Page 2 - Eigth Point Newsletter - Summer 2014

Chapter News From the Chapter . . . Editor's Note: Representing the chapter as Spotlight is upcoming junior and Business major, Tyler Goodall. From the hometown of Dear Alumni, Columbus, IN, Tyler is one of the re-founding fathers of Gamma Chi. He has served the chapter as Sergeant-at-Arms previously, s Alumni Director and is currently Treasurer. Tyler is an active competitor on our A of the Alpha Sigma intramural fag-football team, and as a high school basketball Phi Gamma Chi Chapter star, he is a great asset to the chapter’s game. He is a third at Indiana University, year student at the Kelley School of Business pursuing majors I am proud to offer you in Finance, Accounting, and Operations Management. Beyond an update on the progress the fraternity, Tyler is a member of Student Accounting Society of the fraternity. Not and the IU Internal Advisory Committee on Sexual Assault Prevention. He will be doing a fnance internship at Cummins, only have we doubled Inc. in Columbus, Indiana this summer. Read on to fnd out more! in the professional world. I am honored to be >> Chapter Spotlight: Tyler Goodall in numbers, but we have continued to strive for quality men, men that have the potential necessary to achieve success able to call these men my brothers for life. When we look for quality men, GPA is a As Treasurer, what fnancial needs do the national conferences in January and it was very important aspect that we consider. We you see at the chapter? a great experience. I expect it will be a great want our Alpha Sigs to be dedicated to their Because we are in the midst of rebuilding weekend to remember the rest of my life. studies frst and foremost as they attempt period for the chapter, sound fnances the next How did you get involved with the to achieve their goals throughout college. couple years are critical to our survival. We Internal Advisory Committee? According to the most recent released GPA have been crippled by some unpaid fnancial statistics, the Gamma Chi Chapter ranked 2nd obligations inherited from the past chapter. I serve on the IU Internal Advisory Committee ΑΣΦ among all IFC Fraternities on campus with a Although I am happy to report most of the for Sexual Assault Prevention. I got involved 3.44 GPA. This helped us earn the Intellectual “clean-up” has been taken care of, we have when I was serving as Sergeant-at-Arms for Development and Academic Support Award a long way to. We have a large amount of the chapter. Our Prudential Board wanted to at the GAAP Awards this past semester. ritual equipment to replace, but it will be very bring in a speaker to help educate brothers on Many prestigious scholarships have been diffcult to do so with our current budget. sexual assault awareness. I got in contact with offered to the active members of our chapter. Additionally, a change in structure of national someone who worked in Sexual Assault Crisis With an Amy Johnson Roth Scholar, an IU new member fees has put us in a rough situation Services and set up a workshop to take place at Distinction Scholar, and a Coca Cola National because we are a relatively young chapter with one of our chapter meetings. The workshop was Scholar, just to name a few, we are pleased little savings. Our fnancial wellbeing will be a success and the guy who ran it told me he was with our academic performances that boost strongly tied to the success of our fundraising starting the committee and asked if I would like to get involved. It’s a relatively new committee, the scholastic strength of our fraternity. Most initiatives during this rebuilding process. but hopefully it can have a positive impact on notably, out of 30 active members, 4 brothers What are you looking forward to at the the Greek system at IU. are Wells Scholars. Offered to only 18 students, Grand Chapter Conference this summer? a Wells Scholar is one of the most prominent What type of work will you be doing Indiana University scholarships that comes I very excited to be going to Grand Chapter during your upcoming internship? with a full ride to attend the university. in Orlando this summer. We have 10 brothers We took immense strides this school year from Gamma Chi making the trip down, and I I will be working as a fnance intern for in a positive direction, and I am extremely am told this will be the most from any chapter. Cummins, Inc. in Columbus, Indiana. I will excited about what our future holds. Although I am especially looking forward to seeing so be doing a lot of project based work mainly this was my frst year as an active member of many Alpha Sigs from around the country dealing with updating forecasting processes the Gamma Chi Chapter, I feel strongly that come together for the weekend. I went to one of Goodall (Continued on Page 4) this group of men is going to leave a fulflling legacy to be proud of at Indiana University. We have the potential to leave our mark on this campus and, as gentlemen, we have the responsibility to better the man. Thank you for your time, Ryan Gerard Gamma Chi Alumni Director The Alpha Sigs cap off the school year with their formal banquet at the student union. Lookin’ snazzy as always.