By Philip Relic, Grand Master
The Alpha-Delta Chapter has started a new school year, and we are all excited about the busy year ahead of us. Rush is already underway, and we are hoping to continue our success with another large pledge class. Our rush program this year includes barbeques, sports, semi-formal dinners, poker, tailgates, and more to ensure that we have another prosperous year.
The Alpha-Delta Chapter was recently assigned a new AA, Jim Edwards. Jim is a former Grand Master (Xi-Beta at Northeastern), a Jackson’s Man, Founder’s Circle winner, and has attended a multitude of Grand Conclaves and Leadership Conferences. Jim is a first-year graduate student at Penn State, and is pursuing an MS and PhD in Computer Science and Engineering. Jim attended our second Chapter meeting of the semester, and was introduced to most of the members. Jim will be a valuable asset to our Chapter this year as we take Kappa Sigma to a new level.
Even with THON 6 months down the road, the 15-person THON committee is already hard at work. Our total last year was over $13,000. This year, Alpha-Delta hopes to beat that by many times. We are in contact with corporate sponsors such as Bank of America, Erie Insurance, and a few family businesses, and this will also be the first year where we participate with another greek organization. We will continue with the same THON family, the Tyler Truex family, whom we were paired with last year and quickly formed a bond with. The family will be visiting Penn State multiple times before THON so Tyler and the family can spend time with the brothers.
For the first time since recolonization, our Chapter will participate in Greek IFC events, and we will focus on Greek Sing. Kappa Alpha Theta, a prominent sorority on campus, joined us late last semester as our Greek Sing partner. After our first few Greek Sing promotional events, our pair stands in second place out of all fraternities/sororities on campus. We plan to work hard over the next couple months in preparation for Greek Sing, and do well at the actual event in November.
Last year, the Alpha-Delta Chapter graduated the founding fathers of the new Chapter. The 32 men who recolonized this Chapter were recently moved to alumni status, leaving the Alpha-Delta Chapter a much younger organization with lots of energy and excitement and a newfound sense of persistence and pride for Kappa Sigma. This year, we hope to make Kappa Sigma a common name around Penn State University.