2019 FALL EDITION • Chapter Update • Grad Spotlight • Upcoming Plans • Dates to remember \r\nPHI GAMMA DELTA EPSILON IOTA CHAPTER END OF SEMESTER CHAPTER UPDATE This past semester has been for the fall semester alone. very successful for the Epsilon These events included our Iota chapter of Phi Gamma continuous leadership in Delta. Habitat for Humanity and It first started out with a year, help set up the Fantasy house, i.e. scrubbing stairways, of Lights in Evansville Academically, we have cleaning carpets, and continued to succeed. As a repainting and designing the chapter, we had a 3.49 GPA fence which you can see in this semester, which means we the picture on the first page. have had the highest fraternal This led us into recruitment, the best time of the year. This Isaac Martin, Evansville ‘19 something new we did this complete deep clean of the washing down floorboards, GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT GPA on campus for 8 semesters in a row. As a Graduate Brother, Isaac has been actively around the house and maintaining contact has been one of the most The chapter was very successful recruitments the successful in Philanthropy. In with brothers on how Epsilon Iota chapter has seen the last fall and spring the chapter is going. As since its founding. We were semesters combined, we the former Recruitment able to recruit 21 amazing raised $12,500 for Easter Seals Chairman, he gentlemen that will be and USO, which is an average fantastic fits here in the of $235 per brother. This is contributes throughout chapter. The average above the average of $210 recruitment class on campus per brother at other Fiji was just 10 guys. This shows we chapters. This money came are doing something special events like Hot-Tub-a-Thon and here at Fiji and people want to from our bucket shakes that also an Admission be a part of it. we’re done throughout the Counselor for UE and semester. travels throughout the As a chapter, we continue the Recruitment process and assists in finding potential FIJI gentlemen. Isaac is our dedication to service. Midwest territory to high Each brother on average schools to recruit completed 21 hours of service through various events for a total of 1050 hours of service potential Purple Aces. Thanks for all you do Isaac! \r\nEpsilon Iota Chapter UPCOMING PLANS This semester we plan on house! Hopefully it won’t rain this semester we plan on taking having more graduate events, year like it did last year and we spring recruitment more seriously including an event for FIJI-A-Tour can have a beautiful day to and our goal is to get 5 more and an event for the final come play putt-putt and hang amazing guys that will fit the Evansville Purple Aces home out at the house. If you have any Epsilon Iota chapter. We are basketball game on February questions about FIJI-A-Tour, going to continue our musical 29 . Our spring Philanthropy is FIJI- contact Aniekan Ekanem at madness greatness and try to A-Tour. This is where we build a ae129@evansville.edu. Bike race repeat this year with our team of putt-putt course in the house and is April 18 this year. We expect to us and AOPi with our movie being have people come play. FIJI-A- have a full team this year and Lilo & Stitch. We expect to have Tour is on April 4th, we want to would love if some of you another amazing semester have a chance for graduates to graduates would come out and academically and we hope to bring their families and have a support the team. We’re trying to see you all at the events! fun time at the course built in the help us dethrone SigEp. Also, this th th Events coming up: • Graduate Event and Aces Game- February 29th • FIJI-A-TOUR– April 4th • Aces Basketball Final Four Game (Obviously) – April 4th Thank you for taking the time to read this newsletter. As a chapter, we want to get in contact with the graduates more and newsletters are an easy way to do this. If you have any ideas for things to add to the newsletter, please contact the Grad-Relations chair James Wagner at jw548@evansville.edu. Stay updated by keeping up with the Grad-Undergrad Facebook page, that is where a lot of the information will first be announced!