Page 2 - Gamma Tauk - Spring 2014

chaPteR chapter spotlight BRett KuBica news Editor’s Note: Representing the chapter as Spotlight is Brother Brett Kubica. Brett is a 2014 spring graduating Senior who will earn his degree in Aerospace Engineering. From the hometown of Ft. Sill, OK, Brett From the has been relocated close to eleven times while his Dad was in the Army. His family Chapter President traveled to Korea, Madrid, Spain, and all over the US. Brett joined the Army ROTC program as a 2nd Year Cadet and Brothers, won Cadet of the Year 2011-2012. As a It is a great 3rd Year, he became a mentor year, and in the 4th Year, he made Cadet Battalion time to be a Phi Commander. After graduation, he will be Gamma Delta. commissioned as a 2nd Lt in the Army. Over the last Recently engaged to Livia Steen, a Kappa year, our chapter Brett and his fancé Livia Steen, shortly after his marriage proposal Delta at LSU who is getting her Masters in ΦΓΔ has continued in Dahlonega, GA on October 26, 2013. Social work at UGA, Brett is already off to to lead the a busy start. Read on to fnd out more! pack among all fraternities at Georgia Tech, showing Having moved eleven times while growing up, aviators on a daily basis. I believe that is where my why we have been the recipient of the which location did you enjoy most? fascination with fight began. Ever since I was in Dean Dull Award for best fraternity My favorite place that I have lived would have to 8th grade I knew that I wanted to pursue a degree three years running. With 83 brothers be Korea. My family moved to Korea the summer in aerospace engineering, and at the end of my (including 25 new initiates), we are in before my freshman year of high school and we sophomore year at Tech I decided to join the Army a state of growth but have continued stayed until the end of my sophomore year. Perhaps ROTC program. My degree, interests and ROTC to uphold the values of our chapter I enjoyed Korea so much because of the age that I involvement all pointed me towards Army Aviation, in the brand new Landon-Nelson was and the friends that I made, but I also had many so that is what I have pursued. It has always been a Hall. Academically we excelled this opportunities there that my peers have not had and dream of mine to fy. year, earning a 3.29 GPA in the fall. may never have. While living in Korea, I was able to What are your plans for the short break you will Brothers Quinn Dolan and Thomas travel to China, Japan and Thailand. The exposure have before reporting to Fort Rucker? Henderlong were honored with the It turns out that I will not have much of a break at Triple A Scholarship Award. all before fight school. I have been selected for the FIJI has also been raising the bar in philanthropy by fundraising close to Gold Bar Recruiter position at Georgia Tech’s Army $30,000 for children’s healthcare this ROTC Unit. The job starts on May 15th and will continue until I head to Fort Rucker on August 17th. year. Just this month, FIJI showed However, during my 12 days off I plan to attend the our support for children fghting cancer by raising over $16,000 Army Aviation Solutions Summit in Nashville, TN (1st among all fraternities) for St. with my father, who is also an Army aviator, and visit my fancée’s family in Lafayette, LA. After Baldrick’s Foundation. Athletically, that, I will be heading back to Atlanta to begin my FIJI continues to dominate the feld, winning the athletic trophy 13 of the frst job in the Army. last 14 years. The versatility of our house continues to be second to none. Brett with his family after graduation from Air Assault School in summer 2012. It is both an honor and a blessing to serve this house as chapter president. This year, my cabinet and to so many cultures different from my own has been I along with the entire brotherhood invaluable for me. hope to bring our chapter to new What has been your most memorable experience heights by respecting our new house, with Gamma Tau? continuing to excel academically, My most memorable experience with Gamma and maintaining old, long-standing Tau was our Fall Break trip during 2011. I was traditions. We are excited to continue the philanthropy chair at the time and in charge of to set the bar high for Georgia planning the whole trip. The entire Fraternity went Tech. Speaking on behalf of the down to Pensacola for the long weekend. There undergraduates, thank you for your was plenty of lounging around on the beach, but continued support – you have shown the best part of the whole trip was the work we did us that FIJI is truly “not for college with Habitat for Humanity. In a 6 hour work day days alone.” we were able to assemble the frame of two houses Fraternally yours, from the foundation up. Seeing what we could accomplish as a brotherhood was a testament to the quality gentlemen of Gamma Tau. Brett fying in the OH-58 Kiowa Warrior over the North Shore of Why pursue fight school? Hawaii during summer 2013. Gregory M. O’Neal I have always been interested in aviation. Due to President, Phi Gamma Delta my father being an Army pilot I was surrounded by Kubica (Continued on Page 4)