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Chapter News

A MESSAGE FROM

the CHAPTER PRESIDENT

Dear Alumni,

Our chapter is committed to making the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign a
campus that embraces our diversity among the
student body and faculty.
This is why Sigma Alpha Mu, both
nationally and the Rho Chapter, have taken
a stand against the Boycott, Divestment, and Chapter Spotlight: Ethan Feinberg
Sanctions movement—known as BDS. BDS is
a movement that seeks to isolate Israel and its Editor’s Note: Representing the chapter as Spotlight is rising junior Ethan
supporters and suppress discussion regarding Feinberg, from Highland Park, Illinois. Ethan was selected as Spotlight
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. due to his exceptional standing in school. He achieved a 4.0 GPA in the
Sigma Alpha Mu hopes for a peaceful fall semester while attending the Gies School of Business, working toward
resolution and recognizes Israel as a Jewish a degree in information sciences with a minor in Spanish. He is also a
state and BDS as a hateful ideology. The men member of the Phi Chi Theta professional business fraternity and is the
of the Rho Chapter are committed to educating current owner of the Brain Train Tutors. Our current alumni chair, Ethan
the student body about Israel and the conflict previously served the chapter as philanthropy chair on the executive
as a whole. board of the house and we had an outstanding fundraiser organized and
We also wanted to reach out to everyone orchestrated by him. His internships have included Pinpoint Logistics
regarding our ongoing Chabad fundraising (Summer ’18) and B&Y Properties (Summer ’17). For fun, he enjoys
event. We are ecstatic to give back to the on- traveling, cooking, reading, as well as watching and playing soccer. Ethan encompasses many of the
campus Jewish community and we have a great great characteristics that we hold important at SAM.
appreciation for your support. Please follow
this link: www.illinimatch.com and donate to What led you to join the
the SAM Campaign to show your support for chapter?
an organization that has given so much. I was initially interested
in becoming a Sammy
Sincerely, because a few people from
Jonah Abrahams my overnight camp were
Chapter President members. When I visited
during my senior year of
high school, I got to meet
a lot of people in the house
and knew it’s where I
wanted to join.

Which achievements at
school are you most proud
of?
I’m most proud of Ethan on the Chain Bridge in Budapest.
Jonah (left) with his friends. transferring into the
College of Business School at Illinois. I’ve been through a friend in that is also in Sigma Alpha
CONNECT WITH US! very diligent about my school work and I’m Mu. I have experience with cold-calling, which
is an important aspect of Logistics, that I gained
happy the hard work has paid off.
from my previous internship last summer at a
website: What would you like to do with your degree? real estate firm in Los Angeles.
www.samillinois.org I’d like to go into consulting out of college.
update your info: I believe it’s a great opportunity to learn about Outside of school, what do you do for fun?
www.mygreekgift.org/sam-illinois a wide variety of businesses, especially since I I have a great group of friends at school
would like to run my own company someday. and enjoy meeting new people. When I am
facebook search: by myself, I enjoy keeping up with new music
Sigma Alpha Mu
Rho Chapter UIUC How did you secure an internship with Logistics releases or watching a movie—I am working
this summer? toward the goal of finishing the IMDB Top 250.
I was put in touch with Pinpoint Logistics
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