The Fraternity Update is
published biweekly and is sent directly to the e-mail
inbox of chapter presidents and primary chapter advisors. Please forward the Fraternity Update to chapter members and relevant chapter officers! Request your information be placed in the next issue of the Fraternity Update.
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Call for Pictures
This year, in accordance with our strategic plan, we are updating
the recruitment magazine and postcards. We are gathering photos from each
fraternity that will be useful in portraying what fraternity life is all about
at K-State. If you know of anyone who has some excellent pictures from
recruitment parties, date parties, philanthropies, homecoming, brotherhood
events, etc. Please send them to
rpank@ksu.edu as soon as possible. It's important we have the highest quality
pictures, so please send the original file only. We're hoping to have the
publication ready for Open House, so it's imperative to send these photos as
soon as you can. Please let Reed
Pankratz know if you have any questions.
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Up 'til Dawn hopes to announce a record donation to St. Jude's
Children's Hospital
Join Up 'til Dawn this evening 6:00 p.m.- 1:00 a.m. at
the Rec center to celebrate a success fundraising campaign.
There will be free food (including Gumby's, Subway, Buffalo Wild
Wings, Subs N Such, Valentino's, Carlos O Kellys and more), Entertainment (live
music starting at 11:00 p.m., patient speakers, inflatables, performances by
the Step Club and Pep Band, morale dance and Throw a Pie at Brandon Cutler) and prize
drawings! (including one for an ipod touch).
Haven't registered and still want to come? Just bring 5 addresses to send to
family and friends and you can get in for free or pay $5.00! |
Order
of Omega seeks new members
Order of Omega is a Greek
honorary that recognizes leadership, academics and strong relations within the
Greek community. Our membership is limited to the top 1% of Greek leaders. At
K-State, Order of Omega provides a pillar of Greek strength and unity by
participating in both campus and community events.
Order of Omega will begin to accept applications for new members on March 3,
2009. These members must show strong chapter and university participation,
maintain a 3.1 GPA and be of junior or senior standing as of Fall 2009.
Applications will be taken until 5:00 PM on March 23, 2009 in the Greek Affairs
Office. Access the application.
Questions can be directed to Aubrey
Bamford at or Nick Kenney
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Spring Break safety tips
Regardless of your members' destination this Spring Break, encourage your
sisters to keep the following safety tips in mind:
- Before you leave home, make sure
your room and personal belongings as well as the chapter house facility is
secure. Spring Break provides an easy opportunity for thieves to
break into empty fraternity houses, if not properly secured. Take special
consideration in leaving security lights on, stopping mail delivery or
having a local alumni advisor or association member check on the house
during the week while chapter members are away.
- Where ever you may travel during
the break, remember there is safety in numbers-do things as a group and
use the buddy system when appropriate.
- Make sure that someone at home
has all the information about your trip: hotel room and phone
number, travel plans, contact information for you and your
companions. Plan to check in with someone at home regularly.
- Keep your identification, medical
cards and emergency contact information with you at all times.
- Remember that you are not
immortal. Students are notorious for believing that nothing bad will
happen to them, and they will try anything at least once. Don't throw
caution to the winds but instead exercise extreme care not to place
yourself in physically dangerous situations you would not dare to undergo at
home. In a report on Spring Break from Saint Joseph's University in
Philadelphia, sociologist Dr. Raquel Kennedy Bergen said,
"Unfamiliar locations increase vulnerability. Psychologically, people
may be more inclined to try new behaviors and step outside their 'comfort
zone' when away from home."
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Blue Key offers scholarships
The K-State Chapter of the Blue Key Honor Society annually
awards thousands of dollars in scholarships to K-State undergraduates.
This year, Blue Key will be awarding over 20 Leadership and Service
Scholarships of $500 each to K-State students. Scholarship applications are
available at the Blue Key website.
The applications are due in 119 Waters Hall by 5 p.m. on March 13. If you have
any questions feel free to email Matt Ebert.
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Career & Employment Services Updates
EDUCATION ON-CAMPUS INTERVIEWS
Monday, March 9, 2009 from 9am-4pm at Bramlage Coliseum. Interview with over 80 school districts that
have current or anticipated teaching vacancies for the upcoming 2009-10 school
year. Bring multiple copies of your resume and dress professionally. Free parking
is available on the west side of Bramlage Coliseum.
http://www.k-state.edu/ces/students/cfeducationoci.htm
PRACTICE INTERVIEWS
Thursday, March 26 from 2-4pm at the International
Student Center.
Specifically designed to meet the needs of international
students.
Advanced registration is required. Email joyw@ksu.edu
for more info.
CES REAL WORLD SERIES
April 6-14, 2009 at 4pm in the Union. Think cool jobs are only for certain
majors? Worried about finding a job in
the tough economy? Need some tips for
online job searching or finding internships?
Come to one or all of the workshops in this special series created to
inform and inspire you!
http://www.k-state.edu/ces/students/calendar.htm#realityseries
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Enjoy, safely, the warm weather
The weather is getting warm...this always means the desire to
get out and celebrate the end of cabin fever. Please remind your
members to make good decisions for themselves and for the chapter. Watch out
especially for members on decks, fire escapes, etc. as tehse can be dangerous
locations to enjoy the warm weather. Have fun, but be safe.
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Your feedback is needed: Greek LEADS
The Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils are asking for feedback
on Greek LEADS, Spring 2009. Feedback is crucial to planning an even more
successful Greek LEADS in the fall semester. To provide you
feedback, please visit:
https://surveys.ksu.edu/TS?offeringId=112986
and complete the brief online survey. The survey should take no more than
10 minutes to complete and is active through
March 13.
Please pass along this survey to any members of your chapter
attending Greek LEADS. Only chapter presidents are receiving this
announcement.
Participate in the K-State
Fraternity Experience: Friday April 17th
& 18th
This
event will be held in conjunction with K-State Open House and provide chapters
with an overnight recruitment opportunity to get to know PNM's. Please do
not plan chapter events on April 17th and encourage your membership to
participate in community events! Complete
details will be available in a few weeks! Contact Brandon Cutler or Andy Patton with questions.
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HIV
Continues to Spread
Education
Essential
"Often I am asked how many
HIV positive diagnoses we make in our Health Center clinic," says Floyd
Robinson, Director of the University of Houston Health Center. "My
general response is that as long as we have one diagnosis, we are obligated to
do more educating and testing."
According to a recent Center
for Disease Control report, only 40 percent of adults in the United
States have ever been tested for the HIV virus. In early July, 2008 the
CDC reported that far more Americans are being newly infected with the HIV
virus than previously had been reported.
Some are suggesting that the
test be administered as a routine blood test when physical exams are
administered. One reason for this thinking is that it demystifies the stigma of
having to seek out a specific testing site and it also allows those
who never tested to know their status.
It is so essential for everyone
to know their status and to take precaution if they are infected with the HIV
virus to do all that is necessary to prevent further transmission. Untreated,
people develop AIDS which destroys the immune system and leaves them vulnerable
to infections and even puts them at higher risk for various forms of cancer.
Testing is essential. If you
have never been tested, the time to do so is now. Health Centers often
offer both anonymous and confidential testing for the University community.
HIV is still with us. Do your part today, and if
you have never tested, do so. This is one virus which can be stopped. We must
be proactive and get tested.
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