THETA TAU

Theta Tau at Prince George’s County Human Society

Iota Class The Eta Delta chapter of Theta Tau was glad to initiate

the Iota pledge class from Fall 2014. Our newest

members are Joe Baker, Jeremiah Brown, Brandon

Carestia, Ryan Collins, Ben Dobson, Sydney Edwards,

Yasiru Jayakody, Megan Lutrey, Kyle Olchewsky, April

Privett, Manasi Pukazhenthi, and Audrey Watt.

Philanthropy

The pledge class planned a service event with the

Prince George’s County Humane Society to spend

time with their furry residents.

Professional Development

Iota class also helped us learn more about professional

development resources on campus by holding an infor-

mational event on the Careers for Engineers program

at UMD.

Fall 2014 Newsletter Lily Liang

Iota Class Top (left to right): Brandon Carestia, Jeremiah Brown, Ryan Collins, Kyle Olchewsky Middle: Joe Baker, Sydney Edwards, Megan Lutrey, April Privett Bottom: Audrey Watt, Manasi Pukazhenthi, Yasiru Jayakody, Ben Dobson, Andrew Consoletti (Pledge Master)

Fundraising As a student organization, we

want to do fun things together, but

in order to have these events we

first have to fundraise.

Concessions

Last semester, we worked con-

cessions at a high school football

tournament and UMD basketball

games. We had a lot of fun and

got to spend time with our friends

while helping out the fraternity.

Camping Every semester, the Eta

Delta chapter of Theta

Tau goes on a camping

trip together. The camp-

ing trip helps build bonds

between brothers and the

incoming pledge class.

Theta Tau Working Basketball Concessions

Brothers Camping

Regional Conference

The Atlantic region of Theta Tau hosts conferences every semester. We work together to

improve our fraternity on a regional scale and share ideas. Each semester the conference

is hosted at a different school. We were glad to visit our brothers at Johns Hopkins.

A Wider Circle Last semester we volunteered to help out at A Wider Circle. A Wider Circle seeks to end pov-erty in local communities by collecting donations and selling them at cheap prices to individ-uals and families suffering from poverty. We were able to con-tribute our time towards helping them stock their store with new donations.

Audrey Watt Working Hard

Anacostia Watershed

Society Our brothers helped the local community by working

with the Anacostia Watershed Society to plant new

rain gardens at the Meadowbrook Run Apartments.

Rain gardens help improve the water quality in near-

by bodies of water.

Capital Area Food Bank Our chapter worked with the Capital Area Food

Bank to help feed those suffering from hunger in

the DC area. Their mission is to acquire food and

distribute it to those in need. They seek to edu-

cate, empower, and enlighten the DC community

about hunger and nutrition.

Thanks-giving Pot-luck The Iota pledge class

graciously hosted a

Thanksgiving potluck

for our chapter.

Brothers all brought

food and we had a

wonderful turkey din-

ner before Thanks-

giving. Everyone

contributed to make

a wonderful meal for

the entire chapter.

Jack Kersch Enjoying a Juicy Turkey Leg

Formal

Formal

Last winter we had

our first formal at the

Clarion Inn in College

Park. Brothers en-

joyed food, music,

and got to meet eve-

ryone else’s dates.

Trey Crump Photo-bombing Yvette Mann, Esanye Ogbe, and Manasi Pukazhenthi

Study Hours This past fall, we began holding regular study hours in the Engineering and Physical Sciences Library on campus. Every week people get together to work on homework together and bring food to share with everyone else. Brothers are always willing to help each other out whenever they can.