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Chapter Spotlight: Joe Gainer Why do you enjoy working in construction? I enjoy construction management because it allows me to apply my technical engineering skills to a very social setting. Construction management requires me What led you to join Sigma Chi? to be knowledgeable about many different disciplines of engineering but most importantly it allows me the The summer before my freshman year of college opportunity to work with many people every day. On I became good friends with Mike Bellah. He was top of that, it is a great feeling seeing the fnal product the incoming Pro Consul at the time so as I stepped of a project you have worked on every day. foot on campus he made sure that I attended rush dinners. I looked at other houses but there was no What are you looking forward to during your doubt that Sigma Chi was where I wanted to be. semester abroad? How did you help out with Derby Days? What I am looking forward to the most during Derby Days this year was very exciting. I helped my semester in England is seeing a Premier League football match. I play on the club soccer here at the coordinate the tee shirt sales and attended every University of Illinois so I am a huge fan of the game. event over the entire week. We had an excellent Seeing the best players in the world play is going to be turnout and we are ecstatic to be able to donate to an amazing experience. Editor’s Note: Representing Children’s Miracle Network. the chapter as Spotlight is Vice President, Joe Gainer. What type of work did you From the hometown of do for ARCO/Murray this Orland Park, IL, Joe is in his Junior year and is summer? working toward a degree This summer I was a project in Civil Engineering. Our manager intern where I assisted past Risk Manager and two full time project managers Joe (right) Scholarship Chair, Joe on a wide variety of projects. with friends is also the Scholarship I assisted them with every at a Pearl Vice President for the aspect of the construction Jam Concert. Interfraternity Council. management process, including Outside of fraternity life, sales, estimating, contracting, Joe plays right defensive and close out. Over the course back on the Illinois Club of the summer I worked on Soccer team where he is jobs in the Bahamas, Maryland, also President. This spring, Virginia, Wisconsin, Ohio and Joe will study abroad in Illinois doing mostly industrial Bristol, England. Read on construction and interiors to fnd out more! construction. Chapter News Special Announcement! Alex Schnepf ’16 and Ryan Smith ’17 (Front left) were Austin Hunt ’15 and Andy Munger ’15 enjoying our elected Interfraternity Council Vice Presidents of Standards and Risk Management Kegs and Camping event with their dates. respectively on November 4th 2014. 3