the mask of kappa psi pharmaceutical fraternity fall 2008

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O F K A P P A P S I P H A R M A C E U T I C A L F R A T E R N I T Y

Dear Brothers of Kappa Psi,

As I write this letter, the fall semester is underway and so is pledg-ing. This time of year always brings a smile to my face and warmth tomy heart, as I see the bright young P1 students starting to get used to

this whole pharmacy school environment, andthe P2s walking around with pride in their stepbecause they are no longer P1s.

But the faces I enjoy seeing most are the P1pledges for Kappa Psi. The sense of enthusiasmand pride they exhibit serves as a constantreminder of how great Kappa Psi really is.Think back, if you will, to your pledging days. Doyou still remember the excitement you felt to bejoining Kappa Psi? Maybe you had a friend whowas going to join Kappa Psi, so you decided topledge also. Or maybe you were a legacy and had

heard about Kappa Psi since you were a kid, and couldn’t wait to be aKappa Psi like your dad was. Or maybe you just thought that theKappa Psi just seemed like a cool bunch of students to hang out with.

Regardless of the impetus for your decision, I’m sure those days ofpledging were filled with excitement and anticipation for the day youwould become Kappa Psi.

And it is those happy and joyous memories that I want you to thinkabout. Is a smile coming to your face when you think of the day whenyou finally got to wear the Kappa Psi letters? I know I think fondly ofthat day.

So what is the purpose of this trip down memory lane?Well, first off, I just thought it would be great for me to talk about

something happy in one of my letters to you brothers. But secondly, Ihoped to remind you of why you joined Kappa Psi in the first place.

I sometimes give the example that joining Kappa Psi is like gettingmarried. Just think about it. When you get married, you say “till deathdo us part” and with us it’s “Kappa Psi for Life.” And just like in a mar-riage, things are not always great and there can be a tendency to growout of love. There can be a tendency to focus more on the bad timesthan on the good ones. And after decades of being married, you mayforget what you loved so much about your spouse in the first place.

But if you remember that the bad times just make you appreciatethe good times even more, and that even though things change, youcan still find something you really love about Kappa Psi, then you canreinvigorate your relationship with Kappa Psi all over again.

Don’t let the daily grind keep you from remembering that KappaPsi is for Life and that there is still a lot of life left in Kappa Psi.

So rekindle that Kappa Psi fire. Take the time to visit your old chapter or go to the Province meeting. It may feel uncomfortable atfirst, and you may think that you really don’t know Kappa Psi anymore.But if you just take that first step, you will find the Kappa Psi brothersto be as much fun and as cool a bunch of people as you remember.

And if you weren’t all that crazy about the brothers in your collegiate chapter, the good news is that we have a whole new groupof brothers for you to get to know. We need you to come back to us.

Kappa Psi for Life doesn’t mean that Kappa Psi should be yourwhole life—just that it should always be a part of your life.

At least that’s the way I think about it.Can’t wait to see you.

Lawrence “LB” BrownProud to be Your Grand Regent

2 MASK OF KAPPA PSI PHARMACEUTICAL FRATERNITY � Fall 2008

From the Grand Regent

Lawrence BrownGrand Regent

The Epsilon Epsilon chapter was installed August 23, 2008. Outside the Texas A&M College of Pharmacy is (L–R): Vishal Patel, Tu Nguyen, ThomasGarza, Michael Veronin, a statue of Representative Irma Rangel, dec., Lawrence Brown, Dan Ly, Kevin Vu, and Andrew Frasco.

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Contents

Volume 105, Number 4, Fall 2008

Whole Number 420

Official Publication of the Kappa Psi

Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Inc.

Founded 1879 Incorporated 1903

A quarterly magazine maintained and

published in the interests of the Fraternity,

College, and University by The Kappa Psi

Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Inc., 2060 North

Collins, Suite 128, Richardson, TX 75080

Web site: www.kappapsi.org.

POSTMASTER—Send notice of undeliverable

copies to Central Office, Kappa Psi

Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Inc., 2060 North

Collins, Suite 128, Richardson, TX 75080.

The MASK is printed in the USA by Maury Boyd

and Associates, Indianapolis, Indiana. Send

information for publication directly to the

Editor:

Johnny Porter16305 DalmalleyDallas, TX 75248(home) 972-490-5091(work) 214-358-0263(fax) 214-358-0746(e-mail) [email protected]

Graduate brothers’ address corrections can be made at: www.kappapsi.org/national/main/login.php?type=individual&referrerpage=y

On the CoverSurely Jack Frost is a brother. Why elsewould he paint these maple trees sucha beautiful Kappa Psi red?

Issue Info to Editor

Winter ’09 12/1/08

Spring ’09 3/1/09

Summer ’09 7/1/09

Fall ’09 10/1/09

MASK DEADLINES

The Foundation for Professionalism . . . 4

Remembrances . . . 6

2008 Scholarship Recipients. . . 8

PFA Awards . . . 9

2008 Grand Council Deputies Awards. . . 9

Chapter News . . . 10

�� Photo Album . . . 31

Epsilon Epsilon Chartering . . . 33

The Final Word: The Kappa Psi Life . . . 39

LEFT: Three Gamma Kappa brothers readarticles from the summer 2008 MASK.

RIGHT: Brothers Kimberly Hoffmann, Kevin Brittain, and Marissa Semian

have some ice cream during the Rush Ice Cream Social.

Epsilon Beta brothers Anupa Shah, Mike Gres, Josh Fugate, and Travis Dangerfieldare driving buddies on the way to attend the Epsilon Epsilon chartering.

Chapter News on page 10

Brothers attend the Epsilon Epsilon chartering on page 33

Scholarships and Awards on pages 8 & 9


Feature

So many times we have heard it said that “Kappa Psi is a pro-fessional fraternity.” At the various chapter meetings,Province conclaves and even GCC, if we collected a dol-

lar for each time someone said, “Kappa Psi is a professionalfraternity,” there would be no reason to sell raffle tickets toraise money. If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it athousand times. But what does it really mean? How dowe make it more of a real practice and less of a slo-gan? What is the true definition of Kappa Psi profes-sionalism?

While there are varied definitions of the terms “profes-sional and professionalism,” the Merriam-Webster OnlineDictionary has a very concise explanation of these terms. Itdefines “professional” as: “relating to, or characteristic of a pro-fession; characterized by or conforming to the technical or ethicalstandards of a profession; exhibiting a courteous, conscientious,and generally businesslike manner in the workplace; engaged inby persons receiving financial return; following a line of conduct asthough it were a profession.”

The same resource defines the term “professionalism” as: “Theconduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a professionor a professional person.”

The ideas that are offered by Merriam-Webster are all correct,and I am sure that many of my fellow students can’t wait until wecan join those who are “engaged in receiving financial gain” withinthe profession of pharmacy. But the two I would like to concen-

trate on are “characterized by or conforming to the techni-cal or ethical standards of a profession” and “the con-

duct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a pro-fession or a professional person.”

You see, while the rest of these definitions dealwith what a person does, these two definitions

deal with who a person is. It appears clear tome now that true professionalism deals morewith the character and discipline of a Kappa

Psi and goes beyond the programs and eventsthat we do as brothers. As humans, we become

the habits that we practice, and the only way forKappa Psi to truly be a professional fraternity is for

our habits and daily practices to become more thanmeaningless rituals. They have to become active parts of

our character and seen as natural expressions of who weare as a Fraternity.

So where does this all begin? How can our chapters produce“professional Kappa Psi brothers” from the diverse backgroundsand personalities that our Brotherhood is selected from? It seemsclear that the process of developing professionalism begins withthe proper level of discipline within the chapter. The use of ourRituals and adherence to our Constitution and By-Laws can aid inhelping our brothers realize the value found in being “character-ized by or conforming to the ethical standards of Kappa Psi.”When we can teach discipline through proper pledging processes,

The Foundation forBy Kathryn V. Kropp, Regent (Delta Xi)


and proper methods of conducting our chapter business, it willhelp all brothers to value “the conduct, aims, or qualities that char-acterize or mark. . . the ideals of Kappa Psi.”

Our chapters may not hold the answers for every issue, but theyare the foundation upon which we will be able to build stronger,more professional brothers. While every chapter will add its ownaccent to the process, if we continue to honor the traditions ofKappa Psi, we will be on the way to producing brothers who areprofessionals, rather than ones who merely act professionally.When we learn to honor things such as being on time to meetings,and utilizing our Password and Grip, we will be able to appreciatethat true professionals all have identifying and unifying practices,which hold special significance. If our brothers can learn to respectour history, our commitment to community service, and proud

legacy of leadership, they will understand how important it is forus to represent Kappa Psi with dignity and professionalism in allareas of life.

We can build brothers who are truly professional if we encour-age our chapters to be more professional in how they handle theirmeetings, socials and events. Kappa Psi will be more of a “profes-sional fraternity” when we as brothers will be equipped by ourchapters to be more professional, rather than having to act moreprofessionally. As a regent, I know that it can be hard, but thechapter is where it all begins, or ends, depending on whether youare successful or not. So let’s all do our best to encourage activitiesand ideals that will help to strengthen the foundations of profes-sionalism in our chapter.

Professionalism

Remembrances

Blessed with Mentorsand Fond Memories

hen I was initiated into Kappa Psi(Beta Epsilon, University of

Rhode Island), I was blessed tohave two great mentors, Dr. GeorgeOsborne and Dr. NormanCampbell. They immedi-ately instilled in me thatbeing a brother carriedresponsibilities: to theprofession, to my broth-ers, and, most important-ly, to myself. To animpressionable youngman, these two brotherswere role models whoshaped my life. I took myresponsibilities very seri-ously since I was the firstof my family to have even graduated fromhigh school, let alone being a professional. Iknew then that I needed to give back to myprofession and to my Fraternity that wouldhelp me succeed. My brothers and mentorshad more faith in me than I had in myself.In 1980, I was lucky enough to have had theopportunity to be appointed as editor ofTHE MASK. Then Grand Regent, DeweyGarner had confidence in me and allowedme to be the editor. That appointmentbegan my being able to give back to ourFraternity in a concrete manner. I was edi-tor for 15 years. I consider that time to havebeen when I made my greatest contribution

to our beloved Fraternity. With the supportof the Grand Regents, the ExecutiveCommittee, and Executive Director BobMagarian, I was able to publish 60 issues ontime and within budget. The years that Boband I spent as employees of the Fraternity,as well as brothers, were most enjoyable.We comforted and supported each other atevery opportunity. Never once did Bob havea negative word to say about anyone. I hadthe opportunity to work with many GrandRegents, each having their own strengths;but they were always supportive of ourefforts and each did what they thought wasbest for Kappa Psi. I have favorite memories

of all of them, especially WR Smith, whomade the Fraternity his life’s work, and PatWells, who always took his role seriouslybut had the great ability to laugh at himselfand sometimes, in a gentle, loving way,laughed at me. All of the Grand Regents Iworked with were supportive, understand-ing, and committed to doing a great job. Iwas lucky to have been elected president ofthe College Fraternity Editors Association, agroup of editors of fraternal organizations.Like every group I join, I also was commit-ted to the cause and was honored to receivethe Marilyn S. Ford Award given for excep-tional service to the association. When I

RemembrancesThis series of articles, written by Past National Officers of the Fraternity, will appear frequently.

The purpose of this series is to let the members of Kappa Psi see what

the Fraternity was like when some of our past officers were in leadership roles. I hope

this is an enjoyable trip down memory lane. —Johnny Porter, Editor of THE MASK

By Tony Palmieri, Editor Emeritus, Past Grand Regent

Tony at the 2003 GCC in San Diego.

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Remembrances

decided that it was time to step down as edi-tor, our Fraternity was lucky to haveBrother Porter step in as editor. He does awonderful job, taking THE MASK to thehighest level in fraternal journalism. Beingan editor is not an easy task. There aredeadlines, recalcitrant chapters, and alwaysbudgetary constraints.

When I left the editorship, I was left witha void in my Kappa Psi life so I ran for theoffice of Grand Historian. History hasalways been a passionate hobby for me, so itwas a natural fit. The more senior brotherswill easily remember that this was not myfirst foray into running for national office, asI had been an unsuccessful candidate manytimes before. In truth, losing those electionstaught me a lot about myself and my com-mitment to our Fraternity. I then was luckyenough to continue serving on the EC asGrand Vice Regent and then elected asGrand Regent in San Diego. As GrandRegent, I found my best supporters and,when needed, my greatest critics in the PastGrand Regents. They were always effusivein their praise and gentle in their criticism.So in total, on a national level, I servedKappa Psi for 24 years. As I reflected on thistopic of my memories, I was continuallystruck by the fact that the future of ourFraternity was in great shape in that thenewer brothers had the same hopes anddreams and commitment we all have.

I have many fond memories of beingGrand Regent. The Providence Graduatechapter anniversary dinners were probablythe highlight as I reflect. It is not that they

were overly grandiose, well attended orpompous. They are my favorite because theGraduate chapter would give scholarshipsto brothers in the name of Norm Campbell,George Osborne, and Peter Feeney, abrother who passed away soon after gradu-ating. The most emotional time of my GrandRegent service was presenting the Order ofthe Golden Mortar Award to BrotherAnthony Solomon. Also in attendance wasanother brother who had already receivedhis Golden Mortar, John Campoli. Now,many of you will not know these two broth-ers, but they were instrumental in mybecoming a pharmacist. They owned phar-macies in my neighborhood; they were myfamily pharmacists. I did not know theywere Kappa Psi brothers; they did not real-ize they were influencing my life. So even as

a child, Kappa Psi brothers were influencingmy life, as they would forever—all theKappa Psi Brothers. You should realize thatyou influence others even when you do notexpect to.

I would be remiss if I did not mention theother brother whom I presented a GoldenMortar to that same night . . . Brother NormCampbell. With tears in my eyes and agrateful heart, when I presented BrotherNorm with his Golden Mortar certificate, Ifelt the full circle of life, the giving back, thetrue bonds of Brotherhood as I was able tohonor him for his fraternal friendship. Here-instilled in me that Kappa Psi is for life.

I again thank all the brothers of ourbeloved Fraternity for allowing me to serveour Order and allowing me the privilege ofcalling you brother.

Tony with former Executive Director Don Florridia at the 1997 GCC.

Tony at GCC in 2003.

Only Tonycould make thishat look good!


Tony and friends at the 2001 GCC in Florida.


Awards

The Scholarship Winners for 2008 are:Mathew Sapko, Beta Kappa/Pittsburgh

Adele Reichel, Epsilon/MinnesotaAlexander Pham, Mu/Massachusetts College of Pharmacy

Michael Schroeder, Epsilon/MinnesotaKelly Valla, Chi/Illinois-Chicago

Allison Palmer, Delta Delta/HoustonTami Houser, Delta Rho/Nova Southeastern

Matthew Duff, Gamma Psi/MercerErin Carey, Delta Sigma/Midwestern Glendale

Antionia Edgar, Delta Pi/Texas Tech

2008 Scholarship Recipients

Kelly VallaChi

Allison PalmerDelta Delta

Antionia EdgarDelta Pi

Tami HouserDelta Rho

Adele ReichelEpsilon

Michael SchroederEpsilon

Awards

On behalf of the Public Relations Committee, it is my pleasure to announce that Kappa PsiPharmaceutical Fraternity was the recipient of two 2008 Professional Fraternity Association(PFA) awards.

Dr. Dewey Duane Garner was the recipient of the 2008 Career Achievement Award.The Career Achievement Award honors a distinguished full member of the Fraternity who

participates actively on a regular or continuing basis. This person is of national or internation-al renown, and actively engaged in the Fraternity’s discipline.

Brother Garner has made numerous contributions to not only Kappa Psi, but also to thepharmacy profession. As a Kappa Psi brother, Dr. Garner is a former Grand Regent of theFraternity. He has also served on numerous committees throughout the years. As a facultymember, Brother Garner has published more than 100 articles in several journals. Dr. Garnerhas been funded for several grants and contracts. He has also provided numerous continuingeducation articles. These are just a few examples of Brother Garner’s achievements. He istruly a tribute to our Fraternity.

The brothers of the Delta Rho chapter were the recipients of the 2008 OutstandingCommunity Service Award.

The Outstanding Community Service Award recognizes a group chapter that has dedicatedpersonal and financial support for the betterment of that chapter’s community.

Delta Rho is committed to providing excellent service to their community. They activelyparticipate in numerous fundraising and community service projects throughout the academicyear. They participate in walk-a-thons, perform road cleanups, collect Toys for Tots, volunteerat the local Ronald McDonald House and the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, raise money forcharity organizations, do poison prevention presentations, and brighten the days of children atlocal hospitals. Tami Houser, National Philanthropy Committee co-chair and chapter corre-sponding secretary (past two years), is to be acknowledged for all of her hard work.

The Public Relations Committee would like to thank all the brothers who identified and/ornominated brothers for the PFA awards.

Please join me in congratulating Dr. Dewey Garner and the brothers of Delta Rho. Onbehalf of Kappa Psi, we are so proud to be your brothers!

The Grand Council DeputyDevelopment Committee is pleased toannounce the winners of the GrandCouncil Deputy OutstandingAchievement Award and the GrandCouncil Deputy Certificate of ExcellenceAwards for 2008. These awards havebeen developed to recognize the outstanding accomplishments and hardwork of our Grand Council Deputies.The Fraternity recognizes that to be agood Grand Council Deputy (GCD), it takes time and energy away from other activities like family and other professional responsibilities. Theseawards from the Fraternity for the GCDswill provide recognition in their professional careers.

Grand Council Deputy OutstandingAchievement Award for 2008:Eric Gupta– Epsilon Gamma

Grand Council Certificate ofExcellence Awards for 2008:

Michael Adams– Delta LambdaPeter Brody– Gamma IotaBradley Cannon– ChiThomas W. Smith– Gamma PiEd Soltis– IotaChad Vandenberg– Gamma PsiLouis Williams– Delta Delta

We congratulate all of you for yourcommendable work with our Fraternityand collegiate chapters! Thank youagain to all of our GCDs for all of thegreat work you are doing for Kappa Psi!

—Deanna McDanel, Delta Zeta Co-GCD and Gary Van Riper,Gamma Kappa Co-GCD, Co-Chairs,GCD Development Committee

2008 Grand CouncilDeputiesAwards

PFA Awardsby Latha Radhakrishnan



�� EpsilonUniversity of MinnesotaFounded 4/30/1928College of Pharmacy5-130 Weaver Densford Hall308 Harvard Street S.E.Minneapolis, MN 55455-0343

Another year at the College ofPharmacy has begun and Kappa PsiEpsilon chapter is ready to continueour service projects, promote theprofession of pharmacy, and havefun together as brothers. With anewly elected executive board, wehave many fresh ideas to make thisyear even better. For example, weimplemented a technology commit-tee which is helping to build a Website where �� brothers in ourchapter can visit to learn aboutupcoming philanthropy projectsand social events. Gone are thepaper sign-ups, as the Web siteallows brothers to register for theevents online. Along with a new e-board, we are looking forward towelcoming new brothers to ourchapter this fall. Currently, we have16 students participating in the

pledging process. We are veryexcited to welcome them into theFraternity.

To recap our summer activities,several brothers volunteered atCamp SuperKids, a camp for chil-dren with asthma. Epsilon also pre-pared and served a delicious mealat the Ronald McDonald Housenear the University of Minnesotacampus. Both events resulted inmuch success, and we will continueto participate in these service activi-ties this coming year. We continuedto staff the dispensing pharmacy atthe free, student-run PhillipsNeighborhood Clinic (PNC)throughout the summer, whichserves patients in need of healthcare and essential medications whocould otherwise not afford it. A newaddition to that project this year isall Kappa Psi PNC volunteers willbe participating in at least one com-munity outreach project organizedthrough the clinic to increaseawareness in the surrounding com-munity and get to know the volun-teers from other health professional

Chapter News

Epsilon brothers enjoying the great outdoors on their annual weekendcamping trip.

Delta Eta brothers pose to show their Kappa Psi colors.

Richmond. Our next fundraiser thatwe will host is our annual ChiliCook-Off on October 27. Last year’sturnout was great and we expecteven more support this year. Ourgreatest achievement this summeris the resurrection of the CenturyClub. The Century Club is com-prised of active alumni from thechapter who still help support usboth financially and professionally.All members of the club will havetheir name engraved on a plaque tobe hung at the VCU School of

the spring semester of 2008. Due tocircumstances beyond his control,he was unable to complete theprocess at the time. Since returningto school in the fall, he has shown agenuine desire to join Kappa Psi.The pledging process was contin-ued, and we are now proud to callhim a brother. Our last fundraisingevent was the Kappa Psi AnnualGolf Tournament that was held inthe spring. The event was a hugesuccess and we were able to raise$3,000 for the ALS Society of

�� ThetaVirginia CommonwealthUniversityFounded 7/30/1921School of PharmacyP.O. Box 980533410 N. 12 StreetRichmond, VA 23298-0001

Our chapter has done much overthe past months, and we plan tocontinue to do great things. Thismonth we have inducted a brother,Cory Grove, into our Fraternity.Cory originally began pledging in

A group of Epsilon brothers working hard at the Minneapolis Metrodomeduring a Twins game to fundraise for the chapter.

Iota Brothers Will Lake (left) and Rob Hodges enjoy Iota’s Rush Weekpaintball game.

Rho chapter brothers enjoyed a night of burgers and chicken at a Back to School Barbecue.


programs. Another exciting noteabout the PNC, two of our brothers,Terri Swan and Maria Henriksen,helped create a grant proposal for anational competition. Their teamwas awarded one of three nationalgrants totaling close to $18,000 tohelp fund the project!

An important part of summer andfall for Kappa Psi Epsilon chapter isour fundraising by working at theMetrodome during MinnesotaTwins baseball games. This is ourmain way of raising money to helpcontribute to causes we supportthroughout the year and help fundour many service activities. We alsohad fun this summer with a fewsocial activities. In June, �� broth-ers checked out a Saint Paul Saintsbaseball game with the MinnesotaGrad chapter; we enjoyed pregametailgating and an exciting ballgame. As a chapter, we also orga-nized a camping excursion wherebrothers bonded while enjoying thegreat outdoors. Toward the end ofthe summer, a unique event wasorganized by our social chair,dubbed “Retro Night,” whichentailed eating at an old-fashioneddiner followed by a drive-in movie.In September, a group of brothersgot together to go apple picking at alocal orchard. It was a beautiful dayfor a hayride and fresh apples alongwith navigating through a giantcorn maze.

—Katie Pokorny

Chapter News


alumni newsletter this fall. If youare an alumnus of Iota, please con-tact us to reconnect with our cur-rent activities. If you are an alum-nus in the Charleston, SouthCarolina, area, you might see manyof the collegiate brothers in Santasuits in local pubs on the 21st ofNovember for the Christmas Crawlfor charity. This event was orga-nized last year by Brother MarcusDean and raised more than $3,000for a local children’s charity forChristmas gifts. This year, theevent has been adopted by MUSCStudent Government, and weexpect it to be even bigger.

Iota regent William Shealy will betaking orders for a Kappa Psi flagfeaturing the coat of arms on a scar-let and gray background. Pleasecontact regent Shealy at [email protected] for more information.

We are very lucky at Iota to havesome outstanding faculty brothersserving as ambassadors for theFraternity and our profession. Dr.James Sterrett, along with severalof our collegiate brothers, volun-teered a week’s worth of time andenergy over the summer at a localcamp for children with diabetes.We are also honored to have Dr. EdSoltis as our GCD. This year, Dr.Soltis was honored by the GrandCouncil with a Grand CouncilCertificate of Excellence Award for2008. The brothers are grateful forall your help and are happy to con-gratulate you on your award!

—Kevin Curler

Pharmacy beside our composite.Socially, we have continued to haveweekly dinners with a great brotherand alumni turnout. On October 27,several brothers and a few of ourKappa Epsilon sisters braved theGauley River in West Virginia.Soaked to the bone, we returned tri-umphantly after dominating thepathetic class V rapids.

—Jacob Hyatt and David Trinh

�� IotaMedical University of South CarolinaFounded 11/29/1927The College of Pharmacy280 Calhoun StreetCharleston, SC 29425

The first month of the schoolyear has been a very busy monthfor the brothers of Iota. Evenbefore rush, our membership hadalready expanded by one, as wewelcomed James Lech, who trans-ferred from Gamma Xi to Iota forhis first year of pharmacy school.We had the largest rush turnout inrecent memory. The brothers host-ed several activities during RushWeek, including competing in alocal trivia contest, bowling, andpaintball. At the end of the week,we extended 17 bids to first-yearstudents. The pledges will beactively involved in the NationalPledge Project of helping to locatealumni brothers who are not cur-rently active in Kappa Psi.

The current brothers of Iota arealso actively expanding our alumnirelations, and published our first

�� MuMassachusetts College of PharmacyFounded 3/4/1907SGA Office c/o Kappa Psi179 Longwood AvenueBoston, MA 02115

The annual Mission Hill RoadRace is always a fun event withinthe Mission Hill neighborhood.Since proceeds go to benefit theKevin W. Fitzgerald Park, the raceis a great way to volunteer and bet-ter the local community. Differentgroups of people from the areacome together to help make theevent a success. This year’s race,held September 20, was no differentand the brothers of Mu chapterwere glad to be a part of it again.The brothers who were able toattend were happy to help out, withhalf of the group running in therace and half volunteering to holdsigns, hand out water, and evendirect traffic. While we were thereprimarily to show support for thecommunity, we also put our besteffort forth in the race. One broth-er’s hard work and determinationpaid off as our own JamesHenschke finished in the top 20(out of 237) with a time of 21 min-utes, 4.39 seconds.

In other news, Mu chapter willbe hosting various social and edu-cational events on the MCPHS cam-pus in the coming weeks. We’replanning on having a poker tourna-ment on October 10 at school as abreak from the grueling studyschedule most students undertake,

with a “To Be Decided” prize forthe winner. We will also be hostingtwo Monday Night Football gamesfor all the NFL fans out there. Muchapter also has tentative plans tosponsor a guest lecturer on the sub-ject of Business in Pharmacy. Thebrothers of Mu hope that yoursemester has gotten off to a goodstart, and we hope to see some ofyou at the Province I meeting inNew York City.

—Jensen Varghese

�� XiThe Ohio State UniversityFounded 5/21/1925College of Pharmacy500 W. 12th Ave.Columbus, OH 43210-1291

With the start of fall quarter, Xichapter brothers have been busygetting ready for pledge season,and we are excited to see what the2008–2009 school year will bring.We would like to congratulate thenewly appointed officers: LindseyCorbett (regent), Lauren Giffin(vice regent), Jess DelRe (secre-tary), Sara Kamalay (treasurer), JenMurdock (chaplain), Lara Wiley(historian), Brian Thone (sergeantat arms), and Megan Lienau (phar-macy council representative).

The Ohio State UniversityCollege of Pharmacy held an orga-nizational fair for the incoming P1students, and Kappa Psi brotherswere able to get more than 40names of students interested inbecoming members of Kappa Psi.Future pledge events include a

Chapter News

Recognize these Iota brothers?This photo is from theWaringHistoricalLibrary atMUSC. If you recognize any of thesehandsome fellows, pleaselet the brothers ofIota know.


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social at BW3s, a cookout at FredBeekman Park on campus, and asocial at McFaddens.

Our diligent chaplain, JenMurdock, has been planning volun-teer activities for the upcomingyear. Future activities include gar-dening and lawn care at theUnverferth House, serving meals atthe Mid-Ohio Food Bank, and visit-ing the Capital Area HumaneSociety to bake treats for the ani-mals eager to be adopted.

Xi chapter would like to thankProvince V officers Erin Walsh, TimBorowiak, and Eric Geyer for com-ing to visit our chapter. Along withAndy Frasco, Grand Counselor, andfellow Xi brothers, they volunteeredat the annual Night Moves racewhich benefits the March of Dimesorganization. It was great meetingall of you and we look forward toseeing you at Kappa Psi events inthe future.

—Lara Wiley

PiPurdue UniversityFounded 6/11/19281330 Heine Pharm. Bldg.Room 156West Lafayette, IN 47906-1330

Pi chapter has had a great start toour fall semester. We have alreadycompleted two fundraising projectsincluding Top 300 Drug Cards andT-shirt sales. We have quite a fewBoilermakers as new pledges thisyear. Seventeen pledges wererecently pinned. The rest of thepledge program should be extraor-dinarily fun.

—Jessicia Hermes

RhoUniversity of KansasFounded 4/23/1932Room 2056, Malott Hall1251 Wescoe Hall DriveLawrence, KS 66045

Rho chapter kicked off the yearwith a Back-to-School barbecue forall returning brothers. We alsohosted a night of volleyball andgrilling out for prospective mem-bers, though the volleyball waspostponed due to rain. We had agreat turnout at both events, so weknow this will be a wonderful yearfor our chapter. Brothers are busyplanning this year’s initiation and

initiation week activities. We arerevamping our annual scavengerhunt to make it an on-campusevent. During initiation week,pledges dress up to daily themesincluding Jayhawk Fanatic,Superhero Day, and Country ClubDay. This year, all pledges mustcomplete a community serviceactivity before initiation. One groupis busy organizing an athletic toydrive for the YMCA. The toys willhelp kids get active by promotingphysical activity. We hope this yearwill be our best year yet!

—Jia Yin Feng

�� SigmaUniversity of MarylandFounded 3/27/1924School of Pharmacy20 N. Pine StreetBaltimore, MD 21201

With the start of the new schoolyear, things here at UMB School ofPharmacy have been anything butquiet. Sigma entered the fall semes-ter as the top chapter in ProvinceIII, a distinction that we are allproud and ecstatic about! Coastingon this great news, brothers herestrengthened their fraternal bondsonce again by taking part in ongo-ing successful fundraisers, includ-ing working at the BaltimoreRavens football games. With theenormous interest in Kappa Psigrowing more and more everydayat our campus, working at thesefood stands has allowed our chapterto fund various Kappa Psi events,making them both successful andthe talk of the town. Brother ChaiWang and his Big Brother KevinBrady kept the well oiled machin-ery of feeding hungry Ravens fansrunning smoothly, as brothersunite to continually impress.

Rush season is underway here atSigma chapter, and to strengthenthe core of our Fraternity, brothershave been working tirelessly toignite interest and respect in KappaPsi. Rush events included a deli-cious barbecue, a rousingCasino/Game Night, and a niceanything but low-key luau. As wordspread around campus about KappaPsi’s exciting and wholesomely funevents, more and more pharmacystudents came by to enjoy the goodfood and good company.

During this rush season, broth-ers here at Sigma have had thechance to reflect on the simplestquestions, “Who is Kappa Psi andwhat do we do?” Sigma chapter isproud to have some of the busieststudent pharmacists on campus.More than 90 of the 115 brothers ofKappa Psi belong to at least oneorganization at the University ofMaryland at Baltimore. Sigmabrothers hold a number of officepositions in other organizations,including presidential positions in17 of the 21 organizations on cam-pus for the 2008–2009 school year.These organizations included largechapters such as APhA, AMCP,PLS, ASCP, NCPA, RX, and ASHP.Despite busy schedules, brothers

Pi chapter pledges (bottom row L–R): Dalya Younan, Anthony Lam, Beth Gelhausen, Samaneh Kabul, Chara Dubin, Sarah Cox, Jennifer Anderson, Ally Mason, and Sarah Mason; (top row L–R): Jacquelyn Sandu,Brogan Mehringer, Eric Jankowski, Shannon Eaves, Navid Hojatti, Nate Windsor, Kip Kyburz, and AaronKuntz.

Rho chapter hosted a night of a barbecue for those interested in joiningKappa Psi.


brothers, including the meet thebrothers date auction and the annu-al pledge retreat. Our meet thebrothers date auction raised morethan $1,000 for the Make-A-WishFoundation. We are also currentlydoing service projects with Habitatfor Humanity to build homes forpeople in need. Also, we are veryproud and excited about the contin-uing growth of our Knoxville cam-pus chapter. Although we are sepa-rated by more than 350 miles,Knoxville brothers still made it toseveral rush events and hosted afootball tailgate party for one of theUT games. We are also planning onhaving a weekend retreat in thewonderful Smoky Mountains laterthis fall, where Knoxville andMemphis brothers will be reunited!

—Elisa Giroux

�� Beta GammaUniversity of California—San FranciscoFounded 9/23/1910College of Pharmacy1499-5th AvenueSan Francisco, CA 94122

In San Francisco, September,October and early November her-ald an “Indian Summer” of sunnyblue skies and warm clear nights—the perfect weather to kick start alineup of exciting new events andtime-tested traditions that furtherstrengthen the Kappa PsiBrotherhood here at UCSF. Overthe summer, Beta Gamma was inattendance at the Province InterimMeeting recently held inAlbuquerque, New Mexico, and asalways, was inspired by the strong

still focus their efforts on importantprojects for the profession and thecommunity. Brown bag trainingand sessions have been scheduledand planned, and Kappa Psi ispoised to reach out to the commu-nity to further the development ofthe Personal Medication Record.Sigma designed a special decal toalert EMTs and other emergencyresponse workers about patientsparticipating in the PMR program.It is not difficult to see that brothershere are getting back into theswing of things, pushing forward asusual.

Things coming up for Sigmachapter include Hope Lodge din-ners during which brothers preparea home cooked meal forchemotherapy patients at theUniversity Hospital. On the platefor this year’s event is an entirelynew realm for some brothers:entertainment. Wish us luck!

—Julie Nguyen

�� PsiUniversity of TennesseeFounded 10/9/1925College of Pharmacy31 S. BarksdaleMemphis, TN 38104

This year started off with a greatrush! Events included the annualluau, karaoke, a Redbirds baseballgame, dinner/game night, and lastbut not least—the fall semiformal.

We are proud to announce thatwe have 81 wonderful pledges whoare just as enthusiastic about KappaPsi as the brothers. Pledges havehad several opportunities tobecome better acquainted with the

bonds of brotherhood that run deepon all levels. We would like to thankthe brothers of Gamma Rho forbeing excellent hosts. The brothersof Beta Gamma would also like totake this opportunity to congratu-late our very own immediate pastregent, Aaron Prince, in his newposition as Province IX Develop-ment Chair.

Beta Gamma is excited for anoth-er year beginning with a series ofgreat rush events. Before classeswere even in session, Beta Gammabegan the first rush event welcom-ing the incoming class in our annu-al Bi-Frat Dinner/Dessert Social.Our brothers came out for theopportunity to mingle and meetwith the first-year students and

answer any questions they mighthave about what Kappa Psi meansto them. Delicious homemadedesserts were personalized withKappa Psi lettering (Rice Crispytreats and double-layered pumpkincakes donned the �� monogram)and tables were manned by enthusi-astic brothers in an array of scarletand cadet gray. Excited first yearssocialized amongst themselves andour brothers while in line for thegrand centerpiece—a chocolatefondue fountain surrounded by thelikes of strawberries, red velvetcake balls, angelfood cake, marsh-mallows and more. The secondevent of the quarter was the host-ing of a tailgate party for the Giantsvs. Dodgers game at AT&T

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Psi Brothers Katrina Maggi, Dave Dixon, and Adam Garner at the annual luau.

Psi chapter pledges and brothers raised more than $1,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation at their date auction.

A few Epsilon brothers having fun at the Afton Apple Orchard.


Ballpark. The tailgate party consist-ed of barbecue burgers and wiffle-ball fun in the park just around thecorner from the game. First-yearstudents were surprised with athird quarter scoreboard announce-ment welcoming the “UCSF KappaPsi Rush 2008!” The Vegas GameNight rush event was also a big suc-cess as board games, karaoke,poker, and Wii kept all entertainedlong into the night.

Beta Gamma is only just begin-ning and a couple of events lined upfor the rest of the quarter include aWelcome Back Party at TempleNightclub in downtown SanFrancisco, a cozy Make Your OwnPizza/Movie Night, a Bonfire atOcean Beach, and Intern Night.

This last event is especially excitingas it gives us the opportunity toreach out to our alumni and ask fortheir help in showing that theBrotherhood extends beyond ourtime spent here in school. KappaPsi Brotherhood is for Life.

—Vida Vongvanith

�� Beta EtaWest Virginia UniversityFounded 5/16/1925Health Sciences NorthMorgantown, WV 26506

Beta Eta is off to a great semes-ter! We are currently in the processof initiating new pledges. We arevery excited about getting to knowall of them as they go through thepledging process. Thus far, our

brothers and pledges have partici-pated in several community serviceevents, including the SeptemberStride and the Light the NightWalk. Beta Eta brothers have alsotaken time to have a little fun. Wetraveled to see the PittsburghPirates play the Houston Astros aswell as hosted a tailgate for theWVU vs. Marshall football game.

—Jessica Kreger

�� Beta KappaUniversity of PittsburghFounded 3/26/1913School of Pharmacy228 Salk HallPittsburgh, PA 15213

With fall in full swing, the broth-ers of Beta Kappa have been keep-ing busy with studying and tons ofactivities. Everyone celebrated thebeginning of another eventful yearand the return from summer at theannual Back to School party. Therewere tons of familiar faces and thenewest pharmacy students got theirfirst glimpse at what Kappa Psi is allabout.

Starting out the school year right,the brothers have begun theirweekly blood pressure screeningsand various bake dates at FamilyHouse. Another annual project tak-ing place this fall was the brothers’collaboration with grad brothers toset up a very seasonally appropriatecorn maze at their parents’ farm.Furthermore, many brothers havebeen actively participating in orga-nizing the APhA-ASP MidyearRegional Meeting that will be heldhere in Pittsburgh in mid-October.And everyone is also looking for-ward to the Province II conventionto be held the first weekend inOctober in Pittsburgh as well. We

hope to see many familiar faces aswell as make connections with newbrothers from the area during aweekend of learning and plenty offun.

Also with the new semester, BetaKappa held three different rushevents to seek out new members.The first event was a lunch andslide show for new students to min-gle with brothers and learn aboutsome of the activities we do as achapter. The next event was held atShootz café where students andbrothers played pool and socializedover some awesome food. Finally,the brothers held a picnic at thechapter house to wrap things upand get to know the students in amore laid-back setting. Immediatelyfollowing the end of rush, brothersgathered again at the house to cele-brate with the 29 potential newpledges. We look forward to anexciting pledge period.

—Anna-Marie Oakes

�� Beta NuCreighton UniversityFounded 11/21/1914School of Pharmacy2500 California PlazaOmaha, NE 68178-0001

Beta Nu is excited to welcomeour new GCD, Dr. Emily Sexson.We are looking forward to workingwith her. The brothers of Beta Nuwant to thank our former GCD, Dr.Michael Makoid, for his years ofservice to our chapter. We will missworking with him.

The school year is off to a greatstart. We had a busy but great rushperiod. The P1s and P2s were intro-duced to Kappa Psi at a Barrett’sBarleycorn social, barbecue, OldChicago night, and a lunch meet-ing. After pledging, where 24 P1sand P2s accepted a bid, we wentout for ice cream at Ted and Wally’sto get to know each other better.We are excited to get to know thepledges and teach them the idealsof Kappa Psi. We have already hadsome great pledge events includinga bonfire at a faculty brother’shouse. We are looking forward tothe many activities we have plannedfor the fall, some of which are serv-ing dinner at Ronald McDonaldHouse, Pinky Presentations, andattending conclave.

—Allison Strobel

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TOP LEFT: Over cards and candy, Brothers Caitlin Corker and Sue Pak talk about what it means to be aSigma brother during Casino Night. RIGHT: Sigma ladies reunite to recruit at Kappa Psi’s annual luau.

Beta Kappa brothers have fun at the corn maze.


the Recruitment Ambassador pro-gram. Brothers from our chapterwill be visiting high schools in theChapel Hill area and will also betalking to organizations on theUNC campus to promote the pro-fession of pharmacy. We will be giv-ing presentations to educate stu-dents about the pharmacy programwith aspirations that they will pur-sue pharmacy as a career. The pur-pose of this program is to informmore people about the opportuni-ties the UNC pharmacy programand pharmacy career in generaloffer. By doing this, we hope toincrease the applicant pool at UNCto allow for a better selection of can-didates for the School of Pharmacy.

The Beta Xi chapter is lookingforward to our Alumni Day whichwill be held at our house. The daywill include food, socializing, andthe UNC football game againstNotre Dame. We are very excitedto see our alumni and hear whathas been happening in their liveslately. We have had a great start tothe year and hope to accomplishmany things this semester!

—Lauren Annas

�� Beta PiWashington State UniversityFounded 4/18/1916College of PharmacyWegner Room 155Pullman, WA 99164-6510

The Beta Pi brothers would liketo welcome the new officers to thechapter: Janice Louie (regent-elect), Jane Hong (vice regent-elect), Andrea Dickens (secretary-elect), Cris Lai (treasurer-elect), JiYeun Ku (historian-elect), SandyChau (chaplain-elect), Cappie

�� Beta XiUniversity of North CarolinaFounded 5/1/1915208 Finley Golf Course RoadChapel Hill, NC 27514

The brothers of the Beta Xi chap-ter have been busy with manyevents this semester. We had avery successful rush period. Webegan rush at the Pharmacy SchoolCarnival where we set up a booth toinform the pharmacy studentsabout how awesome Kappa Psi isand the opportunities that our chap-ter holds. We also hosted manyother different events during rush,including a Pig Pickin’ held at ourchapter’s house; a PharmacySchool Information Session toinform undergraduate studentsabout applying to pharmacy school;a community service/game nightheld at our house; a night at CharlieGoodnight’s Comedy Club; and aUNC football game. Our rush peri-od concluded with our annualBeach Blast Party that allows broth-ers and rushees to get to know oneanother better. We have just con-cluded the rush period and haveeight promising pledges: threeguys in their first professional yearand five girls in undergrad.

Our chapter has been hard atwork with fundraising and philan-thropy. We have been working atthe UNC Hospital pharmaciesdoing inventory and date-checkingdrugs in order to raise money forthe Brotherhood. Additionally, wehave made hotdogs and servedthem at the Ronald McDonaldHouse which houses families whocannot afford a hotel while theirchildren are in the hospital. We arealso participating in Adopt-a-Highway and are still activelyinvolved with tobacco cessation onthe UNC campus. We participatedin “Fit Wellness into Your Day” oncampus and educated students onways to stop smoking.

Our professional activities arealso keeping our chapter busy. Ourchapter hosted a PharmaceuticalIndustry Panel within the School ofPharmacy earlier in the semester.We invited speakers from differentareas of the industry to educatepharmacy students about theopportunities held in that aspect ofpharmacy. We had great participa-tion from both the students and thespeakers for this event. Our chapterhas also recently become a part of

Smith (sergeant at arms-elect),Krista Aspaas (community servicechair-elect), Sherry Whitely (socialchair-elect), Brianna Boland(fundraising chair-elect), andChristina Ree and Janine Mansour(Web site coordinators). Also, wewould like to extend our welcometo Dr. Travis Sonnet (GrandCouncil Deputy) who will be assist-ing our current Grand CouncilDeputy, Dr. Cathy Elstad. Duringthis past month, the officers andadvisors of Beta Pi kept busy plan-ning for an exciting and even betteryear yet. At the beginning of

September, Kappa Psi and PPSOheld an annual “welcome back bar-becue” at Kreugal Park with deli-cious food and fun in the sun forstudents, family, friends and facultymembers. During the same week-end, brothers organized a car washat Dissmores in an effort to help thecost of initiation fees and buycanned food items for the ongoingcanned food drive.

To start off this year, we have re-introduced the “Big BrotherProgram.” The new initiates werepaired off with a returning brotherwho would serve as a mentor to

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LEFT: Beta Gamma brothers surprised the newclass with a scoreboard announcement duringthe third inning welcoming “UCSF Kappa PsiRush 2008!” TOP: Beta Gamma brothersTrevor Luke, Paul Takamoto, Jeremiah Gitiha,and Kamal Sandhu pose for the camera.

Active Beta Nu brothers enjoy getting to know the potential pledges at abarbecue at a brother’s house: (L–R) Pledge Jessica Reed, Brothers JennMurphy, Denise Emmert, Ann Foede, Lesley Bravin, and Phil Lorhan.


their little brother. We are pleasedto start this year by initiating 32new brothers to our chapter! RushWeek rushed on by but it was filledwith memorable events. It includedinformational meetings, a campusscavenger hunt with a rewardingice cream social at the end, andbowling night with a twist of“Special Olympics.” We finished offthe Rush Week by inviting the newinitiates and returning brothers to acolorful and vibrant luau-themedinitiation party.

Beta Pi brothers are alwaysthinking of ways to serve the com-munity. At the end of September,brothers volunteered at the seventhannual Family Caregiver Programat the Bishop Place retirementhome in Pullman. They took part inblood pressure and blood glucosescreenings, passed out flyers onimmunizations, and answered ques-tions from people who attended theconference. Also, we are still contin-uing our collection efforts of poptabs for the Ronald McDonaldHouse program and pink Yoplaitlids for the Susan G. Komen Racefor the Cure.

Lastly, Beta Pi brothersexpressed their ongoing brother-hood at the annual Pubcrawl inSpokane, Washington. The first-,second-, third- and fourth-yearbrothers were randomly split intosix groups of 10 to complete a

detailed check-list by taking digitalphotos as evidence. At the end ofthe night, everyone was reunited atthe final destination, which provedthe night was a success! Beta Pibrothers are off to a great start andlook forward to the upcomingevents ahead!

—Ji Yeun Ku

�� Beta UpsilonButler UniversityFounded 2/27/19304600 Sunset AvenueIndianapolis, IN 46208

Our spring semester kicked offwith an officer retreat which wasattended by many past and presentofficers along with our two facultyadvisors. The officers spent timegoing over goals for the semester,as well as planning some events,and are excited about the yearahead. Our first brotherhood eventwas an Indianapolis Indians gamewhere we sat on the lawn andcaught up from our summer awaywhile watching the game. So farthis semester, we have had threerush events which included aninformal session for questions, apizza party and spaghetti dinner.We have sent out bids for our newclass of brothers and are excited toget to know them this semester.The brothers have also been mak-ing arrangements to attendMidyear in Cincinnati this October

and meet some more Kappa Psibrothers. The brothers plan todevelop a committee for Midyear’09 which we are so excited andhonored to be hosting. ThisNovember some of our brotherswill be participating in a HealthScreening event that is being host-ed by the College of Pharmacy andHealth Sciences. Another philan-thropy event this semester will beour annual trick-or-treat for cannedgoods in October with our newpledge class.

—Niki Garden

�� Beta PhiUniversity of CincinnatiFounded 2/12/1927College of PharmacyMail Location #4Cincinnati, OH 45267

As the new school year began forthe Beta Phi chapter here inCincinnati, we reflect on the lastfew months. With many brotherstraveling away for the summer,those few who remained in the citydecided to keep in touch throughweekly Sunday night potluck din-ners. Everyone brought a dish andwe spent each evening catching upon the previous week.

We also had our annual canoetrip in July at Whitewater River.Paddling eight miles down a riverposes its challenges, especiallywhen the water is low and full offast rapids. Many of the canoestipped, and it took a team effort toget everyone to the end with alltheir belongings intact.

The chapter house got a thor-ough cleaning in September.Brothers prepared for a full day ofyard work and house organizing.After more than six hours of trim-ming bushes, pushing mounds oflimbs through a wood chipper, andcleaning out the basement, thehouse looks better than ever! Bigthanks to all those who spent theirWednesday working hard.

The end of summer signals thebeginning of rush for the Beta Phichapter. This year we have expand-ed our rush in order to hold moreevents for the incoming first years.Our first event was a huge successas we held a cookout/cornholetournament at the Beta Phi house.We are excited about the upcomingquarter and all the events we haveplanned for our future pledges.

The Province V Midyear is quick-ly approaching and the Beta Phi

brothers would like to give majorthanks to Dan Fisher, Matt Bell,and Danielle Wright for all theirvery hard work in planning thisevent. It is sure to be very excitingand fun for all. We hope to see youall there.

—Matt Bell

�� Beta ChiDrake UniversityFounded 5/3/1930College of PharmacyCline Hall, 2507 University AvenueDes Moines, IA 50311-4505

Beta Chi has had a very busystart to the semester. We wouldlike to congratulate our memberswho made dean’s list and presi-dent’s list for spring of 2008, andwould also like to congratulate theP1s on receiving their white coats.As we began the semester, we start-ed planning what we will participatein throughout the semester. Wehave started our rush and have hadrecord numbers of people turn outfor the rush events. We had a rushbarbecue, a mini golf outing, anevent at a local park where mem-bers had snacks and played games,and formal rush which is comingup. We have started planning phil-anthropic events such as the Lightthe Night Walk, cooking at RonaldMcDonald House, and Night Eyes,which is a safe trick-or-treatingopportunity for Des Moines areachildren at the Blank Park Zoo. Wehave also started promoting theawareness months in the College ofPharmacy by putting posters in alarge display case. For fundraising,we are looking at selling DrakeUniversity Collage of Pharmacy andHealth Sciences clothing rightbefore the semester is over. Wehave also been very busy withpreparations for conclave that willbe in Des Moines in the spring.

—Danelle Rollinger

�� Beta PsiUniversity of WisconsinFounded 12/6/1919414 Chestnut StreetMadision, WI 53726

Beta Psi kicked off the the schoolyear with a cookout for all the newpharmacy students at UW—Madison. With the charcoals hotand a few hundred burgers on thegrill, the semester officially began.

Before we were ready to beginstudying, however, we enjoyedwhat was left of summer. Some of

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Beta Kappa brothers model their stripes.


wings during the game and had agreat time. The next Tuesday, thebrothers took the rushees out tothe Phillies game. The weather wasgreat and we all had fun watchingyet another nail-biter. Later in theweek, Beta Omega, along withother pharmacy fraternities, tookour rushees to an on-campusrestaurant called the DraughtHorse. The turnout was enormous,as many of the first-year studentscame together and members ofeach fraternity had fun. We lookforward to our upcoming eventsand hope they are as successful asour previous ones have been. I amalso proud to announce that BetaOmega’s own David Voung andDavid Blythe were recently induct-ed into Phi Lambda SigmaPharmacy Leadership Society. Thisis a great accomplishment as it rep-resents leadership in the role ofpharmacy students. Kappa Psi BetaOmega has had a great start to thesemester and looks to carry its cur-rent success into the New Yearwith the addition of new brothers toour chapter.

—Scott Havea

�� Gamma EpsilonUniversity of NebraskaFounded 3/20/1920Univ. of Nebraska College of Pharmacy985025 Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NE 68198

The brothers at the University ofNebraska are very excited to wel-come our pledge class of 33 newmembers. Our recruitment processwas very successful thanks to ourannual “Back to School Barbecue.”We held a pledge retreat at a campjust outside of Omaha in earlyOctober. We were able to kick back

the brothers from Beta Psi enjoyedthe fireworks at Madison’s Rhythmand Booms, while a few morebrothers traveled down to Chicagofor La La Palooza.

With the semester now under-way, however, rushing has been offto a great start. Ice cream socials,cookouts, game nights, volleyball,and more interested our chapter’spotential pledges. Formal rushcame in mid-September and themembers all chipped in to cook atasty Italian dinner to begin thepledge season.

Our fall pledge class consists ofeight pharmacy students, five ofwhom have decided to pledge dur-ing their second year of pharmacyschool—Madison’s most difficultyear academically. We look forwardto getting to know all of our pledgesand helping them through the chal-lenges of pharmacy school as bestwe can.

The pledge season will be a newand exciting one for all the brothersof Beta Psi. This will be the firstseason in our new Kappa Psi house,so we’ll have plenty of new memo-ries to make and traditions tobegin. For the next few months,however, our new home is underconstruction. It makes things inter-esting to get together at the house,but all the construction and chaoswill be well worth it in the end.

—Laura Hantak

�� Beta OmegaTemple UniversityFounded 5/22/19301247 W. Allegheny AvenuePhiladelphia, PA 19133

Kappa Psi Beta Omega has beenvery active and productive duringthis fall semester of 2008. Rushingis going very well, as there are aselect number of students whohave shown great interest in thisFraternity, which was evident at thepharmacy school picnic during thefirst week. Our annual kickoff partyat the Beta Omega house was ahuge success with a great turnoutby current brothers, alumni, as wellas a good number of first-year stu-dents. Beta Omega’s next rushevent involved watching MondayNight Football at the Kappa Psihouse. This brought a lot of thebrothers together as most of uscheered on the Eagles in what wasa very close game to the end. Therushees were provided pizza and

and forget about pharmacy classesfor a few hours while we got toknow our new members and have agreat time. Our chapter alsohelped UNMC celebrate NationalPharmacy Week by sporting ournew “PTBYB” shirts and wearingbasketball gear to support ourHoops for Healing tournament.This semester, each pledge classwill have the opportunity to makeand serve dinner at the RonaldMcDonald House in Omaha. Thisgives out-of-town families a place tostay so they can be close to theirchildren receiving medical care atthe hospital. By the time you readthis, we will have hosted a lovelyconclave for Province VIII in theheart of downtown Omaha. We

would like to express a big thank-you to everyone who made the tripto Nebraska.

—Renee Kohles

�� Gamma ZetaSamford UniversityFounded 3/20/1935800 Lakeshore DriveBirmingham, AL 35229

Starting off on the right foot forthe school year is essential to anyschool-based organization, and thissemester the brothers of GammaZeta have done just that. Beforeschool began, we took a trip to SixFlags over Georgia to loosen upbefore the heavy studying began socommon to pharmacy school life.After returning, we had severalmeetings and implemented our newrush schedule; we have inducted 27pledges into our pledge class. Weare extremely excited for thesepledges in anticipation of passingon our knowledge, support, andbrotherhood to new members.After initiation this year, we had apotluck to celebrate in honor of ournew pledges who were just about asdiverse as you can get. Food fromthe four corners of the supermarketwas supplied, ranging from the sta-ple of baked chicken products, tocasseroles, and the most importantfood of college life, pizza rolls.

During rush, we have also hadbrotherhood events as well. OnSaturday the 13th, we sponsored acar wash to support leukemia andlymphoma at the local Sam’s Club

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Beta Xi Brothers Natalie Mason, Irene Park, and Lauren Annas at aUNC football game.

Beta Xi Brothers Tiffany Sims andLauren Chambers at formal rush.

Beta Xi Brothers Caroline Worley,Nicole Nicolsen, and CarlaLardizabal at formal rush.


parking lot. This brought in a sub-stantial amount of money forresearch and development of newdrugs and to assist patients in theirfight for life.

With rush completed, we cannow focus on other pressing mat-ters of Brotherhood, both localand abroad. Planning has begunon our annual events includingour playground build, diabeteswalk, and new this year, a pancakesocial. During the social, we willhave a live band composed ofbrothers, pancakes, and a longnight of fun. We’re planning forattendance at conclaves and areeager to get our brothersinformed and excited, so look forus this year again at conclave.

—Casey Souders

�� Gamma ThetaUniversity of Missouri—Kansas CityFounded 5/17/1957School of Pharmacy5005 Rockhill RoadKansas City, MO 64110-2499

With the fall semester wellunderway, the brothers of GammaTheta are gearing up for an excitingrush season. Last year, GammaTheta welcomed approximately 30new brothers to the chapter, andwe are working hard to recruitmany new members again this

year. Rush officers Jared Wann andRose Sohraby have successfullyhosted a backyard barbecue, abreakfast, and a tailgating event atKaufman Stadium where potentialnew members could learn moreabout Kappa Psi and the value ofbrotherhood. Brothers Wann andSohraby have organized severalmore rush events for the upcomingmonths, including a happy hoursocial and a Halloween costumeparty.

It has been a rebuilding year forthe brothers of Gamma Theta, butwith strong leadership from thechapter officers and dedicationfrom all the brothers, the chapterearned the 2008 National William R.Smith Most Improved ChapterAward. We are very proud to havereceived this honor, and it has fur-ther motivated us to continueimproving our chapter.

The brothers of Gamma Thetacontinue to volunteer regularly at

the Kansas City Free Health Clinic.As a chapter, we devote at least oneevening a month helping createsafer sex kits which are given out atthe clinic as part of their preventioneducation. With the help of BrotherLibby Amick, we are also workingwith the Kansas City Free HealthClinic to implement a recycling pro-gram within the clinic.

The chapter is also currently inthe process of planning a benefitTexas Hold’em Tournament.Proceeds will go to the ElizabethGlaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.A special thanks to Brother JulieHo for leading the planning com-mittee for this event.

We would like to wish our fifth-year students good luck as theybegin their clinical rotations. Thechapter would also like to welcomeJeremy Hampton, a Gamma Thetaalumnus, as our new advisor.

—Marsha Weber

�� Gamma IotaUniversity of BuffaloFounded 1/16/1921Cooke Hall, North CampusAmherst, NY 14260

The brothers of the Gamma Iotachapter are excited to begin thenew school year and hope all of ourother brothers had a good summer.This fall brings our chapter newservice projects and fundraisers.The brothers have already done asuccessful Lexi-Comp book andPDA sale for the School ofPharmacy and a mortar card salewhere half the proceeds go to theRonald McDonald House. Alreadyplanned is a walk with theAmerican Diabetes Association atDunn Tire Park in Buffalo for StepOut: Walk to Fight Diabetes, and achance to volunteer at the RonaldMcDonald House. Our new secondvice regent, Sarah Bandinelli,already has plenty more serviceprojects she is planning for thesemester.

One of the most exciting parts ofthe year has come around. . . rushand pledging! We kicked off rushwith our annual Welcome BackBarbecue at Ellicott Creek Park.We were met by one of the biggestrush events in recent history,where everyone got to socializewith the brothers and learn whatKappa Psi means to us. We grilledand played lawn games while hav-ing fun meeting each other. The

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Beta Upsilon brothers enjoy an Indianapolis Indians baseball game. Back row L–R: Katrina Coffey, NikiGarden, Jeff Starkey, Michael Spillner, Danielle Hebel, and Teresa Cech. Front row L–R: Becky Mahan, HilaryBrown, Lauren Scono, and Pooja Shah.

Beta Chi Brothers Breanna Buck and Abby Winter are enjoying the barbecue with some rushees.


kept everyone busy until dark. Itwas a chance for the current broth-ers to get together as well as thefaculty and the incoming first-yearpharmacy students.

Gamma Kappa hosted a bowlingevent the following week for anoth-er chance to get to know the incom-ing class and reminisce about thepast summer. The bowling eventwas a great success as about 40brothers and new pharmacy stu-dents filled the lanes in Brookings.At the end of the same week, broth-ers rented a tailgating site for theSDSU Jackrabbit football game tokick back after the first couple ofweeks of school. It was a beautiful

next rush event was our ever-popu-lar “How to Succeed in PharmacySchool” lecture. Many new stu-dents came eager to learn anythingthat would help them get throughthe next four years. The rest of theweek included a luncheon withpizza served in our PharmacyLounge, a Clam Bake at the KappaPsi house, and our most attendedevent, the Graffiti Party. The nextweek we concluded rush eventswith a mini-golf outing at AdventureLanding.

The brothers here at Gamma Iotaare happy to say we currently have10 pledges who are continuing withthe pledging process. Our chaptercan’t wait to see these new pledgeswork toward becoming our newbrothers!

—Alicia Harrison

�� Gamma KappaSouth Dakota State UniversityFounded 10/17/1958College of PharmacyBox 2202CBrookings, SD 57007

The first event of the semesterwas a PowerPoint presentation tothe P1 class informing them aboutthe presence of Kappa Psi and theparticular involvement of GammaKappa in the community. The fol-lowing week saw more than 100people at the Gamma Kappa housefor a P1 welcoming picnic.Hamburgers and hotdogs were themain course, with a variety ofdesserts to choose from. After thepicnic, yard games and volleyball

day and even ended in a Jackrabbitvictory.

The following week pledge meet-ings started. Gamma Kappa isproud to have 32 current pledges. Itwill be an exciting journey to watchthem gain knowledge about KappaPsi and the benefits of theFraternity.

Gamma Kappa was found clean-ing the highway on September 25.Again, there was a great turnout,providing another chance for thenew pledges to get to know the cur-rent brothers. SDSU ice cream wasserved after the event as many peo-ple stayed around the house therest of the day.

Some of the upcoming events forGamma Kappa include a combina-tion tailgating event with the newSD Grad chapter and the currentundergrad chapter. In addition, atrip down to Sioux Falls to watch ahockey game has been planned.Gamma Kappa is also currently sell-ing pharmacy fleeces as a fundrais-er and looking at T-shirt designs.

—Robert Sayles

�� Gamma NuUniversity of the PacificFounded 9/17/1960236 W. Stadium DriveStockton, CA 95204

Now that summer is over andwe’ve been in school for a month,life is back to running at “full steamahead.” With looming midtermsand a perpetual sense of beingbehind everyone else, it’s easy tofall into the “work is my life” modeand forget that there is so muchmore going on around us. Leave itto Gamma Nu to provide the outlet.We were surprised by the epicturnout of the annual Red Rager inSeptember. The outdoor courtyardwhere we held it was filled to capac-ity with the guests pressed shoul-der to shoulder, making their wayto the dance floor, to food or towardrefreshments. There were alsomany members of our PacificGraduate chapter in attendance,admiring our creation of a socialevent even they were impressedwith. The following day the broth-ers put on a Wine Tour andBarbecue chock-full of alumni;

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Beta Psi actives get ready for formal rush.

Beta Psi’s fall pledge class.

Beta Psi first-year pharmacy students line up for Kappa Psi’s annual orientation cookout.


those not on the tour were asked tocook and clean. An endless supplyof meat and vegetables were mari-nated and cooked on three grillsand were then served to the alumniand guests upon their return.Overarching it all though—over thewine and the food and the barbecueand the cold drinks—was the com-ing together of the past and the pre-sent. The alumni were able to meetmany of the neophytes for the firsttime and share with them theimportant role Kappa Psi played intheir own lives.

After hosting two big events, thebrothers of Gamma Nu were fortu-nate enough to be able to enjoy aweekend away from it all out camp-ing by a lake. At the retreat, thelack of structure was the blisswhich was most enjoyed as anescape from the heavily structuredweeks of class, lab and discussion.Some sat on the shore fishing. Afew swam around in the lake. Somecould only manage getting in up totheir knees. One even managed toswim a seemingly endless distanceout to an island in the middle, and

then back. For those not excited bya lake, many spent the afternoonsimply throwing the footballaround, getting the barbecue ready.As the sun set, the fun picked upwith an endless supply of food com-ing off the grill (including somefamily secrets which were passeddown) and endless refreshmentsand games. (Not as enjoyable werethe wake-up raids on people whowere sleeping in their cars at 3 a.m.. . . not cool.) In attendance wereseveral alumni who took their timeto come out with the collegiatebrothers as well as many of ourthird years on rotations who wereable to escape for a weekend. In theend, a successful retreat led to a tonof fun and the strengthening of theBrotherhood.

Finally, this month we celebratedthe 48th year of the Gamma Nuchapter at Pacific. Again, there wasthe strong presence of alumni andbrothers on rotations as we cele-brated our birthday with dinner,watching our Intramural A-LeagueFootball team win, and going outthat night to celebrate our history.It was the perfect way to rememberwho we are and where we comefrom as individuals and as a frater-nity while we celebrate the start ofanother great year.

—Matt Stephens

�� Gamma XiUniversity of South CarolinaFounded 5/13/1961University of South CarolinaCollege of PharmacyColumbia, SC 29209

The Gamma Xi chapter of KappaPsi had an eventful spring 2008semester. To start the year, theannual Mortar Bowl was held at theStrom Thurmond Center and it wasa grueling match between the ages.However, the collegiates came outon top for the third consecutiveyear. Pledge season ended with theaddition of eight new brothers. TheProvince III biannual meeting washeld in Washington, D.C. for thespring semester, and about 10Gamma Xi brothers were able tomake the trip. For community ser-vice, the Kappa Psi brothers partici-pated in the MS Walk held inColumbia, South Carolina, by rais-ing several hundred dollars andcompleting a five-mile walk.

At the end of the semester, thebrothers and a few graduate broth-ers got together and arranged abeach trip. We stayed three nightson an oceanfront resort in MyrtleBeach. It was a great way to endthe year. Our very own Dan Noyesgraduated last semester and thebrothers threw a congratulatory fel-lowship to celebrate the occasion.One of our new brothers, BJArmstrong, got hitched for his sum-mer vacation.

There are many new improve-ments to the Kappa Psi house.There are now four brothers livingin the house. Over the summer, thenew pledge brothers stained thehardwood floors for their pledgeclass house project. The brothersliving in the house also took care ofa stray cat that eventually had fourkittens. The kittens were given toloving homes. Saving the best forlast, all the brothers want to thankthe graduates who donated thelovely gem that now sits on theKappa Psi house living room wall—a glistening 40” plasma screen tele-vision. Thank you to Fred Long,John Matthews, Bryan Amick,Bryan Mayer, Brian Schu, MikeRobertson, Addison Livingston,Mike Ross, Stephen Willis, RobCagle, Rick Orange, and Buck Rayfor your gift to Kappa Psi.

—Robert Ortuno

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Beta Chi brothers who received academic honors of president’s list and dean’s list spring 2008.

Gamma Epsilon brothers on a hay rack ride: (L–R) Craig Reha, ToriCunningham, Renee Kohles, and Branden Nemecek.


Monday morning first-year OUpharmacy students arrived at theschool to see all their names on col-orful postcards and posters asking“Will you join the race?” Lunch wasBuffalo wings and New Yorkcheesecake, and while the interest-ed students enjoyed their meal withcurrent brothers, they learnedabout the Kappa Psi Fraternity froma short presentation and fun“Amazing Race” skit video we hadprepared.

Tuesday morning Holland wasthe destination. Danishes andbagels were provided for breakfastand gave an opportunity for every-one to relax before the test theyhad that morning. Those in atten-dance also received a small goodluck gift from the current brothers.

Delicious Mexican food was onthe menu for lunch Wednesday andItalian on Thursday. Both were gra-ciously provided by Walgreens andCVS, respectively, who sent outspeakers to present to us. Theyinformed the new pharmacy stu-dents a little bit about their compa-nies, and most importantly, abouthow their brotherhood in Kappa Psihelped them in pharmacy schooland in their lives as currently prac-ticing pharmacists.

The “race” around the worldended on Friday evening, takingstudents back to Tulsa andOklahoma City to have fun with thecurrent Gamma Omicron brothers.Turnout all week was very success-ful and we are looking forward toOctober 1 when we will learn howmany wonderful new pledges wewill have this year.—Lindsey Azlin and Brandi Belicek

Gamma PiSt. Louis College of PharmacyFounded 3/19/19464588 Parkview PlaceSt. Louis, MO 63110

Gamma Pi has had a very busysemester and we still have a lotmore planned. We are currently inthe midst of pledging, which isgoing really well. We have highhopes for our potential new mem-bers, all 26 of them! So far thissemester, we have been workinghard on our Province VII project byhosting a blood drive on campusand holding a kickball tournamentto raise funds. We also havearranged a team to represent KappaPsi at the Liver Foundation Walk inSt. Louis coming up in November.

We also have been busy withother professional events includingorganizing voter registration oncampus, assisting with several com-munity health fairs, and offeringblood glucose and blood pressurescreenings to the community. Thechapter is working on a booth atthe STLCOP Safe HalloweenCelebration for young children inthe city to participate in fun gamesand Halloween related activities.

Along with all our professionalevents, we are working hard to getthe 2009 Province VII meetingplanned. It will be held February 27through March 1. Accommodationscan be made at the Sheraton atWestport Plaza. For more informa-tion about the accommodations,activities, and other details, you canvisit our MySpace page. You canfind us by searching under peoplefor Kappa Psi Province VII 2009.Gamma Pi hopes to see you allthere! —Erin Reed

�� Gamma OmicronUniversity of OklahomaFounded 2/3/1923College of Pharmacy1110 N. Stonewall AvenueOklahoma City, OK 73117

Students at the Oklahoma HealthScience Center College ofPharmacy were treated to a triparound the world this September—a trip made possible by Kappa Psiand, of course, a little imagination.This year’s theme for GammaOmicron chapter’s rush, heldSeptember 22–26, was “TheAmazing Race: Kappa Psi Edition,”so all the week’s activities were cen-tered on travel and adventure.

�� Gamma PhiUniversity of GeorgiaFounded 5/23/1951College of Pharmacy1880 S. Lumpkin St.Athens, GA 30605

As usual, our brothers helpedwith our White Coat Ceremony andOrientation at the College ofPharmacy. It gave us a chance tomeet the new first years, lend ahelping hand, and rekindle friend-ships with returning students andbrothers. Concerning recruitment,our brothers worked hard to showthe new students what theBrotherhood of Kappa Psi has tooffer, and we had more students atour rush events than we have had

in years. With the upcoming addi-tion of our new pharmacy schooland a larger class size, this year’spledge class will be vital. Our rushevents included Monday NightFootball, a Baggo Tournament, andan Informational Meeting with ourfaculty brothers. We were veryexcited to see the caliber and char-acter of these new rushees and cur-rently have one of the strongestpledge classes we have seen inyears.

Gamma Phi enjoys giving back tothe community and we have excit-ing philanthropy events on the way.We hosted our school’s BiannualRed Cross Blood Drive thisSeptember and had a great turnout.This month, our College ofPharmacy will be hosting our annu-al Dawgtoberfest, where we set upbooths concerning different diseasestates and health issues open to allstudents. This year’s Dawgtoberfestwill be moved to a larger field andwill involve other colleges at theUniversity of Georgia. With a largeraudience, Gamma Phi is hoping toeducate and help more studentsand faculty members this October.Later in the year, we will sponsorour Toys for Tots Christmas partyto help raise gifts for the needy dur-ing the holidays.

Social events are always specialto Gamma Phi. Our Welcome BackParty, open to all pharmacy stu-

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Gamma Theta Brothers Jared Wann, Derek Hyman, and Levi Campbellenjoying some good barbecue at the Royals rush event.

Tailgating at the Gamma Thetarush event are Brothers KelseyCarter and Ronna Jackson.

Gamma Kappa brothers ShawnMurphy and Megan Binger find-ing the best bowling balls to try tohelp out their perfect game.


dents, faculty, and their guests, hadthe largest attendance in years. Itgave all the returning students andnew students a chance to meet andhave some fun. It was great seeingbrothers from Gamma Psi; we arelucky to have such close brothersfrom other schools.

We at Gamma Phi hold Georgiafootball high and are looking for-ward to an awesome season for the

Bulldogs. We held a great tailgatefor the past Alabama game and hada large attendance of brothers,pledges, and some cherished alum-ni brothers. It was a great timedespite the upset, and we look for-ward to supporting our Bulldogswith another tailgate party soon.

Intramural sports give us achance to break away from schooland enjoy the outdoors. Our flag

football team has been doing verywell and we have had great atten-dance from our fans. We recentlyhad our annual paintball tourna-ment, which allowed us to havesome fun and bond with our newpledges. —Shawn Gahagan

�� Gamma ChiFerris State UniversityFounded 5/6/1952119 S. Warren AvenueBig Rapids, MI 49307

With the start of the fall semes-ter, the Gamma Chi chapter is backto work hoping to keep up all of the

things that have helped us achieveour excellent reputation for acade-mics and service. We’re also look-ing into mixing up some of theevents we normally do to complywith recent changes to ourProvince philanthropy while bring-ing in new events to keep our com-munity service regimen fresh andexciting.

This Halloween season we madea trip down to Spectrum Hospital inGrand Rapids to help out with theirchildren’s Halloween party. On theFerris State campus, we collaborat-ed with the Professional BusinessFraternity Delta Sigma Pi and ourlocal United Way campaign in apumpkin carving contest for chari-ty. In November, we also put on acampus Rock Band tournament toraise funds for charity.

In order to raise money for thenew roof on our house, our chaptermade not one, but two trips down toCedar Point to participate in theirHalloweekends events. Althoughthe schedule was more intense, wedidn’t let that stop us, proving thatonce again no group can work ahaunted house like the brothersfrom Gamma Chi.

In the balancing act of communi-ty service, academics, and fundrais-ing, our chapter’s still finding sometime to have fun. We’re continuingour weekly “Brother Night” tradi-tion, dealing up a few games ofpoker and enjoying the nice weath-er down by the river before wintersets in. With homecoming only acouple of weeks away, we areactively setting up our traditionaldinner at the Holiday Inn, as well asour annual post-dinner gathering.

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Gamma Nu brothers and alumni reunite their family lineage from1996–2008. L–R: Dennis Truong, Joey Nakamura, Jared Taniguchi,Brent Chock, Samuel Hodges, and Aram Penarandu come together atthe Gamma Nu alumni wine tour.

Gamma Pi brothers celebrate Emilee Johnson’s wedding.

Gamma Pi brothers playing kickball to raise money for YMCA.


The remainder of our semester ispacked with more events. Next isour upcoming annual CheesecakeFactory Social with our sister frater-nity Kappa Epsilon. A few upcom-ing service events the brothers ofGamma Psi are gearing up for arethe Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaStrong Legs Run, a Red CrossBlood Drive, and Habitat for

As much as we have planned, it’sstill early in the semester. We’vegot many more projects in the mak-ing, including one community ser-vice event to be planned by thissemester’s pledges. It’s going to bea productive year, and it’s neverbeen a more exciting time to be abrother of Kappa Psi.

—Eric Roath

�� Gamma PsiMercer UniversityFounded 3/16/1953School of Pharmacy3001 Mercer University DriveAtlanta, GA 30341

The fall semester of 2008 hasbeen a productive one for the broth-ers of Gamma Psi. We began with abrothers’ weekend on the Thursdaynight before school started with aBraves game. On Friday evening,we traveled to Hilton Head andspent the weekend at Brother BobHarshbarger’s family vacationhome. The brothers enjoyed twodays of fun in the sun; one brothereven learned how to swim. Thiswas a great time for the brothers tobond with each other without hav-ing to worry about school or schoolrelated activities.

On the first night of school,brothers sponsored a school-wideWelcome to Atlanta social at the TinRoof Cantina. This gave everyonean opportunity to meet the first-yearstudents and give them the insidescoop about pharmacy school andwhat to expect. Two weeks later, weheld our annual Kappapalooza Partyin conjunction with Mercer’s KappaEpsilon chapter. The theme for theparty this year was Beauty and theGeek. There were some beautifulgeeks and some questionable beau-ties, but overall a great time washad by all.

Our first service event of thesemester was Putt-Putt for PediatricAIDS. The brothers invited theMercer University Atlanta commu-nity out to Pirates Cove AdventureGolf to raise funds for the ElizabethGlaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.We had a great turnout and wereable to raise a considerable amountfor this great cause. There waseven a random appearance byAtlanta Braves right fielder JeffFrancoeur. Our next service eventwas part of the Adopt-a-Highwayprogram. We cleaned up a sectionof Mercer University Drive that ourchapter adopted several years ago.

Humanity. Another event that thebrothers are preparing for is ourannual Ski Trip in Gatlinburg,Tennessee, on MLK weekend. Wewould like to extend an invitation toany brother who would like toattend. We strongly encourage ourbrothers of Province IV to attend.The brothers of Gamma Psi havebeen very busy and are looking for-ward to continuing the promotionof the pharmacy profession andKappa Psi.—Johnathan Hamrick, Amir Khan,

and Purvish Patel

�� Gamma OmegaUniversity of ArkansasFounded 5/28/1955College of Pharmacy4301 West MarkhamLittle Rock, AR 72205

Gamma Omega chapter is work-ing hard to become more visiblearound campus! Currently we arebeginning a new service projectaimed at making the time in waitingrooms at area hospitals a little moreenjoyable for patients. A highwaycleanup is planned in the comingweeks. Also, Kappa Psi Chili Piefundraiser will occur duringOctober. At this time, current mem-bers of Kappa Psi are brainstorm-ing ideas on how to get our Kappa

Psi alumni more involved with thepresent day members.

—Alexandra Stowe

�� Delta DeltaUniversity of HoustonFounded 2/28/1963College of Pharmacy4800 Calhoun Boulevard., 141-SR2Houston, TX 77204-5515

The city of Houston, Galveston,and surrounding areas were heavilyaffected by the aftermath ofHurricane Ike, causing minor dis-ruption in the normal flow of class-es. Fortunately, the brothers ofDelta Delta suffered minimal effects

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Louis Williams, Ph.D., who washonored this year with the GrandCouncil Certificate of ExcellenceAward poses with his wife.

Gamma Psi brothers at the Atlanta Braves game. From (L–R): Brothers Mark Ogunsusi, Purvish Patel,Johnathan Hamrick, Jimmy Prues, Kevin Long, Drew Fellows, Trey Rumph, Nick Blackwell, and Bryce Carter.

Gamma Psi brothers at the Beautyand Geek Kappapalooza Party.From (L–R): Brothers BobHarshbarger and Bryce Carter.


from the storm, reinitiating classespromptly. The Delta Delta chapteris grateful to all Kappa Psi brothersfor their support during HurricaneIke; true brotherhood shinesthrough thick and thin withunbreakable links that continue tostrengthen for a lifetime. Followingon a positive note, we would like tocongratulate Mustafa F.Lokhandwala, Ph.D., who is nowserving as University of HoustonCollege of Pharmacy interim dean;Louis Williams,Ph.D., who wasawarded theGrand CouncilCertificate ofE x c e l l e n c eAward for the2008 academicyear; StacieSacky -Dacus(P3) who inJuly was elect-ed to represent the Academy ofStudent Pharmacists on the TexasPharmacy Association Board; andChase Waxler (P2) who was recent-ly elected as the new vice regent ofthe chapter. Kappa Psi boasts anexcellent body of alumni includingone of our own, Dr. DeniseMartinez, Pharm.D., who will nowserve as an UHCoP Dean’sAdvisory Council member. TheDelta Delta chapter, under theexcellent coordination of KandiIcenhower (professional relationschair), collected approximately 26pounds of aluminum tabs (an equiv-alent of 42,000 soft drink tabs), ben-efiting the Ronald McDonaldHouse of the Houston area. Themoney raised from recycling thealuminum tabs will directly assist intransportation expenses for familiesliving in the Ronald McDonald facil-ities. On a final note, the DeltaDelta brothers would like to con-gratulate Dr. David Wallace,Pharm.D., Clinical AssistantFaculty at UHCoP and wife on thearrival of their beautiful baby girl,Megan Elizabeth.

—Nedayka Wright

�� Delta ZetaUniversity of IowaFounded 12/12/1968College of Pharmacy110 Pharmacy Bldg.Iowa City, IA 52242

First off, our chapter wasextremely honored to havereceived the Outstanding Chapter

of the Year Award for 2008! Wewould like to thank all of our broth-ers for their commitment to thechapter and Kappa Psi, for withoutthem this would not have been pos-sible. Now that fall is here after awonderful summer for Delta Zeta,we continue to be busy, busy, busy.This year’s exec is wasting no timerecruiting future Delta Zeta broth-ers. Our chaplain, Audra Hudrlik,planned many socials for our 11new pledges and active brothers. Afew of these activities included poolat College St. Billiards, pizza at theAirliner, a barbecue in the park,and a game night at our ownCollege of Pharmacy (COP). DeltaZeta also celebrated our 40thanniversary at the College’s home-coming weekend on September 27.We hosted a breakfast for the alum-ni and were able to reach out tosome past brothers, as well as evenone member who was part of char-tering the chapter in 1968. Ourfundraising chair, Meghan Piepho,has also been busy with plans tosell Kappa Psi fleeces andUniversity of Iowa COP coffeemugs. Walking tacos, pizza lunch-es, and drug cards for therapeuticsclasses are in our fundraisingfuture. Our philanthropy chair,Christina Gaard, is also wasting notime by planning a project withHabitat for Humanity and a dinner

at the Ronald McDonald House.Our education chair, Tian Zhang,has been busy keeping up ourchapter’s Web site and organizingour education files. For scholarship,26 Delta Zeta brothers earnedKappa Psi Scholarship HonorsCertificates for 2007–2008.Congrats to all of you! To wrap upDelta Zeta news, our chapter isproud to announce that we havegained another GCD, Dr. Jeff Reist,who is an alumni Delta Zeta brotherand will now join Dr. DeannaMcDanel as co-GCD. Dr. Reist hasbeen very involved with our chapterin past years and it’s wonderful thathe can now help our chapter as aco-GCD. This is going to be a veryexciting year for Delta Zeta. Seeyou all at conclave in Omaha!

—Alisha Picht

�� Delta EtaXavier UniversityFounded 4/24/1972College of Pharmacy1 Drexel DriveNew Orleans, LA 70125

In a never-ending effort to serveits community, the Delta Eta chap-ter shares its past, present, andfuture volunteer work with all ofyou. At the close of the spring 2008semester, the brothers of Delta Etahelped out at the Bridge House byorganizing food and refreshments

and setting up tables for a silentauction that would take place attheir annual fundraising gala.

This month, brothers will partici-pate in an event to help rock thevote for the upcoming election. Thechapter will be out on Saturday,September 27, registering the pub-lic by the thousands (hopefully) tovote.

In the months to follow, through-out the semester Delta Eta plans onparticipating in numerous events.In the month of October, they willbe joining many other organiza-tions in the UNCF walk. Also thismonth, in keeping with tradition,the brothers will be helping at theOperation Diabetes annual event.At the close of the month, the chap-ter will host its second annual pro-fessionalism forum. In the month ofNovember, they will be co-hosting aschool-wide canned food drive aswell as helping put together bas-kets of food for the less fortunate toenjoy for the holidays. To close out2008, Delta Eta will be adopting afamily and providing gifts to helpcelebrate Christmas.

—Tasany Lazard

�� Delta KappaHoward UniversityFounded 4/19/1986College of Pharmacy2300 4th Street NWWashington, DC 20059

On April 14–20, the Delta Kappachapter held our annual springKappa Psi Week, which was full ofbrotherly bonding events. Theweek kicked off with Wake Up withKappa Psi, which is a morningbreakfast for the students of theSchool of Pharmacy. The eventsalso included a residency seminar,interest meeting, and game night.Kappa Psi Week ended with aKappa Psi Birthday Bash BarbecueExtravanganza at Banneker Field.The barbecue was a time for thepharmacy school students to relaxand unwind before heading into thestress of final exams. It was also thefirst major event for the newlyinducted brothers of Spring Line2008 to socialize and interact withthe brothers of Kappa Psi.

The Delta Kappa chapter contin-ues to embrace a strong legacy ofleadership in the pharmacy commu-nity. On April 29, 2008, the BetaRho chapter of Phi Lambda SigmaNational Pharmacy LeadershipSociety inducted 12 Kappa Psi

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Gamma Psi brothers raising money for Elizabeth Glaser Pediatrics AIDSFoundation while playing miniature golf. From (L–R): Brothers DrewFellows, Bob Harshbarger, Bryce Carter, Purvish Patel, JohnathanHamrick, Trey Rumph, and Kevin Long.

Dr. Mustafa F.Lokhandwala, Ph.D.


Fundraising and service eventshave gotten off to a great start.Delta Lambda brothers raisedalmost $300 for cystic fibrosis sell-ing “Jean’s Day” ribbons (Campbellrequires business casual for class-es). Thanks to assistant treasurerAnnette Sajecki, the semiannualTaco Salad Dinner was a great suc-cess. Students and faculty all cameout to support the Fraternity. Thedinner also gives pledges andbrothers an opportunity to worktogether on a service project.

Golf tournament chair ChristineCooke organized Delta Lambda’ssecond annual Brie Anne ReynoldsMemorial Golf Tournament. Thetournament was held on September27 in Cary, North Carolina. Of the41 participants, 6 brothers, 10 alum-ni brothers, and one pledge played.It was a great success! The chapterwas able to raise more than $2,000for the endowed scholarship in thename of Brie Anne Reynolds, abrother of the chapter who passedaway in 2007. It was a fun-filled dayof brotherly bonding on the golfcourse!

Christine is now working tireless-ly to make sure that the Provincemeeting will be equally successful.Delta Lambda is very excited to behosting the meeting this fall. Comeon out and discover Buies Creek,North Carolina. We look forward toseeing you there!

—Dana Fasanella

brothers. These brothers also showoutstanding leadership and brother-hood within the Fraternity.

On April 19, 2008, the DeltaKappa chapter commemorated ourgraduating senior brothers at ourannual spring banquet. The eventwas hosted by Brothers ShelbyTaylor and Tiana Holmes at anupscale lounge, Station 9, located indowntown Washington, D.C. Thenight was immersed with joyouslaughter, memories, and heartfelttears. The Delta Kappa brotherswant to recognize and thank thechair of the event, Brother NormanBuster, for his outstanding hardwork and dedication to making it amemorable night. Many of ourgraduating brothers are going off tovarious careers and residencies.We are very proud of the sacrificeand service that each one of youhave extended to Kappa PsiFraternity, and we wish you thebest in your future endeavors.

—Brienna Chappel

�� Delta LambdaCampbell UniversityFounded 4/23/1988School of PharmacyP.O. Box 1090Buies Creek, NC 27506

Delta Lambda kicked off rushwith our annual Hawaiian themeKiss and Lei. Rushees and brotherscompeted in a hula hoop relay andwater balloon toss. We followed upwith a Pirate Raid. Rush wrappedup with a Casino Night and Auctionat the house. Thirty bids weregiven out and 21 pledges werepinned on September 15. Rushchair Karla Hudson and her com-mittee did an awesome job organiz-ing the events.

Delta Lambda is also awaiting thearrival of another new member ofour Kappa Psi family. Our advisor,Dr. Michael Adams, and his wife,Dr. Dina Adams, both DeltaLambda brothers, are expectingtheir first child. It will be a girl butthey won’t release the name untilshe arrives.

Social committee chair SaraBosemen has worked very hard tomake sure that the pledges feel wel-come. She organized a dinner fol-lowing pinning so the pledgescould get to know the brothers.Our annual toga party onSeptember 19 gave brothers andpledges another opportunity to getto know one another.

�� Delta NuMidwesternUniversity—ChicagoFounded 3/12/1994College of Pharmacy555 31st StreetDowner’s Grove, IL 60515

Ready, Aim, FIRE! The Kappa PsiPie Extravaganza blew our expecta-tions. This event was a good timebetween professors and studentsand a way to interact outside of theclassroom. Students were able topurchase tickets for an opportunityto pie the professor(s) of theirchoice in the face. Professors whohad enough tickets “bought in theirhonor” got pied in the face; howev-er, on a positive note, the profes-sors also got to select a charity towhich a percentage of the ticketprofits would go. We also had spirit-ed students who volunteered to getpied by their peers; some were piedup to six times! In addition, wehosted a pie eating contest in whichcampus organizations, upon payingan entry fee, sent a representativemember to participate. Finally, dur-ing the event, Kappa Psi memberssold pies and pie slices donated byBaker’s Square as another means offundraising. In the end, not onlywere we able to raise about $500,we were able to give back to thecommunity in an entertaining andexciting way. The Pie Extravaganzashowed that using creativity and

the courage to get pied can go along way. Be on the lookout foradvertisements for this event nextyear.

—Vicki Patel

�� Delta XiShenandoah UniversityFounded 9/13/1997Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy1460 University DriveHPB BuildingWinchester, VA 22601

Although summer was a blast,summer’s end signaled school’sstart. For Delta Xi, this meant flyingin, training in, or driving in from allover the United States to reconveneas a chapter at the Bernard J. DunnSchool of Pharmacy. Even with ourP4 brothers out on rotations, we allreturned with high hopes for thisschool year. We kicked off with abrothers’ social at a local restaurantcalled IJ Canns. Brothers showedup, shared appetizers, and chattedwell into the evening. This cama-raderie proved useful a week laterwhen our Kappa Psi brothers hadto face off against the likes of PhiDelta Chi and Kappa Epsilon in theannual BJD School of PharmacyGreek Olympics. The Olympicsincluded competition in areas ofwater balloon toss, hula hoop,three-legged race, and of course,the infamous (and deadly) tug-of-war. Honorable mention goes toBrother Helen Park who out-hula

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Delta Zeta’s active brothers celebrating their 40th anniversary.


hooped �� and �� with flyingcolors. Needless to say, all ourbrothers did well due largely in partto our cooperation and trust in oneanother.

Of course, no organizationshould operate without beingsocially responsible, and our chap-ter has proven that success andconsiderateness can go hand inhand. This year, Delta Xi is pleasedto continue its environmentally con-scious efforts to help our pharmacyschool recycle paper. Throughoutthe school, we have set up red andgray bins to collect paper discards.Every Friday, these bins are thencollected by our brothers and trans-ported to the local landfill to berecycled. While Delta Xi has manyupcoming activities, our greatestendeavor so far has been tofundraise. Thanks to our hardworking fundraising chair, MichelleChoi, our brothers have hosted(and will be hosting) numerousfundraisers such as car washing,selling Joe Corbi’s products, sellingT-shirts, and sponsoring a socialevent for P1s. “I’m glad we're doingfundraisers so that we can do moreprojects for our community,”Brother Abraham Li said whenasked about what he thought offundraising. With the semester infull swing and the whole year aheadof us, Delta Xi only has more tolook forward to.

—Choua Vang

�� Delta OmicronWilkes UniversityFounded 11/7/1997Nesbitt School of PharmacyWilkes-Barre, PA 18766

Brothers of Delta Omicron havebegun the semester with much tocelebrate! We would like to con-gratulate two of our recent gradu-ates (and their spouses) who havegotten married: Brother Dr.Shannon Fenstermacher and herhusband Nathan Fenstermacher,and Brother Dr. Lara Judson

Macumber who married BrotherDr. Chris Macumber. We wishthem all great happiness as theybegin their lives together. Wewould also like to send our wellwishes to our engaged brothers:Kimberly Hoffmann, Tracy Mertz,Peter Morgan, Jillian Olson, andMelissa Sweigart. Lastly, we arehappy to announce BrotherAdrienne Williams and her hus-band Tom have welcomed a newaddition to their family, a little girl,Sophia.

This semester, we are excited towelcome three new faculty mem-bers who are also Kappa Psi broth-ers: Dr. Kimberly Ference, Dr.Jonathan Ference, and Dr.Kimberly Metka. We wish them allthe best of luck in their new posi-tions as faculty of the Departmentof Pharmacy Practice.

With the start of the semester,we have begun rushing and pledg-ing preparations. Vice regentAmanda Calhoun has led the chap-ter skillfully through a rush periodinvolving a softball game, a bowlingnight with both collegiate and grad-uate brothers, and an ice creamsocial. We are learning more aboutour new pledge class as the weeksprogress, and we look forward toworking with them.

Along with the increased work-load of classes, our brothers havecontinued to aid in the bettermentof our Fraternity. We remain com-mitted to educating the communityby providing information sessionsto local assisted living facilities andretirement communities. We areexcited to continue our relationshipwith the Heritage House in Wilkes-Barre, providing entertainment,companionship, and general healthcare knowledge to senior citizens.We hope to build upon the founda-tion of Kappa Psi to encourageinvolvement in the profession ofpharmacy.

—Beth Karwaski

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Delta Lambda Drs. Michael & Dina Adamsreceiving baby gifts from the Fraternity.

Delta Lambda Toga 2008 (L–R): Sara Boseman, Kelly Carter, Nicole Fisher, Sarah Roberts,Keri Privette, and Christine Cooke.

Delta Nu pie extravaganza.


hard to plan activities and recruitpledges for the New Year. Ourchapter’s Dallas liaison, TinaAbraham, has already planned anouting to the State Fair for themembers on that campus. Some ofour Lubbock students attended asteak tailgate party for the TexasTech game that corresponded withrush this year. Here in Amarillo,athletic chair Yonas Mengistu orga-nized two volleyball teams (aptlynamed K?ll pill 1 and 2) to competein a school-wide tournament hostedby several student organizations aswell as Kappa Psi. The team mem-bers enjoyed a barbecue of ham-

�� Delta PiTexas Tech UniversityFounded 11/14/1997School of Pharmacy1300 S. Coulter StreetAmarillo, TX 79106

The Delta Pi chapter started offthis fall sponsoring part of two wel-come meals for the new pharmacystudents at each campus (Amarilloand Abilene) during their“Bootcamp” orientation. Several ofour officers traveled to the Abilenecampus to meet the students therewhile they were undergoing thetwo-week orientation to ourschool’s curriculum. We participat-ed in our school’s annual Back toSchool picnic by providing enter-tainment in the form of a putt-puttgreen and a soccer kicking boothfor the students and their families.

At our first meeting of the year,we started planning for communityservice activities with the YMCA(Province VII’s chosen organizationfor the year) and pledging. Pledgemaster Andrew Nguyen consultedeveryone about his plans for ourpledge activities and recruitedpotential Big Sibs. We are planningon having a paintball tournamentagain this year, and we are veryexcited about teaching our LittleSibs about our great Fraternity andmentoring them through their firstyear in pharmacy school.

Our satellite campus membersare keeping busy as well. Abilenemembers Amanda Spangler andMaggi St. Germain are working

burgers and hotdogs cooked by oursocial chair, Valdi Tatan.

The Delta Pi chapter would liketo extend our congratulations to afew of our members. We are veryproud of our regent, Toni Edgar,for receiving a scholarship from theKappa Psi Foundation. Congratula-tions are also in order for chaplainSara Braboy and fellow memberJeffery Ho on their recent engage-ment.

We plan to hold initiation for ourpledges in early November, and welook forward to spreading the mes-sage of Kappa Psi further into ournew class of future pharmacists.

—Tammy Smith

�� Delta SigmaMidwestern University—GlendaleFounded 9/9/2000College of Pharmacy—Glendale19555 N. 59th AvenueGlendale, AZ 85308

The Delta Sigma chapter wasvery busy both in the classroomand with pledge events for the newfirst-year class that began in June.We kicked off the summer quarterwith a get-together at Fox andHound on the second day of class-es, so we could meet the new stu-dents and they could get to knowKappa Psi. This event was followedby two other rush events: a sports-themed bowling night and apotluck/game night. During thegame night, we played Twister,Catch Phrase, and other games.

We also held Pledge during thesummer quarter because the sec-ond-year pharmacy students wereleaving for rotations for the fallquarter. With the third-year phar-macy students starting rotations atthe end of the fall quarter, the firstyears will be spending most of theirtime with the second-year mem-bers. The pledge events included acar wash, the pinning ceremony, arevealing of the brother activity inwhich pledges were divided intoteams and answered questionsabout Kappa Psi, the big brotherrevealing, a luau for pledges andactives to mingle, Jeopardy to onceagain test our pledges’ knowledgeof the Fraternity, and finally initia-tion. Initiation night was a lot of funand a bit hectic as we initiated arecord-setting 47 brothers into ourchapter. The pledging process wasan enjoyable experience and verywell planned, thanks to our pledgemasters Mallory Hoy and TriciaMarie Rader.

Outside of the pledging process,the active brothers of our chapterpartnered with Rubio’s to raisefunds for our chapter. Our chapteralso held its end of the year ban-quet, a beautiful black and whiteaffair. The Delta Sigma brothersspent an evening mingling with theAZ Grad chapter during an ice-skat-ing and pizza event. Our chapteralso attended the ArizonaPharmacy Alliance Meeting andpresented our Adherence Dayposter, for which we were awarded$500.

Our chapter also held electionsfor next year’s officers. The newlyelected officers, who will assumetheir positions when they returnfrom rotations after the fall quarter,are: regent, Dan Watterson; viceregent, Lily Marshall; secretary,Johnathan Bailey; treasurer, VickyNguyen; historian, Tina Dang;chaplain, Sarah Griffiths; sergeantat arms, Robbie Krohn; alumnicoordinator, Mallory Hoy; andactivities coordinators, BrienneDanski and Kristin Lee. In additionto these individuals being electedofficers of Kappa Psi, we had sever-al brothers take officer positions inother organizations on campus.Congratulations to all thesebrothers. We are certain they willmake our chapter and ourFraternity proud.

—Erin Carey

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Delta Omicron brothers greet prospective rushees at Wilkes University’sClub Day. Pictured from left to right are Amanda Calhoun, EricaPeterson, Marybeth Stahr, Kelly MacDonald, and Jeffrey Zymblosky.

Delta Xi Brothers Lindsey Demers, Esther Lee, Bo Shin, Aleena Mahal,and John Pham putting in some serious work in the tug-o-war.


�� Delta TauUniversity of Southern NevadaFounded 1/10/2003Nevada College of Pharmacy11 Sunset WayHenderson, NV 89014

Kappa Psi Fraternity brotherswere busy this summer planningthe events for the upcoming year,including rush events, communityservice events, and preparation forthe spring Province 2009 meeting.

The rush events were very suc-cessful including an after school icecream social, a trip to the FremontExperience in downtown LasVegas, cosmic bowling at SunsetStation, a barbecue in the park, anda UNLV/UNR football game. Theseevents have provided pledges andcurrent brothers with a great oppor-tunity to establish a support net-

work while having fun at the sametime. The pinning ceremony washeld on September 26, and we wel-comed 21 new brothers into theFraternity. We also established aBig Brother/Little Brother pro-gram to ensure that all the newbrothers from the first-year classwere able to get individualizedguidance and support from theirbig brothers from the second-yearclass. We hope this idea will onlystrengthen the bond that fraternitybrothers should share.

The brothers of Delta Tau arededicated to providing communityservice. Some Kappa Psi brotherselected to help educate adolescentsthis summer by participating on theDrug Abuse Awareness Team inJune. The presentation educatedmore than 150 students enrolled in

summer health classes at a localhigh school. Also, a few of the cur-rent officers worked industriouslyon a proposal to help recycle paperat the University of SouthernNevada. This proposal is currentlyawaiting approval. We realize thebest way to start getting green is tostart with ourselves. Collecting therecycling bins will certainly be astep in the right direction. In addi-tion, we are proud to announce thatwe have established an ongoingpartnership with Habitat forHumanity. We currently plan onvolunteering on the secondSaturday of each month in the fallto ensure that people in need areable to have a nice home. SomeKappa Psi members raised moneyfor diabetes by participating in theannual Diabetes Walk.

However, the brothers of DeltaTau have been fairly preoccupiedwith the planning of the springProvince IX meeting to be hosted inLas Vegas. We expect a largeturnout and we don’t want to disap-point our fellow Kappa Psi brothers.Nine Delta Tau brothers and ourGrand Council Deputy attended thefall Province IX meeting hosted byGamma Rho in Albuquerque, NewMexico, and had a great time by allaccounts.

—Jenny Cross

�� Delta PsiUniversity of MinnesotaFounded 8/8/2003School of PharmacyDuluth, MN 55812

This summer Delta Psi sentthree of our officers off to a leader-ship retreat where they worked oncreating a mission statement for thechapter while building their leader-ship skills. The chapter also sent acouple of brothers to help at CampWheeze-No-More for children withasthma. In addition, the brothers ofDelta Psi had monthly get-togeth-ers for fellowship and to continue tomaintain their close friendships.Once everyone returned to campus,Kappa Psi held a barbecue at a localpark the weekend that the Collegeof Pharmacy had pharmacy days inDuluth for both the Minneapoliscampus and the Duluth campus.We are excited to have 11 newpledges interested in becoming ourbrothers and are starting the pledg-ing process. This semester will be abusy one. We are holding a TexasHold’em tournament in October

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Delta Omicron brothers (L-R) Lauren Zubey, Jason Slavoski, StephaniePawelzik, and Amanda Calhoun review pledge books.Delta Omicron pledges, aka “the Cats,” get into the spirit of team building.

Delta Sigma brothers all dressed up.


�� Delta PhiUniversity of California-San DiegoFounded 8/8/20039500 Gilman DriveLa Jolla, CA 92093-09657

The Delta Phi chapter is excitedto start the school year with a newexecutive committee. The new

with all proceeds going to help theHOPE clinic. The HOPE clinic is anacute care clinic the College ofPharmacy in Duluth is starting upto help underserved populations.Delta Psi is also planning onbecoming an active volunteer forthe HOPE clinic.

—Katie Schow

executive members include:regent, Stephanie Webb; viceregent, Jennifer Curello; secretary,Cristy Garcia; treasurer, ColetteBrown; historian, Yolanda Dickey;chaplain, Ed Su; social chair,Shaddy Javadinejad; rush chair,Kayvan Moussavi; philanthropicchair, Fauzia Khan; intercollegiateaffairs, Julie Kim; Webmaster, TimBassell; sergeant at arms, StanChu; and immediate past regent,Jim Connor. We would like tothank last year’s executive boardfor all their hard work, dedication,and motivation.

While a majority of the Delta Phibrothers were enjoying their lastweekend of summer vacation, andmost second-year students werestudying for a Monday morningexam, four brothers made theflight to represent Delta Phi atProvince IX in New Mexico.Gamma Rho brothers did an excel-lent job of hosting and ensuringeveryone was well taken care of.During the evening banquet andawards ceremony, Delta Phi wasrecognized for their presentation ofchapter activities. Congratulationsto the brothers of Delta Phi! Wewould like to thank all the ProvinceIX brothers who made a generousdonation in helping raise funds forthe Alzheimer’s Memory Walk. Wewill be participating in the MemoryWalk October 25.

The first event of the school yearwas held at Chili’s, “Donate ourProfit Day” fundraiser, which bene-fits St. Jude Children's ResearchHospital. This gave returning broth-ers the chance to catch up on anyexciting summer vacations or expe-riences, while strengthening theirgrowing bonds. All proceeds fromthe mounds of ribs and burgersordered were donated to St. Jude.

This year is an exciting year forKappa Psi at UC—San Diego. Theschool has graduated its last classof 30 students and all classes arenow 60 students. With campusfinally reaching its maximum capac-ity of 240 students, there are hopesthat Kappa Psi will be able to growboth bigger and stronger. With theschool year just beginning, DeltaPhi has been showing their pres-ence and strength around campusand are aiming to generate interestfrom both the new students as wellas continuing students who havenot rushed. The entire fall quarteris focused on rush activities such asthe annual Bonfire/Barbecue at LaJolla Shores, bowling night, beachcleanup and game night. Delta Philooks forward to a continued show-ing in the community and campusas well as building theirBrotherhood!

—Yolanda Dickey

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Two Delta Psi brothers, Becky Herrboldt and Sarah Belling, along withsome kids from Camp Wheeze-No-More.

Delta Phi brothers Ed Su, Steven Tan, Stephanie Webb, and JennCurello—Chili’s St. Jude Fundraiser.

Delta Phi’s Tim Bassell—Go NY! Chili’s St. Jude Fundraiser.

Kappa Psi brothers show their letters and make us proud.


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LEFT: Delta Eta brothersshow their Kappa Psi pride.BOTTOM LEFT: Delta Nubrothers prepare for their Piea Professor extravaganza.BELOW: Delta Kappa broth-ers show their Kappa Psipride by wearing their colors.

Reinvigorate your relationshipwith Kappa Psi.Kappa Psi for Life!


event that we had performed onlythree months earlier. It was great toconverse with Dr. Lawrence Brownand Dr. Andy Frasco, as well as thefive new brothers and one facultybrother of Epsilon Epsilon.Although a small chapter, we planon working with our new brothersby developing interfraternal activi-ties and sharing our experienceswith them.

Our chapter has many eventsplanned for the rest of the schoolyear such as volunteering for both

�� Epsilon BetaUniversity of the IncarnateWordFounded 4/12/2008Felk School of Pharmacy4301 BroadwaySan Antonio, TX 78209

The 2008 fall semester bringsforth a new school year and theopportunity to once again bondwith our brothers. This will be ourchapter’s first full year ofBrotherhood. During P1 orienta-tion, Brothers Ambrose Vela,regent Travis Dangerfield, ritualistJon Cuevas, vice regent CraigTorbert, historian Kim Erickson,sergeant at arms Mike Farquhar,and others had an opportunity todescribe Kappa Psi and the privi-leges that go along with joiningsuch an illustrious fraternity to ournew pharmacy students. This pre-sentation included a slide show ofactivities from our first semester asKappa Psi brothers and the goalsthat we plan to achieve this year.Nearly 50 students, approximatelyhalf of the P1 class, were interestedin pursuing Kappa Psi as theirchoice fraternity. Our chapter plansto rush later this fall and beginpledging in early spring.

Also to unite the brothers, wetook a trip down to Kingsville tohelp charter the newest Kappa Psichapter, Epsilon Epsilon, at TexasA&M—Kingsville. The trip took ustwo hours, giving Brothers CraigTorbert, recording secretary AnupaShah, Mike Gres, TravisDangerfield, Josh Fugate, KimErickson and Joseph Tran time totalk about future chapter plans. Itwas a great experience to bondwith brothers from Delta Deltaagain. The chartering event helpedour chapter brothers to recall the

the Juvenile Diabetes ResearchFoundation and the HIV/AIDSawareness walks. Also, we will beconducting flu clinics with localpharmacies for the community. Webelieve this will be a wonderfulopportunity to display the valuesand ideals that go along with beinga brother of Kappa Psi. We also willbe showing off our community ser-vice when we volunteer at the SanAntonio Food Bank. Another impor-tant event that will occur during thespring will be expanding our chap-ter to include other classmates whoare eager to join Kappa Psi. But it isnot all work at Epsilon Beta; we hadour first bowling party, Halloweenparty, and a few others.

—Kimberly Erickson

�� Epsilon GammaWestern UniversityFounded 7/28/2007College of Pharmacy309 E. Second StreetPomona, CA, 91766

Since our last chapter update,Epsilon Gamma chapter celebratedits one-year anniversary by throw-ing its first Founder’s Day Party,which we hope to make an annualtradition. Epsilon Gamma recentlyreturned from the Province IX

meeting where we won theFellowship Award for our RockBand Rock-Out which broughtmembers of Epsilon Gamma,Gamma Nu, Delta Phi, Pacific Grad,and LA Grad chapters together.Brothers are starting work on ourphilanthropic projects, includingraising money for the Make-A-WishFoundation and bringing a Build-a-Bear workshop to children’s hospi-tals. The chapter’s ’08–’09 rush willstart shortly, and we have alreadysuccessfully started reaching poten-tial rushees through unofficial“greet and meet” events such asbowling. Lastly, Epsilon Gamma isexcited to congratulate its GCD, Dr.Eric Gupta, for receiving the 2008GCD Outstanding AchievementAward and all his hard work!

—Kevin Hutchinson

Arizona Graduate Twelve graduate brothers, fami-

ly, and friends attended an ArizonaDiamondbacks baseball game thispast August to help foster brother-hood. We also had appetizers andbeverages at Cooperstown (AliceCooper’s restaurant) after thegame. A great time was had by all.With the Midwestern Universitychapter initiating 48 members this

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Epsilon Beta Brothers Peter Tranand Victoria Medina, ready torelax with Mexican food.

Epsilon Gamma’s Founders’ Day gangster theme party.

Epsilon Beta’s recording secretaryAnupa Shah keeps the strikes coming.


Several officers of Kappa Psi were present for the installation of Epsilon Epsilon chapter, including Vishal Patel, Tu Nguyen, Thomas Garza, MichaelVeronin, Dr. Lawrence Brown, Dan Ly, Kevin Vu, and Dr. Andrew Frasco. Also present were brothers from Delta Delta and Epsilon Beta and Dr. Amber Watts (far left). A portrait of Representative Rangel hangs on the wall behind the group.

The Epsilon Epsilon chapter of Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternitywas installed at the Texas A&M Health Science Center Irma Lerma

Rangel College of Pharmacy on August 23, 2008. The day began with theconclusion of our initiation process, which took place in the FoundersRoom of the Texas A&M University—Kingsville campus. Once the cere-mony was complete, Mr. Kevin Vu, Mr. Thomas Garza, Mr. Vishal Patel,Mr. Tu Nguyen, Mr. Dan Ly, and Dr. Michael Veronin were welcomedas brothers of the Fraternity. Grand Regent Lawrence Brown and GrandCounselor Andrew Frasco administered the final degrees of initiation.They were assisted by our brothers from Delta Delta (from theUniversity of Houston) and Epsilon Beta (from the University of theIncarnate Word).

The ceremony was the culmination of several months of work, stretch-ing back to the previous spring semester. We had encountered difficul-ties finding Fraternity alumni in the region who could administer thepledge process, and the college had no faculty alumni able to act as ourGrand Council Deputy. To resolve this, Mr. Dan Ly and Mr. Kevin Vucontacted Delta Delta, petitioning to pledge under their chapter. Mr.Kevin Vu also met with Dr. Michael Veronin, a respected professor atour college, who volunteered to become our GCD even though he wasnot an alumnus of the Fraternity. With approval from the Central Office,we spent the next several weeks pledging under Delta Delta and prepar-ing Dr. Veronin for initiation into the Fraternity. Delta Delta performedthe first degree of our initiation so that the remaining ceremonies couldtake place on our campus.

Once initiation was complete, the chartering ceremony began at theCollege of Pharmacy building. Grand Regent Brown and Grand

Counselor Frasco shared words of encouragement, inspiration, andadvice for our chapter. Dr. Michael Veronin was presented theRecognition Button for accepting the duties of Grand Council Deputy.Grand Regent Brown noted that it is impressive enough for an alumnibrother to become a faculty GCD, but to be willing to accept both thatduty and initiation as a brother was truly remarkable. Mr. Kevin Vu waspresented with the Recognition Button for his outstanding work ethicand dedication during the pledging and chartering process.

Looking forward, we have several projects underway to serve and ben-efit our community, and we have already taken on our first pledges!Epsilon Epsilon’s Beta class will be the first to be pledged and initiatedentirely at the Texas A&M College of Pharmacy. We are proud to notethat Beta class draws from the entire student body of our young collegeand includes P1, P2, and P3 students. Additionally, Dr. Amber Watts,who recently joined our college, agreed to be co-faculty advisor for ourchapter. She has already given us invaluable advice for our projects andfundraisers.

It would be impossible to list everyone who has helped us throughoutthe process, but we will try! We owe more than words can express toDelta Delta, who took us in and molded us into the brothers we aretoday. We could never have finished the process without the assistanceof Grand Regent Brown, Grand Counselor Frasco, and all of the mem-bers of the Grand Council who helped steer us along the way. Of course,we cannot forget Epsilon Beta and the region alumni, who offered much-appreciated support and encouragement. We share your high expecta-tions for our chapter and will work to make Epsilon Epsilon worthy ofKappa Psi.

Chartering of Epsilon EpsilonTexas A&M University—Kingsville by Tu Nguyen


Central Michigan GraduateThe brothers of Central

Michigan Grad had a very enjoy-able summer. Many CentralMichigan Grad brothers were inattendance at the wedding ofBrothers Lindsey Berlinghoff andJosh Ghiringhelli in Michigan thisAugust. Province V GCC DelegateTim Borowiak and Vice SatrapLindsey Ghiringhelli went down toColumbus, Ohio, to visit the broth-ers of Xi chapter with Satrap ErinWalsh and Secretary Eric Geyer.We are looking forward to the fallsemester, which brings homecom-ing at Ferris State University,Province V Midyear, and the oppor-tunity to help out our collegiatebrothers with the many philan-thropic activities they have planned.

—Lindsey Ghiringhelli

Columbus GraduateLots of things have been going

on in Columbus since the last timewe wrote. Brothers Andy Frascoand Jackie Schneider were electedco-GCDs for Xi chapter. The newco-GCDs, along with fellow BrotherKelley Krug, were able to meet upwith the new officers of Xi chapterfor dinner and a brainstorming ses-sion for the new school year. Plansare in motion for the 2009 versionof the Columbus Grad Annual GolfTournament. Keep your eyespeeled for further announcements. . . one never knows what BrotherAndy will come up with next! Wehad a great weekend of brother-hood recently when four of theProvince V Executive Board mem-bers made the trip to Columbus tomeet up with Xi chapter (and of

pledge year, the graduate chapterlooks forward to bonding with thenew brothers and showing themKappa Psi is for life. We hope toorganize a community event withthe collegiate brothers this fall. Ourlast chapter meeting was held onOctober 26 to be followed by ourfirst annual holiday party onDecember 13. We can be found atyahoo groups: kyazgrad.

—Andrea McNatty

Boston GraduateThe seasons are changing again

in New England. The Red Sox andPatriots are making their annualpush towards world domination.Yes, world domination. The samemay be said for the brothers ofBoston Grad. Upcoming plansinclude a Province 1 meeting inNew York City, a visit to Orlandofor Midyear by some brothers, andany other ideas that may arise. Inthe meantime, we wish everyone asafe, upcoming Holiday Season!

Buffalo GraduateThis past summer has been full

of fun events for Buffalo Grad, andthe upcoming fall will also be keep-ing us busy. In July we hosted ourannual summer barbecue, and westarted off September by attendingthe Buffalo Bills home-opener foot-ball game. For the fifth year in arow, Buffalo Grad and Gamma Iotahave teamed up to sell tickets, andthis year we finally got to see theBills win! Buffalo Grad hostedanother barbecue later inSeptember to get to know theGamma Iota pledges. It was a beau-tiful day, and as always, a great wayfor the Grads to show the pledgesthat Kappa Psi is for life. The follow-ing weekend we participated in ourthird American DiabetesAssociation Step Out for Diabeteswalk. We are grateful to everyonewho participated in or donated tothis charity event. Now we’re look-ing forward to Midyear inCincinnati in October and havealready started planning the fifthannual CE for the spring. Keepyourself updated with all of BuffaloGrad’s events by checking out ourwebsite at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kappapsibuffalograd/. Hopeto see you in Cincinnati!

—Niki Wahl

course Columbus Grad!). Thankyou to Satrap Erin Walsh, ViceSatrap Lindsey Ghiringhelli,Secretary Eric Geyer, and GCDDelegate Tim Borowiak for comingto visit. The weekend consisted ofvolunteering at the Night Moves5K/5-mile run, watching Buckeyefootball, and eating breakfast atBob Evans . . . a Kappa Psi tradition.If you have any questions or wouldlike to join Columbus Grad, dropme an e-mail at [email protected].

—Jackie Schneider

Minnesota GraduateJuly was a busy month for the

brothers of Minnesota Grad. Wekicked things off with our annualjoint project with Epsilon chapter,staffing the pharmacy at CampSuperkids. Epsilon and MN Gradbrothers have been teaching kidsages 8–13 about their asthma med-ications at the camp since 1981.

Collegiate and grad brothersenjoyed an evening of tailgating and

baseball at a St. Paul Saints game inJuly.

In August came the annual MNGrad barbecue weekend extrava-ganza hosted by Tracy, Mike andSasha Haag. The barbecue isalways a great chance for everyoneto catch up with those livingthroughout Minnesota.

In September, MN Grad brothershosted a gourmet potluck dinnerfor those collegiates who had per-fect attendance at last year’s chap-ter meetings. This was a great wayto meet and chat with our collegiatebrothers who dedicate so muchtime and energy to our greatFraternity.

Thanks to the efforts of BrotherBecky Fahrenbruch, we are onceagain asking friends and family tohelp support our philanthropicactivities by purchasing entertain-ment books. This has been a rela-tively simple project that helps usraise more than $200 in additionalfunds each year.

If you are interested in keepingup with MN Grad happenings,check out the Minnesota Grad Webpage at www5.pharmacy.umn.edu/kappapsi/grad.htm.

—Jennifer Given

Pacific GraduateThe Pacific Graduate chapter

welcomed back the boys of GammaNu with their attendance at a fewweekend festivities. Following ashort summer break, the collegiatebrothers threw their annual RedRager social event. This traditionalbeginning of the school year eventhas been recently coupled with theweekend of the Pac Grad Wine

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Central Michigan P5 Secretary Eric Geyer, Satrap ErinWalsh, GCC Delegate Tim Borowiak, and Vice SatrapLindsey Ghiringhelli visiting Xi chapter in Columbus, Ohio.

Central Michigan Graduate Brother Tim Borowiakfills in the missing letter.

Epsilon Beta’s vice regent CraigTorbin and historian Kim Erickson.


Tour. This weekend was no differ-ent. Brothers from all around, whotook time off for the wine tour,came out to the Red Rager. Amongthose brothers were Chris Amaral,regent; Derrick Egi, secretary; andSamuel Hodges, historian. Otherlocal and distant graduates includedSunny Bains, Dany Khloth, ChadMetalak, John Hashimoto, EthanAnderson, Brent Chock, Ryan Ita,and Bradd Waki. Thanks for com-ing out brothers. The collegiatesreally appreciated the turnout.

The following morning,September 6, a chartered bus trans-ported the wine tour guests fromthe Gamma Nu house up toPlymouth, California. Put on onceagain by one of the connoisseurs ofthe chapter, Gabe Leung led thegroup to Sobon Winery,Shenandoah Vineyards, a picniclunch at Montevina Winery, andlastly, a visit to Story Winery. Upontheir return, it has been customaryfor the collegiate brothers who didnot attend the tour to have thehouse ready for a barbecue feast.They did not disappoint. Tri-tip andshort ribs were among the treatsthat waited the weary travelers whobraved the heat of early September.Joining Gabe, on perhaps his

farewell Pac Grad Wine Tour event,were Brothers Ethan Anderson,Mark Walberg, Sunny Bains, DanyKhloth, John Hashimoto, LelandIbarra, Mike Cuellar, SamuelHodges, Greg Umeda, ChrisAmaral, Aram Penaranda, Mike andNora Pastrick, Kevin Okuni, BraddWaki, and Donald Floriddia. Thank-you, Gabe, for putting togetheranother spectacular event andthank you to Gamma Nu for host-ing the barbecue again.

On the next day, the officers ofboth Pac Grad and Gamma Nu metbriefly to discuss the upcomingyear in terms of events, budgeting,and other things to come. We lookforward to an exciting year in 2009.Lastly, a special Happy Birthday toa special brother, Gabe Leung.Gabe has put in countless yearstoward the benefit of Gamma Nuand Pac Grad. This past September,he turned the Big 4–0! He and hiswife Leanne are expecting again.Congratulations brother!

—Derrick Egi

Providence GraduateThe Providence Graduate chap-

ter served as host for the annualKappa Psi Foundation GolfTournament on Saturday,

September 20, 2008, at the scenicWeekapaug Golf Club in Westerly,Rhode Island. Leading the winningteam were Henry Pedro, CarlMarchand, and Bill Matheron. Theteam of John Grossomanides, MattMears, and Dave Canepa took sec-ond place. They narrowly edged outthe third place team of NormanCampbell, Mike Simeone, MikeSherry, and Brett Raphi. While thecompetition was fierce on thecourse, camaraderie and fellowshipwere evident off the course as thesegolfers came together to supportthe Foundation.

The Providence Graduate chap-ter was well represented at theAPhA meeting in San Diego.Brothers Paul Ranelli, Jeff Newell,Ronald Jordan, Paul Larrat, GregCianfarani, Michael Ira Smith, JimGallagher, Mike Sherry, LouDiorio, Robert Magarian, MichaelSimeone, and Past Grand RegentsNorman Campbell, JohnGrossomanides, Brian Furbush,and Anthony Palmieri were in atten-dance. They renewed friendshipsand enjoyed each other’s companyat the Kappa Psi reception whichwas very well attended.

Brother Brian Musiak recentlyaccepted a pharmacy position at

William W. Backus Hospital inNorwich, Connecticut. Brian joinsanother Beta Epsilon alumnus atBackus. Brother Eric Arlia ispresently pharmacy director at thehospital. —Karl J Kehrle

St. Louis GraduateThe St. Louis Graduate chapter is

currently updating mailing address-es to send out the “2008 Year inReview” along with a calendar ofevents for 2009. If you would like tobe added to our mailing or e-mail-ing list, please contact JohnHamilton: [email protected].

Our grad chapter has contactinformation for more than 750grads, most but not all graduatingfrom the College of Pharmacy in St.Louis. We have a great network andwould love to add to it.

Our chapter will finish out theyear with a few more social eventsand will then be looking forward tohelping our active chapter host theProvince VII meeting early nextyear. We try to have at least onesocial event every two months andhave been doing a good job gettingmore and more grads to attend.

We are also working on collect-ing 100 lbs. of can tabs to give to

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Province IX meeting recently in New Mexico.


South Dakota GraduateIt’s been a quiet summer for the

brothers of South Dakota Grad, butfall promises more activity. Ourfirst official meeting as a graduatechapter took place on October 2 inSioux Falls. We will be focusing onhow to best support the collegiatechapter and keep graduating broth-ers involved in Kappa Psi. Gradbrothers are also involved in theSDSU College of Pharmacy ClinicalSkills Competition coordinated bySD Grad’s vice regent EricKutscher. The grad chapter’s secre-tary/treasurer, Brianna Schneider,is a captain for this year’s AmericanDiabetes Association’s Step Out:Walk to Fight Diabetes in SiouxFalls. The brothers of GammaKappa are planning a tailgate eventat the SDSU-Cal Poly football gameat Coughlin-Alumni Stadium inBrookings for collegiate and gradu-ate members and their families.Province VIII conclave is fastapproaching, and it will be our firstmeeting as a full member of theProvince!

—Andrew Gillen

Southwestern GraduateSix brothers from the

Southwestern Graduate chapterattended this year’s Professional

the Ronald McDonald House. If youwant to start pulling tabs and areever in the St. Louis area to dropthem off to us, we’d appreciate thesupport. We are well on our way to100 and have the active chapter, aswell as friends and families, helpingout!

It’s never too early to promoteour annual Kappa Psi GolfTournament and grad barbecuewhich we have in August. If you’dlike to play or if you have a chapterthat’s within driving distance, we’dbe interested in setting up a chaptervs. chapter golf scramble with you.Kansas City, Memphis, Drake,Purdue? We’ll meet you half wayand make a day or a weekend out ofthe event. Let me know if there isinterest!

—John Hamilton

San Francisco Graduate The San Francisco Graduate

chapter would like to officially rein-troduce ourselves. The chapter wasreactivated again in the summer of2007 along with the Los AngelesGraduate chapter. Our current offi-cers are: regent, Dr. Alison Lum;vice regent, Dr. Roland Lee; secre-tary, Dr. Stephanie Villanueva; andhistorian, Dany Khloth.

We would like to thank GammaNu alumnus and current EpsilonGamma GCD, Dr. Eric Gupta, formaking all of this possible. Withouthis help, the SF Grad chapterwould probably still be dormant.

Since our reactivation, we havebeen in the thick of the rebuildingprocess. In addition to havingattended all of our Province meet-ings, we have routinely had officermeetings to try to map out thefuture of SF Grad to keep the chap-ter active. As of now, our currentgoals are to accomplish the follow-ing: rebuild the graduate chapter bycontacting all known Kappa Psialumni in the San Francisco area toget them to continue to be activebrothers, and keep activelyinvolved with our collegiate chap-ter, Beta Gamma.

For all alumni brothers and soonto be alumni (2009) who currentlylive in the San Francisco area andare interested in becoming activelyinvolved with the SF Grad chapter,please contact me at [email protected] and I willcontact you as soon as possible.

—Dany Khloth

Fraternity Association meeting inSalt Lake City. This larger than nor-mal turnout was because Dr.Dewey Garner was selected as the2008 Career Achievement Awardwinner and Delta Rho was awardedthe 2008 Outstanding CommunityService Award.

The Career Achievement Awardhonors a distinguished full memberof the Fraternity who participatesactively on a regular or continuingbasis. This person is of national orinternational renown, and activelyengaged in the Fraternity’s disci-pline.

The Outstanding CommunityService Award recognizes a groupchapter that has dedicated personaland financial support for the better-ment of that chapter’s community.

Brothers in attendance wereCharles Carden, Dewey Garner,Paul Knecht, Scott Long, JohnnyPorter, and E. Ben Welch.

The brothers made a number ofvaluable contacts in themotel/hotel industry, and several ofthe companies asked about hostingour Province meetings. If youwould like more information, pleasecontact either Johnny Porter or E.Ben Welch.

—E. Ben Welch

Wisconsin GraduateSummer went by too fast for the

WI Graduate chapter. In July, weheld our annual Brewer’s Tailgatewith Beta Psi. We had a decentturnout for the grads, great weath-er, and we were glad to have moreBeta Psi members join us this year.The tailgate included cornhole, golfball toss, Frisbee and some greatgrill masters; the Brewers wereable to pull off the win that day.How great is that.

Later in the summer, the WIGrad chapter held our other annualevent, The Hacker’s Open. This isan annual golf outing where gradsand Kappa Psi actives “hack” theirway around a local golf course.Congratulations to this year’s win-ners: Kate Nelson, Kevin Lewis,Dennis Koblenski (Koby), and lastminute substitution JohnSterzinger. Koby took custody ofthe traveling trophy to ensure it isbrought to next year’s BrewersGame and Tailgate and HackersOpen.

Other event winners included:Longest Drive–Chrissy Densing,Longest Putt–Steve Shuda, Closestto the Pin–Kirstin Shuda, andShortest Drive–Lori Joas.

As for the new WI Grad-Beta Psichapter house remodeling, we werenot able to get as far in the con-struction process as we would haveliked. Permits and constructionplans take time! But when all isdone, we hope to have a great chap-ter house for all to enjoy. We wel-come any brothers visiting theMadison area to come by our newhome at 414 Chestnut Drive.

Looking to the fall, there will benot only more house construction,but also the WI Graduate chapterannual meeting. Our meeting willbe held at our new chapter houseduring the WI Badgers homecom-ing. Beta Psi is kind enough to hostour meeting each year. During themeeting, we hope to vote on ournew local ordinances as well holdelections for three officers on ourexecutive board: regent, treasurer,and historian. Any brothers are wel-come to attend.

If you would like more informa-tion on the WI Graduate chapter,please visit our Web site athttp://www.wikappapsi.org/ or con-tact our secretary, Lori Joas, at [email protected].

—Nikki Musial

Chapter News

Province II Supervisor Bonita Rathi (center) presents recognition pins toDelta Epsilon Brothers Jordan Posey (left) and Amanda Beley (right).


Province IIProvince II would like to thank

Delta Epsilon chapter for hostingthe Province II fall assembly inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, duringthe weekend of October 3–5. Theassembly was a success, asProvince II continues to increase itschapter participation. We wouldalso like to thank guests in atten-dance, including Brothers AndrewFrasco and Peter Brody, and broth-ers from Province V.

Province II Chaplain SethBarnetsky will be organizing a newProvince II service project. The pro-ject will involve sending care pack-ages to troops overseas through theAdopt-a-Platoon organization.Platoons will be adopted at both theProvince and chapter level.

Recognition pins were awardedto Brothers Jordan Posey andAmanda Beley of Delta Epsilonchapter for their diligent work inplanning the assembly. The awardfor best slide show was presentedto Delta Epsilon chapter. The Man-Mile Award for the chapter with thehighest percentage of brothers inattendance was presented to BetaOmega chapter. The Province IIChapter of the Year award was pre-sented to Beta Kappa chapter.Province II was honored to be ableto present Brother DavidMaszkiewicz with the Robert A.Magarian Order of the SilverMortar to commemorate his 25years as a brother of Kappa Psi.

Province II is already looking for-ward to the next assembly meeting,which will be hosted by the BetaOmega chapter. The meeting isbeing planned for late March 2009in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

—Erin Lopata

Province IIIGreetings to all brothers from

Province III! Just as with many ofyou, we are all in the midst of oneof the most important aspects of theFraternity—pledge season. Let usall hold fast to instilling our idealsin each pledge and ensuring theircommitment to Kappa Psi lest wedilute the Brotherhood. Several ofour chapters have taken theNational Pledge Project by thereins and are making phenomenalheadway in the ways of bringingalumni back into an active and con-tributing status. Iota’s pledges havealready begun acquiring contactinformation from a list of about 400

of their alumni thus far. The broth-ers at Gamma Xi are also workingto improve their already stellaralumni relations.

Special congratulations go toProvince III’s newest chapter,Epsilon Delta, for exceeding theirexpectations on developing theirchapter. They are proving what wealready know: Kappa Psi is one ofthe best things the pharmacy pro-fession has—if not the best. We areleaders. Already, in their first yearof being a chapter, Brothers JoshuaSpackey and Shana Humes ofEpsilon Delta have earned distin-guished awards from their COP forleadership and service. Province IIIis also grateful to announce that theGCDs at both Iota (Dr. Ed Soltis)and Delta Lambda (Dr. MichaelAdams) earned the GCD Certificateof Excellence Award.

In an effort to promote the pro-fession of pharmacy and to improvepatient outcomes in the community,Province III is continuing theirPatient Medical Record (PMR) phil-anthropy project. Several of ourchapters, namely Theta, Iota andSigma, have made some headwaywith this project. One of the maingoals of the project is to providecommunity residents with adetailed, yet wallet-sized formwhich will provide necessary infor-mation to all those in the health

care system. The creativity of eachchapter in promoting the PMR pro-ject is quite amazing. Sigma notonly raised more than $700 via aspelling bee for the project, but hasalso developed window decals.Theta has set up booths in pharma-cies to target patients directly, andIota has connected with patientsenrolled in the Diabetes 10 CityChallenge.

Province III would also like tocongratulate Brother Johnny Porteron becoming the new ExecutiveDirector. If he puts as much effortinto being Executive Director as hehas put into THE MASK, Kappa Psiwill grow exponentially.

—William Shealy

Province IVBefore all the chapters officially

began the new academic year thisfall, they met in Auburn in June forthe summer conclave. TheProvince had a lot to celebrate atthe meeting, where three of thenine collegiate chapters were rec-ognized as being ranked within thetop 10 chapters across the nation.Gamma Psi was ranked third in thenation and number one withinProvince IV. Delta Rho was not onlyranked fifth in the nation, theyreceived the Frank H. EbyScholarship Tray Award and repre-sented Kappa Psi through being

nominated for and receiving the2008 Professional FraternityAssociation’s OutstandingCommunity Service Award. Thefinal Province chapter ranked withthe top 10 was Gamma Phi, whichwas ranked sixth in the nation. TheProvince would like to thank thebrothers of Delta Gamma forputting together a great summermeeting. When the meetingadjourned, all the chapters took theProvince IV fire and motivationback to their chapters to begin thenew academic year.

The graduate chapters inProvince IV have been just as busyas the collegiate chapters. TheTampa Graduate chapter is busilyworking with Grand Vice Regent E.Ben Welch and other members ofthe Executive Committee to ensurethat the 54th Grand CouncilConvention will be the greatest andmost attended convention in KappaPsi history. The Southeast Floridaand Bahamas Graduate chapter sawthe initiation of a local communityleader, Ralph Dello of StephenDouglas Associates, into their chap-ter during the beginning ofSeptember.

The Province IV winter conclavewill be held on Friday, January 9,and Saturday, January 10, by theDelta Rho chapter in FortLauderdale, Florida. The chapter isbusily working on getting all thedetails and rates finalized. Moreinformation and details will be post-ed on the Province IV Web page(province4.org) as they are final-ized.

We look forward to seeing all ofyou in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, inJanuary for the winter conclave andClearwater, Florida, in August 2009at the 54th GCC.

—Daniel Welch

Province VProvince V is very dedicated to

helping our collegiate chapters inwhatever ways we can. FourProvince V officers, Erin Walsh(Satrap), Lindsey Ghiringhelli (ViceSatrap), Eric Geyer (Secretary),and Tim Borowiak (GCCDelegate), visited the brothers of Xiand Columbus Grad during oneweekend in September. After afive-hour plus road trip, we joinedseveral Xi brothers in volunteeringat Night Moves, a nighttime five-mile run to benefit the March ofDimes in downtown Columbus.

Chapter News

Brothers Tegan Williams (left) and Tim Kaylor (right) raffle off valuableprizes to raise money for the Adopt-a-Platoon service project in Province II.


club. The hotel will provide freetransportation to and from Lambertairport, as well as the local casinos(Harrah’s and Ameristar Casino).

Our philanthropy project for 2008is “Kappa Psi for Life” in whicheach chapter is asked to find a wayto promote a healthy lifestyle in itscommunity. Each chapter is askedto conduct two health events by thespring meeting. Each chapter isalso responsible for conducting afundraiser to benefit YMCA. OurProvince goal is to present the St.Louis YMCA chapter with $5,000.

We hope you will mark your cal-endars for a visit to St. Louis! Forupdates on the meeting, check outour MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/kappapsiprovince708.Information will also be availablethrough the Province VII Web site.Registration forms will be availablethrough the Web site. For ques-tions feel free to contact [email protected].

—Anastasia Roberts

Province VIIIProvince VIII brothers are gear-

ing up for an exciting Conclavehosted by Gamma Epsilon. Thistime we have two very interestingthemes, “Smells Like Team Spirit”and “Greek Olympics.” These bothwill make for some great photoopportunities. Currently, theProvince VIII Webmaster,

We were in charge of directing traf-fic through the alleys of downtownand got to cheer on the runners asthey ran by. On Saturday, theProvince V officers got to experi-ence game day in Buckeye country.We were given a tour of The OhioState University campus, which wasfull of people gearing up for thegame versus Troy University. Thenit was on to a local restaurant,BW3s, to cheer the team on withsome Xi and Columbus Grad broth-ers. The officers then spent theevening in Delaware, Ohio, withseveral Columbus Grad brothers,including Grand Counselor AndyFrasco. It was a great time gettingto know our brothers in Columbusbetter, and hopefully this trip willinspire all of us to become betterbrothers.

Also this fall, Province V put outa newsletter to the Province. Thisnewsletter contains informationalarticles about the Fraternity as wellas articles about professionalismand social events. To view thenewsletter, visit the Province VWeb site at http://www.kappappsi5.com.

To get more information on whatProvince V is up to, please visit ourWeb site (see above). Province Valso has an informational e-mailgroup via yahoo to communicatewithin the Province. To join thegroup or view messages, visithttp://groups.yahoo.com/groups/KappaPsiProvince5.

—Nikki Musial

Province VIIGamma Pi is already busy plan-

ning Province VII’s 2009 conclave.We would like to invite all brothersto attend our annual conclave in St.Louis, Missouri, February27–March 1. Meetings will be heldat the Sheraton Westport Hotel.Rooms will be available for $110 pernight. Registration deadlines will beDecember 1 and January 1.Registration cost will be $65 withthe first deadline and $75 by thesecond deadline. Registration willalso be open at the meeting. Theopening social event on Fridayevening will be at Pujols 5Restaurant from 8 to 11p.m.Saturday night’s banquet will beheld at the Sheraton at 7 p.m.Westport is an exciting area of St.Louis to visit. Within walking dis-tance of the hotel, there are numer-ous restaurants, pubs and a comedy

Stephanie Santos from Beta Chi, ispreparing to launch a new sitebefore conclave. Together, we hopeto make it a very useful site for allbrothers, especially those fromProvince VIII who will be using itthe most. Lastly, I would like tocongratulate the most outstandingchapters of the year—Delta Zeta,Epsilon #4, Gamma Kappa #8 andGamma Epsilon #10.

—Amanda Weber

Province IXProvince IX has had a very busy

summer! We recently just gottogether for our fall InterimMeeting September 19–21 hostedby Gamma Rho in Albuquerque,New Mexico. The weekend startedoff with a barbecue at Tiguex Parklocated in Albuquerque’s Old TownPlaza. As many brothers were justarriving in New Mexico, weenjoyed socializing along with ham-burgers and hot dogs complimentsof the brothers from host chapterGamma Rho. After the barbecue inthe park, brothers continued thefestivities at local establishments inthe Old Town Plaza.

Bright and early Saturday morn-ing, brothers got down to businessin the University of New Mexico’sCollege of Pharmacy classroom fol-lowing an amazing breakfast ofgreen or red chili breakfast burri-tos, a local favorite. I am happy to

announce all of our collegiate andgraduate chapters were in atten-dance, as well as our Province IXSupervisor Weaver and ViceSupervisor Radhakrishnan. We suc-cessfully discussed all new and oldbusiness and also enjoyed hearingwhat our colleagues were up to dur-ing the chapter reports. We decidedthat the Province IX philanthropyproject for this year will be raisingmoney for terminally ill childrenthrough the Make-A-WishFoundation. Each chapter will picka child and work to make the wishof that child come true.

Immediately following the meet-ing were ice cream sundaes and theProvince IX scholarship poker tour-nament. Congratulations to BrotherSarjit Patel from Gamma Upsilonwho won first place, Brother VennyWong from Delta Sigma who wonsecond, and Brother RobertMancini from Delta Phi who tookthird. Later that evening, brothersdined at La Placita where we heldour banquet and awards ceremony.Delta Phi chapter was honored withthe Lapiz Taquitos award in recog-nition of excellence of theirProvince report. Delta Sigma wasawarded the Community Serviceaward in recognition of excellencein promotion of the pharmacy pro-fession while giving back to thecommunity; they demonstratedtheir service to the community withtheir “adherence day project” byspeaking to individuals about waysto increase adherence to their med-ication. Special recognition shouldbe given to Brother Travis Sheltonof Delta Sigma who was the projectleader. Epsilon Gamma was award-ed the Fellow-hood and Brother-ship Award in recognition of excel-lence in the development of rela-tionships among brothers. EpsilonGamma demonstrated the strengthof the bonds of brotherhood byholding a social event that broughttogether not only collegiate andgraduate brothers from EpsilonGamma, but also collegiate andgraduate brothers from Gamma Nuchapter as well. Delta Sigma wasawarded the Travelers Award torecognize their dedication to theFraternity as demonstrated by theiroutstanding attendance at the meet-ing. The Province IX scholarshipwas awarded to Brother RyanMoore in recognition of his dedica-tion and service to the Fraternity.Eleanor Carbett, regent of host

Chapter News

WI Grad chapter vice regent Lisa Vanevenhoven helps remove rubblefrom the basement while remodeling the WI Grad-Beta Psi chapter house.

The Kappa Psi LifeRecently, my Epsilon Beta brothers and I were privileged to

attend the chartering of our newest chapter, Epsilon Epsilon, atTexas A&M—Kingsville. While watching the ceremony, I was takenback to the day, not too long ago, when we shared the same excite-ment. One thing Dr. Lawrence Brown said at the reception still res-onates with me even to this day. He imparted to those fortunateenough to attend that there are two classes of Kappa Psi members,“Those who belong to Kappa Psi and those who are Kappa Psi.”While I am sure Dr. Brown meant nothing negative toward brotherswho cannot be as active as they would like, I took it as a challenge tobe an example brother to the others who are not so quick to getinvolved with our great organization. We all face difficulties in ouracademic and personal lives that drain our time and energy.Through Kappa Psi, I have found a new fountain of youth. I bandtogether with my newest and closest friends, and yes— brothers,giving me a new outlook on my present as well as future participa-tion in events sponsored by Kappa Psi and other organizations. Sowho are those who simply belong to Kappa Psi and who are thosewho are Kappa Psi?

My interpretation of those who belong to Kappa Psi are thosewho perhaps have misunderstood the tenants of our creed andmerely latched on to the name and its proud heritage for purposesknown only to them. As a member, I do not condemn or fault thesebrothers, but in some ways feel they are missing out on the trueKappa Psi meaning and the great gifts this Brotherhood is placingbefore them. These brothers look for a reason to avoid functions orfind fault in every activity to justify their missing opportunities topractice their brotherly responsibilities. I want to be perfectly clear;I, too, have days when the meeting or the social event conflicts witha personal endeavor or the tasks of the day draw me to mentalexhaustion and one more thing feels like a burden. But, my broth-ers and the idea of being a medical professional in this great fieldbrings me around like a dose of smelling salts. We sometimes missthe forest for the trees. It was a two-hour drive to the charteringevent in Kingsville, and the time spent in the car and at the eventwas an opportunity to share good times with brothers we had notmet and to build relationships with those we may never have hadthe chance to. Our traditions and our legacy for future Kappa Psibrothers was and will be solidified by those of us who carry KappaPsi closest to our hearts.

In closing, I am reminded of the history of our Brotherhoodwhich was founded at Russell Military Academy and something aclose brother shared with me one day during a class break. He tolda story about tradition and history and how important being a sol-dier was to him. In that story he mentioned the one point about theMarine Corps he was jealous of and that was their tremendous pridein being part of the organization. He finished by saying, “When asoldier is asked what he is or what he does, he tells the interviewerabout his job and position. When the young Marine is asked whathe is or what he does, he has only one answer, “I am a Marine.” Somy question to you, my brothers, is, “Do you belong to �� or areyou a �� brother?”

Kimberly Erickson, Epsilon Beta

Although some chapters haveundergone recruitment and socialevents, and others are still in thepreliminary stages, the brothersfrom the new class of 2012 appearto have enormous amounts ofspunk and charisma! I believe itsafe to say we will undoubtedly behearing more from them in thefuture as they gain their footing inKappa Psi.

Although seemingly far in thefuture, mark your calendars for theannual Province X meeting,February 13–16 in Seattle, home ofBeta Omicron! Following the fun-in-the-fields atmosphere Beta Pi sup-plied to the Province last February,a trip to the gorgeous metropolis ofSeattle will surely provide enoughentertainment and laughs for allKappa Psi brothers in attendance,Province X, and all other Provincesalike.

A little sooner on the agenda ofProvincial activities, we have beguninvestigating potential ideas for win-ter. In tradition with the annualDelta Mu and Beta Omicron chap-ters’ joint ski trip, there has beentalk of an all-Province ski extrava-ganza that would undoubtedly leavelasting memories of brotherhood inthe psyche of all who attend. Pleasestay tuned for more information;trust us, it’ll be worth it!

—Stacy Crow


chapter Gamma Rho, was awardedthe recognition pin for all her hardwork to ensure the fall InterimMeeting was a great success. Afterthe ceremony, brothers fromGamma Rho shuttled everyone todowntown Albuquerque, 4th StreetPromenade, where brothers got achance to relax, socialize, anddance the night away!

To end the weekend, GammaRho brothers showed us their beau-tiful New Mexico scenery by takingus all on a tram ride. Brothersenjoyed The Sandia Peaks Ski &Tramway, which is the world’slongest aerial tramway ride thattook us over 2.7 miles of breathtak-ing views. This was a wonderfulway to end the trip to Albuquerque.All in all, everyone had a wonderfultime and we are all looking forwardto seeing each other again at ournext Province assembly which istentatively scheduled for February20–22, 2009, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

—Kayla Buschko

Province XAs fall 2008 has come into full

swing, Province X has also revvedback up! In an attempt to moreclosely unite the chapters, severalbrothers were in contact during thelate summer months exchangingideas and brainstorming for thenew initiates’ recruitment activities.

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Rho brothers pose with GCD Dave Henry: (back L–R): Dave Henry,David Ackiss, and Kimberly Guess; (front): Lindsay Justin, DonnaBascom, and Nita Lad.

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