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Important Dates & Announcements:
This weekly newsletter is your best source for all the updates and information that you'll need to know as a chapter leader.  Please read and forward to chapter

Next IFC Meeting:  Pi Kappa Alpha 4/5/10 at 7:00 pm.

New Director of Risk Management:
Congratulations to Chris Meyers for being appointed the Director of Risk Management.

Philanthrocakes: FarmHouse will be hosting its monthly philanthropy  on April 5th @10pm at their house. It is a free will donation with all proceeds going to FarmHouse missionaries.

 
K-State Baseball Greek Night: Mark your calendars for April 27th; Tailgate at 5:30 and Game at 6pm. More information to come

Processing Greek Affairs Bids on ICS: 
Make sure ALL new members are accepting bids properly on ICS in a timely manor.  Several chapters are doing a poor job of following the bidding process, which creates administrative issues.   For information on the bidding process, click here!

Past Due Forms:  See list of chapter below that have not yet submitted required forms.
Anti - Hazing Form:  Delta Lambda Phi
Chapter Roster: Sigma Pi

IFC New Member Signing Day: April 30, 2010 is the first day that chapters can offer and accept a bid from a recruit that is currently a high school or transfer student. 

IFC Quick Updates:  Follow us on twitter http://twitter.com/ifc_ksu

University Recruitment Days
Junior Days - 4/12, 4/19, 5/3
*Fraternity Experience - 4/23
*K-State Open House - 4/24


Adopt-A-School sign ups are online! Follow the link and choose your time http://doodle.com/9hymmpxw2bfq9kz5

Chapter Dues were to be paid to Greek Affairs by March 15, 2010!  If you cannot pay your dues on time, you will need to contact Russell Propp immediately to create a payment plan.


Get Information for dealing with H1N1.....

Greek Week 2010:  April 19th - 22nd 
Greek week is coming up in three weeks, April 18th-25th!  There was a meeting this past Monday with all of the Greek Week chairs, they can give you more information regarding Greek Week. You can also find the official Greek Week Rules packet and detailed calendar on the Greek Affairs website homepage.
http://www.k-state.edu/greek/documents/GreekWeekSchedule-1.pdf
http://www.k-state.edu/greek/documents/GreekWeekRules.pdf


Blood Drive:

The 2nd Annual Partnership between Greek Week and the Kansas State University Blood Drive will be April 5th through 9th. This is a great way for members of the Greek Community to help others in need through the service of donating blood or volunteering at the blood drives. By your single blood donation, you can help save the lives of up to 3 separate hospital patients. You will also earn 1 point for your house towards Greek Week through your participation in the Blood Drive. If you are interested in either volunteering or donating, please visit our website, www.redcrossblood.org, or call us at 1-800-RED-CROSS.

Greek Olympics: Monday April 19th 4pm-6pm City Park

Dress for Greek Week:

Monday: 80's Attire
Tuesday:  Wear your letters and show your pride for your chapter
Wednesday: Formal Attire, represent your chapter well.
Thursday: Wear your ALL Greek Philanthropy Shirt
Friday: Kansas State Shirt


Greek Idol:  For those of you who want to show off your skills, the Greek Idol auditions are coming up next Monday, April 5th and Tuesday, April 6th.  They will take place in Greek Affairs, Union Room 214 at 8:30.  If you would like to audition please contact David Allen at [email protected] or Jacquie Lewis at [email protected] by Sunday night

Greek Idol Judges Needed:  Any ideas on people in our K-State community that are unaffiliated, unbiased, and that have a musical background that would be great Greek Idol judges? Please contact me with ideas and suggestions at [email protected].

All Greek Photo:   April 18th 4pm at Old Stadium Wear Matching Chapter Shirts, as well as bring your chapters flag.
 
April is "Advisor Appreciation" Month

Don't know how to thank your advisor? Here are some great ideas!

1. Send a heartfelt e-mail with personal details about how an advisor has made an impact.
2. Throw a small surprise luncheon in recognition of your advisor's service.
3. Run an online ad in your campus or community newspaper recognizing all those who advise, guide and support sorority communities, and send the advisor a link when it posts.
4. Feature National Advisor Appreciation Month on your Web site.
5. Do an interview and write up a profile on a special advisor, and submit it to your fraternity magazine for possible publication.
6. Offer to provide free childcare for advisors with children for a personal night off.
8. Write thank you notes and notes of appreciation to your advisors.
9. Purchase a small gift or fraternity-themed gift for your advisors.
10. Send certificates of appreciation to all chapter advisors and fraternity/sorority advisors and staff.
CES This Week:

WALK-IN WEDNESDAY 
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 12noon-4pm, Holtz Hall
 
Drop by to have your resume reviewed or to ask a quick question.  No appointment necessary.
 
Career Cat Chat - Looking for Job Openings
Thursday, April 08, 2010 -  12:30 - 2:00 PM
 
Connect with K-State alumni and employers who hire Wildcats.  This week's guest experts are Joe Burke with Hy-Vee, Katie Kueser with Elanco Animal Health and Jo Brunner with the Kansas Dept of Commerce.   Join the live chat anytime between 12:30-2:00 pm.
 
http://www.k-state.edu/ces/students/CareerCatChatJobOpenings.htm
 

SPRING ON-CAMPUS INTERVIEWING
Sign-ups close next week for the following pre-selected interview schedules.  Login to your CES Account to submit your resume and request an interview.
 
�          GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE/PARK AVE SECURITIES: Financial Rep . Deadline 4/6/10
 
�          MUELLER INDUSTRIES: Sales & Mktg and Acctg/Finance Trainees. Deadline 4/6/10


CAREER CAT CHAT

Connect with employers who hire Wildcats and K-State alumni who will chat online about the following topics and share how they got from college to career. Join the live chat anytime between 12:30-2:00pm via www.k-state.edu/ces .
 
Thurs, April 8: Looking for job openings
Guest experts from Hy-Vee, Kansas Dept of Commerce and Elanco Animal Health

Thurs, April 15: Interviewing with confidence
Guest experts from Enterprise Rent-a-Car and CBIZ
 
Thurs, April 22: Networking for advice and leads
Guest experts from K-State Alumni Association, The Innis Company and Northwestern Mutual
 
Thurs, April 29: Transitioning from college to career
Guest experts include K-State's First Lady and former SGA presidents now with ConocoPhillips.
Tornado Safety Tips for Your Chapter
 
Before the storm:
�     Develop a plan of action
�     Have frequent drills
�     Have a NOAA Weather Radio with a warning alarm tone
�     Listen to radio and television for information
�     If planning a trip outdoors, listen to forecasts
 
If a warning is issued or threatening weather approaches
�     Always remember "DUCK"
�     Stay away from windows
�     Get out of automobiles
 
"DUCK"
Down to the lowest level
Under something sturdy
Cover your head
Keep in the shelter until the storm has passed
 
In Homes or Small Buildings:
Go to the basement or to an interior room on the lowest floor (e.g. closet or bathroom).  Upper floors are unsafe.  If there is no time to descend, go to a closet, a small room with strong walls or an inside hallway.  Wrap yourself in overcoats or blankets to protect yourself from flying debris.
 
In Schools, Hospitals, Factories, or Shopping Centers:
Go to interior rooms and halls on the lowest floor.  Stay away from glass enclosed places or areas with wide span roofs such as auditoriums and warehouses.  Crouch down and cover your head.  Don't take shelter in halls that open to the south or the west.  Centrally located stairwells are good shelter.
 
In High-Rise Buildings:
Go to interior small rooms or halls.  Stay away from exterior walls or areas with glass.
 
In Mobile Homes:
ABANDON THEM IMMEDIATELY!!!
Many deaths occur in mobile homes.  If you are in a mobile home when severe weather approaches, leave it immediately and go to a substantial structure or designated tornado shelter.  Determine your shelter ahead of time so you don't have to think about it when weather strikes.
 
If no Suitable Structure is Nearby:
Lie flat in the nearest ditch or depression and use your hands to cover your head.  Be alert for flash floods.

Tornadoes and Overpass Safety
Many people mistakenly think that a highway overpass provides safety from a tornado.  In reality, an overpass may be one of the worst places to seek shelter from a tornado.  Seeking shelter under an overpass puts you at greater risk of being killed or seriously injured by flying debris from the powerful tornadic winds.
 
Tornadic winds can make the most benign item a dangerous missile.  In addition to the debris that can injure you, the winds under an overpass are channeled and could easily blow you or carry you out from under the overpass and throw you 100s of yards.
 
As a last resort, lie flat in a ditch, ravine or below grade culvert to protect yourself from flying debris.  If no ditch is available, you may remain in your vehicle, put on your seatbelt, lower yourself below window level, and cover your head with your hands or a blanket.

Flood Safety
 
�     Floods, especially Flash Floods kill more people each year than any other weather phenomenon.
�     As little as 6 inches of fast moving water can sweep you off of your feet. 
�     As little as 18-24 inches of water is enough to float a car and carry it away. 
�     If you see a road barrier across a flooded roadway.... TURN AROUND. DON'T DROWN! 
�     Tune to the NOAA Weather Radio, or your favorite news source for all flood and any other weather related information. 
�     Leave areas subject to flooding, such as dips, low spots and underpasses. 
�     Do not attempt to cross flowing streams; you don't know how deep the water could be. 
�     Never drive through flooded roadways. 
�     If your vehicle is suddenly caught in rising water, leave it immediately and seek higher ground.
�     Report any flooding to your local authorities or to the National Weather Service.
 
Turn Around. Don't Drown!


Lightning Safety
Lightning is one of the most underrated severe weather hazards, yet ranks as one of the top weather killers in the United States.  Lightning strikes in America kill about 58 people and injure hundreds of others each year.  Unlike other weather hazards that often involve sophisticated watches and warnings from NOAA's National Weather Service, lightning can occur anywhere there is a thunderstorm.
Lightning Safety
 
�     Watch for developing thunderstorms and be ready to act when thunder is heard.
�     Lightning can strike as far as 10 miles from an area where it is raining.  That's about the distance you can hear thunder.
 
If you can hear thunder, you are within striking distance.  Seek safe shelter IMMEDIATELY!
 
�     Outdoor Activities:  Minimize the risk of being struck by moving indoors or to vehicles at the first roar of thunder.
�     Inside Activities: Things to avoid
�     Corded phones
�     Computers
�     Other electrical equipment
�     Indoor/Outdoor pools
�     Tubs and showers and other things connected to metal plumbing
 
Wait 30 minutes after the last roar of thunder before going outside again.
 
�     Help a Lightning Victim: Call 911 and get help immediately.  You are in no danger when helping a lightning victim.  The charge will not affect you.
 
When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors!
 

April 2, 2010


In This Issue
Greek Week
Advisor Appreciation Month
CES This Week
Tornado & Flood Safety
Up and Coming Greek Leaders Banquet
Nominate for Greek Awards
Flint Hills Pride Prom
Blue Apollo Talent Show
UIFI Applications
Order of Omega Up and Coming Greek Leaders Banquet!
Kansas State University athletic director John Currie will be the keynote speaker Sunday, April 18, at the inaugural Order of Omega Up and Coming Greek Leaders Banquet. The banquet is part of the 2010 K-State Greek Week activities.
          
The 6 p.m. event in the Student Union Flint Hills Room honors two freshmen and two sophomores from each K-State fraternity and sorority chapter who have demonstrated campus, chapter and community leadership, said Whitney Vaughn, Order of Omega president.
            Chapters sending up to four up and coming leaders to the Order of Omega banquet will receive Greek Week participation points.
            Every freshman and sophomore leader attending the event will be presented a small gift as recognition of their leadership contributions to the K-State Greek community, said Nick Kenney, banquet coordinator.
          
Each fraternity and sorority chapter is being asked to select their four up and coming leaders by the Wednesday, April 14, deadline. The cost of the meal is $15 per person and payment must be received by the deadline. The nomination form and check to cover the cost of the meal, payable to the Order of Omega, should be delivered to the organization's mailbox at the Greek Affairs Office in the Student Union.
           
Keynote speaker John Currie is an alumnus of the Psi chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity at the University of Alabama. The chapter was chartered in 1847. Currie joined the K-State administration in 2009 and heads up a multi-million dollar Division I athletics program after serving several years at the University of Tennessee athletics department.
            For more information, contact Whitney Vaughn, [email protected] or (785) 643-5596; or Nick Kenney, [email protected], (785) 313-0003.


Nominations are open for Greek Contribution Awards! Nominate your outstanding undergraduate and
alumni/ae members now!
 
Click here for more information.

The following Contribution Awards will be offered and are now open for nomination:

*Above and Beyond Chapter President Award
*Sorority Women of the Year Award
*Fraternity Man of the Year Award
*Sorority New Member of the Year Award
*Fraternity New Member of the Year Award
*Faculty or Staff Member of the Year Award
*Chapter Advisor of the Year Award
*Alumni Distinguished Service Award
*Alumni Lifetime Service Award
 
All nominations should be submitted in the Greek Affairs office no later than noon April 9, 2010. For more information on these awards, please contact Greek Affairs at (785) 532-5546.
Flint Hills Pride Prom

On Saturday April 17th GRL in conjunction with Flint Hills PFLAG are hosting the Fourth Annual Flint Hills Pride Prom. This is an intergenerational prom intended for LGBT and allied high school students to attend a prom alone or with the date they choose in the attire they feel comfortable in. Cost is free in high school students, $10 for college students, and $20 for community members. We are looking for people and organizations who would like to support us by donating money or door prizes. Also people who are interested in attending can purchase a ticket by emailing me or [email protected] 
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Hosts the Blue Apollo Talent Show!

Saturday, April 10, 2010 in Forum Hall Phi Bets Sigma Fraternity will host the Blue Apollo Greek talent show.  The event is open to all K-State Students, and all are welcome to attend as spectators.  Three cash prizes will be awarded to winners. Contact Demarkus Coleman at 816 835 8878 or [email protected] with any questions or to show your talent!

Help UPC bring more celebs to K-State!
Get 'em to K-State! We could knock out other Big XII schools and win a cast appearance and free screening of

"Get Him to the Greek," starring Jonah Hill and Russell Brand.
(You might recognize them from "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "Knocked Up.")
 
How it works:
1)       All colleges in the Big XII are competing.
2)       The Top College with the most demands wins.
3)       Tell your friends and alumni to make sure K-State is #1!
 
Demand it!
Go to eventful.com/gethimtothegreek to demand a free screening of "Get Him to the Greek" and personal appearance by Jonah Hill and Russell Brand at your college! Help Universal Campus U and Union Program Council get Jonah Hill and Russell Brand to K-State for a free screening on April 21. Visit this website and vote for K-State! The winner is announced April 5.

We won Will Ferrell's shark signed by Buzz Aldrin and Ron Burgundy, which is housed in the K-State Student Union Cats' Den. K-State could also win this! Help get Jonah Hill and Russell Brand to K-State!



Manhattan Gay Pride Parade On Saturday April 24th GRL will be in the First Annual Manhattan Pride Parade. The parade will begin at 2pm and will travel from the Mall, through Aggieville and to Triangle Park. We are inviting churches, businesses, groups, and organizations to join in the parade. For a fee of $20 your group and enter a float or walking group in the parade. The fee will help us to pay for parade fees, speakers and entertainers. Being in the parade will raise awareness for your organization while showing support for the LGBTQ community. Individuals are invited to walk for free. Information at [email protected]
 

UIFI Applications Now Available!

UIFI is the premier leadership development experience for undergraduate fraternity and sorority members and brings students together from across North America for an intensive five day institute.  At UIFI students are challenged to rethink the meaning and purpose of fraternity and sorority and provided the awareness and skills necessary to elevate their chapter, council, and community.  This summer, we are pleased to offer nine sessions of UIFI.  All sessions will be held at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.

Participant applications for the 2010 Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute are now available at www.nicindy.org/programs/UIFI
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Brandon J. Cutler
Kansas State University Greek Affairs