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Alpha Kappa Psi

Psi Upsilon’s

April/May Newsletter

Committee Updates

Initiation Committee: As the pledging process slowly

comes to an end, the Initiation

Committee is preparing for Court of

Honor. Court of Honor is still

scheduled for April 19th

. Court of

Honor dinner will also be the Yellow

Rose Banquet. An email will be sent

out soon to every alumni with more

information about Court of Honor. If

any alumni would like to attend,

please RSVP or contact the Chapter’s

Vice President of Alumni, Dianna

Lam at dlam@ucmerced.edu.

Before Spring Break, the Initiation

Committee organized Secrets Week

and the Big and Little Reveal. During

Secrets Week, pledges were surprised

with little hints that symbolized their

Big, all leading up to the reveal. On

that day, the Bigs were hiding in the

backyard of Anthony Pham’s house

waiting for their little to find them.

To the right are pictures from the Big

and Little Reveal taken by the

Chapter’s historians.

Professional

Committee: Partnered with the Center for

Career & Professional

Advancement, the

Professional Committee

planned Flash Talks which

allows the opportunity to

share your success story.

Brotherhood Committee: Brotherhood Committee is

currently in the process of

planning a Yosemite Retreat

for the Chapter on April 26,

2014 for us to create a

stronger brotherhood.

In addition, Brotherhood

Committee has brought back

Brother of Month.

Congratulations to February’s

Brother of the Month Kristen

Wong from Iota Class.

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Fundraising Committee: Fundraising Committee has been going a great job organizing numerous fundraisers to benefit the

chapter. During the month of April, fundraising committee hosted several events which included partnering

with McDougal Kettle Corn, selling thai tea at Cowchella (UC Merced’s Annual Spring Concert), selling

Ice Cream with Espresso, and a tentative food eating contest.

Philanthropy Committee: The Philanthropy Committee has been preparing for the first Spring Fling which

will be on April 11, 2014. There will be a photo booth, J&R catered food, and the

winner of Battle of the DJ. All profits will be donated to Women’s

Empowerment.

As a Chapter, we have decided that our philanthropy is Women’s Empowerment.

Below is a link that will allow people to donate anything they can to support

Women’s Empowerment. They are an organization who educate and empower

women who are homeless with the skills and confidence to get a job, create a

healthy lifestyle, and regain a home for themselves and their children.

http://www.gofundme.com/82jgs4

In addition, we are continuing Stampout Homelessness. For this event, the

chapter will be tabling for either money/change or actual stamps in order for

women to send their resumes to firms to try and find a job.

April 2014

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Two Alpha Kappa Psi Brothers from the XI Psi

Chapter at Illinois State University appeared on

ABC’s Shark Tank on Friday March 21, 2014.

Kacey Gandham ’13 and Mike Shannon ’12 pitched

their Packback book idea which allows students to

get the best value when buying, renting, and selling

textbooks. Successfully, Mark Cuban, owner of the

National Basketball Association’s Dallas Mavericks

invested $250,000 in exchanged for 20% equity in

the company. With the hardwork from our Vice

President of Membership, Diana Huynh, the Psi

Upsilon Chapter has a corporate partnership with

Packback. Below is the link to the Packback website

which will allow you to find out more information

on the company. Alpha Kappa Psi Psi Upsilon

Chapter would like to congratulate Kacey and Mike

on their startup.

http://www.packbackbooks.com/?srcType=a

ffiliate&ID=175

Bobcat Day is on April 12, 2014 from 9:00 AM –

4:00PM. It is a special day for admitted freshman,

interested transfer applicants and their families. Our

chapter will be tabling to welcome new potential

members and show them the core values of Alpha

Kappa Psi.

The Gauntlet is an event hosted by the Philipino

American Alliance for all clubs and organizations

on campus to compete against each other in 5

different physical and mental games in hopes of

winning the Gauntlet Trophy. Last year, The

Gauntlet is on Sunday, April 13, 2014. Last year,

Alpha Kappa Psi placed 4th

and this year we want to

win the trophy while showing off our brotherhood

and club spirit, while having fun.

Thanks to our Director of Public Relations, Kaylyn Nicolas,

we were invited to University of Southern California’s

Midcourt of Honor. Five of our brothers represented the Psi

Upsilon Chapter and said that they had an interesting

experience and recommend Brothers to attend other chapter’s

midcourts. Also, we have been invited to Fresno States Court

of Honor on Sunday April 5, 2014.

Thank You! The chapter would like to thank the alumni who attended Midcourt of Honor. We understand that you are all

very busy, so we really appreciate that you are still willing to support the chapter. Observing the fraternity’s

lifelong brotherhood shows our core values through your continued actions.

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