Alpha Kappa Psi Psi Upsilon

Introducing the Psi Upsilon Chapter’s (2014 – 2015)

Elected Executive Board

September Newsletter

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President: Dungdow My Vice President of Administration: Sean Nguyen

Vice President of Membership: Madushi Wanniarachchige Vice President of Finance: Adriana Tijerina

Vice President of Alumni Relations: Kristen Wong Secretary: Connie Castanada Master of Rituals: Aikiro Tiongson

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Table of Contents

New Executive Board …………….... 1 Chapter Updates ……………. 2

Rush Week ……………… 2 Bid Night ………....…….. 3 Prep to Be a Pro ………. 3

Upcoming Dates ………. 3

Committee Updates ……………. 4 Brothers Abroad ... 5 Alumni …………….. 5 September Birthdays ……….…. 5

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Chapter Updates

RUSH WEEK

Rush week was

successful. Rush is the time for the

Brothers to express their knowledge and

experiences to the

rushees/potential pledges. To the right are

pictures of the brothers and rushees at each

event. Throughout the week there were many

opportunities for rushees to get to know the

Brothers and ask them questions before sending

in their application. Our last rush event was

different. We decided to host an Interview Prep to

help the applicants and

give them advice before their interviews the next

day.

PREP TO BE A PRO

Bid Night

The Brothers and potential pledges played an ice breaker to get to know eachother.

Congratulations to the 23 pledges who received a bid on Wednesday, September 17, 2014. Induction was performed the next day, Thursday, September 18, 2014. It’s time for them to

begin their 8 week pledging process.

Lambda pledges took one of many group pictures.

The Brothers welcomed the new pledges. The Lambda pledge class waited for instructions.

Partnering with the Center for Career and Professional Advancement, the Psi Upsilon Chapter had their first annual conference. I want to thank the following alumni: Vanessa Estavillo (Zeta), Jonathan Lee (Founding), Alvin Lu (Zeta), Christina Nguyen (Gamma), and Lawrence Tagoe (Gamma) for attending our event and giving advice during the alumni workshop. 3

Upcoming Dates

Midcourt of Honor: Sunday,

October 19th

Court of Honor: Saturday, November 15th

September Birthdays

Philanthropy Committee: The Philanthropy Committee wants to continue supporting Women’s Empowerment but also expand towards other organizations like Habitat for Humanity. They are in the process of organizing community service events for the Chapter at local places like the Food Bank and the Merced High School and collaborating with Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Fundraising Committee: The Fundraising Committee has a lot of plans this semester. The committee is in the process of contacting local restaurant businesses like Sams Café, Thai II, and Apple Bee’s. They are also planning a potential large scale annual event like a Carnival which will also

bring awareness toward our fraternity.

Pledge Instruction Committee: The 8 week pledging process is now in session. The pledge instruction committee is working very hard to ensure the best experience for our 23 pledges. Pledge class is on Thursdays at 9:30pm.

Public Relations Committee: The Public Relations Committee has contacted other schools about their Midcourt and Court of Honors. They have also contacted other professional Greek fraternities on campus like Theta Tau and Phi Delta Epsilon to do collaborative events.

Professional Committee: The Professional Committee is in the process of planning their first event which is phone interviews. Phone interviews seem to be today’s way of first impressions so acing a phone interview puts you on the right path.

This year the Psi Upsilon Chapter added two committees: Pledge Instruction and Public Relations. In order to expand our chapter and membership roles, it seems more beneficial to add these two committees.

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Initiation Committee: The Initiation Committee is responsible for anything pertaining to Midcourt and Court of Honor. They started to look at restaurants for

Midcourt and Court of Honor.

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Labor Day

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Rush Week

Brotherhood Committee: The Philanthropy Committee is brainstorming events to enhance one of our core values, Brotherhood. Ideas like weekly movie nights, barbecues, retreats, and fun weekend social events are a possibility.

Congratulations to our newly graduated alumni

24 Brothers make the transition to alumni

4 Psi Upsilon Brothers are studying abroad this semester. We send them our thoughts and support.

Brothers Abroad

Kevin Alicbusan (Gamma) Mel Barbers (Gamma) Daniel Beringer (Kappa) Sirena Chan (Epsilon) Caroline Chen (Epsilon) Clara Garcia (Theta) Vanessa Estavillo (Zeta) Ryan Ham (Eta)

Anthony Pham (Delta) Stephanie Quiambao (Zeta) Eleia Samonte (Iota) Eugene Shin (Eta) Cassie Thompson (Iota) Julie Tran (Zeta) Lucy Wen (Zeta) Ismael Verduzco (Theta)

Jessica Kuo (Zeta) Alvin Lu (Zeta) Dillon Le (Eta) Gordon Li (Zeta) Viridiana Marcial (Theta) Lincoln Mitchell (Eta) Amanda Neal (Zeta) Kevin Nguyen (Iota)

Dianna Lam (Zeta Class)

Italy

Tiffany Wong (Theta Class)

Italy

Jennifer Le (Theta Class)

France

Hieu Do (Eta Class)

Sweden

Happy Birthday! Douglas Wat Nia Southerland Kappa Class Eta Class September 4 September 5

But ne’re shall we in after years forget Fraternal Days.

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