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Chapter News

From the
Chapter President

As my term comes to end, I’d
just like to say how great my
time as president was. I really
enjoyed having this amazing
experience leading our frater-
nity and it’s something I’ll never
forget. That being said, I am
confident that our newly elected
president, Aarij Abbas, will be a great leader for this
fraternity. Our new fall 2017 pledge class and our rush chair, Dustin Nguyen (center).
We have just initiated our fall 2017 pledge class
and we’re excited to have these 21 men as our newest fundraiser at Monday Night Brewing on the Beltline. In
brothers. Hopefully we will have another good spring addition, our vice president of health and safety orga-
rush and initiate another five to 10 guys this spring nized multiple events for our chapter to help fulfill the
so we can rebuild the membership numbers we had a Sacred Purpose requirements, such as suicide prevention
few years ago. We are hoping to have between 75 and training and mental health trainings.
80 active brothers throughout all of 2018. Thank you all for a great presidential term and I
As for the goings-on of the chapter, we have worked hope to see you all at gamedays next fall!
extensively this fall to fix the house and it’s in the best
shape that it has been in since my time here as an un-
dergrad, all thanks to our house manager and his com-
mittee. We have successfully partnered with the Shirlock Jack Joyce A few of our brothers supporting Alpha Xi Delta’s
Foundation this past fall and helped sell tickets to their 5K philanthropy race, benefiting Autism Speaks.

Chapter JAKE INDERRIEDEN ’17
Spotlight:

Editor’s Note: Representing the chapter as Spotlight is graduating senior Jake Inderrieden. From the
hometown of Lawrenceville, Georgia, Jake will earn his BS in Industrial & Systems Engineering.
As the current chapter treasurer, he is also involved on campus with GT club tennis (having served
as president, vice president, and treasurer), Tau Beta Pi, the Undergraduate Consulting Club, and
Alpha Pi Mu. Jake has prepared for his career with internships at Manhattan Associates, and with
AT&T as a logistics analyst intern. For fun, he enjoys a game of tennis or round of golf.
What led you to join the be greatly appreciated by the active brotherhood.
chapter?
What would you like to do with your degree?
I pledged during my freshman I plan to graduate in December 2017 with a B.S. in
year in fall 2013, with the main Industrial and Systems Engineering. I am planning
reason being how close-knit to go into strategy consulting immediately following Jake at the GT alumni tailgate for the Georgia Tech
and down to earth the brothers graduation, and I also would like to go back to school versus UNC football game.
seemed during rush. To this for a Master’s degree in business administration after
day, I am still being reaffirmed
about how strong the bond is between every brother a few years of working.
in our chapter. Besides the meaningful relationships What are your plans for after graduation?
that were already forming just weeks after beginning After graduation, I plan to start a full-time job in
my time at Georgia Tech, I was also impressed with strategy consulting firm at Accenture. However,
the values and respect that our members always before I start working, I am planning on taking
maintained. a backpacking trip through several countries in
Are there any needs at the house that should be Southeast Asia. I hope to visit Singapore, Vietnam,
addressed? Thailand, and Malaysia.
From my perspective as treasurer, two things come Outside of school, what do you do for fun?
to mind when thinking about needs at the house. The main thing I like to do outside of school for fun
The first is that we’ve spent a lot of time and money is play tennis. I have been playing the sport since I
recently on kitchen repairs. Appliances are starting was eight years old, and I am currently a part of the
to see significant wear and tear, and there have been Georgia Tech club tennis team, as well as several other
issues with drains and pipes leaking water into the recreational teams in the Atlanta area. My hope is that
sleeping rooms below the kitchen. Another concern I will be able to keep playing tennis my whole life.
is that a majority of our member dues go towards
paying the mortgage on the house, so any further Jake and his brother after winning the championship
alumni assistance in paying the mortgage would match for T2 Tennis, a local Atlanta tennis leagues.
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