PHI GAMMA DELTA - MU UPSILON " SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 The Fiji Grad Connect A New Mentality ... " " " For A New Year ... From the Picture We see brothers from our first class “back-on campus,” as they decorated the chapter house for last year’s home coming event. Sadly, we did not win the contest however we proved to be a force to be reckoned with. This year we are going to take the contest. In the picture above we can see: Britt Barclay (President), Josh Balicki (Recruitment, Social Chair), Brennon Schubert, Nick Phillips (House Manager), and Brian Pankasskas (Pledge Ed.). CALLING ALL GRADUATE BROTHERS We are currently in the process of building a graduate/undergraduate network and we need all of your help. If you have changed residency or are planning a move, please let us know where to contact you. This year we would like to increase the number of events we have planned for getting undergrads and graduates together, " About This Publication This letter marks our first graduate relations letter in a very long time. Since returning to Miami’s Campus, the Mu Upsilon chapter of Phi Gamma Delta has long wanted to improve grad relations and inform our brothers about the news and activities of our beloved chapter. Now having reestablished our ground, we would like to extend our thanks to all of those who helped us come back. We look forward to sending you this newsletter twice a semester and to hearing back from all of you about what your current news is. Please keep in touch as we will do the same. Pergé! -Christopher Wittine Corresponding Sec. other than at Pig Dinner. Also, if you could please provide information about your profession, we would like to create a communication chain for brothers in the same areas of study/profession. Please rely communications to our Corresponding Secretary. Contact information will be at the end of this publication. Thank you! PAGE 1 \r\nPHI GAMMA DELTA - MU UPSILON " INDEX SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 PAGE TITLE COVER 1 About This Publication Calling All Grad. Brothers Diamond And White Star New Mentality... Philanthropy State Of The House Spring Class ’10 Recruitment Letter From The President Contact Information COVER 1 INDEX 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 5 PAGE 5 PAGE 6 Attention! Keep an Eye Open for the little spaces throughout our publication for interesting facts and important information. A Little Bit of Our History: The first ‘Pig Dinner’ was held at Berkeley in 1893. THE DIAMOND AND WHITE STAR Recruitment Philanthropy Scholarship White Star: Finance Friendship, Knowledge, Service, Morality and Excellence FUTURE PLANS This academic year, the Mu Upsilon Chapter plans to begin the tradition of the White Star Scholarship. This would be available to freshmen on Miami’s Campus. Its role in our chapter would increase recruitment and our commitment to give back to the community. " PAGE 2 \r\nPHI GAMMA DELTA - MU UPSILON " students  that  we  know  we  would   like  to  extend  bids  to  before  rush   This  year  we  look  to  conCnue  the   even  begins,  therefore  giving  us  a   strong  growth  of  the  Mu  Upsilon   strong  start,  and  advantage  over   chapter  of  Phi  Gamma  Delta.    This   fall  we  currently  have  four  students   other  fraterniCes,  in  the  rush/ bidding  process.  At  the  end  of  this   pledging  and  we  are  already   planning  recruitment  events  for  the   recruitment  and  rush  process  FIJI   will  no  longer  be  in  a  state  of  re-­‐ semester.  A  great  turnout  at  the   growth,  but  will  again  be  a  fully   Greek  Megafair  provided  us  with   established,  leading  fraternity  on   over  100  names  of  interested   freshman.  Soon  we  will  be  inviCng   campus.  Any  suggesCons  for   improving  our  recruitment  process   them  to  various  planned   are  welcomed  and  appreciated. recruitment  events,  including:   dinners  at  Buffalo  Wild  Wings,  Mac   N’  Joes,  and  Skippers,  our      Recruitment  Chair  and  IFC  Chair Thanksgiving  Dinner  and  our  end  of                                                                          ScoE  Reighart the  semester  Christmas  Dinner.    We   are  working  to  incorporate  a   Halloween  event,  as  well  as  events   at  other  restaurants  and  the   bowling  alley.  Improvements  from   A  new  year  has  begun  at  130  E.   last  year  include  more  organizaCon   High  street.  The  brothers  of  Mu   of  a  real  approach  to  a  recruiCng   Upsilon  have  flocked  back  to  the   process  and  using  the  enCre   house;  beginning  the  year  we  have   semester  to  acCvely  recruit  new   over  60  acCve  members  and  five   members.  Due  to  last  year’s  quick   pledges.  There  are  30  brothers   growth  and  campus  involvement   living  in,  a  far  cry  from  the  sardine-­‐ we’re  expecCng  to  expand  the   packed  house  of  the  past.  As  we   chapter  by  another  30-­‐35  strongly,   enter  the  year,  the  brothers  are   qualified  students.    In  addiCon  to   striving  to  reach  some  of  our  goals-­‐   our  open  recruitment  events,  we   improved  scholarship,  increased   are  encouraging  all  brothers  to   numbers  of  QUALITY  members  who   acCvely  recruit  and  invite  their   embody  the  FIJI  five  values,  and   incoming  freshman  friends  to  hang   improved  percepCon  from  the   out  at  the  FIJI  house  and  to  begin   community  in  the  ajermath  of  last   developing  brother-­‐potenCal   year's  sorority  fiasco. relaCons.    Our  goal  with   recruitment  is  to  develop  solid   In  just  the  first  few  weeks  we  have   foundaCons  and  relaConships  with   made  major  progress.  Brothers   as  many  students  as  possible  before   have  taken  the  iniCaCve  to  plant   winter  break,  leaving  them  excited   flowers  in  the  flowerbeds,  clean  out   to  come  back  and  rush  FIJI.  Ideally,   the  weeds,  and  make  the  house   we  would  like  to  have  about  20   look  more  than  presentable  from   RECRUITMENT Letter  From  The   President   " SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 the  outside.  On  the  inside,  we  have   been  working  to  improve  the   basement  in  an  aEempt  to  make  it   inhabitable  once  again.  Our  greatest   accomplishment,  however,  is  the   progress  we  have  made  in   recruitment.  At  this  Cme  last  year   we  were  a  new  chapter,  trying  to   learn  the  ropes.  This  year  we  are  an   established  chapter,  and  already   have  over  200  names  on  our  list  for   recruitment...  oh  yeah,  that  doesn't   happen  for  another  four  months,   and  school  has  only  been  in  session   for  three  weeks. Forget  us  being  an  up-­‐and-­‐coming   brotherhood,  we  are  told  by  other   fraterniCes  and  sororiCes  that  we   have  up-­‐and-­‐came.  In  the  next   publicaCon  I  hope  to  inform  you  of   a  high  Greek  Week  finish.   Homecoming  weekend  is  the   weekend  BEFORE  Halloween   weekend.  I  hope  to  see  you  all   there. Perge! President C.  BriE  Barclay aka  Capt.  Kirk PAGE 5 \r\nPHI GAMMA DELTA - MU UPSILON " SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 THANK YOU TO OUR GRADUATE BROTHERS If you have suggestions for our publication please contact us. Thank you for your continued support !Pergé! In this picture: Gerry Horning '75 John McHugh '74Todd Kroehle '75Lee C. Schmitt '63Dwight Ritter '73Dave Kemme '73 Joe Fink '75Bill Johncox '74 Andy Leonard '75 CONTACT INFORMATION Chris Wittine - Corresponding Secretary 440.251.2946 Britt Barclay - President 303.875.5558 Mike Rozow - House Manager / Historian 859.409.0035 Scott Reighart - Recruitment Chair / IFC Chair 440.669.3844 Nick Prusinski - Treasurer 216.409.0287 Zach Mazur - Class of 2013 440.666.9106 Joshua Buehler - Philanthropy Chair " Note: This publication was put together by Phi Gamma Delta - Mu Upsilon Chapter’s Corresponding Secretary and was edited by Philanthropy Chair. We look forward to see a# of you in Oxford Soon! PAGE 6