Page 4 - Diamond News - October 2014

Page 4 Fall Pledge Class Biographies Event Update My name is Phillip Reeder from Atlanta and I'm a first year Beach Weekend Computer Engineer. I've always loves computers and programming but I also played soccer, swam and ran a few This year our brotherhood went to Tybee Island for our triathlons at Paideia High School. annual Beach Weekend. We take this time to relax and get away from the stresses that Tech brings and to get to know each other more. Some brothers went fishing and others went kayaking with their dates around the island. Our house was near the beach so we were able to just walk to the beach whenever we wanted and our house was also close to the pier so our brothers were able to go there for dinner and the bars. My name is Chris Nowack. I am a first year Mechanical Engineering major and would like to potentially work in the aerospace industry. I live in Acworth, Georgia and played lacrosse and volleyball at Harrison High School. I enjoy being active in general, and plan to continue playing sports at Tech through club and intramural teams along with activities through ORGT. Scholarship For the second year in a row our chapter has been able to Event Update offer three scholarships to incoming freshman. We provide one incoming freshmen with $1000 and two freshmen with Philanthropy $500 dollar awards based on high school academics, extra- curricular activities, and a two-staged interview Our service and philanthropy efforts have gotten off to a process. We were fortunate enough to have many qualified great start so far this semester. On September 19th, we applicants, and ended up giving our awards to three helped Atlanta area Alumni Matthew Washburn with the incredibly qualified young gentleman. Adam Zhang Hornet Hustle. The Hornet Hustle is a fun run held each fall ($1000), Michael Tatum, and Christopher Nowack (a at Hawthorne Elementary School. For this event, we arrived current associate member) were our award winners this early in the morning and directed kids to their waiting year. We would like to once again thank the alumni for areas and then ran the race with them. It was a great their generous donation of $1000 to help fund half of these success and all present enjoyed themselves .Also on the scholarships. agenda for this semester in another bone marrow registration drive. After holding our first event in the spring, we feel that we can make this a semesterly event. This event will take place on October 15 and 16 . th th