E-Mu Review

2011-05-01T18:00:00.002-05:00

Hello Brothers!

This past Friday, April 29th we initiated five new members

#469 - Grant Mooney

#470 - Kyle Runner

#471 - Michael Chang

#472 - Steve Crooks

#473 - Aaron Beaty

Elections were held today Sunday May 1st. The new Executive Board is

Secretary- Seth Alwan

Warden- Matt Maser

Historian- Joe Alwan

Chaplain- Nick Popravak

Other new positions are

Social/Risk- James Sapp

Chief of Standards- Greg Evans

Push Chair- Kyle Runner

We look forward to a productive year next year!

2011-03-17T15:40:00.015-05:00

Hello once again Brothers,

Much has happened since the last post and I am excited to share this news.

First up we have a couple of events for PUSH coming up.

On April 2nd we are doing Tollroads. We will be at the intersection of Roselle and Higgins in Hoffman Estates.

Also on April 30th we are doing an AccessABILITY project at Camp Big Sky. If you would like more information please email me at historianEMu@gmail.com or our PUSH chair James Sapp at jsapp@mail.bradley.edu.

Last week the current pledge class Beta Kappa found out who their pledge dads were!

Pledge Dad Joel Dockery and Pledge Kid Anthony Lee

Pledge Dad David Kim and Pledge Kid Michael Chang

Pledge Dad Colin Willoughby and Pledge Kid Aaron Beaty

Family Photo with Pledge Dad Josh Strupeck and Pledge Kid Grant Mooney(In the blue) and Pledge Dad Matt Maser and Pledge Kid Kyle Runner.

Family Photo with Pledge Granddad Alex Keating and Pledge Dad Dakota Kuhlman and Pledge Kid Andrew Rau.

Pledge Dad Andrew Puhr and Pledge Kid Steve Crooks.

These are a couple of other Family Photos.

2011-02-20T21:09:00.005-06:00

Hello Brothers!

Much has happened since the end of last semester. Elections were successful. The new positions are as follows.

Archon- Corey Greenstein

Vice Archon- Marcus Cole

Treasurer- Alex Certa

Secretary- Matt Maser

Warden- Zach Rymarsuk

Historian- Josh Strupeck

Chaplain- Colin Willoughby

That is this semesters Exec. Other important positions are held by.

Chief of Standards Board- Nick Popravak

PUSH Chair- James Sapp

Assistant Treasurer- Joel Dockery

Brother Act- Aaron Signer

In other news Rush this spring was exciting and very successful as we have seven new Associate Members who are ready to start their pledge semester. (From left to right) Aaron Beaty, Andrew Rau, Michael Chang, Steve Crooks,(In the K) Grant Mooney, Kyle Runner, and Anthony Lee.

There are Alumni weekends coming up! The most recent is the weekend of February 25th-27th. There will be a dinner on the 26th to celebrate our local founding. The next Alumni weekend is March 25th-27th. So come on down!

2010-11-20T16:27:00.003-06:00

Congratulations to the new members of Pi Kappa Phi:
#464 - James Sapp

#465 - Jesse Marczewski
#466 - Alex Schmidt
#467 - David Kim
#468 - Milton Kho

Thanks to all the Alumni who took time to come join us.

2010-10-21T21:13:00.000-05:00

Just a reminder to everyone in the area "Tollroads" is next weekend on the corner of Higgins and Roselle in Hoffman Estates. We will be out raising money for Push America starting around 8am and working until 2pm. If anyone is free please come say high and support us as we raise money for Push America.

2010-10-09T17:34:00.013-05:00

The Beta Iota pledge class just got their Pledge Dads. After the celebration we all went out to steak and shake to celebrate. Good times were had by all.

David Kim with his new
father Matt Thomas.

Alex Schmidt meets his new
pledge dad Matt Maser.

Corey as a Proud Father
with Jesse Marczewski.

Andrew Puhr and his new
pledge son Matt Fladeland.

Aaron Signer welcomes
his third son James Sapp
to the family.

Milton Kho and his
new father Seth Alwin.

Jon Cummane meets his
ecstatic dad Zach Rymarcsuk.

2010-09-24T11:28:00.002-05:00

Hello all,

We have been very busy with events this year and are enjoying being back together. Rush is over now, and we have 9 new members. The pledge class will be closing this weekend. Last night we had our empathy dinner and Hector Martinez stopped by. It was a great time and was very successful.

The weekend of October 15th and 16th is our Alumni Weekend. Saturday, we will be attending the Bradley soccer game as a house, and we'll be grilling beforehand. The soccer game starts at 6, and the cost is only $6 for alumni.
A few people will be attending Jay Leno Saturday night, tickets are available for anyone who wants, but traditional night festivities will also occur for all who wish to participate.
Alumni Weekend is a great chance for anyone who wants to meet the new guys and come hang out at the house. Any questions email me at gevans@mail.bradley.edu

2010-08-10T14:02:00.004-05:00

Hello Brothers,
As this school year approaches we are excited to return and see everyone again. This summer Bradley has done some work on the house. They added a sprinkler system, painting over all of our murals :( , and other such repairs on the old place. This Saturday and Sunday we will be moving in and beginning work week projects which have yet to be determined, relying on what Bradley has done.
As the school year commences I will add updates but this is a preliminary Calendar of this falls first events:

August 21 - Move in and block party will kick off welcome week for the incoming freshman, and we will be hosting several events to help us meet perspective members.

September 4th and 5th are the first rounds of rush. The following week (September 11 and 12 ) will wrap up rush, and reward us with several good gentlemen if all goes well. Everyone is invited to all rounds of rush, Contact other alumni and bring them and hang out meet perspectives and enjoy college life again.

9/23 we will host an empathy dinner on behalf of Push America. We would love to have the support of as many people as we can, aid us in being the best on campus by supporting our philanthropy events!

I will add dates for October and updates about the school year and events as time elapses and good times transpire.

Alumni Golf Outing

2010-07-30T16:40:00.004-05:00

Saturday August 14 there is a Pi Kappa Phi Alumni golf tournament in the Chicago area. It is $20 per person. Groups will be formed in sets of 4, there will be other alumni to join or you can make your own group. It starts at 8 am on the Ken Loch Golf Links and lunch will follow at the Hooters in Downers Grove.
If anyone would like more information go to http://pikapp.org/calendar/eventdetails.cfm?eventid=1415 or contact Steve Evans the Senior Director of Alumni Development:(704) 504-0888 ext 120

2010-03-22T15:25:00.009-05:00

Hello brothers and friends of Epsilon Mu! Spring Break has come and passed, and everyone is ready to hit the ground running and finish the semester strongly. Spring '10 has proved to be an exciting time thus far, but there are still more fun events to come!

Spring Rush was a great success, and the chapter welcomed four associate members into the Beta Theta Class! Matt Maser, Matt Thomas, Joe Alwan, and Roland Batrouni have all been working hard towards their initiation, learning how the chapter functions and getting to know the active members. They will soon be working on a plege class project and planning a social event.

Pledge Dad Night took place on the Wednesday before Spring Break, and the new guys were estatic to find out who their Pledge Dads were...

Associate Member Matt Thomas with Pledge Dad Marcus Cole

Associate Member Roland Batrouni with Pledge Dad Colin Willoughby

Associate Member Joe Alwan with Pledge Dad Seth Alwan

Associate Member Matt Maser with Pledge Dad Josh Strupeck

Earlier in the semester, during the weekend of February 26th, the chapter celebrated its 28th year of brotherhood, with some Founder's Day Weekend activities. Around 2o of the chapter's alumni came back to Peoria to socialize at the house, go to a dinner at Rhythm Kitchen, and attend a luncheon at Peoria Theatre. Everyone had a great time reconnecting and meeting new people! Thanks to all who attended the festivities!

As the chapter continues its support for Push America, a group of guys will be going up to the Chicago suburbs this coming weekend, March 27th, to hold the biannual Toll Roads fundraiser. Members of the chapter will be collecting money for Push America from around 10AM to 2PM, at the intersection of Higgins and Roselle in the Hoffman Estates Community. Any alumni and friends who will be in the Chicagoland area during that time are invited to come say "Hi," and help support Pi Kappa Phi's national philanthropic organization!

2010-01-24T15:33:00.003-06:00

Hello brothers and friends of Epsilon Mu! A new semester has arrived, and the chapter is looking to make an even greater impact not only in the Greek community, but on Bradley University's campus and in the Peoria community. Before we left for winter break, many events took place that are going to help shape our chapter as we move forward.

First of all, the Beta Eta class wrapped up their pledge semester. After taking part in two very successful Push America eventst\, hosting an exciting Monopoly party, and building a beautiful kitchen table, they were found worthy of initiation by the active chapter.

On Friday, November 20, 2009, the following associate members were initiated into the Epsilon Mu Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity:

#455-Marcus Cole

#456-Josh Strupeck

#457-Seth Alwan

#458-Jacob Carroll

#459-Chris Honnert

Congratulations to these new actives! They are sure to bring new perspectives and leadership to the chapter.

Following the welcoming of these new members into the brotherhood, the chapter held elections for positions in the spring semester. The following members were elected to positions on the executive council:

Archon-Brian Kroeter

Vice Archon-Aaron Signer

Treasurer-Alex Certa

Secretary-Corey Greenstein

Warden-Axel Pedregosa

Historian-Sam Schumacher

Chaplain-Andrew Puhr

The following members will be serving in non-executive positions:

Standards Board Chief Justice-Charlie Lau

External Philanthropy-Seth Alwan

Brother Act-Josh Strupeck

Webmaster-Dan Quitschau

Sports-Zach Rymarcsuk

IFC Liaison-Jeff Votava

Scholarship-Patrick Sullivan

Parents-Chris Honnert

Public Relations-Dakota Kuhlman

Greek Week-Nick Popravak

Social-Jeff Votava

Risk-Colin Willoughby

Up next for the chapter will be Spring Rush. Vice Archon, Aaron Signer, is planning a number of fun events, at which non-Greek guys can meet the chapter and hopefully get a bid to join the Beta Theta Pledge Class. The actual Rush/Bid Day will be Saturday, February 6, 2010. We are looking forward to finding new associate members that will help build our chapter into an even stronger brotherhood!

Pledge Dads!

2009-10-23T13:13:00.010-05:00

The Beta Eta pledge class recently celebrated their pledge dad night.

Andrew Puhr and Associate Member Samuel Williams

Joe Glauert and Associate Member Seth Alwan

Sam Schumacher with Associate Member Marcus Cole and his pledge grandfather, Aaron Friedman

Zach Rymarcsuk and Associate Member Josh Strupeck

Dakota Kulhman and Associate Member Jacob Carroll

Daniel Quitschau and Associate Member Tobin Poothakary

Not Pictured: Daniel Bressler and Associate Member Chris Honnert

Congratulations to these guys for all their hard work, and we wish them luck in their continuing associate member education.

Additionally, for anyone who is interested, the associate members and most of the actives will be undertaking our bi-annual AccessABILITY project on Saturday, October 24th. The deck will be built at 2409 N. Lehman Road, Peoria, IL 61604. Pictures will follow once our project is complete!

Toll Roads

2009-10-23T13:09:00.002-05:00

Toll roads, which was on Saturday October 3rd, was highly successful this year thanks to all the hard work from Greg Evans, current Push Chair, and all of the associate members. Over $1200 total was raised because of their efforts.

Pi Kappa Phi Welcomes New Members

2009-09-22T17:32:00.003-05:00

With fall rush over, and the pledge class officially closed, the brothers of Pi Kappa Phi welcome the nine new associate members:

Beta Eta Pledge Class:
-Seth Alwan
-Jeff Baumgartner
-Jacob Carroll
-Marcus Cole
-Chris Honnert
-Tobin Poothakary
-Frank Soto
-Josh Strupeck
-Samuel Williams

They will make a great addition to the house, and we look forward to developing their potential as leaders within Pi Kappa Phi.

Additionally, Executive Board and Chair positions for the fall semester are as follows:

Executive Board:
Archon: Patrick Sullivan
Vice-Archon: Aaron Signer
Treasurer: Scott Taylor
Secretary: Daniel Bressler
Warden: Jeff Votava
Historian: Colin Willoughby
Chaplain: Brian Kroeter

Chair Positions:
Sports: Corey Greenstein
Push: Greg Evans
Social: Kyle Campoli
House Manager: Alex Keating
Risk: Alex Keating
Scholarship: Eric Ross
Webmaster: Joe Glauert
IFC: Markus Johnson
Brother Act: Daniel Quitschau
Assistant Treasurer: Alex Certa

With a solid pledge class and executive board, the semester is already shaping up to be a good one.

Pledge Dad Night

2009-04-05T20:34:00.003-05:00

Our three associate members celebrated pledge dad night and were matched up with their respective pledge dad night. Corey Greenstein went with Brian Kroeter, Dakota Kuhlman with Alex Keating, Nick Popravak with Greg Evans. The three new guys also participated in their first PUSH America event as they did their first toll roads last weekend. Final figures are still being taken in, but the final sum is estimated to be around $1,000. Weather shortened the amount of time spent in on the street, but for the people who went the amount collected was a good amount. New member education continues to go well as the new members study the White Diamond and learn about the foundations of the fraternity.

Rose Ball

2009-03-10T20:32:00.002-05:00

I'd like to clear up some confusion concerning this semester's Rose Ball. I've had some complications with getting all the aspect of the event together, but I have now gotten most of the bigger pieces aligned. Firstly, alumni are invited and most certainly encouraged to attend the event, which will be on April 18th at the Pere Marquette and run from 6 - midnight. Transportation for the affair will be limos there and taxis returning and menu selections for the dinner will be chicken, pork or vegetarian. Sorry for the lateness of the notification, but all that's left preparation is wise is the invitations which I am contacting nationals about this week. Prices for alumni are still being configured and as soon as they are, they will be published.

Beta Zeta Pledge Class Shapes Up

2009-02-22T20:26:00.002-06:00

Spring Rush was held this last weekend and five bids to become part of the tradition of the Epsilon Mu brotherhood were Accepted. The five new associate members of the Beta Zeta pledge class are:
1. Corey Greenstein
2. Patrick Brand
3. Dakota Kuhlman
4. Michael Kittleson
5. Nick Popravak
New member education begins tonight under the guidance of new warden Kyle Campoli.

The Empathy Dinner was held February 12th, which as always gave those in attendance the opportunity to donate money to PUSH America and also see life from the vantage point of those their money was being collected for. The event was chaired by PUSH America Chair Sam Schumacher and brought in $226 for the organization.

The Epsilon Mu Chapter is also hosting a Rose Ball on April 18th at the Hotel Pere Marquette downtown for both active and alumni members. Invitations are being designed currently and will be in the mail by the end of this week.

The End of a Semester

2008-12-03T23:23:00.003-06:00

As the semester comes to a close, the guys are busy studying for finals, and preparing for break.

The house just initiated nine new guys for the fall semester:
#443- Sam Schumacher
#444- Colin Willoughby
#445- Andrew Puhr
#446- Greg Evans
#447- Axel Pedregosa
#448- Alex Certa
#449- Daniel Quitschau
#450- Tim Witthoft
#451- Eric Ross
Congratulations to all of the new guys.

Elections were held November 22nd and the new positions are:

Executive Board
Archon: Patrick Sullivan
Vice Archon: Aaron Signer
Treasurer: Scott Taylor
Secretary: Aaron Friedman
Warden: Kyle Campoli
Historian: Markus Johnson
Chaplain: Steve Evangelista

Non-Exec
Push: Sam Schumacher
Assistant Treasurer: Daniel Quitschau
Social: Andrew Finley

Recent Events

2008-11-12T12:15:00.011-06:00

The house has been busy with a lot of stuff lately.

On October 21 the guys built another deck for PARC in East Peoria. With all of the new guys, and help from Mr. Coons the deck was finished very quick.

In the month of September the guys in the house were involved in a hamburger eating contest at Bar Louie. Every Tuesday the house got guys together and they went there to eat $1 hamburgers. Some guys were polishing off 6 hamburgers per visit. In the end we won by a landslide victory.

Pi Kapps: 250 hamburgers
DU: 150 hamburgers
Delts: 60 hamburgers

Since we won we got to have a party at Bar Louie with 50 lbs of hot wings and some quesadillas.

This past week was Greek Week on Bradley's campus and all of the guys had a great time. On Monday T.J. Sullivan, a Pi Kapp from Indiana, gave a speech to the entire Greek community. Tuesday and Wednesday was the blood drive. On Thursday there was Panfrasing. Our guys were with SK and Sig Ep. The end of the week brought about Greek Games.

Pledge Dad Night/Deadman's

2008-10-20T17:55:00.007-05:00

It has been a very busy fall for all of the guys. Right now midterms are going on and everyone is busy with classes and what not.

The pledge class has been working hard at becoming fraternity members. They are doing a really good job so far. Their pledge dad night was October 8th.

The pledge dad/kids are:

Daniel Bressler- Daniel Becker

Joe Glauert- Dave Brennan

Dylan Blake- Alex Certa

Jeff Votava- Greg Evans

Kyle Campoli- Axel Pedregosa

Ed Gillen- Andrew Puhr

Markus Johnson- Daniel Quitschau

Zach Rymarcsuk- Eric Ross

Aaron Friedman- Sam Schumacher

Steve Evangelista- Colin Willoughby

Aaron Signer- Tim Witthoft

The 2008 Deadman's was held October 18th and everyone had a good time. Here are some pictures:

Everyone had a good time, just ask Andrew

Get Your Groove on Rocko

Successful 10 man Active Pyramid

The Beta Epsilon Pledge Class

There will be more updates coming, if anybody has any questions or anything that they would like to see in the blog, contact me at pi.kappa.phi.historian@gmail.com

Pi Kappa Phi Welcomes New Members

2008-09-23T14:59:00.003-05:00

The names of the Beta Epsilon pledge class are:

Daniel Becker-Freshman-Psychology/Business
David Brennan-Freshman-Undecided Engineering
Greg Evans-Freshman-Mechanical Engineering
Rob Gilbert-Freshman-Mechanical Engineering
Axel Pedregosa-Freshman-Actuarial Science
Andrew Puhr- Mechanical Engineering
Daniel Quitschau-Freshman-Market Economics
Eric Ross-Freshman-Elementary Education
Colin Willoughby-Freshman-Business Management
Tim Witthoft-Freshman-Mechanical Engineering

We welcome these new guys and hope to turn them into great leaders. We look forward to having them around and being a great new addition to the house. This semester looks to be a good one.

Start of Another Semester/Rush 2008

2008-09-08T19:45:00.014-05:00

Another semester has begun. The guys in the house arrived back August 17^th to begin their work week, and for a lot of the guys it was their first work week. They added on to the deck between the house and College Hall. A fence was added between the fronts of the two houses and stairs were extended from the upper deck down to ground level. The new addition is planned on being used for grilling out and pool parties using the blow-up pool that was acquired over the summer.

The usual work week activities were also done such as touch up painting around the house and some yard work. After work week came welcome week, which started out with move in day. The brothers started the day bright and early at nine in the morning, helping all of the new students move in. The following days involved Taste of Bradley, Activities Fair, and Ribs for Cribs. The brothers worked on meeting potential new members at all of the activities.

Classes started the Wednesday after that, and all of the brothers got right down to business with all of their class of course. Most of the focus at the current time is Rush. During the summer, many of the brothers made contact with the incoming freshmen. They have been spending the time before Rush, and the current time, meeting with these prospectives, hoping to spark an interest in Pi Kappa Phi. Steve Evangelista, the current Vice Archon has been working hard to get a good size pledge class for the Fall Semester. The first round of Rush was this past Saturday and Sunday, September 6^th and 7^th. The round involved 20 minute rounds apiece. There were several alumni who came down to support the brothers for Rush. Dan Charleston, Paul Witt, Steve Haubner, Frank Rice, Jeff Puskarich, Mike Ferrer and Kent Fleming were the alumni that were able to make it down. Paul and Dan gave speeches to each of the groups of Rushees, while the other alumni were able talk with some of the potential new members. A lot of great guys were met and we are hoping to see a lot of them back second round. It would be great to see more Alumni down this upcoming weekend for second and third round.

The past weekend was a great time, and I’m sure that this next weekend will be the same, just ask any of the guys who made it down this past weekend. To let everyone know Second Round starts Friday September 12^th^th at 3:00. Hope to see anyone who can make it down, meet up with some other alumni, have some fun, and support the actives during recruitment. at 3:00 each session will be forty minutes, and Third Round will start Saturday September 13

The Close of Another Semester

2008-05-16T10:18:00.003-05:00

The spring semester has come to a close, and most brothers have headed home for the summer vacation. The end of this semester has been busy. We won C league volleyball for the spring tournament, there was initiation, an Accessibility project, and elections were held.

For initiation we welcomed six new brothers, two of which were alumni initiates.

437- Markus Johnson

438- Zach Rymarcsuk

439- Joel Dockery

440- Dylan Blake

Alumni Initiates

441- John Fisher

442- John Waldmueller

Both of the Alumni Initiates were guys who have helped us with the Accessibility Project a few times.

Another Accessibility Project was held May 3^rd to help out PARC once again to build a handicap accessible ramp. All of the brothers worked together and built a very nice deck that the residents were very grateful for.

Elections were held and the new positions are:

Executive Positions

Secretary: Jeff Votava

Warden: Alex Keating

Historian: Brian Kroeter

Chaplain: Charlie Lau

Non-Executive Positions

PUSH Chair: Aaron Signer

Assistant Treasurer: Zach Rymarcsuk

Social: Steve Evangelista

The winners for Man of the Year, Athlete of the Year, and Alumni of the Year were also picked.

Man of the Year: Scott Kenley

Athlete of the Year: Steve Evangelista

Alumni of the Year: Hector Martinez

We congratulate the three men who are graduating this year, Jon Fredbeck, Kevin Machak, and Scott Kenley, and we wish them the greatest success in all of their future endeavors.

An alumni event is in progress for the fall, if you have any suggestions please feel free to e-mail me at pi.kappa.phi.historian@gmail.com.

Recent happenings

2008-04-15T19:30:00.002-05:00

The spring semester has been a busy one for Pi Kappa Phi. In early March, we had a toll roads fund raiser in Hoffman Estates. The men raising money braved the cold weather and managed to collect over $1000 dollars to be donated to Push America. Over spring break, 3 actives devoted their week off to help people at a Push Camp. Ed Gillen, Matt Rock, and Jeff Votava all spent 4 days at a camp in Carbondale doing projects in order to make the camp more accessible. Despite the 16+ inches of rain, the experience was a great one for all 3 of them.

Over the weekend of March 29th, the members of Pi Kappa Phi spent 2 days in a cabin together. Between games of foot tag, diplomacy and ropes courses, the brothers had a fantastic time. No one was seriously injured, and no one was lost to the wilderness.

As far as what is to come, the semiannual AccesAbility project was pushed back from the 12th of April, and now will be held on the 3rd of May. Hopefully this will mean warmer weather and a more pleasant experience overall.

The final day of classes is the 6th of May, and finals run from May 8th until May 14th. We have 3 seniors graduating; Scott Kenley, Kevin Machak, and Jon Fredbeck. We wish them all the best in their future endeavors.

Over the summer, Bill Coons and Ed Gillen will be participating in Build America, a summer long Push event to help make camps more accessible to those with disabilities. Their fund raising goal is $3500 dollars each, and if you would like to help, you can contact me at skenley@bradley.edu and I will give you their information.

Pi Kappa Phi Welcomes

2008-02-26T20:01:00.002-06:00

Epsilon Mu would like to welcome 4 new associate members for the spring semester. The chapter looks forward to having these members for the next 3+ years, and helping them to grow into better men. We would like to welcome the Beta Delta Class:

Dylan Blake- Sophomore- Photography and Multimedia
Joel Dockery- Freshman- Undecided
Marcus Johnson- Freshman- Journalism
Zach Rymarcsuk- Freshman- Electrical Engineering

Pi Kappa Phi looks forward to an exciting semester and beyond.

Empathy Dinner

2008-02-26T19:47:00.004-06:00

On February 8th, the brothers of the Epsilon Mu chapter of Pi Kappa Phi came together to help raise awareness and funds for Push America. We hosted an Empathy dinner. We invited students all over Bradley's campus to come to the chapter house and receive a temporary disability to eat dinner with. This helped the students to become aware of how difficult it can be to have a disability and to have a new appreciation of how amazing these people are. The brothers would like to extend a special thank you to Hector Martinez for attending the dinner.

In addition to the Empathy dinner, the brothers of Pi Kappa Phi at Bradley will be helping Push America in other ways. On the 7th of March, the brothers will be sending members to collect money for Push America by canning on the streets. April 12th will bring the brothers together to build a deck at a group home for PARC; the 4th of such decks built by Pi Kappa Phi in Peoria.

Alumni Newsletter/Break Update

2008-01-03T17:25:00.000-06:00

I first of all wanted to thank all of the alumni that have given us feedback on the Alumni Newsletter that was sent out at the end of the semester. It was the first one we had sent out in quite a long time, and we now realize how much it is appreciated. Jon did a lot of work over the course of the fall semester to ensure that it was done as well as possible and had the most information it could. Any ideas that you may have about the next newsletter, things you liked or didn't like, things you would like to see, send to me at skenley@bradley.edu. I'll try to include as much as I can in this semester's newsletter. I know that many alumni had expressed an interest in having a digital copy, so I put the file online here. Unfortunately, I had to remove most of the pictures, as the file was too big for the website it was hosted at.

2008 will be an exciting year for Pi Kappa Phi. The weekend of the 11th-13th is the Mid-Year Leadership Conference put on by Pi Kapp nationals. We will be sending 7 attendees who will come back with the knowledge needed to lead the Epsilon Mu chapter in the spring. Classes begin on the 23rd of January. In other news, we look to have a new, functional website designed this semester by one of our new initiates, Joe Glauert. I will keep you updated on his progress.

In other news, I am considering whether to have an alumni event in the spring, sometime in April most likely. If you have any ideas on what you would like to do, or if you like the idea, let me know. The men of Epsilon Mu wish you all the best in the new year, and look forward to your continued involvement in Pi Kappa Phi

Semester Recap

2007-12-19T19:22:00.000-06:00

The fall 2007 semester is over at Bradley University, and as all the Pi Kapps of the Epsilon Mu leave for the holidays, one final update is in order. On the evening of November 30th into the morning of December 1st, 7 new men entered the ranks of active membership in Pi Kappa Phi. Their names and numbers are:
430- Brian Kroeter
431- Aaron Friedman
432- Aaron Signer
433- Jeff Votava
434- Daniel Bressler
435- Alex Keating
436- Joe Glauert

We look forward to these men contributing to the continued growth of the Epsilon Mu chapter of Pi Kappa Phi, and welcome them into our midst.

The other major event occurring at the end of the semester is elections. As this is the fall semester, all 7 executive council positions were elected. The results are as follows:

Archon- Ed Gillen
Vice-Archon- Steve Evangelista
Treasurer- Scott Taylor
Secretary- Kyle Campoli
Warden- Patrick Sullivan
Historian- Scott Kenley
Chaplain- Matt Rock

In addition, non-executive council positions were elected:

Push America Chairman- Aaron Signer
Social Chair- Scott Kenley
Assistant Treasurer- Alex Keating

The chapter is excited and anxious to see what these newly elected men can bring to their positions.

I-Week

2007-11-27T21:07:00.001-06:00

It is that time of year at the Pi Kapp house. Initiation week has begun for our 7 associate members. Some people have called it "the best and worst week" of their lives. We will see how the Beta Gamma does at handling the craziness that is their I-Week.

Empathy Dinner

2007-11-12T12:50:00.000-06:00

The Pi Kappa Phi house hosted an Empathy dinner on the night of November 10th. To raise awareness, attendees were given a disability at the door that varied from blindness to the loss of a dominant hand. By being put in the shoes of a disabled person, guests discovered their challenges first hand. Attendance was great and over 200 dollars were raised for Push America.

AccessAbility Project Fall 07

2007-11-05T13:27:00.001-06:00

On Saturday, November 3rd, Epsilon Mu completed an AccessAbility Project through Push America. We built a deck with a wheelchair ramp on a PARC group home for the disabled. A Push Partnership Grant paid for the supplies and Pi Kapps supplied the labor for the day. Everyone was up early and we finished the project by 4 PM. Another successful Push event for Pi Kapp E-Mu!

Greek Week

2007-11-05T13:20:00.000-06:00

Epsilon Mu showed their pride during Greek Week 2007 October 22-27th. We attended every event of the week and finished second in scholastic bowl and finished in the top half overall. Here are some pics of the week's events.

Pledge Dad Night!

2007-11-05T12:52:00.000-06:00

The 7 associate members of Epsilon Mu received their pledge dads on October 24th. You can tell that the associates are loving every minute as a Pi Kapp! Here are their names and their dads.
Jeff Votava - Matt Rock
Alex Keating - Andrew Finley
Dan Bressler - Kyle Campoli
Joe Glauert - Ed Gillen
Aaron Friedman - Scott Kenley
Aaron Signer - Pat Sullivan
Brian Kroeter - Charlie Lau
Congrats to all!

Giving a big Push

2007-10-12T12:01:00.000-05:00

This past weekend, chapter members Bill Coons, Ed Gillen, and myself participated in a Give-a-Push Weekend at an Easter Seals Camp in Wisconsin Dells, WI. We put up a 32 by 50 foot pavilion for their respite camp for kids with disabilities.

The Epsilon Mu guys

The whole group - chapters represented were Michigan State, Iowa, Iowa State, Mizzou, North Dakota, IIT, and (us)Bradley. There were 43 Pi Kapps total.

dance with the campers afterwards

It was my first national push event as well as Ed's and it was a really great experience for us all.

*Dont forget for all you Chicago area guys - We are doing tollroads in Schaumburg at Roselle and Higgins tomorrow (Saturday the 13th). If you are close stop and say hi to support us and Push America.

Deadmans!

2007-10-01T16:58:00.000-05:00

Our Fall Deadman's date party was this Saturday. Our (now 7) new members had a great time at their first social event of the semester. They are starting their pledge semester and doing a good job. Here are some pics.

Gotta do the boxer shot.

Pyramid had some issues...

In the next few weeks I will try to get up profiles of our new associate members. Alumni: if you have any news or pictures that you would like me to post, send me (Jon) an email at jfredbeck@bradley.edu.

8 New Pi Kapps!

2007-09-17T20:14:00.000-05:00

We have 8 new members! They are:

Aaron Friedman
Aaron Signer
Alex Keating
Andrew Stewart
Brian Kroeter
Dan Bressler
Jeff Votava
Joe Gauert

The chapter is extremely excited to welcome these guys into our fraternity. They will be part of the Beta Gamma pledge class. We are also hoping that the pledge class will continue to grow over the next two weeks. All of the actives put in a lot of effort and we are now reaping the rewards of our hard work. We feel like we have a group of future leaders.

Overall, recruitment went very well campus wide. 183 guys chose fraternities at the bid ceremony. We held our own compared to the other houses and beat many much larger ones.

Thank you again to all the alumni who came to help recruit. Without your help we would not have been this successful. We are going to continue to work hard and build our numbers throughout the whole school year. Here are some pics from the very successful weekend!

Rush Update!

2007-09-10T20:16:00.000-05:00

Round 1 of rush went very well. We got 30 guys back for 2nd round which is a big increase over last years' 18-20. We have 4 or 5 other perspectives who did not go through rush also that we think we have a really good chance at getting to join. 211 guys went through the rush process total and picked houses for 2nd round which is an increase from 172 last year and everyone has agreed that this year's group was full of much higher quality guys. The whole house did a great job and we are going to hang out with as many of the guys as possible this week. Everyone is excited for next weekend. The schedule is:
Saturday Sept 15th Round 2 - 12:00-4:25 PM
Sunday Sept 16th Round 3 - 12:00-2:50 PM and Bid Ceremony 8:00 PM

The guys getting ready for the craziness of rush.

Bill Coons cooking up our popular rush food - "Walking Tacos"

Thanks to all the alumni who came down this weekend to help out (7
total I think). We appreciate all your support.

Recruitment is almost here!

2007-09-06T20:59:00.001-05:00

Formal Fraternity Recruitment is only two days away. The Pi Kapps are working hard and we are doing very well at getting to know prospective members before formal rush has even began. With the new IFC recruitment rule changes made last semester, communication (including phone and online) with freshmen is now allowed. We are also now able to go off campus with prospectives as long as we do not pay and alcohol is not involved(no bars).

The Pi Kapps have been taking full advantage of these new changes and we have a very long perspective list. We have been hanging out with prospectives as much as possible (to the gym, out to dinner, bowling, etc) and going to as many activities on campus as possible. We are really excited about some of the guys we have met and are looking forward to meeting some more this weekend and getting them to go Pi Kapp.

IFC Recruitment sign-up is going pretty well and IFC is pushing hard the last few days going to every dorm room to get freshmen to sign up. The number who have signed up will exceed last year's total. It will be a busy weekend for the chapter...wish us good luck!

Scaffold Sit

2007-09-02T23:32:00.001-05:00

As classes began this past week, the Pi Kapps put on a scaffold sit on the quad to raise funds and awareness for Pi Kappa Phi's national philanthropy, Push America. Members sat on the scaffold for 48 hours straight and the day after the scaffold sit, there was also a viewing of the movie Murderball in the Marty Theatre.

Current Push Chair Bill Coons created a Push Club last year. The club is a registered campus organization open to anyone on campus interested in getting involved with Push America. Bill reported a lot of interest in the club during the activities fair this past week.

This should be a busy week for the Pi Kapps as Formal Recruitment is less than a week away. I will keep the news coming.

Move- In and Block Party

2007-08-26T21:22:00.000-05:00

This has been a very busy weekend for the Pi Kapps. It began 9AM Saturday with moving in the freshmen. It was followed by the block party and a party. Today (Sunday) was the Taste of Bradley. There are even more events planned for the next few days before classes begin.

The chapter is very happy with their progress in meeting many of the freshmen. We met lots of guys at block party, many more than previous years, and everyone in the chapter is looking forward to a great recruitment class this fall.

About 125 freshmen guys signed up for recruitment at block party, which is almost double last year. IFC's goal is at least 300 signing up for recruitment and we are on a great pace to meet that goal. Things are looking great right now for the future of greek life on campus and the Pi Kapps!

New Pi Kapp!

2007-08-24T22:56:00.000-05:00

The chapter has a new Pi Kapp this semester, Pat Sullivan (nickame Sully), a transfer from the Pi Kapp chapter at IIT (Alpha Phi). He is a sophmore Political Science major. We are happy to have him as we look to grow as a chapter with a successful rush this fall.

Work Week!

2007-08-23T19:33:00.000-05:00

Work week is almost over and we have gotten a lot done including:

New mulch area in front of house
New mural in party room
Repainted the B-Ball court
Trimed bushes
Misc painting
New sign for front of house
Dug out old horseshoe pits

Here are some pics:

Before...

After.

Welcome

2007-08-22T19:36:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone! This is the new blog for Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Epsilon Mu Chapter at Bradley University. I will keep this blog updated as much as possible with what is going on including chapter and campus news, alumni updates, and much more. Thanks for reading!

Pi Kappa Phi Historian