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Alumni News

Alum Scott Altman Star of Space-Themed Homecoming

Alumni and actives Piatt Runkle Award and sporting mustaches to form The final stage of the weekend’s festivities started
alike enjoyed a festive their best Altman impression. T-shirts featuring an with brothers enjoying Portillo’s as a post-game
weekend together dur- astronaut on the back portrayed the Homecoming dinner catered to the chapter house. Actives and
ing Homecoming. A theme of “space.” Afterwards, alumni spent time alumni mingled and played games before departing
Huntsman fundraiser visiting their old house and meeting actives. for Thirden, the senior houses, where DJ Milk ’N
at Joe’s Brewery held Next, brothers met at the alumni lot for a Cooks performed throughout the night.
Friday night was the tailgate set up by Homecoming Chair Marshall
beginning of the activi- Thompson. Burgers, brats, bacon-wrapped pork
ties. Customers who tenderloin, and several other food choices were pro-
Scott Altman with Chapter mentioned Sigma Chi vided, as well as beverages, music, and a TV. Many
President Kevin Steiner. when ordering food tailgaters left for the Illini football game vs. Purdue
saw 20% of the pro- at 2:30. Unfortunately they didn’t witness a victory,
ceeds go towards cancer research, and several Sigs as the Fighting Illini fell to the Boilermakers 46-7.
attended as a social gathering. However, the game was not without a highlight.
Saturday was full of awards, socializing, and Altman was once again recognized, this time on
great food. The day began with the chapter present- the football field for his role as 2018 Homecoming
ing Scott “Scooter” Altman ’81 with the Benjamin Grand Marshall. Kappa Kappa men proudly wear the
Altman mustache look.

Corporation President gain an automatic spot in the Horizon’s program, Renovations at 410 East John
earn a $1,000 scholarship award, and more.
(continued from page 1) Another great class (2022) was initiated this
room in the basement, based on fall, with a few legacies on board! I want to thank
feedback from the chapter Mike Bellah ’14 for all his hard work with the rush
• Added new printers and boosted the program.
WIFI speed Our next step in our “Mission Possible” work
• Replaced chairs and tables, and other is to build a master plan for 410 East John. This
new furniture will take some time, yet I believe your board is up
to the challenge!
While these are the highlights of the work that One of our goals is to better connect ourselves
has already been done, there is still plenty left to do within the social media world. Tom Munger
as we continue to develop a longer-range, master ’13 has done a fantastic job coordinating the
plan. efforts with our social media footprint. There is
We are committed to making these improve- a Kappa Kappa Chapter Facebook page, Kappa
ments, as our chapter’s leadership and culture has Kappa LinkedIn group, and we have built—and
improved. GPA is the best in years. The scholar- continue to build—content for our new web site:
ship program has improved with the new GPA www.illinoissigs.com, where I encourage you all to
policy—which requires a minimum GPA to stay visit and register.
an “active” member. Our Ben Fisher Scholar I have the privilege of working with a very com-
Program continues to be very active within the mitted board on your behalf. We continue to have
chapter, and has been a critical component of calls and/or meetings every four to six weeks. We
our success. The chapter has even qualified for have two joint meetings with the chapter, which
our KK EX Scholarship Awards, which have been are valuable in building, maintaining, and advanc-
tremendously enhanced by a very large and gener- ing our chapter in today’s world. On this note, I
ous estate gift of $600,000 from Brother Maddox simply want to say “thank you” to the board for
’46. Marc Sleiman ’20 even qualified for—and their tireless and relentless commitment.
received—the Greg Harbough Award of $10,000! If there are any alumni interested in joining the
I would like to thank all the scholarship chairs Kappa Kappa Corp. Board team, and would like
at the chapter, Matt Hollon ’17, our Ben Fisher to continue to assist the chapter moving forward,
Scholar, as well as Steve Sarovich and Joe Perozzi please contact me directly.
’14 for all their support in our efforts to challenge
our chapter. In hoc,
The chapter has taken full advantage the Bell
Chapter Award Program sponsored by headquar-
ters. The board and chapter want to say thank you
to those who contribute, in order for our chapter Peter Steger ’79
to be qualified. Being a part of this program allows House Corporation President
for more of our chapter’s members to attend LTW,

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