Page 2 - Pi Kappa Phi UGA Spring 2016 Newsletter

Chapter Update
The Lambda Chapter is
proud of its current state as
representatives of Pi Kappa
Phi. The men that make up our nearly
100-man chapter, strive to be leaders within
our fraternity and in various aspects of the
UGA community. Through collaboration
between dedicated alumni and a motivated
undergraduate chapter, we are consistently
molding each new pledge class into men
that embody the ideals our chapter was built
on. Last fall, we initiated 34 new members,
showing a consistent increase in fall
initiates over the past few years. Also, 10
members were recently initiated as a spring
pledge class. All of our new members have
gotten to know the brothers and traditions
of Pi Kappa Phi and have been guided by an
Executive Council that strives for greatness.
Our chapter is continuing to move in the
right direction, as we were presented with a
Retention Excellence Award, for achieving a
new member retention rate of 90% or greater; a
Recruitment Excellence Award for achieving
a chapter size in the top quartile on campus;
and a Master Chapter Award for attaining 3
stars of excellence in campus involvement
at Pi Kapp’s national chapter convention in
Birmingham, Alabama. We are continuing
to improve our philanthropic efforts and will
have our annual spring philanthropy event in
which sororities can participate in a dodge
Archon:
Hunter Kelly ’14Spotlight:
How has being a
member enhanced your
college experience?
Honestly, I can’t imagine
a college experience without
being a part of the Lambda
Chapter. First off, I’m
surrounded by a group of
guys that are going to be
my best friends for the rest
of my life. I’m satisfied by
this alone, but the positive
experiences continue to go
on and on.
Aside from the Lambda Chapter, what
are you involved in?
That’s a tough question. Truthfully,
I am all in with this fraternity. It’s my first 200 family members and their sons gathered
priority in every circumstance. However,
I’m a die-hard fan for the University of
Georgia athletics. I have friends on various
teams and if I have the time, I’ll attend just
about every event. In addition, I serve as a
chairman for Greeklife with the Diversity
2 council.
ball tournament, with all proceeds going
towards the Ability Experience.
This past summer, we celebrated our
100-year anniversary with a weekend
of alumni events to kick off the Lambda
Chapter’s largest capital campaign to date. The
goal of this campaign is to raise $1,000,000
in order to renovate our existing structure
and build an addition to the fraternity house.
Through alumni and undergraduate efforts,
we have currently raised over $665,000,
with $105,500 of that total coming from
72 active brothers. Our undergraduate brothers
are proud of our commitment to the Lambda
Chapter and are honored to see how active the
alumni have been throughout this campaign. As
an example, we were happy to have brothers
Buck Stoll ’85 and Bob Dickson ’85 come and
speak at our chapter this past February. The
picture to the right shows them in front of the
house with their sons, Conner Stoll ’15 andAlex
Dickson ’15. We have been steadily progressing
as a chapter and are pleased with improvements
we have made over the past few years.
This recent success, in addition to the progress
of our current fundraising campaign, marks a
great era for Lambda and we are excited about
what the future holds for our chapter.
Sam Murphy ’14 ΠΚΦ Buck Stoll and Bob Dickson with their sons, Conner and Alex.
Historian
What are you currently Team has been working very hard in order
studying as an to recruit another great fall pledge class,
undergraduate, and why? and have confirmed a summer rafting rush
What are your future plans? event. If any alumni have names they
would like to recommend for rush, please
I currently intend to graduate contact our Rush Chairman, Alex Dickson,
with a degree in finance. at alexdickson@me.com. Regarding next
I enjoy working with numbers fall, we plan on putting a lot more time and
and am very business-oriented. effort to make our tailgates an even better
I’m not sure exactly what I experience.
want to do with a finance major,
but my plan is to continue my What is your favorite thing about
studies, find a job that matches being Archon?
the field I’d like to work, and
hopefully run my own business one day. My favorite thing about being Archon
is the reason I strived to be Archon in
What type of events does the chapter the first place. Since the first day I was
have planned this year? introduced to this fraternity, my goal and
my passion was to better it in every way
On the weekend of March 18th, nearly possible. I have lived out this goal of
my mine every step of the way. Now, as
for a night at Magnolia’s with food, drinks, Archon, I’m able to do that to its entirety.
and March Madness basketball to celebrate I’m so excited to see where the future of
Parent’s Weekend. The following morning, this fraternity goes, and I can’t wait to
we invited our moms to a Mother’s Brunch come back as an alumnus year after year
to honor everything that the Mother’s and see the footsteps that each and every
Club and each individual mom has done single one of us has made.
for Pi Kapp’s members. Also, our Rush