1 ISSUE 1 SEP 2014 VOLUME 10 In This Issue: Page 1: Welcome Back! & Meet the Staff Page 2: Upcoming Events Page 3: Special Recogni- tion Page 4: Important Info UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FRATERNITY & SORORITY COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER The Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life would like to welcome back UConn’s Greek community for another exciting year! We wish you all the best of luck and look forward to working with you. MEET THE STAFF New year, new staff! Our Student Interns WWW.GREEKLIFE.UCONN.EDU From left to right: Adam Duong: Senior, Brother of Alpha Delta Phi, Management and Engineering for Manufacturing Major. Denée Jackson: Senior, Sister of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., Communications Major and Africana Stud- ies Minor. Maggie Li: Senior, Sister of Kappa Phi Lambda, Management and Engineering for Manufacturing Major. Jacob Mabee: Sophomore, Brother of Alpha Kappa Lambda, Environmental Engineering Major. Elizabeth Quesada: Senior, Sister of Gamma Phi Beta, Human Development and Family Studies Major.
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ISSUE 1 SEP 2014 VOLUME 10
I n T h i s I s s u e : Page 1 : We l c ome Back ! & Mee t t h e S ta f f Page 2 : U pc oming Eve n t s Page 3 : Sp ec ia l Rec og n i -t i on Page 4 : Im po r ta n t I n f o
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FRATERNITY & SORORITY COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER
The Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life would like to welcome back UConn’s Greek community for another exciting year! We wish you all the best of luck and look forward to working with you.
MEET THE STAFF
New year, new staff!
Our Student Interns
WWW.GREEKLIFE.UCONN.EDU
From left to right:
Adam Duong: Senior, Brother of Alpha Delta Phi, Management and Engineering for Manufacturing Major.
Denée Jackson: Senior, Sister of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., Communications Major and Africana Stud-
ies Minor.
Maggie Li: Senior, Sister of Kappa Phi Lambda, Management and Engineering for Manufacturing Major.
Jacob Mabee: Sophomore, Brother of Alpha Kappa Lambda, Environmental Engineering Major.
Elizabeth Quesada: Senior, Sister of Gamma Phi Beta, Human Development and Family Studies Major.
Be sure to stop by our table in the Union to participate in our social media campaign! Monday and Tuesday we will be in the Union Street and Wednesday we will be in front of OFSL. For more information and a detailed list of events, please click here.
We would like to congratulate Panhellenic on a successful Formal
Recruitment! On Labor Day, our Panhellenic sororities welcomed
over 350 new members to join the community. A huge shoutout to the
amazing Recruitment Management Team who made this process a
success. These women disassociated from their chapters for the month
of August to help Potential New Members find a home in sorority
life. Their incredible service and commitment to the Panhellenic com-
munity is deserving of acknowledgement, so when you see these la-
dies around, don’t forget to thank them!
Members of the Recruitment Management Team include: Dana Lew, Lizzie Rider, Marissa Sanfilippo, Mary Foley, Nicole Rothman Briana Dillon, Cassi Dahms, Christina Reese, Rachel Keyes, Sam Underwood, Emily Wilson, Juliana Collins, Kelsey O’Donnell, Michelle Rumery, Renee Fredette, Andrea Joaquim, Cathy Cormier, Crystal Torraco, Kelley Huber, Lexxi Martini, Nichole Aquino, Talya Mankdelkern, Caitlin Larke, Carly Anderson, Jennifer Birchwale
Gamma Phi Beta:
New Chapter of the Year award
Excellence in New Member Education
Award.
Kappa Phi Lambda:
National “Orchid Award” for Excel-
lence in Cultural Awareness Program-
ming
Lambda Theta Alpha:
Undergraduate Chapter of the Year
2014 Award.
Delta Epsilon Psi:
Jarrett Headley received the 2014
Rookie of the Year Award.
Lambda Theta Alpha’s Undergrad-
uate Chapter of the Year Award Congratulations, Go Greeks!
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Backpack Drive
This summer Alpha Kappa Alpha So-
rority, Inc. hosted its 66th Boule in
Charlotte, North Carolina from July
12th-18th. During the sorority’s na-
tional convention, Dorothy Buckhanan
Wilson was installed as the 29th Inter-
national President and committed her-
self to serve the 106-year old sorority
for the next four years. Mrs. Wilson’s
vision for the sorority is “Launching
New Dimensions of Service”, which
includes Educational Enrichment as a
target area. The sorority will support
students through ‘AKA One Million
Backpacks’, by donating and disturb-
ing one million backpacks and school
supplies to students during Mrs. Wil-
son’s term. Lambda Tau is committed
to achieving this goal, and asks for
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Senior Spotlight and Greek of the Month
Please submit your Greek of the Month and Senior
Spotlight nominations by visiting the OFSL UConntact page or clicking on this link.
All nominations are due by the 15th of each month.
Please send all future submissions for LifeTimes to [email protected]
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Preparation for HuskyTHON 2015 is already underway! Be sure to register your chapter team online and start spreading the word about this year’s marathon. Last year, HuskyTHON raised over $450,000 and every penny was for the kids! Don’t miss out on making this year’s event bigger and better than ever!