The Golden Eagle Fiji V O L U M E 3 5 , I S S U E 1 S P R I N G 2 0 1 3 Letter from Our TFI President Billy Leslie '93– TFI President some real progress in getting old debt paid off. I became president of TFI in April of 2012. Since that time I have been working with the undergraduate cabinet and TFI treasurer, Brian Grooms, to get a handle on old debt owed to the chapter by graduates, as well debt the chapter owes to TFI. The graduate brother debt owed to the chapter has fallen from about $25,000 to just over $14,000. Several are on payment plans and continue to pay monthly. Others have committed to pay, but have not started yet, and some brothers have either not responded to requests or we don’t have updated contact information. All in all, the response has been very positive and we have made We have done needed repairs to the ceiling of the study room/floor of room 2. The ceiling was ripped down and all floor joists were reinforced. We also remodeled the bathroom in the apartment with a new sink, shower, flooring & drywall. Many graduates and undergraduates both helped out during the work weekend on January 5th. Special thanks go out to Brian Grooms, Bobby Norwood & Seth Bradley. Tad Engle has stepped up to become our VP of Fundraising. He has done a great job with getting a lot of the younger graduates involved in the 1848 Club. We look forward to expanding the 1848 club idea with new levels of involvement. In the near future, we will be sending out some type of survey to ask brothers what they would like to see in our future plans. Our ultimate goal would, of course, be to build a new house. With that being our ultimate goal, smaller goals need to be met first. We will be working with the owner of the adjacent lot to purchase the property. We will be starting a capital campaign to raise funds for the purchase of the lot and eventually build the new house. I look forward to working with the undergraduate and graduates both to reach all of our goals. A PUBLICATION OF THE THETA TAU CHAPTER OF PHI GAMMA DELTA \r\nPAGE 2 1848 Club Update Brothers, “I encourage I wanted to introduce myself to all of you. Most of you already know me and for those who do not, my name is Tad Engle. While with the chapter, I served as Graduate Relations chair, Corresponding Secretary, and President. I graduated in Dec 2011 with my Bachelors in Accounting. I currently live in Franklin, TN and work for a company called IRON Solutions in Cool springs as a Staff Accountant/ Analyst. everyone to join the 1848 Club.” Anonymous Graduate Brother THE I was recently asked by Billy Leslie and Brian Grooms to take over the management of the 1848 Club. While I transition into this role, I would like to let you all know that we are going to work very hard in continuing a transparent and beneficial donating platform that will give back to the chapter GOLDEN EAGLE FIJI that we all love, while also creating opportunities to give back to you, the graduates, during events such as Homecoming and Pig Dinner. I would personally like to invite all of you to be part of 1848 club. As for my major goal while being chair of this position I would like to see the membership of this club at least double over the next few years. This goal cannot fully be obtained without the help of you, the graduates of Theta Tau. I challenge all of you to reach out to your close friends in the chapter and your pledge class to all join and we will undoubtedly reach this goal. I also would be remiss to not thank John Solis for all of his hard work and dedication to the club over the past years. Under his lead he saw memberships dou- ble and events such as pig dinner donor parties and homecoming tailgates flourish. Solis will be staying on and helping me transition seamlessly into this role. If you have any questions on any of the current and future goals of the club, or upcoming events please feel free to contact me at any time at either admin@1848Club.net, TMengle21@gmail.com or 615-517-0071. I look forward to hopefully seeing all of you at Pig Dinner on April 20th. Tad Engle \r\nVOLUME 35, ISSUE 1 PAGE Fixing the Study Room Pulling nails... In January Brian Grooms and Billy Leslie led an effort to renovate the study room. With the help of several graduate and undergraduate brothers the ceiling was reinforced and the room above is now livable once again. The bathroom in the apartment was also renovated. A big thanks is owed to all the brothers who came out to help. 3 \r\nPAGE 4 Pig Dinner “ Pig Dinner is the best time for renewing old Don’t forget Pig Dinner is on Saturday April 20th. To register for attending Pig Dinner this year please go to https://www.ttufiji.com/pig/ friendships “ - Your Pledge Brother We look forward to seeing you on April 20th! Gamma Alpha Pledge Class “They’re small, but they’re good.” - Jesse Lilligren We have recently had the honor of ending the Beta phase of pledge classes with the induction of our new pledge brothers Enis Cirak, Parker Burton, and Hunter Parker into the Gamma Alpha pledge class. We look forward with great anticipation to what this and future Gamma pledge classes may accomplish within Theta Tau. A more in depth look at our pledge brothers will be included in a future issue of the Golden Eagle Fiji. THE GOLDEN EAGLE FIJI \r\nVOLUME 35, ISSUE 1 PAGE Graduate Announcements We would like to congratulate Clark Denson for being recognized by the Consulting-Specifying Engineering Magazine as one of the Forty Under Forty. Each year the magazine recognizes forty outstanding young engineers in the engineering community supporting the building industry. Congratulations Clark! You can see his profile and learn more about the award by following the link http:// www.csemag.com/eventsand-awards/cse-40-under40-program.html If you have an accomplishment you would like recognized in the Golden Eagle Fiji please contact me at jtcosby42@gmail.com Clark Denson, one of the Forty Under Forty 5 \r\nNonprofit Org US Postage Paid Lexington, KY Permit # 540 Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity 1201 Red Mile Road Lexington, KY 40504 Full Color Golden Eagle Fijis are available online at www.ttufiji.com/tfi/gefiji/ If you have any comments or suggestions about the Golden Eagle Fiji or would like to be featured in an upcoming issue, please contact: Tyler Cosby Graduate Relations Chairman jtcosby42@gmail.com 931-309-6538 (cell) Important Dates: Pig Dinner April 20th, 2012 Visit Us Online at www.ttufiji.com Parents Day Spring 2013 PERGE!