‘06)

Accounting ClerkBill T. Ryan (Indiana University, ‘79)

FOUNDATION STAFFDevelopment AssistantAllyson L. Clarkson (Centre College, ‘01)

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PRESIDENT’S NOTE

National President ChallengesYou This “Movember”Dear Brothers,

Leaders have no time for themselves. And the good ones understand that fact.

President John Kennedy (WPI ‘A) said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” His call for servant leadership inspired a generation and continues to inspire many.

Phi Kappa Theta brothers understand servant leadership. It is leadership that requires one to think of the whole and not just a select few. It is about making decisions that require considering options and looking for solutions that are not quick fixes, but building

strong foundations for future leaders.Servant leaders understand it is not about them. It is about making their chapter,

university, community, country and world a better place. Phi Kappa Theta has a rich history of servant leadership. From the White House to the halls of Congress, from corporate boardrooms to community organizations, from academic chairs to military service, from the hometown block to a distant international city, brothers lead a with greater purpose — a desire to serve a cause greater then themselves.

Some even lead by growing moustaches.Last November, brothers from coast to coast participated in “Movember.” They

grew moustaches and collected sponsorships to raise awareness and money for research on prostate cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death in American men. Some brothers were more successful in growing moustaches than others, but all raised money and awareness. Those who participated have seen that the simple act of growing a moustache could make a difference.

In my picture, you can see my beard. I have had one pretty much since the members of Epsilon Class of Illinois Kappa Mu Chapter at Western Illinois University grew beards during our associate member education period in the fall of 1979. I am willing to shave it this October 31 and grow a Fu Manchu moustache to educate others about prostate cancer.

Here is the catch: 50 percent of our chapters must participate in “Movember” and at least 25 alumni need to sponsor me. My razor is ready, are you?

In this issue, you will read about diverse servant leaders — collegians who traveled to Guatemala to establish a sanitary water system in one town, three chapters who joined together to work in the devastated Detroit community, a Board member who turned his hobby into a philanthropic endeavor, and others. If each of us puts his own time and talent toward servant leadership, no matter how big or small the effort, we will make an impact on others.

This “Movember” is just one chance, one way for you to make an impact!

Yours in the Bonds of Phi Kappa Theta.

Kevin Lampe, (Western Illinois, ‘83)National President

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Chapters and individuals going beyond their communities to improve society.

Nicholls State advisor seeking to improve chapter communication.

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Making an Impact

Technology helping to foster efficiency and communication for chapters and members.

ContentsSPRING 2010

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Advisor Profile

Redefining Education

Making Connections

On the cover: Kevin Hakenewerth surveys land in Guatemala for a clean water system.

Phi Kappa Theta’s new education plan attempting to transform membership enrichment and development.

Phi Kaps succeeding in bringing awareness about men’s health by growing moustaches.

Movember Recap

Pronounced [ej-oo-key-shuhn]–noun

1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.

2. the act or process of imparting or acquiring particular knowledge or skills, as for a profession.

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When the Fraternity’s Strategic Plan was created, Phi Kappa Theta began to place significant emphasis on each of the five developmental areas to cultivate true personal development in its individual members. This philosophical shift is now shaping chapter operational structures and educational opportunities.

The Fraternity has added an additional staff member to the member development team, allowing the Director of Member Development to dedicate time to education. This shows the importance Phi Kappa Theta leadership has put on comprehensive education and development.

The first step in aligning education with the developmental areas was the creation of the Accreditation Program, which helped Phi Kap analyze and reward chapters’ successes in each developmental area. Work continues with changes in chapter officer structure, associate member education, conferences and other educational opportunities.

During 2010, the Fraternity will continue to make significant strides in aligning its expectations and resources within the five developmental areas. It is important that we provide resources and programming for all chapters in an effort to help them be balanced and successful groups. Members will notice several major changes this year in an effort to provide more support, resources and stronger educational opportunities than Phi Kap has ever been able to offer before.

By Anita KerlinDirector of Member Development

Accreditation Program

This marks the second year of the Fraternity’s Accreditation Program. It was created with the help of two collegiate chapters and to the Undergraduate Advisory Committee in an effort to improve how Phi Kap evaluates and rewards its chapters. The Accreditation Program consists of minimum requirements or expectations for all chapters in each developmental area. Each chapter submits documentation and programming summaries online that are then scored and averaged. To be “accredited,” each chapter must earn the minimum required score in all five developmental areas. Chapters are rewarded for the innovation and success at the summer conference annually. Minimum expectations will be updated each year to reflect the growth and development of our organization. These expectations can be found at phikaps.org under the “Our Mission” tab.

Chapter Officer Structures

With great emphasis placed on the developmental areas, it is imperative that Phi Kap finds a way to help chapters align themselves to these principles. Supplying chapters with an operational structure supplemented with job descriptions will help streamline operations and ensure more effective chapter management.

The new structure will include a President, a Vice President for each of the developmental areas, and chair positions. The structure mirrors a traditional corporate model. A company has a CEO (or the President in this case) who ensures

5 Developmental AreasLeadership DevelopmentPhi Kappa Theta actively develops the next generation of business, professional and civic leaders by providing real world experience. Campus organizations, communities and employers worldwide seek Phi Kappa Theta members because they are ethical, value-based and socially responsible leaders.

Intellectual DevelopmentPhi Kappa Theta attracts intellectually motivated men who share a passion for lifelong knowledge, learning and development.

Fraternal DevelopmentPhi Kappa Theta is a committed journey of lifelong brotherhood. Phi Kappa Theta challenges its members to accept responsibility for all brothers, their communities and society.

Social DevelopmentPhi Kappa Theta fosters human development through community service and social interaction. Phi Kappa Theta members are socially engaged, recognizing their responsibility to affect positive change in themselves and others.

Spiritual DevelopmentPhi Kappa Theta brothers explore their natural curiosity about spirituality and individual purpose. Phi Kappa Theta’s Ritual is a guide to help men develop spiritually. Phi Kappa Theta embraces its Catholic heritage, welcomes diversity and embodies the moral values upon which it was established.

—Related formsan·ti·ed·u·ca·tion, adjectivenon·ed·u·ca·tion, nouno·ver·ed·u·ca·tion, nounpre·ed·u·ca·tion, nounpro·ed·u·ca·tion, adjectivesu·per·ed·u·ca·tion, noun

3. a degree, level, or kind of schooling: a university education.

4. the result produced by instruction, training, or study: to show one’s education.

5. the science or art of teaching; pedagogics.

6. the development of each member of Phi Kappa Theta in Leadership, Intellectually, Fraternally, Socially & Spiritually

Phi Kap Creates New Plan to Develop, Enrich Members

Redefining ed·u·ca·tion

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things runs smoothly and serves as the company’s representative. The company is then divided into departments with people, who specialize in certain areas. Each department has a manager (or the Vice President), who has others working under him to help support the work load. This new structure will help chapters be more organized and increase accountability because of its clearly defined roles. The Phi Kap Staff created two similar but specialized structures based on chapter size to best meet the needs of Phi Kap chapters.

Phi Kappa Theta’s colonies, as well as a few pilot chapters, have been using this new structure and found great success. They have noted feeling more organized and having a better understanding of every member’s responsibilities. The new structure and job descriptions will be distributed to chapters this fall with the hope of implementation for November elections.

“I really like the new officer structure because there is less stress on the President and Vice President,” said Brenden Albert, the Vice President of Spiritual Development for the colony at Temple University. “Now everyone has very clearly defined roles and there is a better balance of power. As an officer, it is easier for me to focus because I am solely in charge of my area and those who work under me, but Jovan (the President) can quickly check in with me, rather than asking multiple people now.”

Associate Member Education

When a member pledges himself to Phi Kappa Theta he receives a copy of the Journey. Journey is a member manual

Presidents - Manage VP’s, Plan Quo Vadis

VP Social Development

(Risk Management)

VP FraternalDevelopment

(Finances)

VP Intellectual Development

VP SpiritualDevelopment

VP Leadership Development

(Educational Programs)

Professional DevelopmentCoordinator

Social Chair

Community Chair

Philanthropy

Ritual

Recruitment

Brotherhood

Alumni Involvement

Secretary

Associate Member Education

Members learn at a developmental session at Leadership Institute 2008. Read about innovations to Leadership Institute on page 7.

The new structures include a President, a Vice President for each of the five developmental areas, and chair positions that work under each Vice President. The structure mimics that of a corporate structure with a CEO and different departments, each with a department head. There will be a suggested large chapter structure and a condensed version for smaller chapters.

New Officer Structure

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that provides helpful education and insight into how to be the best Phi Kappa Theta member, but equally as important, how to be the best man possible. This book is rich with history and guidance that is vital for members to learn and understand. Journey has not been updated since the late 1990s and will undergo a significant re-write this year. It will still include the history of Phi Kappa Theta and the merger, but it will be organized by the five developmental areas. This change is intended to support the other educational avenues members will experience, seeking to develop each individual on a personal level. Journey will contain updated resources and tools to help members be successful in every facet of their lives. Phi Kap leaders are hoping that members hold onto Journey forever and find it useful through every step of life.

The new Journey will be paired with a sample Associate Member Education Program that Phi Kappa Theta would like chapters to utilize. The program will last eight weeks and include fraternity education, as well as education in each of the five developmental areas. The new Journey and Associate Member Education Program should be available this fall.

Experiential Education

Phi Kappa Theta strives to educate our members through regional and national conferences, publications such as the Kappa Quarterly and The Temple and most recently via webinars. Phi Kappa Theta wants to continue to find new ways to bring education to members and at a low cost.

The highest attended conferences sponsored currently are regional conferences. Historically, regional conferences consist of training in recruitment, risk management, finances, philanthropy and other operational programming. In an effort to provide the most important and beneficial training possible to members when there are a significant number of them present, operational training will move to an online video format. This way members and chapter officers can go online and view training videos at any time for topics

that were typically presented at regional conferences. This shift will allows Phi Kap to bring more beneficial programming, such as ethical decision-making, personal responsibility, conflict management, and values training to members during regional events.

To provide such training, regional conferences and the Presidents Academy will now be combined. We have divided collegiate chapters into three regional areas, and beginning in 2011, chapter leadership will be asked to send its President and other chapter members to the Regional Leadership Conference in its area. These conferences will be held in January and early February each year.

There will be at least two educational tracks at each Regional Leadership Conference, one of which will be dedicated to chapter Presidents and the other will be for additional collegiate members. The location of the conferences may change based on the chapter in each area that is selected to host the event. Chapters may apply to serve as a host chapter and assist in the logistical planning of the weekend. Applications will be available in the spring and locations will be announced at the Leadership Institute or Convention each summer.

These changes in the Phi Kap educational conference structure will help the Fraternity financially and will allow for more members to receive relevant training that is aligned with the Strategic Plan. Chapter members will be able to drive to the conference site which will keep costs minimal and allow for more collegiate members to share in the experience.

Members attend an educational session at the Mideast regional conference in 2009. Regional conferences will now be combined with Presidents Academy allowing for training of additional members and officers.

This new member education resource will undergo a significant re-write this year.

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Leadership Institute

This year’s Leadership Institute will be unlike any past Phi Kappa Theta conference. Programming will be enhanced to address each of the five developmental areas: fraternal, leadership, intellectual, social and spiritual.

By creating sessions and programs that focus on these developmental areas, the Institute will be providing valuable life skills training to members, while enhancing individual growth and learning. For example, in addition to Ritual exemplification, focused spiritual development training has been added for all attendees. To enhance social development, formal etiquette training will compliment a new etiquette meal where attendees will put what they have learned to use with coaching from a facilitator. The historically optional brotherhood event has been transformed from a baseball game to a formal meal at the City Museum, followed by exclusive evening access to the exhibits for all attendees. Further life skills training has been added for collegiate members that will include topics like buying a first house. Professional

development training will still be included, as well as an evening for attendees to enjoy all that the great city of St. Louis has to offer.

The most significant addition to the Leadership Institute will be an annual philanthropic activity. In the program’s first year a drive will be held for Annie Malone’s Transitional Program, which supports young adults in the foster care system, who are transitioning into living life on their own. Attendees should donate as many items as possible from the list that can be found on the Leadership Institute 2010 page at phikaps.org. Each year a new philanthropic opportunity will support the Convention city. We hope that the intensity of our service will continue to increase each year.

As Phi Kappa Theta and its chapters strengthen in the developmental areas, programming will be heightened each year with more challenging and thought provoking topics. The goal is to create an environment for members to challenge themselves and each other and for everyone to have a better sense of what it means to be Phi Kappa Theta members.

www.phikaps.org

Register before the Early Bird deadline, April 16, and receive $50 off (full registrations only). The final registration due date is July 9, 2010. Late registrations will not be accepted.

Items to contribute to philanthropic drive:

• Pots and pans• Hygiene products• Bed linens• Towels• Dishes• Silverware

A complete list of items can be found at phikaps.org under the LI2010 event page.

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between leadership and management and explored their own leadership styles and dominant practices. There was significant discussion on values-based decision making after attendees spent time reviewing multiple case studies of real fraternities. Other training topics included conflict resolution and making change within a chapter. At the end of the last day, collegiate members had an opportunity to work with their advisors, a staff member or the National President, to create an action plan to take back to their chapter and use throughout their presidency.

Joseph LaHood from Eastern Illinois University said, “Creating

an action plan by writing short and long term goals on paper was really helpful, and it provided something tangible to take away from the weekend that I still look to often.”

Unique to Presidents Academy this year was the opportunity to interact with interfraternal friends. Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity held its first-ever Presidents

Academy at the same hotel and all meals were shared with their

group. This offered a chance to socialize and learn from another organization. Other highlights of the weekend included a keynote speech by National President Kevin Lampe, an etiquette dinner and a chance to learn about the positive changes the National Fraternity has been making.

Near the end of a great Presidents Academy, participants made a trip to the Children’s Medical Center of Dayton. During their visit, the attendees had the opportunity to meet the children who benefit from the fundraising for Children’s Miracle Network. The men really enjoyed distributing toys and interacting with the children and their parents. It provided a meaningful experience to all those present.

The Presidents Academy was a positive experience for everyone who attended. Brotherhood was shared, traditions were challenged, and leaders were given tools they need to be successful.

Presidents Academy 2010 Recap

While many collegiate students were still sleeping in and enjoying the winter holiday, Phi Kappa Theta chapter Presidents were showing their dedication by attending the annual Presidents Academy. Funded by a grant from the Phi Kappa Theta Foundation, this year’s Presidents Academy was in Dayton, Ohio from January 8 to10. It was held in conjunction with the (iServe) Institute, which provides training for alumni and advisors. Despite inclement weather causing some travel troubles, there were a record number of attendees this year with 40 Presidents making the trip.

Curriculum at this year’s academy was predominantly based on leadership experts James Kouzes’ and Barry Pozner’s Student Leadership Practices Inventory. Attendees learned about the difference

Top: The presidents pose for a group photo at the 2010 Presidents Academy alongside National President Kevin Lampe (pictured middle).

Above Left: (iServe) Alumni members listen to information presented by Kyle Witham, The Leadership Institute.

Above Right: Members visited a local CMN Hospital Sunday morning, bonding instantly with the children and their parents.

“Creating an action plan by writing short and long term goals on paper was really helpful, and it provided something tangible to take away from the weekend that I still look to often.”—Joseph LaHood

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While implementation of a new computer database typically does not garner much excitement, Phi Kappa Theta is enthusiastic about the countless possibilities and innovation that the newly implemented Achieve Application and database promise to bring to the Fraternity.

Achieve, implemented beginning last fall, currently provides an online portal for chapters and collegiate members to record their events, achievements and activities for the Fraternity’s Accreditation Program. However, this is only the first phase of what Achieve can and will do.

“With the implementation of the Accreditation Program, Phi Kappa Theta successfully established a system to measure chapter-level progress within our Strategic Plan,” said Executive Vice President Robert Riggs. “With the roll out of this next phase, Achieve now allows individuals to measure their own developmental progress.”

The Achieve Application has been designed to create a much more efficient flow of information within the Fraternity. Achieve will provide a virtual environment for chapters to maintain operational and membership information. Utilizing information submitted by individual members, Phi Kappa Theta will be able to measure the continued progress toward becoming a human development organization.

Currently, collegiate and alumni brothers can log-in to Achieve through the Mission tab of the website, phikaps.org. Here, they can update their achievements,

awards and involvement in their personal profiles. Each member and chapter has its own profile where information is stored. This fall, Achieve will be merged with the current membership database at Executive Offices to further integrate all personal information into a cohesive profile.

Jeff Pope, President of Simplexity, the Achieve Application design firm that Phi Kappa Theta has partnered with, sees the holistic value of this program.

“Phi Kappa Theta recognizes the value in being able to measure the quality of their members and wants to be able identify and foster those individuals who are living up to their Mission,” he said. “If Phi Kappa Theta wants to attract the best members, develop them and put forth leaders, they’ve got to know who they are and what they’re doing. Achieve makes that information collectible, updatable and manageable.”

In the future, chapter officers will use Achieve to submit chapter information, and

reporting will be able to be done entirely electronically. Based on a collegian or alumni member’s role, he will be able to see varying degrees of information about chapter reporting and performance.

“With this capability and access to this information, Achieve will open up new, real-time communication between the chapter and advisors, staff and volunteers about what a chapter is doing well and what needs improvement,” said Anita Kerlin, Director of Member Development. “This will increase accountability for our chapters and make things much more

Technology Aims to Revolutionize Operations

Achieve New Heights

By Heather Matthews KirkManaging Editor

“Achieve will open up new, real-time communication between the chapter and advisors, staff and volunteers about what a chapter is doing well and what needs improvement.”—Anita Kerlin

efficient.”The further Phi Kappa Theta moves

into its implementation of Achieve, a multi-stage process that will take several years, the more visibility and edit-ability members will have in their profiles and chapter information.

“Achieve provides much more than information gathering. It will allow us to deliver resources and serve our members in ways we have not been able to do in the past,” said Riggs. “With a greater awareness of Phi Kappa Theta members and chapters, our leaders will be better prepared to assess, develop and deliver resources that will serve our members so that their success goes well beyond their collegiate experience.”

Achieve is currently accessible to every member of Phi Kappa Theta. For more information on how to access the system, please contact the Executive Offices at executiveoffices@phikaps.org.

n the Journey of Phi Kappa Theta, new members learn that being a brother is about going beyond yourself, your chapter and even your fraternity and serving the larger society. The brothers and chapters featured in this section have lived up to the Mission of Phi Kappa Theta, serving in their local communities and even the global community. They are servant leaders MAKING AN IMPACT on the world around them. By these individuals working on a few projects, they are in turn making

a difference in the lives of thousands – for the 5,000 people in a rural area of Guatemala, for the citizens of a Detroit community, and for the patients in a Children’s Miracle Network hospital.

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Stories in this feature section byHeather Matthews KirkManaging Editor

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Five Phi Kaps at Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T) are working together daily toward a common goal, but not just in the typical way fraternity brothers do – on intramural teams, planning fundraisers or even hosting social events. These five brothers are designing a new sanitary water system for a small community in Nahualate, Guatemala, in cooperation with a program called Engineers without Borders (EWB).

Each participating Phi Kap is an engineering or science student and brings a different skill set to the project. They got involved in their campus EWB chapter hoping to make an impact in the global community and provide something new and life changing to people thousands of miles away.

Daniel Kienitz, (‘08), a graduate student in civil engineering, has been involved with EWB for almost three years.

“I had been involved with many other organizations on campus but wanted to be a part of an organization where I was

giving back more,” Kienitz said. “With EWB, this was fulfilled.”

He was the first Phi Kap in the Missouri Mu Chapter to join EWB. That year, he worked on expanding a school in Solala, Guatamala, in which he helped design the roof. On the chapter’s new project, Kienitz is in charge of the structural team, and he is working on the design of an elevated steel water tank for the water distribution system and well house.

“This project is important to me because it will bring clean water to 5,000 people!” he said. “This is so important to these people and you can tell how much they want it and need it.”

They plan to dig a well 300 to 400 feet deep, which will connect to a pump. A well house will contain the electrical systems. Elevated storage tanks or a water tower will feed into six miles of pipeline extending throughout the community.

All EWB projects begin with the community members submitting a proposal, which EWB says increases the likelihood of success. Then the EWB chapter performs an assessment trip to the community to evaluate its needs and identify priorities and scope of potential

projects. The assessment visit for this project was held in November 2009. Then, design begins, and in subsequent years, EWB chapter members make trips to the community for additional assessment, implementation, training and monitoring.

The Phi Kaps in the S&T EWB chapter visited Nahualate, Guatemala in January to gather personal, technical and typographical information. They surveyed community members about their health habits and illnesses to try to find out if the

water was the cause of their problems.

Kevin Hakenewerth, a senior in mechanical engineering, is doing public relations and fundraising for the project. He is also working with the water distribution group in the EWB chapter on the design of the project. He has the big job of helping to raise $240,000 to implement the water

system, working with partners from all over the country to fundraise. Hakenewerth is also extremely dedicated to his Phi

Below: The children in Nahualate were excited to welcome the engineering team. Daniel Kienitz is pictured with several kids from the Guatemalan town.

Phi Kaps to Bring Clean Water System to Guatemalan Community

“Going to the community and talking to the people had a huge impact on me, seeing the way they live compared to the way we live in the U.S. is unbelievable.”—Daniel Kienitz

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Kap chapter, currently serving as the associate member educator and as the Vice Chairman of the Undergraduate Advisory Committee.

Going to Guatemala opened Hakenewerth’s eyes to how important the project will be for Nahualate.

“I had never been to a third-world country before,” he said. “When we got to the community … there was no clean water, nothing was sanitary, few people had shoes, but the community welcomed us a lot. Kids would follow us around all day, running around trying to talk with us and hang out.

“When we actually got down there and saw how they were living and where they were getting their water from, we realized we needed to do something,” he said.

Hakenewerth said the homes in the community are “one-or two-room shacks made of mud and brick,” most of which do not have bathrooms. Many people cook on outdoor fire-stoves and few people have beds. The community gets its water from a nearby river and irrigation canals, and a few homes had very shallow wells.

On the EWB assessment visit in November, bacteria was found in the water, contributing to the plan for the new sanitary water system.

“People don’t boil water before they drink it,” Hakenewerth said. “We saw people using the bathroom in the canals and river. They wash their clothes in the same river. They can get malaria or flu.”

This difference in living conditions deeply affected the Phi Kaps on their visit.

“Going to the community and talking to the people had a huge impact on me,” Kienitz said. “Seeing the way

they live compared to the way we live in the U.S. is unbelievable. The people are so gracious about what we are doing.”

Three other Phi Kaps are involved in the project: Michael Seana, a junior in business information science and technology; Mitchell Duffield, a senior in

mechanical engineering; and Paul Mallmann, a junior in civil engineering.

“I got involved with EWB because I wanted to make an impact on people’s lives for the better with what I was learning

Right: Daniel Kienitz walks with several children of Nahualate.

Far Right: National Vice President, Nathan Rues, displays his first bottle cap artwork, a replication of Van Gogh’s “Starry Night.”

“When we actually got down there and saw how they were living and where they were getting their water from, we realized we needed to do something.”—Kevin Hakenewerth

Fast Facts: Engineers without Borders• Projects aim to create a more stable and prosperous world by addressing

basic human needs by providing necessities, like clean water, power, sanitation, and education.

• Has more than 350 projects in over 45 developing countries.• Has more than 12,000 members world-wide.• Has more than 250 chapters, including 180 college chapters.• Has touched the lives of more than 1 million people.

Source: www.ewb-usa.org/about.php

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in college,” said Duffield.He is a part of the team working

on the well house, water pump and its enclosure, vital parts of the project that will help deliver water to the elevated tank.

If the chapter can raise 70 percent of the funds for the project, there is a possibility of starting the implementation this summer. Hakenewerth estimates that the project will wrap up in 2012 to 2013.

Each says that Phi Kap taught them great lessons about servant leadership.

“You have a commitment to society and your brothers and the community throughout the world,” Hakenewerth said. “You are supposed to be doing something with what you’ve learned in Phi Kap – it’s about living it out.”

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Alum Creates Art to Benefit Local CMN Hospital

While in college, Nathan Rues (‘01)thought it would be interesting to decorate a coffee table, covering it entirely with a design made of bottle caps. In his sophomore year, he began collecting bottle caps casually, thinking that whenever he had enough, he’d get to work on the table. Between his involvement in the Mu Chapter of Phi Kappa Theta at Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T), his academic schedule and other commitments, he never really had the time to begin work.

What he did not realize at the time was that this supposed hobby would soon become a way to give back to his community.

Rues graduated and got an engineering job and realized that “the coffee table idea wasn’t really mature,” he said. Yet he had already collected thousands of bottle caps.

“If I was going to do something with all of these caps, I was going to go all out,” he said. “I tried to think, ‘What is the classiest thing I could do?’ – (a replication of) Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night.’”

It took him more than two years to collect enough caps to create the piece. He

had to ask friends and family to collect bottle caps for him to use.

“People thought it was very strange initially. They couldn’t visualize what I was trying to do,” he said.

In 2007, he finally completed and unveiled a huge replica of the recognizable artwork.

“Once I unveiled the first piece, because everyone was so curious about what I was doing with the caps, it was so well received,” Rues said. “But I knew if I was going to keep doing this, I would need a better flow of supplies.”

He contacted a local Indianapolis bar that was on his way home from work, called the Blue Crew Sports Grill, a hangout for Indianapolis Colts fans. Bartenders began

collecting the caps for Rues, who would stop in and pick them up every couple of weeks.

Through word of mouth, Rues began to get requests

“I am taking a very ugly stereotype of fraternities and the Greek system with alcohol abuse and turning it on its head.”—Nathan Rues

Middle Right: Bottle caps that are more infrequently collected by Rues.

Right: Rues works on his bottle cap adaptation of the Phi Kap crest.

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Rues’ depiction of the Phi Kap crest is made of thousands of bottle caps.

for customized pieces of bottle cap art. His alma mater heard about his work and contacted him to create a piece depicting the university’s logo. They auctioned it at an event in September 2009 for more than $900.

This gave Rues the idea to use his artwork as a philanthropic outlet. His involvement in Phi Kap has taught him what it means to be a servant leader. Rues is the current Vice President of the National Board of Trustees.

This winter, Rues created a piece to thank the Blue Crew Sports Grill bar for collecting caps for him to use. It depicted a blue horseshoe to represent the home NFL team. Before the Colts played in the American Football Conference playoffs in January, a local news station was at the Blue Crew Sports Grill doing a story on the business. The journalist saw Rues’ artwork and showed up on his doorstep to do a feature story for the evening news about his unique work.

After the story aired, requests began pouring in for his bottle cap art. Rues designed a second horseshoe piece, posted it in Blue Crew Sports Grill and sold it through a silent auction for $500. He decided that from that point that he would work with the Phi Kappa Theta Foundation to donate all proceeds from his artwork to a local hospital in the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN), Phi Kap’s national philanthropy. Rues is calling his effort “Kaps for Kids,” paying tribute to his art medium and the children that he hopes the money helps.

“A lot of people have told me that I can make a lot of money doing this, but

I am not interested in that. I want to give my proceeds to charity,” he said. “I do technical stuff all day as an engineer. The art side is an outlet for me. It is a relaxation method.

“For me to turn it into a job, for it to become my meal ticket or my rent money, it would become a source of stress rather than a source of enjoyment,” Rues said. “By giving the proceeds to charity, I can keep doing it because I like it and want to

do it.”Because

CMN is Phi Kap’s national philanthropy, Rues felt a natural bias to assist that organization. He thinks that Kaps for Kids could even extend further than his own work. He hopes

to get other brothers, who are interested in making a difference, involved in designing and completing bottle cap artwork.

“When I was in college, we tried a bunch of different events and philanthropies, where we worked really hard but saw little return,” Rues said. “Because this is so well received, I know this can be more than just art. This artwork is unique and original, unlike so many of our old fundraising ideas. It is evident that the public is very interested in it. The response has been overwhelming. Every time I create a new piece it generates more demand.”

The national Phi Kappa Theta Foundation has served as a resource for Rues, helping him to meet his personal

goals in serving his community. In the future, he plans to donate his artwork to the Foundation, so that those who purchase it or buy it in a philanthropic auction can make a tax deductible donation for the piece. The Foundation will then donate proceeds to CMN. When he sold the artwork on his own, Rues did not have the capability to provide people with a tax deductible option. This partnership makes Kaps for Kids a “win-win” for both the purchaser and CMN.

Creating a piece is labor intensive for one person. Rues would like to engage individuals or chapters in helping him collect bottle caps or even reproduce original pieces with his guidance. All profits will go to CMN.

To create one of his pieces, he divides his collected bottle caps in buckets sorted by their color. He paints the image he wants to recreate on a thin piece of plywood. He begins positioning the bottle caps over the painting to match the color underneath, finding the best cap to match the background color. Once he has placed the caps and covered the board, positioning them in the best way to recreate his drawing, he glues them down and then epoxies them to adhere the caps permanently.

Rues finds delightful irony in his creating beautiful artwork out of bottle caps typically recycled from beer bottles.

“I am taking a very ugly stereotype of fraternities and the Greek system with alcohol abuse and turning it on its head,” he said. “If you can turn that stereotype into a beautiful work of art, maybe you can also help to change that stereotype. I say, let’s address it head on and generate something beautiful from what is typically perceived as negative.”

“A lot of people have told me that I can make a lot of money doing this, but I am not interested in that. I want to give my proceeds to charity.”—Nathan Rues

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Three Chapters Join to Serve the Detroit Community

As the Philanthropy Chair of the Illinois Kappa Phi Chapter at Lewis University, Steve KC Lee, decided that he would aim beyond status quo in his role. It was not enough for him to plan a fund-raiser or to help out a local service agency once or twice a semester. Lee sought to “make sure [his] brothers got a taste of something outside of [their] bubble,” he said.

“I wanted to open their eyes to the fact that there is more than just Chicago – there are a lot of problems out there,” Lee said.

After researching online and reading articles about struggling cities, Lee set out to organize a hands-on service project that would take his brothers more than five hours away from their campus and into the city of Detroit to try to make an impact on a community most of them had never seen. He dubbed the trip the “PHIlanthrophy Kaps Care Initiative,”

which he calls a “battle cry for philanthropic efforts.”

Lee scheduled a weekend-long service trip for November 2009. He knew he wanted to take the chapter to Detroit, but he was not yet sure what type of service they could do to make a difference. In his research about Detroit service projects, Lee found that Phi Kappa Theta had a chapter at the University of Detroit Mercy. Lee contacted the chapter leadership in hopes of collaboration.

The Michigan Omega Chapter officers from Detroit

Mercy were excited about the idea of working with the Lewis group on a joint service project in Detroit. They presented the idea of the brothers aiding the Brightmoor Projects Northwest Redevelopment organization to demolish several abandoned houses in a Detroit community.

“When you tell people that you are demolishing houses, they look at you funny,” said Christian Nunez from Lewis University. “But what a lot

of people don’t know is that Detroit has an epidemic of abandoned homes, and each one costs anywhere from $10,000 to $15,000 to demolish. So we know we did a good thing.”

Detroit Mercy leadership organized the logistics of the service work, by

connecting with the service organization and planning transportation around the city. Lee organized his chapter’s travel arrangements, but also brainstormed about how the group could best maximize its limited time in Detroit.

They decided to hold a blanket drive in their local community, collecting blankets to take to Detroit and donate. Along with students from two middle schools, the Phi Kaps collected blankets that filled more than 15 large trash bags. They worked for two months to collect the blankets, making their trip to Detroit all the

“It was a practice what you preach sort of thing – we all preach that we’re about community service, so it gave three chapters the opportunity to jump on board and show what we’re about.”—Steve KC Lee

Top: Two Phi Kaps work to demolish an abandoned home in Detroit on a service trip last Fall.

Above: Phi Kaps from Detroit Mercy arrive at the demolition site.

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Service project participants gather outside of the Detroit Mercy Phi Kap house.

more worthwhile. “That was a big challenge, bringing

all of those blankets with us on the train into Chicago and then on the bus to Detroit, but we did it!” said Lee.

Before the trip, another chapter got on board with the project. Brothers from Illinois Psi Chapter at Northern Illinois University also planned to make the trip, providing additional manpower to the group. They also contributed to the blanket drive.

In all, 35 students from the three chapters assisted in Detroit with the project. Sixteen members, associate members and prospective members came from Lewis. Fifteen Phi Kaps came from Detroit Mercy, and five traveled from NIU.

The Phi Kaps spent an entire day of the trip demolishing two abandoned homes.

“We were given sledge-hammers, axes and crow bars and we all went to work,” said Detroit Mercy Phi Kap, Brad Harbisson. “It was definitely a cool experience.”

“We were just swinging the hammers,” Lee said. “It was a lot of fun and kept our guys interested, and it was meaningful to the community. It was a lot more difficult than we thought it would be.”

A neighbor across the street from one of the houses watched the demolition from her front porch.

“I’ve lived here, on and off, for about 20 years,” she said. “There are so many negatives going on in Detroit right now. It is extremely heartening to see some youth out here, doing some good.”

The Phi Kaps were proud of their work.

“It was a ‘practice what you preach’ sort of thing – we all preach that we’re

about community service, so it gave three chapters the opportunity to jump on board and show what we’re about,” Lee said.

The Lewis Chapter made the conscious decision to bring prospective members they were recruiting on the trip to show them that “we are not one of those chapters that is just about partying,” Lee said. “We do care and we are trying to do some good. It was a turning point for many of the prospective members; it solidified their desire to become brothers.”

The collaboration between chapters was also very worthwhile to the brothers. The brothers traveling from Illinois were welcomed into the Detroit Mercy Phi Kap home.

“We stayed at their fraternity house throughout the weekend,” Lee said. “It was a rewarding experience because we got to meet brothers that we had never met before.

It was definitely the first time anyone at Detroit Mercy could remember another chapter visiting,” said Billy Mackey, the former Lewis Phi Kap chapter president.

This was the first project in an ongoing service effort for the Lewis Chapter, the PHIlanthropy Kaps Care Initiative. They have continued serving their local community with fervor by doing ongoing projects on a smaller-scale, like working in a soup kitchen and with area children. They just completed their second big project in the PHIlanthropy Kaps Care Initiative in March by delivering fire education to a local school after a large house fire in Chicago caused several child

Steven KC Lee, the former Lewis University philanthropy chair, created this logo to promote the program.

casualties. In May, they will work with Habitat for Humanity

Lee hopes that the PHIlanthropy Kaps Care Initiative sticks around for his chapter, but also for the larger national organization. He emphasizes the importance of serving others within and outside of the local community.

“When we took a step back and looked at what we did, it gave all of the brothers a new perspective,” he said. “It was good to get out of our bubble and go somewhere where you know the neighborhoods are rough and people have fallen on hard times. It keeps you grounded.”

Saint FrancisCelebratesRe-charterting

The Fraternity is happy to welcome the newest chapter of Phi Kappa Theta, the Pennsylvania Tau chapter at Saint Francis University. At the 2009 Convention, a motion was passed to re-charter the group. Staff members Anita Kerlin and Gretchen Stahl and National President Kevin Lampe made the trip to Loretto, Pennsylvania to spend November 20-22 with the men and to officially re-install the chapter.

The brothers had been working since spring 2008 to earn their charter. They spent that time setting up a budget and chapter operations, obtaining a board of advisors, and recruiting new members. In addition, they started Theta Fest, an annual Battle of the Bands philanthropy event to raise money for Children’s Miracle Network. They visited their local nursing home for their “Adopt-A-Grandparent” program. Their work earned the brothers the title of Chapter of the Year on campus and earned them the Colony Development Award this past summer at the Phi Kappa Theta

By Gretchen StahlAssistant Director of MemberDevelopment

Convention. “These brothers live the values of

Phi Kappa Theta every day,” said Lampe. “They are true servant leaders in every way. They have answered every challenge, not with questions but plans.”

The weekend started with the Pennsylvania Xi Chapter from Duquesne University traveling to assist with initiating the members of the Saint Francis chapter. Saturday morning was spent cheering on many of the chapter members as they played the last home football game of the season, and for a few senior members, the last game of their career. The evening concluded with a celebratory banquet for members, advisors, alumni, and parents. Speeches were given by Lampe, Kerlin, university president Father Gabriel Zeis, and chapter advisors.

Lampe officially installed the new officers and presented the charter to the group. The weekend ended with a lot of

pictures, brotherhood and even heavy emotions as the members saw the culmination of their hard work come to fruition.

“It was a humbling experience to be able to present Saint Francis with its charter,” said Lampe. “Their passion, enthusiasm and love of Phi Kappa Theta brought me back to my own chapter’s charter installation in the fall of

1980. I am proud to see brothers who are dedicated and committed to the ideals of Phi Kappa Theta.”

National President Kevin Lampe pictured with the St. Francis Chapter.

“They are true servant leaders in every way. They have answered every challenge not with questions but plans.”—Kevin Lampe

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By now you have

probably heard of Phi Kappa Theta’s

volunteer training program, the (iServe)

Institute. The (iServe) Institute is designed to

provide volunteers the essentials necessary to

effectively serve in Phi Kappa Theta’s (iServe)

Network. The (iServe) Institute has

been developed through the partnership between Phi Kappa

Theta and the North American Interfraternity Conference. The

(iServe) Institute is a values-based education program that includes

training on the following topics:

( iServe )Training to Serve

If you wish to become an active member of Phi Kappa Theta’s (iServe) Network, register for the alumni training track at this years Leadership Institute! Go to page 7 for more information.

• Understanding Values Based Organizations and Volunteer Challenges

• Understanding the Culture of today’s Collegiate Member

• Creating a Coaching Culture• Navigating Conflict through

Values• Creating Change and

Commitment

Last November, Phi Kaps across the country dedicated themselves to “changing the face of men’s health.” Collegiate and alumni brothers put away their razors and spent the month growing moustaches to celebrate “Movember,” the world’s largest charity event raising funds and awareness for cancer affecting men.

The brothers of Phi Kap joined more than 28,000 “Mo Bros” in the US, raising more than $3.3 million total for the Prostate Cancer Foundation and the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Globally, Movember had more than 250,000 participants, who raised more than $100 million for men’s health in seven countries.

Phi Kappa Theta members donned thin, thick, bushy and barely-there moustaches to serve as conversation starters, giving them the confidence and

opportunity to talk about their reason for growing facial hair. They had meaningful conversations about men’s health and cancers with those who asked about their new facial feature.

“My moustache wasn’t very full and didn’t look very good,” said John Tate, the former President of the Missouri Kappa Upsilon Chapter at the University of Missouri. “But I was asked several times about my moustache and I explained what Movember was about and encouraged people to get involved.”

Collegians like Tate at universities across the country rallied their chapter members around this cause, and promoted

it throughout their campuses and communities.

At Missouri, the chapter made T-shirts to raise awareness, hosted an educational speaker and collected almost $600 for the cause. They used social media outlets to educate and received press coverage from the campus newspaper and local radio

station. The Interfraternal Council at UM also partnered with Phi Kappa Theta by holding a Movember Man of the Month competition to get other fraternity men involved.

“Movember brings men a creative opportunity to feel comfortable talking about their health and brings light to the fact that men’s health issues are often pushed aside,” Tate said.

The men of the Kansas Iota Chapter at Kansas State University were seeking a new philanthropy event for the fall semester and were excited to hear about the Movember opportunity at the summer Phi Kappa Theta Convention.

“This year was the first year participating in Movember and while there were difficulties getting our Mo’s growing, we did have success getting the organization’s name out there on the K-State campus,” said Eric Fielder, the philanthropy chair. “Everyone in the chapter really helped out in getting this great philanthropy started.”

They held weekly meetings to stay motivated and plan events and promotions, but “having awesome moustaches was a pretty big encouragement, as well,” said Fielder. “I couldn’t grow a great moustache, but I tried. My family commented on it when I got back home and teased me a little.”

Thomas Pulliam, the current House Manager and former Vice President of Risk Management for the Delta Rho Chapter at the University of Georgia, helped to bring Movember to his campus.

“Movember is a great cause because it focuses on men’s health issues,” he said. “While women have philanthropies and events to support research and increase awareness about breast cancer, men do not have that kind of support.”

Pulliam’s grandfather is a survivor of prostate cancer, so this cause hits close to

“A creative opportunity to feel comfortable talking about their health and brings light to the fact that men’s health issues are often pushed aside.”—John Tate

First Movember Effort Successful, Looking to Grow

Meaningful Moustaches

By Heather Matthews KirkManaging Editor

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home for him. No matter how their moustaches

looked, the Phi Kaps said that people commented and asked about them, giving them the opportunity to share information about Movember and men’s health. One in two men will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, and one in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, making Movember a perfect partnership with the fraternal community.

“I liked growing a moustache because I felt like I was a part of something that was providing awareness toward a good

cause,” Fielder said. “2009 was an incredibly successful

year for Movember in the college community across the country,” said Jack Choate, Director of Development for Movember North America. “Among college students in the U.S., we saw a participant growth rate of over 500% from 2008 to 2009.

“Engaging younger guys to talk about and be aware of health concerns that will affect them in their adult life is the key to accomplishing our mission to change the face of men’s health. We are excited and

thankful to have the support of the entire brotherhood of Phi Kappa Theta and look forward to Movember 2010!”

National President Kevin Lampe has challenged Phi Kaps for Movember 2010. If half of the collegiate chapters get involved and at least 25 alumni sponsor him, he plans to shave his beard and “grow a Fu Manchu moustache.”

For more information, please visit www.movember.com.

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NEWS FROM YOU

Paul Boushka, an undergraduate from the California Phi Delta chapter at the University of San Diego, recently traveled to Tanzania, Africa to climb to the highest point in Africa, the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. He made the trip with his father to celebrate his 50th birthday. They traveled with mountain guides because they did not consider themselves experienced climbers. It took seven days to get to the top of the mountain, trekking through five different ecosystems. They stayed at the top (19,340 feet) for just 20 minutes because of the sub-zero weather, and then descended to 18,000 feet to make camp. Boushka said this was the hardest night of the hike because of the severe cold.

On the hike, they met a group climbing for charity, which included celebrity Jessica Biel. The group camped with them each night and they made it to the top together. Boushka took a photo of himself at the top with a Phi Kap T-shirt he packed in his climbing bag.

“I will always think of this as a great experience,” Boushka said. “It was physically tough but also just as mentally tough.”

Alumnus Climbs Kilimanjaro, Meets Celebrity on Hike

Missouri Mu Holds Memorial Golf Tournament in St. Louis

Russell Fisher, a Phi Kap in the Pennsylvania Tau Chapter at Saint Francis University, was one of 10 finalists for the Annual Sportsmanship Award given by the Awards and Recognition Association (ARA). The honor is given each year to one “outstanding NCAA Division I collegiate football player who best personifies the spirit of sportsmanship.”

Fisher is a defensive end and

The Phi Kaps at Lewis University teamed up with a fire department to offer education about fire to local youngsters in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.

Saint Francis Phi Kap Honored by the NCAA for Sportsmanship

Lewis Univ. Chapter Teams up with Fire Department

Brother Christopher R. Ramirez from the Texas Tau Mu Chapter at The University of Texas-Pan American was recently published in the prestigious Journal of Physics, created by the Institute of Physics. Ramirez co-wrote a paper entitled, “XAFS Debye-Waller Factors for Deformed Hemes and Metal Substituted Hemes.” His article was published in the 2009 issue of the journal. The paper is about a more efficient means of calculating the debye-waller factor of the deformed active sites of hemoproteins and metal substituted hemes.

Texas Brother Published in Physics Journal

mentor to his teammates. He is known for his tireless work ethic and leading his teammates by example. He is the football team captain and a member of the 2009 Allstate/American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team. He has a deep commitment to his community, philanthropy and campus.

To qualify for the award, an athlete must be a starting player or significant contributor on his team; be in good academic standing; demonstrate great respect for competitors, school, teammates, and coaches; show an ability to accept victory and defeat graciously; convey a high degree of humility and integrity; and demonstrate commitment in the classroom and to the community. Although Fisher did not win the award, being a finalist is a significant accomplishment.

In February, seven people, including a newborn, a toddler and two teenage twins, died in an apartment blaze in the Chicago suburb of Cicero. This tragedy prompted the Phi Kaps to develop this educational opportunity for area children.

In partnership with the Romeoville Fire Department, the chapter brought a fire truck and two firefighters to the Lewis University campus to meet 50 children in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, as well as their mentors. The firefighters helped kids understand fire safety, posing questions like, “How many of you know what to do if your clothes catch on fire?” The kids yelled in a unified voice, “Stop, drop, and roll!”

The Missouri Mu Chapter of Phi Kappa Theta from Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T) hosted its tenth Annual Alumni Golf Tournament in St. Louis last October. The tournament is a staple event for the group, but this year, it was renamed the Tom “Doc” O’Keefe Memorial Golf Tournament, honoring the long-time chapter advisor, who lost his battle with cancer last year. O’Keefe served the chapter for 35 years, retiring in 1999. The renaming served as a fitting memorial and honor of his service to Phi Kappa Theta. The tournament posted a record turnout of 100 participants.

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The Beta Delta Chapter from University of Illinois of Phi Kappa Theta held its ninth annual reunion last September in Colorado Springs. The event was organized by Ted DeRousse, Greg Liptak and John Eure. It was attended by 14 Phi Kaps and their spouses.

The group is already looking forward to its 2010 reunion to be held in September in Chicago. They hope to drum up interest to recolonize the collegiate chapter at U of I, especially since so many brothers live in the Chicago area.

Univ. of Illinois Alums Gather at 9th Reunion

For the third year in a row, the Ohio Psi Chapter of Phi Kappa Theta at Ohio University sponsored the Polar Bear Plunge on February 13. The event made a big splash, raising more than $22,000 for Special Olympics Ohio. More than 200 students and community members braved icy temperatures to jump into Dow Lake at Strouds Run State Park.

Each person raised a minimum of $50 to participate. The chapter met its $20,000 fundraising goal, significantly topping last year’s total of $16,000.

The chapter sponsored the event in conjunction with the Ohio University Police Department. Members are eager to continue the tradition because, “You’re doing so much for somebody and it takes a very little amount of your time,” said Ryan Wright, a member of Phi Kap who was in charge of the event.

Ohio Univ. Polar Bear Plunge Raises Funds for Special Olympics

On March 8, 16 members and associate members of the Texas Tau Mu Chapter from The University of Texas-Pan American pitched in to help the Rio Grande Valley Food Bank in their local community. The group planned out routes to collect food that had been gathered throughout the community. The brothers, one alumnus and a friend of the fraternity traveled throughout their county collecting donation boxes and barrels full of food and delivering them to the central food bank location.

“This event was a rewarding and gratifying experience,” said Felix Rodriguez, the chapter’s Associate Member Educator. “We were able to see parts of the area we had never seen before all the while meeting interesting new people and promoting the fraternity and our ideals.”

Texas Tau Mu Helps Local Food Bank

Significant Milestones for Phi Kap Chapters

Several chapters in Phi Kappa Theta are celebrating significant milestones this year. These chapters have existed through the good and bad times, serving as examples of what makes Phi Kappa Theta thrive.

Carnegie MellonCincinnatiNebraskaRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteSyracuse

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Texas-Pan American Eastern Illinois

San Diego StateOhio State

1920 1925 1935 1970 1995 2005 90th 85th 15th

75th 40th 5th

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variety of roles including that as National President and a Foundation Board member. According to Perque, everyone should

“give expecting nothing thereof.”

When not providing advisory assistance to Louisiana Nu Omega and its alumni association, Perque works in the investment business with Mc Makin Financial services and resides in Baton Rogue, Louisiana. He

is currently in the process of building a home, and is scheduled to marry Lindsay Barocco, a speech therapist, in July.

Born in Chack Bay, Louisiana, and the oldest of three sons, Jeremy Perque has dedicated himself to helping others help themselves. In Phi Kappa Theta, that means being actively involved as an advisor and mentor with his undergraduate chapter, Louisiana Nu Omega at Nicholls State University.

After his high school graduation in 1998, Perque enrolled at Nicholls State. The freshman communications major had always been interested in how people interact with others, and during that fall semester, he explored ways on campus to become more involved.

After searching through all the groups and organizations on campus, Perque attended a rush event at Phi Kap.

“It was a no brainer,” he said. “This was where I belonged.”

With that, he joined in the fall of 1998. Through his outgoing personality and altruistic concerns for others, he earned the respect of both the associate and active members of the chapter.

Following his initiation, he served in a number of leadership roles. Most notably, Perque served as president of the chapter and the associate member educator.

“Both of these positions taught me how to be a leader and how to organize things,” Perque said. “I learned a lot from others, but I think they may have learned a lot from me as well.”

Perque continues today in an advisory capacity for his chapter because of what he learned and experienced as an undergraduate.

“Phi Kappa Theta taught me leadership skills, which not only helped

me when I was in college, but also in my current life,” he said.

Perque’s main goal as an alumnus has been to “revitalize the alumni association so that there is a strong and productive working relationship between the undergraduates and the alumni.” He has worked to provide better organization of the alumni association, as well as foster good communication and support between the alumni and active membership.

Among the challenges Perque sees for not only his chapter, but for all Phi Kappa Theta chapters, is improved communication.

“A lot of the problems that chapters have is because there is poor communication between the undergraduate chapters, the alumni and the national Fraternity,” he said.

Perque attributes a lot of Phi Kappa Theta’s recent success to the works of

Robert Riggs, Phi Kappa Theta Executive Vice President. Perque feels he has “done much to improve communication, as well as organization in the Fraternity – something that was a weak point previously.”

Perque has never regretted his alumni

involvement with the Fraternity, and encourages other alumni to “get involved.” One of Perque’s greatest influences has been Jerry Traigle (Nicholls State, ‘87), a fellow alumnus who has also served the national Fraternity for many years in a

By Gene NeySlippery Rock ‘90

Advisor Profile

Jeremy PerqueNicholls State Advisor Seeks to Improve Communication

“Both of these positions taught me how to be a leader and how to organize things.”

“Phi Kappa Theta taught me leadership skills, which not only helped me when I was in college, but also in my current life.”

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Regional Alumni Events

Alumni in several cities will have an opportunity to meet fellow Phi Kaps from a variety of chapters. Regional alumni events typically are held in public establishments offering refreshments. These ‘meet and greet’s are usually from 6-8 PM and have no program besides informal socializing. There are no speeches or solicitations. These events could be particularly useful to alumni who have recently moved or those seeking employment opportunities. No paper invites are mailed, so it is important that the Executive Offices has your e-mail address. Go to phikaps.org for more up-to-date information on these events.

If you would be willing to host a similar event in your city, please contact the office at executiveoffices@phikaps.org

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Phi Kappa Theta brotherhood does not end after four (or more) years in an undergraduate chapter, and the Phi Kappa Theta National Foundation is determined to help alumni brothers continue their fraternal journey long after college. This year, the Foundation hopes to begin planting roots for regionally-based alumni groups to engage alumni brothers in a new way.

Traditionally, alumni efforts have been centered on the college or university and its respective undergraduate chapter. However, when a member moves away from the area where he attended college, it is difficult to stay involved and connect with the fraternity.

“Based on this approach, once an alumnus moves out of the area, he becomes ‘displaced’ in the sense that he leaves the Greek community he once belonged to,” said Steven Welch, Foundation Vice President, (USD, ‘84). “By creating regional groups that are not school-based, thousands of alumni will have the opportunity to get involved and continue their Greek life experience.”

The Foundation trustees plan on sponsoring events in the areas where they live to recruit alumni into the new regional groups. The National Fraternity will help support this effort by assisting connecting organizers with local alumni.

Alumni have started two regionally-based alumni groups successfully on their own in Kansas City and Washington D. C. The groups formed by getting a “few alumni members excited about the idea,” said Welch. They did an e-mail campaign about starting the groups and upcoming events. The Foundation is hoping to recreate

the success these two groups have experienced.

The Foundation contacted Jim VanAcker and Chris Messina, who helped to start these groups, about their methods and “what it has taken to keep the groups alive,”

he said. This is helping the Foundation understand how to initiate the launch of new alumni organizations.

“The new groups provide professional, social and personal connections for those alumni living in the area,” said Rob Riggs, the Executive Vice President of Phi Kappa Theta. “They will provide the much needed opportunity for members to remain connected to our Fraternity’s Mission and purpose throughout their lives.”

To get involved or inquire about an alumni group starting in your local area, contact executiveoffices@phikaps.org. Staff members are excited to provide more information and resources to begin the establishment of a regionally-based alumni group.

By Heather Matthews KirkManaging Editor

Foundation to Jumpstart New Regional Alumni Groups

“The new groups provide professional, social and personal connections for those alumni living in the area.”—Steven Welch

Brothers Tom Maddern (George Mason, ‘04), Matt Sewell (George Mason, ‘03), Adam Beverley (George Mason, ‘05) gathered at the Washington, D.C. regional alumni group’s Annual Dinner in late March 2010. Washington, D.C. Alumni is one of two regionally-based alumni groups already in existence.

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Phi Kappa Theta recognizes the need to create a consistent brand and image. For this reason, the Fraternity has developedchapter-based websites for chapters. These “sitelets” provide chapters with:

• A professional online presence for their audience.• Maintenance, content and support from the professional staff.• Direct link to the National events posted on your site.• Up-to-date news and events from the National Fraternity.

This is a fee-based service provided by the National Fraternity (through the Executive Offices). These sitelets will eventually sync up with the Achieve Application (page 9).

For more information visit the Resources tab on phikaps.orgView a mock up of what your chapter’s website could look like: http://base.phikaps.org/

The Phi Kappa Theta National Foundation’s board held a meeting in March in Dallas, Texas. During the meeting, four new trustees were elected, bringing the total number of active trustees to 19. The new members are Samuel Castalano (Nicholls State, ‘83), Michael Duplantier (New Orleans, ‘68) who served as National President from 1981 to 1983, Jeff Jowdy (Georgia, ‘85) and Paul Scherrer (Butler, ‘62). The Foundation is actively seeking to add more members and would welcome nominations. Please contact executiveoffices@phikaps.org. The board’s next meeting will be in St. Louis, Mo., in connection with the fraternity’s Leadership Institute in August of this year.

The alumni involved in the corporation responsible for the real estate holdings of the Ohio Omicron chapter at the University of Cincinnati recently sold the chapter house. With a portion of the proceeds, $75,000, a restricted fund was set up with the Phi Kappa Theta National Foundation for the chapter’s exclusive use. The current thinking is that the endowment will be used to offer scholarships to brothers of the chapter. This is the twelfth chapter of PKT to set up such a fund.

Chapters with Special Foundation FundsUniversity of CincinnatiUniversity of Detroit-MercyGeorgia Institute of TechnologyIowa State UniversityMerrimack CollegeMissouri University of Science and TechnologyNorthern Illinois UniversityOhio State UniversityPennsylvania State UniversityRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteUniversity of San DiegoSaint Louis University

University of Cincinnati Chapter sets up $75,000 Foundation Fund

Phi Kappa Theta Chapter “Sitelets”

Current Foundation Trustees

Samuel J CastalanoJohn R. CovertLaurence P. CzajkowskiJames F. DickowDoug D DillingMichael A DuplantierEd FulfordStephen J. HollanderJeffrey W JowdyWalter J Kronzer IIIKevin LampeJerry F. MorrisEugene C. Ney Ph.D.Dr. Thomas F. PattonPaul A ScherrerCameron E Smith, ODGerald J. Traigle JrSteven N WelchAnthony R. Zinnante

Emeritus Trustees

Robert BaileyPat CalabreseEd SolvibileGreg SteinArchbishop Donald Wuerl

New Board Members Elected

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Chapter Eternal — April 2009 to March 2010

The following is a listing of those Phi Kaps who have passed away throughout the past year. Please let us know if you encounter inaccurate information while reading the chapter eternal. If there is a brother that is missing from this time period who has passed away please contact us.

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SPOTLIGHTBelmont Abbey College John C Pillion ‘63, John T Edwards ‘79 • Boston University Urban A Johnson ‘49 • Carnegie Mellon University Anthony J Cacchione ‘34, John F Magnotti ‘44 • Case Western Reserve Theodore M Evon ‘66 • Catholic University Charles J Cummings ‘33, Edward L McMahon ‘49, Kevin A De Martino ‘64 • Duquesne University John A Sands ‘60 • East Texas State University Robert A Manson ‘70, John Michael Aldridge ‘70, Gerald V McKibben ‘71, Jerry W Taylor ‘72, Dennis R Paschal ‘72 • Ferris State University Frederick D Weier ‘74 • Indiana Institute of Technology Jon R Pirrello ‘68, Ronald J Brayer ‘70 • Indiana University William H Breedlove ‘52, James A Burch ‘58, Lawrence E Seng ‘59 • Iowa State University Eugene C Drendel ‘58 • Kansas State University Robert Brice Oberhelman , Joseph M Ingram ‘24, Charles A Goris ‘48, Kenneth J Mahoney ‘50, Edward F Dunn ‘63, Ronald A Engelken ‘70, Gary D Paulsen ‘70 • Kent State University Donald Deer ‘51 • Lehigh University S. Philip Passantino ‘52 • Long Island University Vincent J Cannuscio ‘64 • Louisiana State University Merlin A Pistorius ‘55 • Loyola Marymount University Charles E. Strait ‘70 • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rev. Donald P Merrifield, S.J. ‘61 • Michigan State University Antonio J Califa ‘70 • Missouri University of Science and Technology Robert M Struckhoff Sr. ‘67, Robert L Wethington ‘71 • National At Large Robert Cosciano • Northern Illinois University William H. Bain ‘58, John F Mitchell ‘62 • Ohio Northern University Stanley R Bogdan ‘50, James E Reardon ‘55 • Ohio State University Donald J Harper ‘48 • Ohio University John Sabol Jr ‘49, Robert G McGlone ‘51, Ronald J Vonosinski ‘55, Bernard J Lukco ‘60 • Oklahoma State University William M Hays ‘59 • Oregon State University Norris J McDonald ‘60 • Pennsylvania State University Vincent A Callery ‘52, Francis X O’Brien ‘54, Henry A Giuliani ‘54, Richard J Surovchak ‘56, Michael P Hazel ‘60 • Purdue University Mark W Helm ‘35, Orian J Henderson ‘40, Walter F Simons ‘43, Hugh Stippler ‘44, Fred J Sharn ‘49, Donzil D Roberts ‘56, Ralph E. Biggs ‘58, Kenneth R Erickson ‘60, Charles W Schilling ‘69 • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Albert F Skarzynski ‘50, Fredrick L Kulakowski ‘59 • Saint Francis University Charles R. Sloan MD ‘51 • Temple University Carl J Melone ‘35, John J Kolibas ‘49 • Trine University Edward S De Crappeo ‘43, John R Lavelle ‘43 • University of Cincinnati James H

MEMORIAL GIFTSA memorial gift to the Phi Kappa Theta National Foundation in the name of a brother who has passed to chapter eternal is a wonderful tribute and long-lasting opportunity to remember the life of a brother. Gifts are tax-deductible.

To make a gift, mail a check payable to:Phi Kappa Theta National Foundation9640 N. Augusta Dr., Suite 420Carmel, IN 46032

or contact thefoundationstaff@phikaps.orgCall 317.872.9934 to make a gift using a credit card or bank account.

Former University President Passes Away

Father Donald P. Merrifield, an alumnus of Massachusetts Eta Chapter at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died Feb. 25 in San Jose, California, at the age of 81.

He was the 11th president of Loyola University and a pivotal figure of the institution. He was well known and respected for helping develop the character of the university, its students, faculty and staff.

He served as university president for 15 years, from 1969 to 1984. He had a passion for diversity and inclusive education. Merrified was also interested in spurring dialogue between religions and helped establish the first Interfaith Group on campus.

It is evident that throughout his life, Father Merrifield served the Mission of Phi Kappa Theta through his work in higher education. He was selected as Phi Kappa Theta’s Man of Achievement in 1997.

He earned his Bachelor of Science in physics from California Institute of Technology, his master’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and his doctorate in physics from MIT, where he was initiated into Phi Kappa Theta. He was ordained in 1965. Father Merrifield taught physics at Santa Clara University and the University of San Francisco. He was also a consultant to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

— Adapted from an LMU press release.

Father Donald P. Merrifield

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Messer ‘53 • University of Detroit/Mercy Albert L Giles Jr ‘63 • University of Georgia Mr. Jordan D. Woods ‘09 • University of Houston Dennis P Delafield ‘69 • University of Illinois William F Murphy ‘52 • University of Kansas James M White ‘64, Douglas Wayne Doty ‘97 • University of Mississippi Victor A Nix ‘71, Frank P Izzo ‘72 • University of Missouri at Columbia Francis R Gardner ‘52, Egon L Doering ‘53, Forrest K Ayer ‘57 • University of Oklahoma Richard A Cranford ‘53 • University of Pittsburgh Leo T Walsh ‘52 • University of Wisconsin Howard M Buenzli ‘38 • Washington State University Charles E Behlke ‘48, Leonard J Rizzuti ‘50, Gene J Rinna ‘50 • Worcester Polytechnic Institute Frederic R Butler ‘20, Stephen D Donahue ‘29, William F Reardon ‘32, Edward F Donohue ‘32, Harold J Granger ‘32, Antonio Maggiacomo ‘32, Arthur W Back ‘33, John A Boyle ‘33, Joseph E Flanagan Jr ‘34, Angelo V Mauriello ‘36, William M Stanton ‘37, Francis S. Harvey ‘37, Thomas M Nolan ‘37, John F McGinnis ‘37, Allison Maggiolo ‘40, John P Wells ‘42, Joseph P Jurga ‘42, Robert J Sargent ‘42, Elso R Caponi ‘45, Louis J Hallisey ‘45, William G Daly ‘46, Henry J Bove ‘47, Francis J Sauer ‘47, Salvatore J Intagliata ‘48, William S Dorman ‘48, G Edward Desaulniers ‘48, John M Petrillo ‘48, Francis J Bigda ‘49, Matthew Babinski ‘49, Francis W Holden ‘49, Walter J Mussoni ‘49, Louis J Bauer Jr. ‘50, John F Burke ‘52, David A La Marre ‘54, Lee W Catineau ‘54, Philip M Leavitt ‘55, Francis J Horan ‘55, Timothy J Healey ‘55, George P Strom ‘56, Raymond De Matteo ‘56, Andrew F Manzi ‘56, Donald R Ferrari ‘59, Raymond J Tivnan ‘59, John N Galian ‘61, Marcel H Clavien ‘63, Albert J Metrik ‘64, Stephen J Formica ‘66, James Marshall Rogers ‘88

SPOTLIGHTDisease Takes Young Alum’s Life

Jordan Woods, an alumnus of the Delta Rho Chapter at the University of Georgia, passed away Jan. 2. He was a 22-year-old graduate who planned to return to the university to study politics and obtain a master’s degree.

Woods was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and

confined to a wheelchair early in life. Johnathan Mitchell, one of his fraternity brothers and previous roommate at the Phi Kap house, said that helping to cure the disease was one of Woods’ life goals.

Michael Kobleur didn’t want to be carrying his friend Jordan Woods’ casket at his funeral. He would have rather been sitting on the porch of the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity house discussing sports and politics, Woods’ two passions.

“He thought finding a cure for MD was too selfish because he had it. Getting into politics, he could help more people,” he said.

Many of his fraternity brothers remember his passion for life and politics.

He served as House Manager of the Phi Kappa Theta Chapter, and in 2006, Jordan received the Georgia State Personal Achievement Award from the Muscular Dystrophy Association. He was also an accomplished Eagle Scout

— Adapted from story featured in University of Georgia’s Red and Black

Jordan Woods

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