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ALPHA RHO CHI
IKTINOS
CHAPTER CHAPTER REPORT – MARCH 2013 APX 66th NATIONAL CONVENTION
Building off of the success of last year, Iktinos has been hard at work to continue to strengthen our chapter and shape our brothers into leaders on campus. The new executive board has set two goals for the semester:
-‐ Improve leadership turnover through better documentation of events
-‐ Strengthen the chapter’s relationship with Taubman College and the many student organizations within it
In order to improve turnover, we have setup an online filing system that contains meeting minutes, reports, and event guides. As our records grow, we hope that the chapter operates more efficiently and pushes to do bigger and better things. Our first step towards improving our relationship with the school was taken in December when we appointed a new faculty advisor. Our new advisor, Melissa Harris, is a well-‐respected professor within Taubman College and has administrative experience. We hope to use her as a resource to organize events with the school and spread our name.
17 new brothers after a long initiation.
Our new faculty advisor, Melissa Harris, addresses
students in studio.
NEW BROTHERS FALL 2012
In January, we initiated seventeen new brothers from our fall 2012 pledge class, continuing our growing tradition of large pledge classes. Each of them brings a unique personality and great energy to our chapter, and we are really excited to see the things they accomplish in the future.
ANOTHER GREAT YEAR OF APX
CHECK US OUT AT: www.apxumich.com
With our busy college lives and long studio hours, we recognize the importance of taking some time out of our schedules to have some fun and bond with each other. The social committee has done a great job of making sure our chapter calendar stays full with opportunities to unwind. In the fall, we spent a Saturday afternoon at Talladay Farms in Milan, Michigan. Brothers raced through a corn maze, ate donuts, and shared apple cider. Recently, brothers have enjoyed outings of laser tag, brother dinners, and ice-skating. Coming soon…bowling, a potluck dinner, and a brother game night.
SOCIAL CHAIR: STEPHANIE HRIT
FUNDRAISING CHAIR: MATT RHEINGAINS
Brothers share the last remaining half-gallon of apple cider in the
entire state of Michigan.
After a year without fundraising, Iktinos came back strong in the fall with a newly established committee dedicated to generating some revenue for chapter expenses. Events included monthly grilled cheese sales, delivering student directories for the student publication office, and submitting innovative ideas to the 1000 Pitches pledge competition sponsored by the University of Michigan’s Center for Entrepreneurship. So far this semester, Iktinos has raised money by organizing 50-50 Super Bowl squares, selling pączkis on Fat Tuesday, and continuing the grilled cheese sales.
A group photo after a night of intense laser tag and fancy
dinning at Red Robin.
Chilling on a Thursday night at Yost Ice Arena.
Brothers fire up some hot dogs and grilled cheese during our
first food sale of the year.
PHILANTHROPY CHAIR: ZOE PARSIGIAN
In the fall, our philanthropy committee completed a variety of smaller projects. Activities included donating our time to carve pumpkins for the Leslie Science Center and building doghouses with the Detroit Dog Rescue. This semester, we have tried to find a more permanent community partner so that we can pursue long-term projects. Our search has been a little difficult, but we are currently working on a kiosk design for the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens. If things go well, we would like to organize a design competition related to similar community design projects and invite all students at Taubman College to participate.
After our initiation in January, our pledge trainers quickly recruited a new group of young architects and began another season of pledging. We currently have ten new pledges in training. A little smaller than the past two classes, but what they don’t have in size, they make up with enthusiasm. They have all been very committed to learning about our fraternity’s history and they have completed all of their pledge tasks with flying colors. We are excited to continue the pledging season and plan to initiate the new class in the fall.
NEW PLEDGES
OUTREACH CHAIR: ALYSSA KARGL
The outreach committee is tasked with reaching out to the professional world, the university, and the local community. They have worked with our Worthy Scribe to organize trips to firms and they are currently reviving the chapter newsletter, Iktinews. In addition to everything going on in Ann Arbor, the committee is also looking forward to planning events with other chapters in the region to help improve relationships between neighboring schools. Some of our ideas are to organize pen pals between chapters and plan weekend trips.
PROFESSIONAL GREEK WEEK APRIL 2012
Last spring, we competed against nine other professional fraternities in the annual Professional Greek Week. While we lacked in numbers, we showed more heart than any other two fraternities combined. Activities included powder-‐puff football, male cheerleading, dodgeball, trivia, karaoke, and the Mr. Professional pageant. Some highlights of the week include Danny Francken’s emotional performance on his recorder during the Mr. Professional pageant and Taylor Franz’s Heisman stiff arm during the football tournament. Danny took home the silver medal, while Taylor had to be taken to the hospital for some x-‐rays.
Brothers tour the AC3 firm in the fall.
Brothers pose with all of their beautiful pumpkin carvings.
Our 10 new pledges show some smiles after slaving over a
delicious dinner for the brothers.
The APX male cheer squad shows off their athleticism with some synchronized cartwheels.
ALPHA RHO CHI
Website:
www.apxumich.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Address:
Alpha Rho Chi | Iktinos Chapter Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning
2000 Bonisteel Blvd Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2069
GO BLUE!
IKTINOSS
Executive Board Kevin Kerwan, Worthy Architect
Danny Francken, Worthy Associate Architect Meghan Royster, Worthy Scribe Corey Blaskie, Worthy Estimator
Jeff Burgess, Pledge Trainer Lillian Candela, Assistant Pledge Trainer
Alyse Sabo, Worthy Superintendent Taylor Franz, Immediate Past Worthy Architect
Kati Albee Moe Alshadood
Sarah Arthur Josh Belinky Amee Bhatt
Jackie Buckley Ashley Chang Hillary Davlin
Brooke Dexter Maureen Faul Zach Geimer
Zara Gilbert Chas Gott
Briana Hatcher James Howe Allyson Hrit
Stephanie Hrit Alyssa Kargl Ross Kuchin Katie Lanski Sarina Lee Jamie Lutz
Aigerim Mangibayeva Dan Marty
Mary Milford Shelby Mitchinson
Taylor Mortorff Marissa Mrowka Nerson Oraha Alex Pageau Zoe Parsigian
Andrea Partenio Lena Pfeiffer
Matt Rheingans Chanel Roberts Brian Sredojevic
Andrew Tehranisa Karen Toomasian
Adam Wagner Ajae Whittaker Katie Wilson Jeffrey Wong Yurong Wu
Wookey Yoo
BROTHERS FALL 2012 – WINTER 2013