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awards scholarships


he Alpha Nu Building Association of Theta Chi was pleased to award
Greetings from the undergraduates Ttwo scholarships to deserving brothers of the Alpha Nu chapter.
of the Alpha Nu Chapter! Applications for the awards were requested from the Brotherhood
at large and the winners of the awards were selected based on their
service to the chapter and community, their scholarly achievements,
and fnancial need. At the Building Association Annual meeting, the
s we look toward - a new semester,
Awe are humbled by the International board approved two awards. Alumni Brothers Kevin Massey ‘92 and
Ian Willoughby ‘92 made the long journey from Gordon Biersch to
Headquarters’ selection of Alpha Nu 840 Techwood Drive and interrupted House elections to announce the
for two awards at this years’ National winners of the 2010-2011 Academic year winners. Brothers Davis and
Convention. We were privileged to receive Andrew Ligotti were each awarded $2000 towards their pursuit of
the Phil S. Randall Success in Recruitment academic excellence and Brotherhood.
Award, and the Chapter Achievement The Alpha Nu Building Association is pleased to extend the helping
award in six areas of chapter management. hand to these brothers for their commitment to Fraternity, service to
We were recognized as leaders in the their fellow man, and their pursuit of excellence in academics at Georgia
Theta Chi world this year, and our level
of enthusiasm and interest in the further progression of our chapter is Institute of Technology. Well done. The Building Association plans
additional awards for fall 2011. Applications are due roughly April
extremely promising. The number of ideas coming from all aspects 2011. To help insure that we continue to give scholarships to deserving
of the brotherhood will allow us as a chapter to move forward a brothers who helped promote the brotherhood of Theta Chi at Tech,
great deal. We are anxious to employ improvements in a multitude of make your donation today! Every donation will help us build on this
areas such as academia, campus leadership, philanthropy, and alumni great tradition.
involvement. We continue to be one of the strongest chapters of Theta
Chi. We look to bolster this strength in the coming year through our Bald for the Cause
tried and true methods, and by enacting fresh ideas.
We had a very exciting spring semester. We have just initiated
his last Spring Semester, 32 Alpha
the next generation of Alpha Nu, 10 extremely eager brothers with TNus - 30 undergrad and 2 alumni,
unbelievable potential to take our chapter to new levels. Many respectfully - raised $9,856 by shaving
have expressed strong interests to use their abilities to step up into their heads! Many other fraternities
leadership roles all around the house. We as a brotherhood cannot on campus also participated in the
wait to see what they can do. fundraiser, and the Greek Community
We are also looking forward to the football season. As exciting
as it was to watch our beloved Yellow Jacket graduates move into the had over 125 men from 10 fraternities
participate to raise over $37,000. For
NFL in high draft picks, the real thrill is seeing what senior Joshua us undergrads, this philanthropic
Nesbitt can do with the team. The pre-season coaches’ poll marks us opportunity became a friendly
at 17th in the nation and 3rd in the ACC. The rankings are exciting competition between the houses on
to say the least. With the sterling leadership of Paul Johnson, who is campus. Although we did not raise the
entering his third year, the prospects look good to improve upon that. most money as a team (I’d rather not
We will continue to support the Jackets both home and away. Many say which house did), we did however
brothers will travel to the Clemson game on October 23rd. We’ve
been planning tailgating activities at the house for a while, and hope have the most Brothers pledge to Matthew Slother getting his head
that you will come by the house while attending a game. We welcome shave their heads. Individually, Ben shaved.
you to join us in supporting the team at every turn, as we defend our
ACC Championship victory.
Looking to the future, we cannot wait to rush new members this
fall. We will continue the superb trajectory our chapter has set in the
past year to grow the size of the Brotherhood. We started planning in
early summer how to succeed in rush like never before.
As always we look to continuously improve alumni and parent
involvement with Alpha Nu. Communication between undergraduate
and alumni brothers is vital for the fraternity’s long-term success. We
continue to provide regular updates on the progress of the chapter on
our website.

I hope everyone will join with us to make the remainder of 2010
another great chapter in the history of Theta Chi.
As a further fundraiser at the event, the barbers would pick individuals and shave half
Fraternally, their heads to see what they could additionally raise for them to fnish the job; Matt
Clemmer, Trevor Pool, and Sam Sin where a few of the Brothers to fnd themselves so
Andrew Ligotti, AN 1482 lucky.
Chapter President Bald, continued on page 4
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