Page 2 - The Alpha Nus - Summer 2015

Chapter News From the the Shirlock Foundation. Vice President of Health and Safety, which chapter President The event almost tripled many of you all read about last year as the SAE’s previous registration position delegated by Nationals to commence record of 86, and it was the Sacred Purpose movement. Through this, Esteemed Alumni Brothers of Alpha Nu, incredible to see weeks we have had many guest speakers and have of collaboration come to become a closer knit Brotherhood through am pleased to introduce myself, Naveen fruition. To top it off, ZTA mutual understanding and various Brotherhood I Chandran, as the current President of held their annual Think Pink building activities, such as the Sacred Purpose the Alpha Nu Chapter of Theta Chi. Like Week competition soon moment, which occurs once a month and our previous President, I am continuing the after, in which we secured a 1st place victory allows each person to freely discuss whatever awesome trend of being a 3rd year Computer over all other fraternities and were able to raise is on their mind with an audience of Brothers Science major. Although I am essentially done another $150 for the Shirlock Foundation. willing to listen, proffer advice, and simply with my frst semester in offce, I am excited Spring Rush was quite a success this year; show support. We believe that Sacred Purpose to see what the next year holds, and extremely we secured the 5th largest pledge class on will inevitably continue to improve and make proud of the feats we have already accomplished campus and were well above the campus lasting impacts on not only the men of Theta in the past few months – something I owe to the average for Spring Rush. We have initiated Chi, but campus-wide and nation-wide as well. tireless efforts of our Executive Committee and 6 upstanding gentlemen into the Fraternity, We eagerly await what other incredible things the zeal of the entire Brotherhood. and we could not be more confdent of their we can and will do through this position. Our philanthropy has been one of our most character and prospective contributions to Over the summer, we will be working distinguishing achievements this past year and the chapter. The pledges have completed a relentlessly for the planning and execution of it couldn’t have been done without a concerted pledge project that involved repainting and our frst philanthropy event through the USO, effort by all the brothers. We partnered with refnishing the bar outside the house - it is GI Theta Chi. We hope for this event to create ATO, Beta, Chi Phi, ZTA, and AXO to host quite a sight to behold and a most welcome waves on campus, as well as set the foundation and sponsor a campus wide bone marrow drive facelift for the back. They have shown great for a recurring event that is solely Theta Chi. with the organization Be The Match. The drive initiative and I have no doubt they are ft to We are hoping ΘΧ to get numerous sponsors, was a great success with over 236 persons be future leaders of this chapter in due time. rent out a large central area on campus, have added to the register and over $300 raised for Internally, we have revamped the role of the Chapter (Continued on Page 4) Chapter Ben chAng ’15 putting my body on the line or just messing with Spotlight: them. I want them to love Georgia Tech because in my eyes, this is one of the best schools around and it provides us students with so much. Editor’s Note: Representing the chapter as Spotlight is What type of work did you do for NASA May graduate Ben Chang ’15. From the hometown of during your internship? Atlanta, Ben earned his BF in Electrical Engineering and will attend grad school in the fall. He has held positions in During my co-op at NASA, I did many FASET, Reck Club, Wreck Camp, and many other notable different type of work. Because I did three tours organizations. Ben has also been a consecutive Dean’s List there, each tour was different. My frst tour was student throughout school. A past GT100 student Team in power systems where I designed a printed Leader, Ben enjoys volunteering for sporting events such circuit board (PCB) to do cell balancing and as the ACC Men’s Basketball tournament. His school spirit isolation. This essentially enabled someone extends much deeper though – as he is also a member of the GA Team Cheerleader squad. Ben hopes to utilize his co- to select one battery out of an array of 40 op program experience working with NASA in Houston, Chang (Continued on Page 4) TX in the Power Systems Branch, Mission Operations Branch in the space walk department, avionics dept in voice command and gesture control to help with his passion for designing audio circuit boards. What led you to join Theta Chi? summer interactions, I knew I found the right I joined Theta Chi because of the people. I fraternity to join with its diversity, uniqueness, am fortunate enough to live near Georgia Tech and goals. which enabled me to visit it over the summer. A As a member Cheer Squad, what has friend from my high school and later fraternity big brother, Herman Ryals, invited me to check been your favorite experience? out Theta Chi over the summer. This would My favorite experience with the cheer squad have been normally easy and not intimidating has really been bringing joy and happiness to at all, but for my case, he was studying abroad everyone especially on game days. Whenever in Metz, France. He connected me to another I can put a smile on people’s faces, it makes brother, Shyam Patel, to show me around. From my day. I want people to love Tech as much as the get go of communicating with them via I do. People often have a negative experience Ben (pictured right) with NASA astronaut Randolph Facebook to how easy and non-intimidating it or time at Tech and I want it to be the opposite, Bresnik (pictured left) during a practice spacewalk in was meeting and talking to everyone, I fell in like how it is for me. I will do whatever it takes the Neutral Buoyancy Lab. love with Theta Chi. Not only that, but with my to put a smile on students’ faces whether it be