3/10/2016 xxxx Sent 05/18/2015 Subscribe Share Golden Eagle Fiji Spring 2015 Past Issues Translate Phi Gamma Delta ­ Theta Tau ­ Graduate Update View this email in your browser Golden Eagle Fiji ­ Spring 2015 View this email in your browser Golden Eagle Fiji ­ Spring 2015 Brothers! http://us8.campaign­archive1.com/?u=f49cf38da99faf3354fa9d79a&id=9babacfe89 1/8 \r\n3/10/2016 Golden Eagle Fiji Spring 2015 It has been a fantastic semester for Fiji. Pig Dinner was a great success, and thank you to everyone that attended. Since then we have accomplished a lot, and reaped many of the rewards of our prior accomplishments. In the last few weeks we have not only absolutely demolished Sigma Chi in softball, but have also maintained the tradition of winning Fraternity of the Year. In addition to that, we also took home 3rd Place Overall for Greek Week, 5 Star Chapter Award. The Overall Scholastic Award went to Brant Nickens and Adam Cox , who each have maintained a 4.0 overall GPA. For Greek Superlatives we received the following awards: Mr. Greek Life went to Bobby Adams, Most Spirited to Luke Shattuck, and Most Talented went to Nathan Engler. Our last honor that we have achieved, and arguably the most accurate representation of the position that our brotherhood is heading, was seeing our brother Bobby Adams secure the position of SGA President. We are extremely proud, but honestly not at all surprised at Bobby Adams earning this position. Speaking of bringing people into the family, we now have a fantastic new Sweetheart, Abby Weeden, and a Purple Legionnaire who is quickly proving himself indispensable, Tad Engle. He has prepared a letter introducing himself to those that may not know him. All in all, its been a phenomenal semester, and we are all super excited to get the ball rolling for the fall, especially with the knowledge that after an earlier than usual vote, Phi Mu has agreed to partner with us for Homecoming. We have an exciting semester ahead of us, and are all very excited to see each of you at Homecoming. Perge, Brothers! Leland Todd Hasty II Corresponding Secretary Theta Tau, Phi Gamma Delta http://us8.campaign­archive1.com/?u=f49cf38da99faf3354fa9d79a&id=9babacfe89 2/8 \r\n3/10/2016 Golden Eagle Fiji Spring 2015 Celebrating our victory against Sigma Chi Brother Heath Sanders and our Sweetheart Abigail Weeden Brothers, http://us8.campaign­archive1.com/?u=f49cf38da99faf3354fa9d79a&id=9babacfe89 3/8 \r\n3/10/2016 Golden Eagle Fiji Spring 2015 We have had a wonderful semester as you have already heard from our Corresponding Secretary. Some of the goals Cabinet and I had coming in were to recover further financially, improve recruitment, mend and advance relationships on campus with both sororities and fraternities, to be more involved in the University, to make better use of technology in communications and finally to improve relationships with you, the Graduate Brothers. This spring, Theta Tau was extremely busy as usual. In January, we added 13 new brothers to our ranks in Lexington as the Gamma Delta pledge class. 7 more men pledged this semester and should make a great addition to the chapter as the Gamma Epsilon pledge class. We participated in 4 philanthropies including Phi Delta Theta's Al­Sing, Kappa Delta's Shamrock Week, Phi Mu's Bonnamu and Alpha Phi Alpha's Stepshow. We placed second in both Bonnamu and Stepshow! We had a great turn out for Pig Dinner with an attendance of 110. Thank you again to Todd Arrants for being our guest speaker and all the other graduates that helped make it happen.Congratulations to our Silver Owls and Brent Ellis for winning the Distinguished Fiji Award. Black Garter Formal, Greek Week and Relay for Life went smoothly as well. Finally thanks to Billy Leslie and the men on TFI. We have been able to make significant renovations to the house including fixing the roof, remodeling the kitchen, and adding fire safety equipment. As Todd mentioned earlier, we accumulated quite the trophy case of awards at the Greek Awards banquet. However, in addition to awards and honors, we have also seen our level of brotherhood increase dramatically over the past semester which will lead to better recruitment and overall excellence. I hope that this year is going as well for you as it is for us. Remember that the house is always open to you and your family if you are ever in town. We would love to have more graduates come by and see some of the renovations! I wish you the best and be on the lookout for more updates coming soon! Perge! Luke Shattuck (423) 716­3746 fijigentleman@gmail.com Chapter President http://us8.campaign­archive1.com/?u=f49cf38da99faf3354fa9d79a&id=9babacfe89 4/8 \r\n3/10/2016 Golden Eagle Fiji Spring 2015 President Luke Shattuck From left to right, Conner Hodge, Bobby Adams, Elliot Mitzelfeld http://us8.campaign­archive1.com/?u=f49cf38da99faf3354fa9d79a&id=9babacfe89 5/8 \r\n3/10/2016 Golden Eagle Fiji Spring 2015 Brothers showing their support for Phi Mu, pictured with the Phi Mu softball team. I'd like to give our new Purple Legionnaire a chance to introduce himself, for those who weren't at Pig Dinner this year. I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself formally as your chapters Purple Legionnaire. For those who do not know me, my name is Tad Engle. I graduated from Tech in December of 2012, and currently reside in Franklin, TN with my wife Jody, where I currently am a Financial Analyst for a company called LKQ. I assumed the role of PL in February of 2014. While an undergraduate at Tennessee Tech I held multiple positions within the chapter including; Graduate Relations, Campus Relations, Corresponding Secretary, and Chapter President. While in the chapter and on cabinet, I always found the support and overall selflessness of our PL (Bo Byers) to be a huge help in assisting with guiding the chapter in the correct direction. As a cabinet member in two years, I was able to see the best of our chapter (Cheney cup), and the worst (probation). The guidance we received from our PL not only helped us reach the heights of International superiority, but also brought us through the rough years of probation. My experience during those years has been vital to my current role with the chapter. Enough about me, I want to speak briefly about the chapter and where they are http://us8.campaign­archive1.com/?u=f49cf38da99faf3354fa9d79a&id=9babacfe89 6/8 \r\n3/10/2016 Golden Eagle Fiji Spring 2015 heading. In just a short year I have seen the chapter not only grow by numbers but by Excellence. The chapter has kept its traditions of winning alive, evidenced by their first place finish in Homecoming, Fraternity of the Year, and 5 Star Chapter. They also still hold Scholarship in high regard with the brothers being 1 of only 8 chapters with over 20 years above the all mens average in a row. I can also attest to the incredible brotherhood experienced at TTU. With the current brothers in and leading this chapter I have no doubt in my mind that Theta Tau will once again gain their place in the upper echelon of Fiji chapters. I look forward to continuing to serve the undergraduate chapter as we lead into the fall semester and beyond. If you ever have any concerns or questions please feel free to contact me, as I am always available to talk about this chapter. I am very proud of this group of gentlemen, and am damn proud to be a Fiji. Tad Engle P! http://us8.campaign­archive1.com/?u=f49cf38da99faf3354fa9d79a&id=9babacfe89 7/8 \r\n3/10/2016 Golden Eagle Fiji Spring 2015 Tad and Jody Engle Last but not least, here's a short message from our Recruitment Committee Chairman: Graduates Brothers, My name is Elliot Mitzelfeld, and I am the Recruitment Director for the Fall 2015 semester. I am contacting you to enlist your support in the continued success of this chapter. We have established an amazing rush committee that is passionate about the progress this chapter will make. But we can not do it alone. It will take the work of every brother, undergraduate and graduate to ensure that our continued success does not slow down. The most important thing that this chapter needs to do is grow. Without new members, the chapter that you have worked so hard for will cease to exist in a very short amount of time. Most of you may not be aware of this, but as a chapter we have decided to enact a summer recruitment plan that will ensure the most successful rush in recent history. We need and want the help of the graduate brothers. So I challenge you to support the success of this chapter and give a few dollars to support our endeavors. If you have any questions, suggestions, concerns, or simply a comment please contact me directly. Fraternally, Elliot Mitzelfeld 615­887­5224 Emitz12@gmail.com P! If you would like to make a donation supporting this semester's recruitment plans please click the following link: https://squareup.com/market/PigDinner2015/fall­rush­donations Copyright © 2015 Theta Tau ­ Phi Gamma Delta Our mailing address is: 527 North Peachtree Ave. Cookeville, TN 38501 unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences http://us8.campaign­archive1.com/?u=f49cf38da99faf3354fa9d79a&id=9babacfe89 8/8