A Publication of the Rho Phi Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology: Spring 2016 Edition Moving On As A Graduate Brother T Upcoming Dates:  January 20: RoseHulman Winter Career Fair  April 20: RoseHulman Spring Career Fair  May 14: Pig Dinner and Rho Phi Open Rho Phi Athletics In this issue: Graduate Brothers 1 Rho Phi Athletics: Football 1 2015 Fall Pledge Class 2 Service Events 3 Philanthropy Events: Football Run 4 2015 Fall Pledge Class List 5 Graduate Brothers Update 6 Fall Career Fair 7 Academics—All Americans 8 Phi Gamma Delta his year marks another successful year for Brothers who have moved on to represent and uphold the values of Rho Phi Members and continually strive to obtain in every aspect of their lives. These Brothers have excelled at Rose-Hulman and continue to excel in the private sector. Brothers Blake Schulthies and Wes Byers are in Dallas, Texas working in sales for Texas Instruments. Caleb Comstock, and Matthew Palla are now working for Marathon Oil, while Zac Erba works for Paragon Medical. Brian Soller is a Project Engineer employed by the US Army Corps of Engineers. All these successes are attributed to their success at Rose-Hulman academically and are a direct result of numerous hours of work with brothers to achieve a common goal academically. These are just some of the successful Rho Phi members who have followed their academic careers here. This year over 90% of the seniors had already secured jobs before returning to school and the rest have accepted positions this past quarter. The Rho Phi Chapter will continue to excel and we look forward to sharing the success of this year’s senior classes and wish them the best following their graduation. Submitted By: Ryan Coffman Football Submitted By: Jacob Whitacre Brothers led the Rose-Hulman Fighting Engineers through another successful year on the field in football. The team finished the season with 8-2 overall record and went 6-2 in the conference, which is the first 8 win season since 1988. Members of the Rho Phi Chapter who were involved on the team brought numerous achievements with Quarterback Austin Swenson throws for the end zone. their efforts. Two of the three named Academic All American were Fijis, and of the fourteen All HCAC Football Team award winners, ten were Fijis: Alec Fisher, Chris Sander, Aaron Abbot, Kaelen Garner, Alec Thompson, Tyler Brutofsky, Kevin Dufauchard, Craig Larew, Jacob Dye, and Austin Swenson. Austin Swenson established a new school career record with 57 touchdowns. Austin‘s completion percentage (68.3%) and passing efficiency rating (165.58) ranked as school record performances. Aaron Abbott set Rose-Hulman's career school records with 218 receptions for 2,509 yards this season and stands second in school history with 26 touchdown catches. Abbott led the 2015 team with 53 receptions for 626 yards and three touchdowns receiving. Adding to a great sophomore season, junior Alec Fisher set the RHIT’s school record with 27 career touchdowns. Many members of the Rho Phi Chapter put forth a tremendous amount of effort for a winning season. Receiver Alec Fisher set the RHIT school record with 27 career touchdowns 1 \r\nGrad Brother Parker Speaks at Rush Dinner Guest Speaker Brother Matt Baber: Our Celebration of Brotherhood banquet, occurring at the conclusion of fall rush, is an oppor- tunity for those who are rushing to see the Fiji difference. Matt Baber, a graduate brother who works as an engineer at International Paper and currently resides in Evansville, Indiana, spoke about Fiji’s strong influence during and after his college career. Matt was a mechanical engineering major while at Rose-Hulman. He stressed the important role Fiji played in the development of his interpersonal, academic, and professional skills. His speaking highlighted how Fiji’s influence translated from undergraduate experiences to life-long benefits in his personal life and in the workplace. Matt’s speech made an impact on all of the pledges of 2015 and proved to be the high point of an influential, professional event that showcased the Fiji difference. Submitted By: Nathaniel Kinsella The 2015 Fall Pledge Class October ended with a very successful rush for our chapter. We added 36 outstanding young men to our chapter after 5 weeks of meeting and getting to know many outstanding freshmen and upperclassmen. While we always seek out quality men, this year came as a pleasant surprise when 85 men indicated they wanted to meet us during First Formals to find out more about Phi Gamma Delta at Rose-Hulman; this is compared to our normal 60-65 return rate. We spent time with each man and ended up with more than 50 returning for Second Formals, all interested in considering us for a bid. After offering 40+ bids, we pledged 36 amazing men from all majors, interest areas and parts of the country. Our pledge class is consistent with the current Rose-Hulman demographics as nearly 70% of the student body is from outside Indiana. This class includes National Merit Scholars, Rose Merit Scholars, young men who were active in their high schools in student leadership roles and volunteer activities. At Rose, many of our newest brothers are involved in many sports including football, baseball, track and field, golf and basketball. We also have pledge brothers who are also involved in many campus-wide leadership, community service and religious groups. As in the past, we have several legacies who joined our brotherhood; these include a brother of two current chapter members, two brothers of graduate chapter brothers, a cousin of a chapter member, and cousins and a nephew of brothers from other chapters. Because we are constrained with the many IFC regulations, we structured our rush around a variety of events that allowed us to be flexible and still meet many men. These included football tailgates, cookouts at the house and on-campus, dorm storming, dinners out and our big go-to event—our final week Celebration of Brotherhood dinner. While the dinner is a very complicated event to plan and execute, it has become our most popular and successful rush tool. In keeping with tradition of having a graduate brother speak about Not for College Days Alone, this year Graduate brother Matt Baber talked about his undergraduate experience and how Rho Phi is still very much a part of his life. As always, we are VERY GRATEFUL for those grads. who honor us by giving of their time to come back and help us wrap up rush. As always, we thank you for your interest in our recruitment process and appreciate the recommendations we received regarding some of these young men. PLEASE—if you know a young man attending Rose who you feel would make a worthy Rho Phi brother, don’t hesitate to contact us regarding him. Pledge Brothers-Sam Grant, John Kirby, Nate Stewart take a break from bowling. Phi Gamma Delta Submitted By: Timothy Harlan 2 \r\nBrothers Shop with Underprivileged Terre Haute Children Submitted By: Timothy Harlan Very early--5:30 AM to be exact--on Saturday morning, Dec. 13, more than 50 Rho Phi brothers gathered at Wal Mart south to assist the Terre Haute Noon Optimist Club to provide warm winter clothing to over 750 needy local children, from kindergarten through 5th grade. Groups of 4-5 young boys were paired with two brothers who guided them through the process, helping them pick out pants, underwear and socks, a hoodie sweatshirt and a warm winter coat. The brothers got to know each child as they not only helped him choose clothes, but also assisted him and his group to a visit with Santa Claus. Brothers who did not act as hosts directed the children to get their snacks, helped them with their visit to Santa and then announced their parents' names to pick them up. Despite being hobbled with a broken leg during football season, Community Service chair Barry Tomasetti, Rho Phi senior, still over saw the event from his motorized cart! It is the 6th year Rho Phi has volunteered with the Noon Optimists, and we are the only Rose fraternity to participate. All of the brothers present pose for a picture Pledge Brothers Stone Brogan and John Carone help children pick out new clothes. Service Event Success: Bikes for Tykes Following the Clothe a Child event, brothers quickly made it to Rose-Hulman campus in order to help with another major service event. Saturday on December 13, Brothers arrived at 8:00 am to put together bikes for Bikes for Tykes. There was a fantastic turnout and over fifty bikes were built for children. The event was an overall success and the bikes were sent out to the Vigo County area for children to get something extra this Christmas. Brothers left to right: Jason Waldenmeyer, Shawn McCown, and James Ernst work together. Phi Gamma Delta Submitted By: Ryan Coffman Pledge Brother Evan Bauer inspects the assembled bikes. 3 \r\nPhilanthropy Events: Football Run Submitted By: Mitchell Orzech This year the brothers of Phi Gamma Delta partnered with Fiji Brothers from Hanover College to once again participate in the Football Run. This year the funds raised aided the American Red Cross in Indiana significantly and has continued to be one of the most important events of the year. Brothers from Hanover started the run by carrying the game football from Hanover College to Bloomington. Then, the brothers from Rose-Hulman took the ball from Bloomington and carried it to RoseHulman. Members of the Rho Phi Chapter brought awareness and aid to the American Red Cross while offering a memorable event for Brothers and those involved. 2015 marked the sixth running of the annual FIJI Football Run for The American Red Cross. The game ball covered the 150 mile distance from Rose-Hulman to Hanover with time to spare, and the Brothers of the Tau and Rho-Phi chapters were able to help their local communities. The Rho-Phi chapter alone was able to raise over $4000 for the Wabash Valley Chapter of the Red Cross. The funds will go towards helping local Indiana residents suffering due to fire, flooding, or other disasters to get back on their feet and rebuild. Mitchell Orzech, this year’s chairman, said, “It was great to see all the support that we received from brothers, our families, and our community. This event would not have been possible without so many generous donors. We thank everyone for their support.” Follow the FIJI Football Run on Facebook to stay updated on the planning of next year’s run. Thank you to all who donated! NoHuddle Remote Student-athlete Tyler Rockwood of Rose-Hulman and member of the Rho Phi chapter is gaining global attention with his innovative mobile application. This app provides a solution to the difficulty of film breakdown with the very popular Huddle software. The problem was brought to Rockwood’s attention one day during practice early last year. With Rockwood’s knowledge of computer science and software engineering, he devised a solution which would give coaches the ability to efficiently paly back and dissect game film. With the help of teammate and business partner, Kevin Trizna, the team of two began their development of the NoHuddle Remote. After a combined 200 – 250 hours of development between the two, their software solution was ready to be used by the Rose-Hulman football team. Rockwood and Trizna envisioned the app to benefit their team and local teams, but after 5 months from the original publication on the google play and apple app stores the app has exceeded their expectations. The app has now grown to 2,100 users currently. Among these users are teams that span from California to Virginia, and include semi-pro teams in London and a team in Japan. Advertisement and demos of the app can be found on nohuddleremote.com which was created by Rockwood. The app integrates the use of the mobile application along with a google chrome extension. This app seamlessly pauses, rewinds, fast-forwards, etc. in real time just as any competing device would. However, competing remotes can range from $50-$500, whereas the NoHuddle remote is free for any apple or android device. The NoHuddle remote works at any range allowed by a shared Wi-Fi connection. Rockwood, who has accepted a job at Google next year, and Tirzna (Groupon) plan to continue to work together to release a pro version of the app, which will have more features for coaches and also utilize the integration of Bluetooth connectivity between devices. Submitted By: Brendan Goldacker Phi Gamma Delta 4 \r\nRho Phi of Phi Gamma Delta CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO THE Frank Norris Pig Dinner & Rho Phi Open Rho Phi Open - Saturday May 14, 2016 Hulman Links - 990 N Chamberlain St, Terre Haute 11:00 am (lunch) and Noon tee off - $31 includes golf (payable that morning), cart and lunch Teams of four - you choose a team or we will match you up Please email Colton Motz - cmotz@rosefiji.com - concerning the tournament Pig Dinner - Saturday May 14, 2016 Reception - 6:00 - 7:00 pm ♦ Dinner - 7:00 pm The Ohio Building 672 Ohio Street - Parking in Parking Garage (Next Door) Cost for the dinner is $50, payable at door Please note the venue change for the dinner this year Questions or to RSVP PigDinner@rosefiji.com Phi Gamma Delta 5 \r\nThe 2015 Fall Pledge Class Name Derek Hornbeck Sam Grant John Kirby George Botros David Borden Will Byers Lucas Leiner Griffin Steffy Drew Hobick Nick Glines Michael Elmer Thomas Tintera Sean Casey Sean Sullivan Conner Shipley Dan Mateja Trevor Nong Cal Laughlin Nick McGrail Coleson Carmell Matt Michalak Ben Walker Louis Campbell Evan Bauer Parker Lappin Nathaniel Stewart Nick Prather Stone Brogan Zsolt Truckai David Burnside John Carone Conner Helbling Kevin Dufauchard Lucas Callahan Trevor Dallio Major ME EE ME BE ChemE ChemE ME CPE ME ME ME ME ME ME Civil ChemE BE Civil Civil ME ME ME Civil EE ME ME ME ME ME Civil ME BE ME ME ME Hometown Newburgh IN St. Petersburg FL Lebanon OH Carmel IN Mason OH Loveland CO Fishers IN Lebanon IN Zionsville IN Harrison OH Milan IN Pittsboro IN McCordsville IN Indianapolis IN Terre Haute IN Zionsville IN Rockport IN Paris Il Springboro OH Columbus OH Carolstream OH Springboro OH Phoenix AZ Celestine IN San Diego CA Lebanon TN Milford OH Schererville IN Saratoga CA Northbrook Il Cary Il Highlands Ranch CO New Orleans LA Danville IN New Lenox Il Fall 2015 Pledge Class Phi Gamma Delta 6 \r\nSubmitted By: Colton Motz Graduate Updates Grad relations at the Rho Phi chapter of Phi Gamma Delta is an integral part of our fraternity. Each year we strive to maintain a close, personal relationship with those who have come before us and continue to aid in our brothers’ success. We understand the importance of experience, and are eager to learn all we can from our graduate brothers. One thing that truly sets our chapter apart shines through during Rose-Hulman’s career fairs. At this year’s fall Rose-Hulman career fair, over 20 of the companies represented had Rho Phi Chapter alumni as recruiters. This gives our brothers an incredible advantage when they begin to look for jobs and internships to carry on their education with hands-on experience. Rho Phi’s take pride in knowing their grads are continuously providing outstanding opportunities and many of our undergraduate students gain jobs simply because they were given a chance to excel by a Rho Phi graduate. A very helpful tool for those looking for these connections is our chapter’s own online resource called Fiji Finder. This allows our undergraduates convenient and useful access to former Rose-Hulman Fiji’s. Each year, homecoming is a special time for our chapter, because many of our members play, or have played football, or simply enjoyed the school spirit that swells throughout the entire student body. This year we were honored to have many grad brothers return to attend the festivities. Our graduate relations enjoy providing entertainment throughout the day by welcoming our grads back to both our chapter house and our football field. After the game, we have a reception at our chapter house for the graduate brothers to cap off the night and share stories of when they played at Rose Hulman or their experiences as a member of our chapter. Two brothers were even honored for two distinguishable awards that Rose-Hulman gives out each year at homecoming. Derek Trobaugh, class of 2006, received the Distinguished Young Alumni Award, which recognizes Rose-Hulman graduates from the last ten years with notable endeavors in the areas of career achievement, continued education, community service and/or commitment to their alma mater. Derek Trobaugh is a Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Pittsburgh in the Center for Vaccine Research. Here, Derek works primarily in the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory. His research focuses on how mosquito-borne viruses interact with the immune system in hopes of developing vaccines for viruses for which no licensed vaccines currently exist. In his career, Derek has co-authored seven peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals; most notably, he was lead author in a study published in the international science publication, Nature, in 2014. Additionally, Derek has received two National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral training grants and has been awarded the Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2013. Wes Bolsen, class of 2000, received the Honor Alumni Award. This award is based on loyal, unselfish and meritorious service in furthering the interests of Rose-Hulman, contributing to the national interest of the country, and professional achievement. He then went on to receive his MBA from Stanford in 2004. Wes leads global business development and public affairs for Cool Planet, a Google-backed renewable gasoline and Ag company, headquartered in Denver. He has been the founder and CMO of Coskata, the CFO of ICM - the country’s leading corn ethanol design firm - and CMO of public company Codexis. In 2011 he was named the top CMO in the United States, and one of the 10 most influential people in bioenergy globally. Graduate relations at the Rho Phi chapter of Phi Gamma Delta are fundamental to our chapter. The members of our chapter are grateful for the opportunities presented to them by our dedicated graduates. Each year, we strive to create enduring friendships with our graduate brothers and thoroughly enjoy when they return to dear old Rose. Phi Gamma Delta 7 \r\nRose-Hulman Fall Career Fair Success Submitted By: Timothy Harlan On September 22, Rose-Hulman made history with its largest-ever career fair; over 255 companies were represented on campus. Those companies and organizations represented both large and small concerns from coast to coast and worldwide. Among those companies represented were several that included Rho Phi graduate brothers, and many of those brothers were kind enough to interview undergrad FIJIs. It always helps when the chapter gets a heads-up on just who is coming to represent which company, but we know that is not always possible because some of those decisions are made rather last minute. But of those brothers who came, we are very thankful that several of them went out of their way to speak to, take applications from and eventually offer jobs to several brothers. Currently, about 90% of our seniors are committed for fall, either with a signed contract or grad school. Several of them have secured jobs with companies represented by Rho Phi grad. brothers. Garrett Roecker, with Texas Instruments, sent out a note prior to the fair. Currently there are 5 or 6 brothers employed there including 10-year graduate Morgan Lollar and last-year hires Blake Schulthies and Wes Byers, both in engineering sales in Dallas. Just hired by TI is senior Milan Thakker. Also interviewing brothers was Marathon Oil, represented by brothers Alex Clayton and Caleb Comstock, who hired senior Chris Sander. Senior Colton Motz was hired by brother Sam Hill with Bowen, and Matt Baber with International Paper hired Chem E senior Kevin Garon. These represent only a small portion of the brothers interviewed or hired by grad. brothers returning for the Rose Job Fairs. Also present at the fair and speaking to brothers were Steve Parker with ORS, INC; Jason Cooper with Kimley Horn, Ethan Kestenman with Allison Transmission; John Burkett and Austin Marshall with North American Lighting; Phil Hardesty with Tate and Lial; Brian Green with TransMarket Group; Billy Buell with GE Aviation; Brent Frizzell with Endress Hauser; Ethan Kroh with Arco Grad brother Brent Frizzell from Endress Hauser speaks to senior Milan Thakker. Photo from Fall 2015 Career Fair Rho Phi brother Aaron Abbot left, speaks with Grad Brother Billy Buell, representing GE Aviation. Rho Phi #1 in Fall Quarter Grades This past quarter the Rho Phi Chapter continued to excel academically in part due to the hard work by it’s members and excellent teaching by the Rose-Hulman Faculty. This fall quarter members of the Rho Phi Chapter claimed top scholarship honors compared to all other Fraternities on campus. Due to the hard work by its members the Rho Phi Chapter was able to obtain a 3.16 average overall Grade Point Average. The 2015 Fall Pledge class also excelled and started their first quarter at Rose-Hulman with a 3.25 average overall Grade Point Average. This quarter the brothers efforts are due in part to our Scholarship Chairs; Aaron Abbott and Tyler Rockwood. We look forward to continuing to uphold strong academic standards for the upcoming quarter. Phi Gamma Delta 8 \r\nFootball Players Named Academic All Americans This past season, the members of the Rho Phi Chapter excelled both on and off the field. Most notably Aaron Abbott and Chris Sander have worked tremendously hard and in the end their efforts paid off. They were apart of three football players this year to receive the Academic All Americans award for their efforts. They mark the 109th and 110th Academic All-American awards in Rose-Hulman’s history of athletics and set an example for fellow player in all athletics alike. Aaron Abbott set Rose-Hulman's career school records with 218 receptions for 2,509 yards this season and stands second in school history with 26 touchdown catches. Abbott led the 2015 team with 53 receptions for 626 yards and three touchdowns receiving, and also rushed for 211 yards and nine touchdown on 35 rushing attempts. The award marks Aaron's second career Academic All-American award.. In the classroom he upholds a 3.86 grade point average as a mechanical engineer. Brothers named Academic AllAmericans: Chris Sander, and Aaron Abbott Chris Sander also excelled in the classroom with an average 4.00 grade point average as a chemical engineering major. Chris started all 10 games at the safety position with 40 tackles, one interceptions, one fumble recovery and two forced fumbles. His career totals include 182 tackles, eight tackles-for-loss, three interceptions, 22 pass breakups and one fumble recovery. This is also Chris’s second career Academic All-American award. The Rho Phi also had a total of 13 brothers earn the title of Academic All-Conference this past fall: Aaron Abbott, Jacob Dye, Cameron Hart, Chris Johannigman, Craig Larew, Nick Prather, Jon Poore, Tyler Rockwood, Chris Sander, Alec Thompson, Brandon Volmerding, Jacob Whitacre, and Joseph Woodley. The Rho Phi Chapter is proud for the efforts of all our brothers who participate in athletics on campus and the efforts of those who succeed in their field. The Rho Phi Chapter will continue to strive for excellence, and are always humbled by experiences and acknowledgements such as these. Cross Country Wins The Rose-Hulman Men’s Cross Country Team posted another solid season this year. The team had success in early meets including a 2nd place finish at the Evansville Invitational and the Pre-Regional Meet. The team capped off their season by winning their second consecutive HCAC championship title in which brothers Addison Williams and Walt Dearing placed 7th and 8th to earn All Conference Honors and secure the title. The team then placed tenth a tough field of forty teams at the Great Lakes Regional Championships to end the season. Also competing is freshman Sean Sullivan The 2015 Cross Country Team at the Great Lakes Heartland Championship Submitted By: Walt Dearing Phi Gamma Delta 9 \r\nRho Phi Chapter Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity PO Box 3047 Terre Haute, IN 47803 Mailing Address Line 1 Mailing Address Line 2 Mailing Address Line 3 Mailing Address Line 4 Mailing Address Line 5 Not For College Days Alone Find us Online! rosefiji.com Information Update — Tell us about you! Please detach and return with your contact information so we can update our records. We will feature graduate updates in upcoming newsletters. If you want to share your recent news, fill in the news section or email jwhitacre@rosefiji.com for your information to be published. 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