THE FIJI NEW YORKER NU EPSILON CHAPTER OF PHI GAMMA DELTA JUNE 2015 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY FOUNDED 1892 SUMMER 2015 EDITION Nu Epsilon Graduate Mentor Program Our chapter has grown immensely over the past few years and we continue to strive for excellence in everything we do. Our overall house GPA has increased significantly, and many of our recent graduates have hit the ground running in a variety of diverse careers. Regardless of your craft, be it in film, medicine, law, engineering or finance, everyone can use an intern. In order to leverage the size and success of our graduate brother network, we would like to set up a mentoring program. Graduate will be grouped with undergraduate brothers who are studying in the same career field. T h is could be a vital opportunity for undergraduate brothers. I urge you to think back to when you were graduating college. Think about who pointed you in the right direction or how it would have helped you if someone was there to do so. We have a plethora of brothers eager to shadow doctors, intern with bankers, and a general population of undergraduates who would love to go on a coffee run for you. We are open to ideas on how to start this mentoring program in the most eff ective manner. Please sign up whether you have just start-ed or are very far into your career. If this is something that you might be interested in, please contact Anaz Uddin (2016) and he will take care of the rest. Email: au396@nyu.edu Phone: 917-623-4519 Update Your Contact Information Have you moved or changed your email address? Send us your new contact information Fill out Online form: www.phigam.org/addressupdate OR Please mail the slip on the last page (even if you don’t plan on donating or attending cocktail) using the return envelope Over 52% of graduate brothers from Nu Epsilon are NOT on our email list! 1 \r\nPresident’s Address -Save the Date- Dear Brothers, Christmas Cocktail December 11th First, I would like to thank all of you who came out to the Pig Dinner this spring. Not only was it a great event, but also, it was refreshing to see graduates mingle with the active brothers. Hopefully, we will see all of you at this year’s Christmas Cocktail. 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Connolly’s Pub and Restaurant 121 West 45th Street New York, NY 10036 $100 per person, dates encouraged In 2015, we brought in 18 new brothers many of whom have already become extremely active members in FIJI and the Greek community. In the Fall semester alone we brought in 29 pledges aft er having a record 189 students rush FIJI. These pledges include varsity athletes, philanthopists and military men. We also raised over $7,000 in charity this year and had one of our best social semesters in a long time. FIJI has made incredible strides over the past few years, however, we cannot continue our success alone. We need the help of you, the graduate brothers, to support us as we move forward. Payment Mail a check: Fill out stub at end of newsletter and enclose check in return envelope. Postage prepaid. Register and Pay Online: www.phigam.org/NYUCocktail Questions? Contact Anaz Uddin at 917-623-4517 | au396@nyu.edu A goal of my cabinet is to make grads more involved in the fraternity as a whole. Monetary support is not our primary goal; we simply want to enhance the relationship between grads and undergrads. We wish to have more events on top of Pig Dinner and Christmas Cocktail. Anaz Uddin (2016) and our new Corresponding Secretary, Alex Britton (2018), will be getting in touch with all of you about our weekly events. You do not have to go to all the festivities but if you are in the New York area please feel free to come to the house and bond with brothers of all ages. Thank you for your continued support. It has been an honor serving as chapter president this past year. Mighty proud to be a FIJI! Fraternally, The Fall 2015 Pledge Class at the House Alex Iorio Pergé! 2 \r\nCabinet Notes Last year, 18 new brothers joined our chapter, and this semester 29 pledges joined, making Nu Epsilon the biggest it’s been in recent history. Our new pledge class include varsity athletes and military men. We’ve grown so large that we ran out of room to seat brothers for initiation. FIJI has become a prominent force in Greek Life academics, athletics, philanthropy and the social sphere. Nu Epsilon has taken a proactive role in the Interfraternity Community this past year. Two members from our chapter now sit on the Executive Board of the IFC, Mike Diesu (2016), President and Levi Leet (2017), VP of Recruitment. Additionally, Jack Zabelny (2016) was named the President of the Order of Omega academic honor society and Rich Hsu (2015), Steinhardt Senior Class President, was named one of the most influential student at NYU. Social Last semester, the social committee successfully hosted its first ever Fiji Beach Weekend event held in Ocean City, MD. Brothers also spent spring break with the Pi Beta Phi Sorority in Jamaica. We took our mixers with sororities to another level. We explored the NYC nightlife and ended the semester with our annual FIJI Formal. FIJI has an outstanding reputation socially and is now a premiere fraternity on campus. This coming semester the social committee hopes to be successful once again in keeping the brothers entertained and continue making Nu Epsilon stand out from the other organizations at NYU. FIJI Intramural Basketball Team Intramural Champions: Record 15-1 Philanthropy In the spring, we hosted a Valentine-making event for veterans, collected a substantial amount of clothes for our homeless neighbors and collaborated with a number of organizations with their philanthropic events. Our most successful philanthropic event of the spring semester was our co-sponsored Bottomless Bowling Event at Bowlmor Chelsea Piers with the ladies of Alpha Epsilon Phi. Together we were able to raise $2,065 for the Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation. FIJI has made an incredible impact on the community by hosting blood drives, raising awareness for child-hood cancer, serving free breakfast to students studying and many other events. This semester we already held a charity soccer tournament which raised $1,100 to fight Childhood Cancer. Together, FIJI, Greek and other student organizations raised over a $250,000 to fight childhood cancer and we plan to double that this year. 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