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Sigma Chi Fraternity | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Fall 2012
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Alumni Spotlight Member: Robert Dauphinais’98

In This Issue:
Editor’s Note: For this edition of The Illinois Sig we’re shining the Spotlight
Spotlight ..............................1 on Robert Dauphinais’98. Rob is the Executive Director at the Illinois PGA
President’s Report ...............1 Foundation. As a past Balfour Fellow of the Year (99), and current Charles A.
Kiler Award winner (2012), Rob continues to be a leader for Sigma Chi. Read on
From the Consul ..................3 to learn more about Rob, and what he is up to today!
Fall Recruitment ..................3
Homecoming 2012 ..............3 What brought you to the Kappa Kappa house to hold several house
back in school?
positions that included
Member Spotlight ...............4 The honest answer is that I rushed Sigma Chi Rush Chair, Magister,
Chapter Officers ..................4 because I wanted to meet new people and go to Consul and while in
Alumni News ......................5 cool parties. Brian Neisweinder ’98 was a friend graduate school served
Thank You Eric Rahn! .........5 I met in Westin Hall and he brought me over to the as Balfour Fellow
(known today as the Fisher Scholar). Each was a
chapter house in spring 1995.
Kappa Kappa Corp Board ...5 My pledge brothers still kid me to this day learning experience and I am particularly thankful
Chapter Eternal ...................6 because I showed up to the first event with long, for the Balfour Fellowship as it made graduate
slicked back hair, black jeans, and a black leather school affordable and a reality for me.
jacket. Sadly, only the jacket remains today. I was also fortunate to intern for Steve
Going into rush I had also heard that Kappa Sarovich ’75 in 1996 when he co-chaired the
Friendship Kappa’s pledgeship was not about hazing and in house restoration campaign. Steve was a great
fact had a constructive purpose which was very mentor and today is someone who I still admire
appealing. for his dedication to the chapter. During that
Justice fun with us as pledges and vice versa, but I recall various decades and was impressed with how
Once we got into it, sure the actives had some summer, I met a lot of Kappa Kappa alumni from

a lot of positives made on our behalf throughout much they cared about 410 East John Street.
I think that experience provided me an
Learning pledgeship and because of it have a lot of great understanding and appreciation of what a special
memories.
place the chapter house is to so many people and,
How were you involved with the chapter? while an undergraduate, I felt a responsibility to
I was at University of Illinois for six years so I had do my small part to help look after it.
plenty of chances to get involved. I was honored Church, Continued on Page 2

President’s Report Fall 2012

fter an excellent 2011-2012 school year,
Ait appears the undergraduate chapter is
off to a very good start for the 2012-2013 year.
Despite the past success, each year starts anew
with challenges for the undergraduates and their
leaders. For the most part, undergrads now only
live in the house their sophomore and junior
years. This means the primary officers for the
fall semester are being elected in the spring of
their sophomore year when they have not had a
great deal of opportunity to serve in other offices
and grow in wisdom and experience. One of the
primary goals of the Kappa Kappa Corp Board is
to advise and provide guidance to the undergrads
to achieve success. Kappa Kappa Corporation President Alex Padgett places the
As board members, we have encouraged names of Matt Miazga, Rob Dauphinais, and Jack Davis on the
President, Continued on Page 6 Charles A. Kiler Award plaque.