March, 2013

A message From the Rex

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Greetings Alumnus,

On behalf of the VA OZ

chapter of Pi Lambda Phi, I would

like to thank you for taking the time

to read this newsletter. We hope to

continually extend the communica-

tions between the undergraduate

and alumni brothers and embody

the motto we all have engrained in

us, Not Four Years, But a Lifetime.

Inside this issue, we are

excited to share our success during

the formal spring recruitment

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period, invite you to the Alumni

Weekend in April, ask for your help

in supporting our Spring Raffle

fundraiser, show pictures of the

Fraternity House we will be

occupying in Oak Lane next year,

tell you about our accomplishments

in Delta Gamma’s Anchor Splash

philanthropy for Service for Sight,

and touch on our social media.

Our chapter at Virginia

Tech now consists of 60 active

brothers and 18 new members and

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is steadily growing and improving to

becoming a Greek powerhouse on

campus. We would not be here

today without the foundation you

laid before us.

Lance Altizer Jr. President

INSIDE THIS ISSUE 1. Beta Mu New Member Class 5. DG’s Anchor Splash Philanthropy 2. Alumni Banquet Weekend 6. Greek Housing 3. Spring Raffle Fundraiser 7. Social Media 4. Brother Spotlight

Pi Lambda Phi VA OZ

One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.

Henry Ford

March 2013

BETA MU PLEDGE CLASS

Top Left to Bottom Right.

• Alay Tedla • Andre Garcia • David Steltz • Drew Haynes • Franki Yeung • Hunter Sibai • Hunter Watts • Ira Futterknecht • Jason Eller • Kelly Viken • Mark Orloff • Matt Colon • Michael Helou • Pat Daley • Richard Benvenutti • Sam Meyers • Sean Hopkins • Stephen Shickle

This year’s spring recruitment was a huge success. We held new and

exciting rush events such as a cookout with a live band on campus, paintball,

shooting range, on campus poker tournament for an iPad mini, cigar night,

moonlight bowling, and a lasagna and salad feast at closed rush.

Overall, we had over 100 names on our names list and over 75

unique rushes that attended at least one rush event. Of those 75 rushes, 80%

of them came out to 2 or more rush events. As the end of the second week

approached, we invited 28 potential new members to attend, of which 27

attended. We extended bids to 22 individuals and 18 accepted their bids.

We are extremely pleased with our new member class. Members of

the Beta Mu pledge class are pursuing majors in BIT, Biochemistry,

Biological Sciences, Building Construction, HNFE, Industrial Design,

Political Science, Psychology, Aerospace Engineering, Chemical

Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering,

Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, General Engineering, and

University Studies and boast an average GPA of 3.1.

Brandon Fearing VP of Recruitment

Spring Recruitment 2013

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Tentatively, everyone will be arriving at different times Friday night. We plan to do a Percentage Night from 5

P.M. - 9 P.M. at T. Flynn's Pub and/or P.K.'s Bar and Grill. For those of you that do not know, a Percentage Night is a

fundraising arrangement where a restaurant agrees to donate a percentage of the sales on a designated night for all the

customers that Pi Lambda Phi brings to their business. The plan is to use one of these locations as a meeting place for

the night to then head downtown to other establishments (TOTS) as the night progresses.

Saturday Morning at 9 A.M., we will be hosting the 17th Annual VA-OZ Golf Tournament at Castle Rock

Golf Club in Pembroke VA. The golf course is a thirty-minute drive from Blacksburg, so brothers will meet the alumni

at a location TBD (most likely the Inn at Virginia Tech parking lot) to drive and lead the groups to the golf

course. Participation in the golf tournament will cost every alumnus a minimum of $35 with additional charges

to participate in the Long Drive Competition, Closest to the Pin Competition, and Mulligans.

The Banquet Dinner, Award Ceremony, and Charity Raffle will be Saturday Evening, 5 P.M. - 8 P.M., at the

River Company Restaurant and Brewery in Fairlawn VA. Brothers and pledges will meet the alumni at a

location TBD thirty minutes prior to the event to provide rides for everyone to/from the banquet location. At $45 per

plate, the Banquet will include a great meal with your choice of entree: 10 oz. Sirloin or North Atlantic Salmon - 7

oz. For the banquet, you are more than welcome to bring a "plus one". A cash bar will be available during the event,

but please do not influence the underage brothers to drink. (They are our drivers, and we will need them) The rest of the

Banquet will include speeches from brothers about the state of Chapter, an Award Ceremony unveiling a new Golf

Tournament Plaque that will be displayed in the New Oak Lane House, and the Banquet will finish with the Charity

Raffle. (I am still looking for more items for the raffle) We should arrive back to Blacksburg after the Banquet around

8:30-9:00 allowing plenty of time to go downtown for the night.

Link to Alumni Weekend Interest Survey: https://survey.vt.edu/survey/entry.jsp?id=1359485859745

Alumni Weekend – April 26th, 27th

March 2013

Delta Gamma’s Anchor Splash 2013

This year, Pi Lambda Phi took overall 2nd place in DG’s annual philanthropy

for Service for Sight. We bested 34 other fraternities to capture the title by

donating almost $1000, competing in the swimming competition, coming in

2nd place at Mr. and Mrs. Anchor Splash, and performing at the talent show.

Our talent show performance is both on our website as well as our Facebook

page for your enjoyment. Two of our pledges, Jason Eller and Alay Tedla,

sang a heart smashing parody of Katie Perry’s California Gurls.

Pi Lambda Phi Spring Raffle

This spring we are holding the first ever Pi Lambda Phi Spring Raffle!

You have a chance to win an Apple MacBook Pro Retina Display 13”

valued at $1699 and an iPad Mini valued at $329.

The drawings will be held on Wednesday, March 20. It costs

$10 per ticket and all proceeds will be put directly into the Housing

Fund to help pay our $11,000 parlor fee for the House in Oak Lane for

the 2013 – 2014 school year.

Link for more info: http://www.vtpilam.com/#!fundraising/chkq

Link to purchase tickets: http://www.vtpilam.com/#!store/cmy1

Brother Spotlight

Jay Chaniyara

Hometown: Ashburn, VA Major: Mechanical Engineering Standing: Junior Big: Austin Moser Current Positions: Pledge Marshall, Sports Chair, and Philanthropy Chair. Biggest Accomplishment?

My biggest personal accomplishment in this Fraternity was organizing and motivating the brotherhood as Sports Chair to win us the Hokie Grail in intramural sports for the 2012 – 2013 academic year.

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2013 – 2014 Fraternity House This upcoming fall, the brothers of Pi Lambda Phi at Virginia Tech will be moving into the 35-bed fraternity house located in the Oak Lane Greek Community. The house sits right alongside the fourth hole of the Virginia Tech Golf Course and across from the lovely ladies of AXO.

Along with the house come many new fixed and variable costs to the fraternity. Every year, we are responsible for paying an $11,000 parlor fee to live in the house, and we are responsible for paying almost $4,000 for each bed we are unable to fill in a given semester. As such, we are actively trying to re-establish good relations with our alumni to seek out interest in being part of our Housing Corporation, gain knowledge and insight to help us think of creative ways to finance ourselves without dramatically raising dues, and acquire small, yearly donations to help us along the way.

This first year is critical to our continued growth in the Greek and Virginia Tech community and for the prospect of keeping the house for future years. We have finally been given the opportunity to live with 35 of our closest friends, and we are doing everything in our power to meet our financial obligations. We’re happy to spend a year without furniture, but we would rather not start out with thousands of dollars in debt. If you would like to help, please participate in the Spring Raffle mentioned earlier as all profits will be going directly to the Housing Fund.

March 2013

Social Media Website: The new website holds a wealth of knowledge both for the prospective new member to introduce them to Pi Lambda Phi and to the alumni to check on the recent news and happenings of the Chapter. If you haven’t already, please fill out the alumni information form so that we can continue to update our alumni database. --Alumni Information Form Survey Link: http://www.vtpilam.com/#!alumni/c1ppb

Facebook: Check Facebook to see new pictures and videos posted as well as regular updates and happenings going on in the chapter. Recently we uploaded the proof of our most recent composite, mentioned our Spring Raffle fundraiser, and uploaded the video of our Delta Gamma Anchor Splash talent show performance. You can also use Facebook to leave us a message or post and interact with the undergraduate brothers. We’re a fun group of guys and enjoy hearing from everyone. --Pi Lambda Phi at Virginia Tech: http://www.facebook.com/PiLambdaPhiVT

YouTube: We also have our own YouTube channel which has all of our videos on it as well.

Twitter: We have a Twitter, but we haven’t been big tweeters. We’re working on it so follow us if you have one. --Pi Lambda Phi – VT: https://twitter.com/PiLam_VT