February y 25, 2010 Volum me: 2 Th he Sigm S ma Phi P C Cha apte er of Phi Ga am mma aD Del lta a News N slet tter r Preside ent’s Add dress mory. Our ch hapter has accomplished d so I am pleaased to say that this pastt Spring wass one of mem much intternally and externally th hroughout this semester. Not only d did we gain ggreat public relations from throw wing a successsful Islander, but we alsso made an Intramural impact by winning the t Intramural Soccer Championship p; we're looking into rep peating a championship. Througho out this pastt spring, we've focused on o excelling and improvving in many fraternal aspects. As a chapterr, we've imp proved our sttructure andd organizatio on, we've im mproved our campus involvement i t, and we've reignited ou ur graduate relations. Yeet, there aree so many more areas thaat we constaantly seek to o excel at forr the purposee of not onlyy developingg our chapteer, but deve eloping each other within n our gloriou us Brotherhoood. It is ourr Chapter's ggoal to creatte an emphasiss on service and philanthropy in the e upcoming ssemesters. W We furtherm more are eveer seeking to t get our brrothers invollved on campus; to imprrove themseelves amonggst the Florid da International Commu unity. Finallyy, our Chapter recognizees the initiatted brothers from this paast Spring, Alpha A Nu pledge class. Our chapter welcomes w eigght new bro others to ourr great brotherh hood. With this, our Chapter will con ntinue to seeek and fulfill our core vaalues, so thatt we may leavve our collegge days and remember r that they tru ly shaped th he people wee are and wiill become. Thank you for f viewing the t Sigma Ph hi Chapter's Spring 20100 Newsletterr and enjoy! PRESS ON N! Fratternally, Sanddor Toledo Pressident 2010 Phi G Gamma Deltta ‐ Sigma Ph hi Chapter \r\nUnd dergra aduat te New ws The Sigm ma Phi Chaapter won the Intram mural Soccer League Champion nship defeaating Pi Kap ppa Phi 3‐2 2. Brotherr Patrick O’’Keefe is ellected Low wer Divisionn Senator ffor the Stu udent Government Asso ociation. Brrother Dan niel R. Gonzzalez is eleected Senator for thee S College of Arts & Sciences. hosen to be on the Sttudent Pro ogrammingg Council EExecutive Lukas Calafell is ch G ent Association Counccil. Board, a Student Governme \r\nOur Chapter iss proud to congratulaate and reccognize ou ur 2010 Peeer Advisors Ren nzo Barrantees Peer Advisor Coordinator C Miizael Ponce Peeer Advisor Jerom me Louhisdon n Peeer Advisor o the Greeek Orientattion Team,, an Brotherr Artem Volos is chosen to be on organizaation that encourage es Greek Life to incom ming Fresh hmen and TTransfer Studentts. Brotherr George Maldonado M is chosen to be on LLEAD Team, a studentt group of o leadership consultaants that provide p stuudent clubss and organ nizations w with presenttations and d activities to help en nhance theeir organizaational effeectiveness. Artem Volos Geo orge Maldon nado \r\nFIJI Island der On Apriil 24th, the e Sigma Phi Chapter had h its annnual FIJI Islander! Bro others, Graduatte Brothers, Pledges,, and friend ds all had a great tim me enjoyingg each other's compan ny and thatt of everyo one else we e invited to o go to ourr signaturee party. Our Section Chief, Brother D. Maark Smith happened h to stop by and was p pleased witth w worked very hard to executee. our partty, which we \r\nWe’re Bring B ging iin the e Pig! w well with w a goodd graduate attendancce, great fo ood, Our 6th Annual Pigg Dinner went ecious Brottherhood. This T we ye ear we had the honorr of havingg Brother and pre Kenneth h Jessell, th he Chief Financial Offficer of ouur great university, Flo orida Internattional and Brother Asshley O’Ku urley speakk at this ou ur Pig Dinneer. Finally, we had the e deservingg Pig Dinne er award winners w acccept their aawards and d we congrattulate them m on their hard work and dediccation! R.. Kirk Land don Underggraduate B Brother of the Year John Navas Petter Dunne Athlete off the Year Feliix Jaureguii Ron Shuffield Graduate of the Yeaar Daniel Lopez John J Wallaace Unsun ng Hero Ryyan Lucia Ashley A O’K Kurley Perssistence Step phen Varelaa \r\nFIU Home H comin ng 20 010 In n the Sprin ng of 2010,, our chaptter’s hope was to parrticipate in n Florida Internattional’s Ho omecomingg with the sorority, D Delta Phi Eppsilon. In o our efforts to do so, we w held a dinner d for Delta D Phi Epsilon. E Finnally, on June 24 Deltta Phi Epsillon decided d to partne er with ourr chapter to o win a Ho omecomingg title and participatee in Florida International’s great Homecom ming Traditions! \r\nGr radu uate N News s Aarron Andersson is the SSigma Phi Chaapter’s new w House Director and d is also o seeking a Bachelor’’s degree in Civiil Engineerring o become Danniel Ruiz is training to currrency trader that will allow him m to tradde currenccy in the foreign exchange. nas is starting an imp port‐ Albeerto Marin expport busineess in Chinaa Wilver Almarales A married Je ennifer Gomez on June 5,, 2010 Luiss Camacho o is seekingg a Doctoraate Deggree in Phyysical Theraapy from Florrida International Un niversity an nd will be graduaating this A August m Diaanne Alfredo Valdivia married uary 13, 2010 Cordovaa on Febru married Mayra Marlon Font m Roddriguez in 22009 Joel Calafell was accepted a in nto Ross Medical School in Dominica and was d in June 2010. 2 engaged Jasiel Piloto iss in Graduaate School for man Resou urces Manaagement aat Hum Novva Southeaastern Univversity and d has a 3..9 GPA John Fernandez‐R Rubio’s firstt er, Veronica Fernandez‐Rubio daughte was borrn. Andres Suarez com mpleted firrst year of law school at Norttheastern University matt is the upcomingg region Brian Sm directorr for the Florida Recrreation and Parrk Association Humberto Pino grraduated frrom Nursingg school in Decemberr 2009 from Miami‐ Dade e College M wass accepted d into the Jorge Mendez MBA prrogram at University U of Florida Danniel Diaz is the state cchairman ffor Youung Americcans for Freeedom and d the Republicaan Majorityy and Statee Direector Davvid Roland is a Second Lieutenaant in t he Army; M Married on n Februaryy 22, ng to Kuwaait 20110 and will be travelin thiss year Davvid Gomez is completting his inteernship forr therapy at Hollywoo od Memorial Hosspital \r\nOn Apriil 2010, Juaan D'Arce was w named d as a "Felllow of the Florida Su upreme Court Institute e." This waas an hono or as only 24 2 Teacherss are seleccted State‐W Wide. Juan n is also a candidate fo or State Re epresentattive in Floriida's Distriict 112 which covers the ng areas: Kendall, K Parrt of Fontainebleau, C City of Dorral, City of Medley, C City followin of Hiale eah Garden ns, West Miramar, M East Naples. Anyone in nterested in n volunteeer or donatin ng is asked to contactt Juan by visiting his w web page at: www.ju uan2010.co om. The elecction is on Tuesday, August A 24, 2010. Abssentee Votting beginss on the weeek of July 19th 1 and Early Votingg starts on August 9t h. Please sspread the word. Sigm ma Phi is exxcited for Juan and we w hope that everyonne can join and help him reach Tallahasssee. "Send d a FIJI to Tally T in2010!" \r\nFarewell Seniors Spring 2010 Graduates Jonathan Betancourt Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry Minor in Economics Maurice Donovan Hopwood Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering Chris Mur Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering Faber Lozano Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences Alfredo Valdivia Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering Felix Jauregui Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering Upcoming Events August 6 October 20, 21 & 22 October 23 November 27 Parent’s Dinner The Sigma Phi Chapter’s Annual Haunted House Philanthropy Black Diamond Formal Graduate & Undergraduate Football Tailgate (These events will be followed by further details) Questions or Comments? Feel free to email the editor‐in‐chief! Editor‐In‐Chief: Lukas Calafell lcala002@fiu.edu Layout and Design: J.P. Armstrong jp.armstrong@gmail.com