History of the New York Alpha

Chapter

➹ Pi Beta Phi Fraternity ➹

Syracuse University

Region 1

Fall 2011

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Parts Page

Our Chapter Officers 3

New Members 4-6

Member Information 6-10

Legacies 10

AAC & HC 11

Special People in our House 12

Our House 13

Our Website 14

Recruitment 15

New Member Program 16

Inspiration Days 17

Initiation 18-19

Scholarship 20

Fraternity Heritage Activities 21

Cookie Shine 22

Campus and Community Service 23

Literacy 24

Leading With Values 25

Senior Programming 26

Important Visitors 27

Life at Syracuse University 28-29

Awards 30

Pi Phi Convention 31

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

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VP Housing: Ashley Brown

New Member Coordinator: Cat Pascarella

NEW MEMBERS

THE ALPHA TAU CLASS - FALL 2011

Steffie Halim - Broadcast Journalism from the Philippines

Lydia Hanna - English & Textual Studies from Barneveld, NY

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

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Jenn Barcia - Civil Engineering from New York, NY

Sadikchya Malla - Accounting from Kathmandu, Nepal

Ericka Levy - French & Marketing from Huntington, NY

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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

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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

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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 Syracuse, NY

Erin Boyd - Psychology from Southbury, CT

Paula Coryn - Architecture from ___, IA

Liz Cousins - Biochemistry from Worcester,

MA

Sam Danziger - Advertising from Medford,

NY

Sara Fernandez - Conservation Biology from

___,NY

Sephora Findling - Nutrition Science from

Houston, TX

Amanda Imundo - Psychology from Port

Saint Lucie, FL

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P.J. Maldonado - Child and Family Studies

from New York, NY

Kate McCombs - Stage Management major

from Simsbury, CT

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

ALPHA PI - SPRING 2010

Stephanie Alvarez -

Leslie Berkowitz - Television Radio & Film

from Burke, VA

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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 -

Atkinson, NH

Rebecca Horton - Social Work from

Hamden, CT

Jamie Kailer - Mathematics from

Albuquerque, NM

Aubrey Mariani - Political Science from

Syracuse, NY

Allison Mariotti - Magazine Journalism from

Chicago, IL

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Megan Martin - Inclusive, Elementary and

Special Education from Rochester, NY

Mikaela Ost - Television Radio & Film from

___, NY

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

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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

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 HarrisLeslie BeckerLaura ReidelLynn ____

House Corp -

Mary Lu Keef (President)

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Nancy Clayton (Treasurer)Chris Carfagno

ELLA MAEBOMBARDO

House Mother/Director

Since 2005, also the house chef for Alpha Tau

Omega Fraternity

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PAUL VARGAS

House Chef

OUR HOUSE210 Walnut Avenue

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OUR WEBSITE

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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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RECRUITMENTContinuous 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

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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.

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

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

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

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pamphlet, which lists how each member

succeeded in her respective academic area.

This semester's recipients, whose spring

semester GPAs were the highest:

Alexis Lawton: 4.0

FRATERNITY HERITAGE ACTIVITIES

This semester's Fraternity Heritage module

was interactive and a lot of fun. It was an

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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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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 semi-formal

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

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In the spring semester, a senior transition

officer will be elected. We had only one

senior graduate this fall -

Alex Guitard.

IMPORTANT VISITORS

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LIFE AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

University President - Nancy Cantor

Major news stories on campus

Associate head coach of the men's basketball team, Bernie Fine, accused of molesting 3 minors several years ago

Sports

The football team was one win away from going to a bowl game, but campus consensus is that they didn't deserve it anyway

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The basketball team is so far undefeated and ranked in the nation's top five teams

Greek Community

Panhellenic Council sponsored a collection drive for Vera House, a women's shelter

Greek or Treat brought inner-city children around to each Greek house for planned activities

Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs

Junior Panhellenic Council re-colonized, with two members from each chapter. Our chapter delegates: Victoria Sypnewski and Stacie Fanelli

Greek Advisor -

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

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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

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) 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 AttendeesEmily Fasel & Mikaela Ost

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