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SigEp NewsletterSpring 2012

What’s inside...

Page 2 -SigEps in the Band -What did brothers do over Spring Break?

Page 3 -SigEp takes the spring retreat to new heights

Page 4 -Meet the new Executive Board

Greek Awards 2012

Oustanding Housing Corporation

Outstanding Scholarship Plan

Outstanding Recruitment Program

Outstanding Membership Development Program

Outstanding Citizenship

Ross Gainer Man of the year: Joe Flarida, John Tannous,Jason Moore

Greek Involvement: Stephen Roth, Eric Zernich

Outstanding New Member:Will Moore, Luke Cheng

Campus Involvement: Tim Collins

For an Ohio State stu-dent, April marks the begin-ning of the end of the school year: Spring Quarter. With the 2011-2012 school year quickly drawing to an end, the brothers at Ohio Gamma were delighted to host their annual Family Day Open House in order to thank par-ents for their support over the last year, as well as show them what being a Sig Ep is all about.

W i t h a beauti-fully re-furnished house that features a renovated f o r m a l room, the James E. Pfeifer Library, comfortable air conditioning,

and three new HDTVs run-ning chapter information and agenda on their screens, many parents could not believe that they were actually in a fra-ternity house. Although the event was an open house, it featured a brief fifteen minute presentation in which the ac-complishments and goals of the chapter were highlighted by President Matt Lehrer. At the conclusion of the presen-tation, the brothers presented

a signed f r a m e d photo of the chap-ter to the h i g h l y a d o r e d and very l o v e d M o m m a K (Cathy Kirkend-all).

In addition to cooking and setting aside countless

hours for Family Day, Mom-ma K also drives almost two hours each way from Lima, Ohio to the Sig Ep house multiple times each quarter, all to provide delicious home cooked meals the brothers of Ohio Gamma.

After receiving a tour and heartwarming meal at the house, families took off towards the horseshoe for the Buckeye’s annual Spring Game. As if that wasn’t enough fun for one day, many families stuck around and received free tickets to the Barry Manilow concert held at the Jerome Schottenstein center that night. Tickets were provided courtesy of former SigEp Grand Chapter Presi-dent, Garry Kief.

A large thank you goes out to Garry, the AVC, fami-lies of the brothers, and all those involved in making the day a success.

By Mark Mills

Family Day 2012: Food, Football, and Barry Manilow!

My father Craig and I enjoying Parent’s Day

Ohio Gamma’s house located at 1943 Waldeck Avenue, host to the 2012 Sig Ep family day

third year with the Ohio State Marching Band. Mark Losinski became a first year member of the march-ing band. As a freshman major-ing in actuarial science, Mark found the experience difficult yet rewarding and looks f o r w a r d to future years in the band. These brothers enjoyed

marching in the Shoe, as well as the Bowl game in Florida, and even the game in that dreadful “State up North.” All three of them look forward to the rest of their carrer in the bandCongratulations guys!!!

Long before the start of the school year, a select group of dedicated Buck-eyes head to campus to try-out to recieve one of Ohio State’s most prestigious honors: a spot in the Ohio State Marching Band. While this year’s football season did not turn out as Buckeye Nation had hoped, three of the brothers of Ohio Gamma had the honor of being a part of the march-

ing band. Broth-ers George

F a r r i s , M a r k Losinski,

and Joshua Senn marched

as members of The Best

D a m n Band in

The Land. After a long sum-mer of vo lunteer s e s s i o n s and a gru-eling week of tryouts, all three of these b r o t h e r s earned their spot in the flugel-horn-playing C-Row. George Farris was elected to the position of Assistant Squad Leader by his row. As a fourth year, George balances his elec-trical engineering major, work, a security intelligence minor and of course, his fourth year with TBDBITL. Joshua Senn, a music edu-cation major with a choral and vocal emphasis, marched his

SigEp represents in the Ohio State marching band

Spring break 2012! For many students this means a time a carefree living. Howev-er, for a number of brothers at Ohio Gamma, it means a time for serving the less fortunate around the country and around the world. This year Bashem Rashwan, Justin Neise, Tyler Hampton, Jeremy LeDonne, Eric Zernich, and Mike Stauber decided to take unconventional Spring Break trips to help make the world a slightly better place to live in.

All of these brothers agree that Buck-i-Serv trips are ben-eficial for communities and personal growth. Brother Justin Niese served in Greensboro, North Carolina with Basem Rashwan and Tyler Hampton.

Brother Niese describes his experience as being more rewarding than he could have imagined, “Not only did I get to make an impact by working on a house and serving the com-

munity, but I also made new friends and created lifelong memories.”

Brother Jeremy LeDonne was another brother that elected to go on a trip. He went down to Atlanta, Georgia to help at a cat shelter.

Brother Mike Stau-ber traveled abroad to Be-lize. “If you ever get the

chance to mix service with cul-ture, do it!” says Stauber.

Brother Luke Cheng trav-eled to Mullins, South Carolina in order to help build low-cost housing. Brother Cheng agrees that this experience is some-thing he will take with him for the rest of his life. He elaborates in saying, “It was an extremely impactful Spring Break. It truly

gave me a new perspective of life outside our privileged lives here at Ohio State.”

The brothers at Ohio Gam-ma pride themselves on being contributors to the larger com-munities around them through service and philanthropy. Re-cently, the brothers decided to pick the Hematology/Oncol-ogy Department of Nationwide Children’s Hospital as the focus of all their philanthropic ef-forts. Its goal is to end child-hood cancer.

This department of Na-tional Children’s Hospital is the same department which Buck-eyethon supports. Buckeyethon is Ohio State’s all night dance marathon that was founded over a decade ago by a group headed by our advisor, Dr. Don Stenta. It is the hope that this tag-team approach will pave the way for other Greek Organiza-tions to follow Ohio Gamma’s footsteps.

Brothers Niese, Rashwan, and new brother Tyler Hampton on a construction site in Greensboro, North Carolina.

George Farris

Josh Senn

Congratulations to

Cameron Bodenschatz

2nd PlaceDenman Research Forum“Design and Fabrication of an Active Membrane Desalination

Module“

Ohio Gamma serves with Buck-I-Serve and picks a new philanthropy

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Every quarter the chapter organizes a retreat for all broth-ers to attend. This past winter, Dan Miller arranged a fantas-tic trip to Snow Trails Ski Re-sort in Mansfield, Ohio. It was fun watching brothers show off their snow skills (perhaps it was even more enjoyable watching some brothers tumble down the hills).

For this year’s annual Spring Retreat, Andrew Flis planned an afternoon of adven-ture at the Summit Vision high ropes course. There were two courses, both which featured many rigorous challenges. Most of the challenges were very strenuous and required great balance and strength.

At heights of 33 feet and 55 feet, brothers would have to walk on a suspended log with nothing to hold onto, while others attempted to keep their

groins from tearing on what the course director called “The thigh master,” which was a se-ries of hanging wooden plat-forms that gave your thighs a good workout when attempting to conquer it.

It is the goal of every chap-ter retreat to push and challenge brothers past their normal com-fort zone, while also promoting brotherhood. Brotherly love is one of SigEp’s main values, and we strive to uphold this value in all that we do. Brothers kept each other safe by supervising while other brothers unlatched their harness from one support wire and hook it onto another.

Brothers would not only have to communicate to move their harness links, but also try to figure out the best way to go about each obstacle. The air was filled with methodical safety calls, and the exciting

shrieks of encouragement and advice.

Brother Andrew Flis de-serves a lot of credit for choos-ing such a tremendous after-noon excursion. It was a fun way to get out and keep a sound body, as well as to create some great memories between broth-ers. We all look forward to fu-ture retreats and maybe even another visit to the Summit Vi-sion ropes course.

Ohio Gamma ventures to Summit Vision for Spring retreat

Eric Mayer keeps his balance while other brothers watch and prepare for their excur-sion

Brothers’ smiling faces before the ascend to the ropes course

Congratulations! 2012 Union

Award recipients

Joe FlaridaOutstanding Senior

Jason MooreOutstanding Senior

John TannousOustanding Senior

Luke ChengOutstanding First Year

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President: Matt LehrerYear: JuniorHometown: Huron, OHMajor: Exercise SciencePast Positions: VP of Member Developement, Recruit-ment and Member Developement committeesAfter Graduation: Graduate school for exercise physiology

VP of Recruitment: Kevin DresslerYear: SophomoreHometown: Copley, OHMajor: Electrical EngineeringPast positions: Recruitment committeeAfter graduation: Sales engineering

VP of Communications: Mark MillsYear: SophomoreHometown: Olmstead Falls, OHMajor: Electrical and Computer EngineeringPast positions: Recruitment committee, WebmasterAfter graduation: Graduate school

VP of Campus Engagement: Tim CollinsYear: JuniorHometown: Avon, OHMajor: SociologyAfter graduation: Graduate school

VP of RLC: Lewis JohnsonYear: SeniorHometown: Bowling Green, OHMajor: Mechanical EngineeringPast positions: VP of Recruitment

VP of Programming: Matt LittmanYear: SophomoreHometown: Indian Hill, OHMajor: Biology & Business (Pre-Med)Past positions: IFC Delegate, Programming committee, Co-Brotherhood chair, IFC Vice President of ScholarshipAfter Graduation: Medical School

VP of Member Development: Luke FenikYear: SophomoreHometown: Elyria, OHMajor: Art & TechnologyPast postitions: Mentor/Mentee chairmanAfter Graduation: “Wherever the world takes me”

Chaplain: Eric MayerYear: JuniorHometown: Fairview Park, OHMajor: Sports IndustriesPast positions: Family relations ChairAfter Graduation: Work for US Olympic Committe

VP of Finance: Nick ElliottYear: JuniorHometown: Orange, CAMajor: FinancePast positions: Recruitment events chairAfter graduation: Fincancial Analyst Development Pro-gram for JP Morgan Chase

Meet the Executive BoardThis winter, the Brothers of ΣΦΕ elected the new Executive Board for the next calendar year. With this new board, we have witnessed the addition of two new positions: Vice President for Campus Engagement, and the Vice President of Residential Learning Community (VP of RLC). Below we have included some background information of the new lead-ers of Ohio Gamma.

2011-2012 William H. Hall Chapter of the Year!Σ ϕ Ε

Three Years in a Row**Feel free to contact Mark Mills at [email protected] with any questions, comments, or critiques

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After graduation: Work for Marathon Oil