Starting Strong

The Spring 2010 semester has started off on a high note. On January 19th members of the chapter gave a presentation to the Office of Greek Life, which was extremely well received.

This was shortly followed by an Epsilon Ritual on Sunday, January 24^th, in which ten brothers joined the ranks of Epsilon, and are continuing their journey of brotherhood.

Later that night this semester’s Standards Board elected. Congratulations to the Senior Marshall Joe Rey, the Junior Marshall Joe Woods, the Guide Karl Craft, and the Guard Scott Murray.

Congratulations to Kevin Van Loan, Frank Romano, Rob Mannanice, Girschel Blakeman, and Diego Guzman for being the winning team for Fall ’09 Fantasy Academics! It was a close competition, and these men are leading the way for the chapter’s academic improvement.

Welcome back to Brothers Justin Chou and Joe Woods! Each spent the previous semester abroad in China and Spain respectively.

What to look forward to:

There will be both a Sigma and Phi ritual in the coming weeks.

The Brother Auction in February!

The Second Fantasy Academic Draft! There will be an additional team this semester!

Freezin’ For A Reason is this Saturday!

Relay for Life is this semester! If you want to take part or donate to the SigEp Knights team just follow the link below:

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY10EA?team_id=589909&pg=team&fr_id=20676&fl=en_US&et=Eu_tKRK9zWUz81fczRHwbA..&s_tafId=412018

Closing the page on Fall 2009

As the fall semester wound down, New Jersey Zeta has set a positive tone for the coming year.

A new Executive Board was elected early in December. Congratulations to our new President Mike Zilly, VP of Programming Ryan Gentilcore, Chaplain Chris Kramar, VP of Member Development Chris Andrews, VP of Finance Ryan Willinger, VP of Recruitment Brian Williams, and VP of Communication Mike Blake! Thanks go to the outgoing Executive Board for your hard work and dedication this past year.

Congratulations to our brothers who completed the Epsilon challenge! Dan Brown, Travis Volosyn, and Frank Romano have joined the ranks of Brother Mentors, and their efforts are helping propel the chapter forward.

NJ Zeta would also like to welcome Brother Matt Checinski, who went through the Sigma Rite of Passage earlier this semester, and is already contributing to the chapter.

Among the major initiatives the chapter has started this semester is the push to establish NJ Zeta as an RLC. Among the first steps for this initiative are raising the chapter GPA requirement, establishing a Faculty Advisory Committee, as well as getting the assistance of a Staff Advisor, Frank Zuccarini .

The Parent’s Association has started off strong, and took part in two events this semester, including the Parent’s Brunch on the 19^th of December, which had a great turnout despite the snow. NJ Zeta would also like to thank the Parents Association for their contributions of a full sized refrigerator for the kitchen, and a television for the lounge!

Some big things to keep your eye on in the coming months:

• The results of Fantasy Academics! Final grades are starting to come in, and soon we’ll see how well our brothers were able to push each other to succeed!
• The new Executive Board will be going to Carlson Leadership Academy to learn how to effectively perform their duties.
• The Balanced Man Banquet! NJ Zeta is taking this event to the next level, and will be honoring a number of members of the Rider Community in addition to presenting the Balanced Man Scholarship.