History of the New York Alpha Chapter Pi Beta Phi Fraternity Syracuse University Region 1 Fall 2011

HISTORIAN'S PAGE

Chapter Historian: Stacie Fanelli y Initiated: Spring 2011 y Major: Photojournalism y Hometown: Union Beach, NJ

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section Section Two: NY Alpha Chapter Section Three: Membership Section Four: Scholarship Section Five: Fraternity Heritage Section Six: Philanthropy Section Seven: Values Programming Section Eight: Senior Programming Section Nine: Important Visitors Section Ten: Campus Life Section Eleven: Chapter Brag Sheet Appendix

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OUR CHAPTER OFFICERS Chapter President: Emily Fasel VP Membership Development: Mikaela Ost VP Fraternity Development: Aspen Debyah VP Finance: Alyssa Goldfarb VP Membership: Leah Beath Persky VP Administration: Aubrey Mariani VP Philanthropy: Heather Watts VP Communications: Shelley Halman VP Event Planning: Julie Pollak VP Housing: Ashley Brown New Member Coordinator: Cat Pascarella

NEW MEMBERS THE ALPHA TAU CLASS - FALL 2011 Steffie Halim - Broadcast Journalism from ___

Lydia Hanna - English & Textual Studies from ___, NY

Kate Martin - Televisio, Radio & Film from Birmingham, AL

Jenn Barcia - Civil Engineering from New York, NY

Sadikchya Malla - Accounting from Kathmandu, Nepal

Ericka Levy - French & Marketing from Huntington, NY

Sara Minsley - Architecture from New York, NY

ALPHA SIGMA - SPRING 2011 Colleen Bidwill - English & Textual Studies from Greenbrae, CA Samantha Davis - Environmental Science from Guilderland, NY Brittany Emmons - Social Work from Liverpool, NY Stacie Fanelli - Photojournalism from Union Beach, NJ Christina Fieni - Advertising from Voorhees, NJ Erica Franceschini - Communication & Rhetorical Studies from Doylestown, PA Anna Griffith - Architecture from Shaker Heights, OH Devon Harris - Musical Theater from Houston, TX Many Kane - Neuroscience from Ridgefield, CT Lizzie Kelner - Communications Design from Buffalo Grove, IL

Hanna Kim - Advertising from New York, NY Clea Nievera - Psychology from Rockville, MD Victoria Sypniewski - Psychology & Political Science from Hazleton, PA Hannah Tibbets - International Relations from Arlington Heights, IL Emily Whipple - Interior Design from Milton, MA ALPHA RHO - FALL 2010 Grace Barnes - Child and Family Studies from ___ Erin Boyd - Psychology from Southbury, CT Paula Coryn - Architecture from ___ Liz Cousins - Biochemistry from Worcester, MA Sam Danziger - Advertising from Medford, NY Sara Fernandez - Conservation Biology from ___ Sephora Findling - Nutrition Science from Houston, TX Amanda Imundo - Psychology from Port Saint Lucie, FL P.J. Maldonado - Child and Family Studies from New York, NY Kate McCombs Brogan McGonagle - Exercise Science from Boston, MA

Emily Montgomery - Illustration and Writing and Fashion Communications from Portland, OR Leah Beth Persky - Nutrition Science from West Hartford, CT Elle Shimkus - Communications Design from Manchester, PA *Lindsay Barton - Magazine Journalism from South Plainfield, NJ * - Initiated after re-pledging Fall 2011 ALPHA PI - SPRING 2010 Stephanie Alvarez Leslie Berkowitz - Television Radio & Film from Burke, VA Ashley Brown - Supply Chain Management from Massena, NY Candice Cepeda - Communication Sciences & Disorders from Plainview, NY Aspen Debyah - Advertising from Malone, NY Emily Fasel - Marketing, Accounting & Supply Chain Management from Pittsford, NY Alyssa Goldfarb - Retail Management from ___ Rebecca Horton - Social Work from Hamden, CT Jamie Kailer - Mathematics from Albuquerque, NM Aubrey Mariani - Political Science from Syracuse, NY

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Allison Mariotti - Magazine Journalism from Chicago, IL Megan Martin - Inclusive, Elementary and Special Education from ___ Mikaela Ost - Television Radio & Film from ___ Leslie Ott - ___ from New York, NY Julie Pollak - Communications Design from Jericho, NY Lauren Rosenstein - Social Work from New Providence, NJ Alyssa Rothschild - Nutrition and Dietetics from New City, NY Melissa Sack - Fashion Design from Chelmsford, MA Talya Sterling - Inclusive Elementary & Special Education from Cleveland, OH Sandra Yang - ___ from Queens, NY ALPHA OMICRON - FALL 2009 Shelley Halman - Music Industry from Jackson, MI Sarah Lang - Public Relations from Rowland Heights, CA Katie Siefert - Broadcast Journalism from Fairfield, CT ALPHA XI - SPRING 2009 Allie Ditkowich - Writing and Rhetorical Studies from Lynbrook, NY Alex Guitard - Environmental Biology from Portland, ME

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Helayne Kushner - Psychology from Hillsdale, NJ Melissa Opsal - Broadcast Journalism from ___ Katie Walpole - Policy Studies, European History, and Political Science from Mclean, NY LEGACIES Paula Coryn and Kate McCombs

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ALUMNI ADVISORY COMMITEE & HOUSE CORP MEMBERS AAC Heather Erickson (Chair) Amber Harris Leslie Becker House Corp Mary Lu Keef (President) Nancy Clayton (Treasurer) Chris Carfagno

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ELLA MAE BOMBARDO House Mother/Director Since 2005, also the house chef for Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity

PAUL VARGAS House Chef

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OUR HOUSE 210 Walnut Avenue

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OUR WEBSITE We completely updated our website this semester. It now has a new design, all current pictures, and a blog that will go bi-monthly in the spring. It's no longer just chunks of information for anyone, but a resource for our own sisters.

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RECRUITMENT Continuous Open Bidding In early September, we invited a number of women to our chapter house for events including Casino Night, Movie Night, Cupcake Decorating ______ and Ivory and Onyx Night, during which we were able to get to know them on a more meaningful level than during the short parties of formal recruitment.

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NEW MEMBER PROGRAM The New Member program is a six-week long process in which the newly pinned women learn about the heritage of NY Alpha and Pi Beta Phi as an organization internationally. They also learn about our sisterhood and what it means to be tied together by the bonds of the Wine and Silver Blue. They learn about teamwork and chapter dedication throughout the whole process and understand that we are a family and a home away from home for many sisters. During approximately the fourth week, they go through Big/Little Week and by the en, they have three days worth of baskets and presents from their Big Sisters and they have a mentor in the house that they can go to for any advice or help throughout their time in college.

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INSPIRATION DAYS Seven Gifts Ceremony Big Sister Letters Pre-Initiation Ceremonies Friendship Circle (an introduction to the Pi Phi songs) After initiation, we hold a brunch for alumni, current sisters and newly initiated members.

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INITIATION DAY - NOVEMBER 5, 2011 Clockwise from top left: Princess family, Pearl family, Maui Wowi family, Blue Hawaiian family

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Fab family & Beautiful family

The Alpha Taus are greeted for the first time as sisters.

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SCHOLARSHIP Chapter members with the highest GPAs each semester receive a GPA pin in recognition for their hard work from that semester. We also recognize multiple members of the chapter by handing out a pamphlet, which lists how each member succeeded in her respective academic area. This semester's recipients, whose spring semester GPAs were the highest: y Alexis Lawton: 4.0 y

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FRATERNITY HERITAGE ACTIVITIES This semester's Fraternity Heritage module was interactive and a lot of fun. It was an activity educating our women about the different ways Pi Phi divides alumni dues. After a chapter meeting, members were split into groups and given candy. Together, they had to decide whether to put their candy in the bucket for the Emma Harper Turner Fund, the Pi Phi Foundation Scholarship, Convention funding, or literacy programming. All groups chose the Emma Harper Turner Fund and we had a conversation about each fund's importance.

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COOKIE SHINE Our most recent Cookie Shine, on the Alpha Taus' initiation day!

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FAMILY WEEKEND BRUNCH

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CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE NY Alpha requires each initiated sister (with the exception of new members) to complete 15 community service of philanthropy hours in order to be eligible to attend semiformal in the fall and formal in the spring. We encourage sisters to get involved on campus through different organizations and in the community through soup kitchens and local charity efforts. We also participate in other Greek organization's philanthropy events.

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LITERACY

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LEADING WITH VALUES

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SENIOR PRORAMMING

In the spring semester, a senior transition officer will be elected. We had only one senior graduate this fall Alex Guitard.

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IMPORTANT VISITORS

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LIFE AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY University President - Nancy Cantor Major news stories on campus y Associate head coach of the men's basketball team, Bernie Fine, accused of molesting 3 minors several years ago Sports y The football team was one win away from going to a bowl game, but campus consensus is that they didn't deserve it anyway y The basketball team is so far undefeated and ranked in the nation's top five teams Greek Community y Panhellenic Council sponsored a collection drive for Vera House, a women's shelter y Greek or Treat brought inner-city children around to each Greek house for planned activities Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs y Junior Panhellenic Council re-colonized, with two members from each chapter. Our chapter delegates: Victoria Sypnewski and Stacie Fanelli y Greek Advisor -

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Our Greek Neighbors

Panhellenic: Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Gamma Delta, Gamma Phi Beta, Delta Delta Delta, Sigma Delta Tau, Phi Sigma Sigma, Alpha Phi, Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Xi Delta, Delta Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta Interfraternity: Delta Kappa Epsilon, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Chi, Theta Chi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Phi Epsilon, FIJI, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Mu, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Kappa Psi, Pi Kappa Alpha

Pi Phi Positions of Honor & Leadership on Campus

y y y Lindsay Barton: SU Women in Communications (Web Editor) Colleen Bidwill: The Daily Orange (Asst. Feature Editor); Medley Magazine (Senior Editor) Kayla Caldwell: The Student Voice (Entertainment Editor); Equal Time Magazine (Entertainment Editor); Medley Magazine (Senior Editor); Order of Omega (Volunteer Coordinator) Candice Cepeda: International Young Scholars (Recruitment Chair); Undergraduate Disability Initiative at SU (founding board member) Aspen Debyah: Kid Dangerous (Team Director) Allie Ditkowitch: National Panhellenic Council (Vice President of Recruitment) Stacie Fanelli: The Daily Orange (Asst. Photography Editor) Christina Fieni: Habitat for Humanity (Shack-a-thon Coordinator) Hanna Kim: University Union (Executive board) Kate McCombs: Ballroom Dance Organization (Recruitment officer) Melissa Sack: Hillel (Engagement Vice President)

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32 Katie Walpole: One of 35 Remembrance Scholars; Dean's Team (Executive board); Dulye Leadership Experience (Student project manager); Encompass Trust (U.S. Delegate)

Campus Awards

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Pi Beta Phi Convention Attendees Emily Fasel & Mikaela Ost

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