The SIGMA OMICRONICLE Sigma Omicron Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta G reetings, Phi Gams! As you all know, we are off to a new school year here at Oklahoma State, and we are thrilled about the direction that our house is headed. Our rush team did an incredible job this summer by bringing in 47 potential new members. We are very pleased and excited to see what these young men will do for our chapter for years to come. We returned to the school year with the same cabinet that we had second semester last year: President - Nathan Rodenberg (Engineering, 2021), Treasurer - Garrett McGregor (Finance & Accounting, 2021), Recording Secretary - Tanner Chancelor (Ag Business, 2020), Corresponding Secretary - Aaron McCollough (Finance, 2021), and Historian Drake Short (Engineering, 2020). Recently elected officers are CP- Brandon Stephenson, CT- Garrett McGregor, RS- Sutton Hess, CS- Aaron McCollough & CH- Blaze McMelian. If you ever have any questions, feel free to reach out to one of these brothers at any time. Their information can be found on our website, OkstatePhiGam.com. HOMECOMING While we did not win homecoming this year, we were excited to be paired with the women of Zeta Tau Alpha. Our head director was senior Garrett Allan (2020), who is very experienced and knowledgeable of all the homecoming festivities. As always, we several grad brothers come by the chapter house; we invite anyone, anytime. As the undergrad chapter, we would love to meet and Fall 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS build relationships with the ones who have come before us. Our deck looked great and showed well compared to the competition as nearly 100,000 witnessed at the Friday night walkaround. We look forward to next year; the university has announced the homecoming game to be on Halloween versus the Red Raiders of Texas Tech. If you didn’t make it on campus this year, please come see our efforts next year! Follies..............................2 BCA.................................2 Undergrads.....................2 NUJI................................2 Photos..............................3 Website............................5 Tailgate............................5 Graduate Spotlight.........5 Pig Dinner.......................6 \r\nFOLLIES Our freshman, led by directors Jimmy Crowther (2020), Zach Tatum (2021), Caden Bruchard (2021), and Brayden Brown (2022), joined with women of Kappa Kappa Gamma to put together a good follies performance. Throughout the last couple of years we have been very pleased with our success with freshman follies. The last two years we have taken second place and third place; however, this year we finished short of placing. We’re very proud of the participants and directors! BCA We wouldn’t be able to function as a chapter without the supervision we have been graciously given in our Board of Chapter Advisors. We very much appreciate the support and guidance from our advisors. Eric Knam is our Purple Legionnaire and has been helpful beyond words. Along with him, is Ryan Bebee, who has also helped us get going in the direction of which we want to see this chapter go. The BCA consist of: Knam, Bebee, Tyler Konarik, Shane Rasch, Shane Hatfield, and Logan Thomas. We want to thank them for their constant support and advice. Another graduate brother we are very appreciative for, Kim Cunningham, is constantly working on things around the house and keeping everything running smoothly. There are many graduates helping behind the scenes we don’t always get to say thank you to, so we wanted to take this chance to do so and thank all of you who give your time, financial support, and effort. UNDERGRADS We are striving to continue the success that has come before us. As an undergrad chapter, we are one of the biggest on campus as well as one of the bigger Phi Gamma Delta chapters nationally. We currently have 145 active members. We have men from all different backgrounds with different interests doing life together. We have a wide range of future careers from doctors to pilots to ranchers and everything in between. We are very proud of our brothers here at Phi Gamma Delta and how they represent us all on campus and nationally. We have brothers involved in all sorts of groups throughout all of campus and will continue to do so for years to come. We are raising up men to be leaders in society once they finish their college years here at Oklahoma State. NUJI The annual NUJI Cup raised almost $3,000 this year! The coaches this year were Giles Shelton (2021), Garrett Schwarz (2021) and Logan Stanley (2022). Our coaches and players worked extremely hard to prepare for the philanthropy game and we were super excited to see them in action. We took 15 players, but ultimately came up short on the scoreboard for 2019. Last year we won the game by a score of 45-37. The current record is ten wins for Fiji and six wins for Sigma Nu. 2 \r\nPIG DINNER PHOTOS 2017 Silver Owls: (L-R) Tommy Horsley, Michael Reyes, Jeff Heget, Joel Wolfe, Mark Lookabough, Gene Sevcik, Patrick Hadley, Jeff Hogan 2017 Silver Owls: (L-R) FRONT: Reid McHoul, Michael Morgan, Daniel Freet, Josh Randolph, Scott Bogie, Ryan Bebee, Ben Evans BACK: Gregory Wipfli, Eric Knam, Cason Grover, Kevin Kinder, Eric Lee, Josue Solano, Erik Scott 2018 Silver Owls: Matt Woosley, Ron Woosley, Sr., Les Smith, Don VanCuren, Chad Niedig, Darren Turner, Chris Hobza, Steve Myres, Matthew Manfredi, Patrick Fabian, Jason Battles, Brent Koch, Rob Renfro, Gentry Parker, David Deberry, Greg Sparks, Zach Overton, Ryan Vogler & Matt Briscoe 3 \r\n2017 Gold Owls: (L-R) FRONT: Steve Smith, Randall Whittaker, Michael Chieppo, Richard Howell, Gary Markus BACK: Fred Ringwald, Ric Jamison, David Ferraro, Dan Deaver, Don Boyd, Kelly Killough, Phil Bowersox, Mike Hopping, Bill Fowler, David Jensen 2019 Gold Owls: J. Robert Keating, Don Greenamyer. A.L. Bennett & J. Herschel Beard 2019 Silver Owls: FRONT: Matt Vassar, Brad Thompson, James Boggs, Jay List, Rick Holmes, Ross Bebee, Mike Hultman, Bryan Morris BACK: Mark Strotheide, Michael Knam, Matthew Barnes, Jason Jones & Ryan Schenk 4 2018 Gold Owl: Mark Lobo & Ryan Bebee \r\nWEBSITE: OKSTATEPHIGAM.COM Over the last year, one of our talented brothers, John Moss, created an official “Oklahoma State Phi Gam” website and we would love for you all to become familiar with it. It has options for rush referrals, newsletters, connections with brothers, etc. Give it a look if you get the chance! This website is a good way to stay in the loop with what is happening with the undergraduate chapter. TAILGATE An important announcement that we have for our graduate brothers is our recent tailgate spot. We now have an all-welcome alumni and undergrad tailgate, where we would love to invite you all to come join us on game days. Our location is in Old Central, right outside of the Alumni Center. We hang a FIJI flag and have tents setup. We usually cook up some sort of meal for the game and would love to see some grad brothers come out before the games, even if that means stopping in for 10 minutes. For more information on the tailgate, feel free to reach out to one of the cabinet members listed above or Mama Rena, and we will be delighted to guide you in the right direction. Looking forward to seeing you all come game day! The university is going to allow us to continue to have this location as long as we respect the space! GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT The Phi Deuteron (2010) pledge class of Sigma Omicron has had some remarkable achievements as of late. Four brothers are pursuing medicine, with three having graduated this past year and another set to graduate this coming year. Campbell Liles (2014) graduated from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, whose hospital was recently placed in the top 20 nationally. Campbell is currently pursuing a residency in neurosurgery. Matthew Farley (2014) recently graduated from OU Medical and has been placed as an internal medicine residency at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona. Congrats brothers, and keep pursuing excellence! 5 \r\nSigma Omicron Chapter of PHI GAMMA DELTA OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY Nonprofit Org U.S. Postage Paid Lexington, KY Permit # 540 1201 Red Mile Rd P.O. Box 4599 Lexington, KY 40544-4599 PIG DINNER 2020 The annual Pig Dinner will be held Saturday, March 7, 2020. This year we will be doing it in the Student Union Ballroom. Mark your calendars and bring a brother! Our guest speaker will be Archon President Clark Robertson (Nebraska 1982). Please join us for another great tradition in Stillwater! https://www.legfi.com/app/events/sigmaomicron2020pigdinner We hope after reading this newsletter you all have a little better understanding of all the exciting things taking place at Phi Gamma Delta. We look forward to hearing from and seeing you all soon. Press on! Fraternally, Aaron McCollough (2021) Corresponding Secretary