the mask of kappa psi pharmaceutical fraternity fall 2011

The 55th Grand CouncilConvention pg 4

The journey of a pharmacy student pg 12

RUSH: expanding the Brotherhood pg 24

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 F A L L 2 0 1 1O 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 F A L L 2 0 1 1

Welcome to the new 2011–2013 Executive Committee.

Congratulations!

Kali WeaverGRAND REGENT

Eric GuptaGRAND VICE REGENT

Michael CournoyerGRAND COUNSELOR

Matthew LacroixGRAND HISTORIAN

Harry MarcelinGRAD MEMBER‐AT‐LARGE

E. Ben WelchIM PAST GRAND REGENT

Johnny WongCOL MEMBER‐AT‐LARGE

Latha RadhakrishnanGRAND RITUALIST

Brothers,

It was an absolute pleasure seeing so many of you at

the 55th Grand Council Convention in San Francisco.

I am truly honored that you selected me to be your

Grand Regent. I greatly appreciate the years of guid-

ance and support so many have offered me throughout

the years. I look back at the experiences I have had on

the Executive Committee and can honestly say that

everyone I have had the pleasure to serve with has

taught me a valuable lesson that I will always carry with

me. Over the next two years, I hope to encourage all

brothers and chapters to be the best they can be for

Kappa Psi. I have already experienced your over-

whelming desire to serve our great Fraternity and look

forward to what will be accomplished this term.

The Executive Committee is hard at work. We are

working to improve our Web site and conducting seri-

ous discussions about the impact realignment will have

on our brothers and chapters. We have created an

Executive Committee blog to help keep everyone up to

date on what all of our officers are working on. Please

check it out at http://kappapsiec.blogspot.com. I would

like for you to share your ideas with others, and our

blog and Facebook page are both great ways to reach

out to the Executive Committee and our Brotherhood.

I would like to challenge all of our brothers to reach out to the graduates around you. While at work, at

school, or at association meetings, ask those around you if they are Kappa Psi and invite them to some chapter

events. Many graduates are willing to come and speak to your class about the career path they chose, and they

can be a great source of knowledge and inspiration. Getting more graduate brothers involved with your chapter

can only strengthen the brothers and the chapters.

Let your enthusiasm for Kappa Psi become infectious and inspire those around you to not just become better

brothers, but to help us become a stronger family.

Fraternally,

Kali Weaver, Pharm.D.

Grand Regent

Kali Weaver, Grand Regent

Be the best that you can be

2 MASK OF KAPPA PSI PHARMACEUTICAL FRATERNITY u Fall 2011

The First Word

Volume 108, Number 4, Fall 2011Whole Number 432

Official Publication of the Kappa PsiPharmaceutical Fraternity, Inc.Founded 1879 Incorporated 1903

A quarterly magazine maintained and published in the interests of theFraternity, College, and University by The Kappa Psi PharmaceuticalFraternity, 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 isprinted in the USA by Maury Boyd andAssociates, Indianapolis, Indiana. Sendinformation for publication directly tothe Editor:

Cameron Van Dyke106 McBeth CourtSt. Clairsville, Ohio 43950(cell) 740‐350‐4641(e‐mail) [email protected]

Graduate brothers’ address corrections can be made at: http://changeaddress.kappapsi.org

MASK DeadlinesSpring 2012 3/1/2012

Summer 2012 7/1/2012

Fall 2012 10/1/2012

Winter 2013 12/1/2012

In this Issue4 55th GCC/A record number of

brothers attend the 55th GCC in San Francisco.

12 BROTHERS UNMASKED/Follow the journey from pharmacy student to resident.

14 99 HANDS/Need a new idea for a rushor social event, what better way than borrow those ideas from your brothers.Check out what other chapters are doing for Kappa Psi that just might help you.

Table of Contents

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Editor’s NoteGreetings Brothers,

Hopefully everyone had a great summer and, for those who attended the Grand CouncilConvention, you were able to learn a lot and find time to even relax a little (I know I did, seephoto below). We moved the table of contents over to the left and I’m keeping things brief so wecan show off all the wonders of the GCC. Until next time. —Cameron.

RIGHT: Cameron Van Dykefinds time to relax and enjoythe San Francisco Bay duringGCC. BELOW LEFT:Connecticut Grad Will Anctilwas covered in cash as hewas assisting the Kappa PsiFoundation count theirmoney during the 55th GCC.BELOW RIGHT: Past GrandRegent Tony Palmieri has alittle fun with Kappa Psi legend and ExecutiveDirector Emeritus RobertMagarian during the 132ndKappa Psi AnniversaryBanquet.


The 55th Grand Council Convention started on Tuesday,August 2, with a well-attended CPE presented by Dr.

Meghan Sullivan in the early afternoon with an OTC update.The First General Session of the 55th Grand Council beganwith introducing the Executive Committee and the tying ofthe Golden Bow. After a welcoming speech from GrandRegent E. Ben Welch, the candidates for office gave excellentspeeches demonstrating the depth and strength that KappaPsi has moving forward.

Dr. Robert Magarian, Past Executive Director of Kappa Psi,gave a wonderful keynote speech about loyalty and dedica-tion to a cause. He shared his path through life, from his startin pharmacy to balancing his graduate studies and family, to

balancing being a successful professor of medicinal chemistry with his duties as ExecutiveDirector. The brothers in attendance listened with close attention as Brother Magarian imploredthe gathered brothers to never, never, never, never, never, NEVER give up. A welcoming recep-tion was held so brothers from around the country could catchup with old friends and make many new ones.

Wednesday was a full day, kicking off with a CE about immu-nizations given by Dr. Adam Welch, and a workshop for stu-dents, led by Brother Latha Radhakrishnan, focused on how tobe competitive in a tough professional environment. Both wereonce again full with brothers despite the early start time! TheSecond General Session started with a memorial exercise torecognize our brothers who had moved to the Grand Agoraover the previous two years. After the memorial exercise, theExecutive Committee reported to the Grand Council the workthey had completed over the previous two years. Many of thestanding committees were also able to give their reports duringa fast-moving session. The Second General Session ended sothat brothers could attend a workshop on CommunityPharmacy by Brother Eric Geyer.

The Eighth Biennial Scholarship and Award Lunch tookplace on Wednesday. The hard work of our brothers wasacknowledged through the many awards and recognitionsgiven out. The brothers from Sigma chapter at the University ofMaryland were honored as this year’s top collegiate chapter,and Boston Graduate chapter was recognized as the best gradu-ate chapter. The Frank H. Eby Scholarship Tray was awarded tothe brothers of Gamma Kappa chapter, and the Nicolas FenneyIndustry Improvement Award was given to the brothers of Gamma Iota. David H. Maize was rec-ognized as Grand Council Deputy of the Year. The Frank H. Eby Award was presented to JamieKy of Epsilon Gamma. Brother Robert Magarian was honored during the lunch by being grantedthe title Executive Director Emeritus for his lifetime of dedication and service to Kappa Psi.

Wednesday after lunch was a time for brothers to have a chance to learn more about theFraternity with workshops covering a wide range of topics. Brother Matthew Lacroix presentedthe newly developed Graduation Ritual for brothers to discuss, while Brother Michael Cournoyergave an informational talk about the research he had done as Grand Historian and how the infor-mation that is available now will help us further define the history of Kappa Psi. Brother MarvinSmith gave the last workshop of the day on Chapter Development that was well received by thebrothers in attendance. Wednesday night ended with the always popular chapter sales and round-tables as brothers gathered to discuss the profession of pharmacy, fraternity issues, and what wasthe best shirt for sale for brothers to bring home as a memory from the Grand Council Convention.

The 55th Grand Council Convention

This is my Kappa Psiby Matthew LaCroix, Grand Historian

Past Grand Regent NormanCampbell is presented with a

Kappa Psi Legend plaque by GrandHistorian Michael Cournoyer.

Grand Regent E. Ben Welch during the opening

ceremonies of the 55th GCC.


Thursday started with a CE from Dr.Deanna McDanel on oral anticoagulationtherapy. At the Third General Session, thebrothers were presented a risk manage-ment presentation by James R. Favor &Company, our insurance carrier. Followingthe presentation, each Province took anopportunity to share with the GrandCouncil the highlights of the past two yearsfrom the chapters located in the Province. Asecond roundtable and chapter sales washeld over lunch, while the Grand CouncilDeputies were meeting to discuss theirroles as advisors and mentors to our chap-ters. An afternoon of free time allowedmany to take in the sights of San Franciscoprior to brothers gathering at AT&T Park towatch the San Francisco Giants take on thePhiladelphia Phillies.

Friday opened with a CE from BrotherJenny Donaldson about the recent drugshortages. The Fourth General Session ofthe Grand Council focused on legislation that was to be voted on Saturday. The session pro-vided much great discussion for the Legislative Committee. Following the session, brothersenjoyed either a second afternoon of sightseeing or took part in the Kappa Psi FoundationGolf Tournament. Friday night closed with the Foundation Poker Tournament.

Saturday morning opened with the Fifth General Session where legislative issues were dis-cussed and debated with much vigor. Our brothers showed deep passion about the Fraternitywith the fervor of the discussion. The Grand Council broke for lunch prior to the start of theSixth General Session. During the final General Session of the Grand Council, election of theExecutive Committee for the next two years took place.

The evening, and Grand Council, ended with the 132nd anniversary reception and dinnerbanquet. Our new international Executive Committee was installed with Brother GrandRegent Kali Weaver outlining her goals and projects for the upcoming term. Grand RitualistLatha Radhakrishnan untied the Golden Bow, dissolving the Grand Council and sending ourbrothers home to carry out the exciting work of our Fraternity.

Gamma Psi brothers take in a Giants game.



RIGHT: Brothers ofBeta Epsilon past andpresent following the55th Grand CouncilConvention in SanFrancisco. BELOW LEFT: GammaUpsilon BrothersAudrey Bushway,Allison Arterbury, andMike Biegelman modeltheir T‐shirts.BELOW RIGHT:Executive DirectorJohnny Porter and hislovely wife, KathyPorter, at the closingbanquet. BOTTOM: The brothersof Province II lookingtheir finest at the132nd AnniversaryBanquet.


LEFT: Epsilon Gamma Brothers Steph Wu,Amy Tran, Melissa Landry, Neviah Nguyen,Ariel Na, and Danielle Kim sell Hello ��shirts. ABOVE: Epsilon Mu Brother KarlHealy plays paper football to pass the timebetween elections.

ABOVE: Brother Christy Askew congratulates our new GrandHistorian Matthew Lacroix. LEFT: Province VIII Brothers TracyAnderson‐Haag, Past Grand Regent Brian Reisetter, and DawnErdman enjoyed the Phillies vs Giants game as part of the GCCfestivities.

Beta Epsilon Brothers Kevin Gaul and Russell Poisson, along with Beta Gamma Brother Jeff Moss, aren’t hiding their support for Godzilla and Harry Potter.

Grand Regent E. Ben Welch and Buffalo Grad Jerry Delaney reflecton the good old days during the Graduate Reception at the GCC.



TOP LEFT: Delegates take a break from voting for a quick group photo. TOP CENTER: Brothers Sheena Gurai(Epsilon Iota), Jasmeet Chauhan (EpsilonIota), Angela Appling (DC Grad), and EulaDominguez (Epsilon Iota) hanging out duringthe GCC. TOP RIGHT: Executive Director Johnny Porterwelcomes the Brotherhood to San Francisco. BELOW LEFT: Beta Lambda Brother KyleHake and Pi Brother Samaneh Kabul prior tothe 132nd Kappa Psi Anniversary Banquet.BELOW CENTER: Past Grand Regent andEditor of THE MASK Emeritus Tony Palmierismiles as another successful Grand CouncilConvention draws to a close.BELOW RIGHT CENTER: Brother MichaelGraubart and family with MichaelCournoyer, Kali Weaver, and Steve Weaverat the Phillies vs Giants game. Epsilon BetaBrothers David Wilson, Joseph Tran, CynthiaNguyen, and Bianca Hernandez try sellingKappa Psi coolers.

BOTTOM LEFT: Our newGrand Regent Kali Weaverwith her proud husbandBrother Steve Weaver.BOTTOM CENTER:Graduates and spouses ofProvince V found time toescape the city to enjoysome of the Napa Valley.BOTTOM RIGHT: Brothersof Province IX JohnnyWong, Sanaz Farhadian,Robert Mancini, MichelleHughes, and Kellie Kocherenjoy the last morning ofthe GCC.


Meet the new Executive Committee

Brother Katya Kurdyukova of Beta Gamma proudly displays all the merchan‐dise our host chapter was selling.

OPPOSITE TOP LEFT: Gamma Delta Brothers Nate Hedrick and Kristen Thatcherenjoying their first GCC. OPPOSITE TOP RIGHT: Will Anctil (Connecticut Grad),Nathan Charpentier (Beta Epsilon), and William Shealy (Charleston Grad) visitduring the Graduate Reception. LEFT MIDDLE: Gamma Nu and Delta Kappa brothers following the opening ceremonies at the 55th GCC. L–R: Michael Tran,LeeAnn Tsuyuki, Mark Wadley, Justin Seo, Chris Sanine, Brannon Wong, David Vu,and Nicholas Lau. BOTTOM FAR LEFT: Beta Kappa Brothers Ashley Toale and Dan Yarabinec represent Province II during the Pharmacy Feud. LEFT: MuOmicron Pi Brothers Chris Hanai, Fouad Boulbol, Michael Wodecki, and RonnieKendall prepare to check out some of the Kappa Psi merchandise for sale.

The 2011–2013 Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Inc. Executive Committee:Grand Regent Kali Weaver, Grand Vice Regent Eric Gupta, Grand CounselorMichael Cournoyer, Grand Historian Matthew Lacroix, Grand Ritualist LathaRadhakrishnan, Graduate Member‐at‐Large Harry Marcelin, Collegiate Member‐at‐Large Johnny Wong, and Immediate Past Grand Regent E. Ben Welch.


Brothers Unmasked

Ryan’s journey“Do what you love

and you will neverwork a day in yourlife,” is a quote thathelps me rationalizemy painful, continual-ly growing studentloans. My name isRyan Szynkarek,your Delta Nu broth-er from DownersGrove, Illinois. Overthe duration of thisschool year, I will be applying for residenciesand hopefully by next year, I will be practic-ing as a pharmacy resident. I implore you tofollow along for these next two years as Idescribe my pursuit for a residency and howI manage the rigors of a residency if I am for-tunate enough to get one.

Without a doubt, my passion is helpingpeople. Whether it is educating my patientsabout their medications or working on themedical team to optimize my patients’ med-ications, I believe that a residency is essentialin achieving these goals. While I hope I havefully prepared myself for a residency now, Iwas absolutely clueless in my first year ofpharmacy school.

When I started pharmacy school, I easilydrank six energy drinks a day, slept four tofive hours a night, and spent the rest of mytime in class or in the library studying. Youbetter believe I knew what time the libraryopened and closed on Friday, Saturday, andSunday. For some reason, I thought gradesmeant everything and that if I did well, itwould somehow guarantee me a residency.Then one day at a residency panel, the resi-dent told me I had been wasting my life awayin the library (or at least that is how I inter-preted her advice). She informed me that if astudent studies all day in the library, thisprobably means they have no extracurricularactivities or leadership roles to speak of. Ifthis is the case, then the residency programactually expects the student to have a 4.0GPA. Having exceptional grades does notdemonstrate how well the student will be

able to manage the stressful life of a residen-cy. After that conversation, I had come to therealization that I had been putting 100 per-cent of my efforts into something that wasonly demonstrating a sliver of my potential.From that point on, I restructured my goalsand my sleep hygiene, kidneys (caffeine),and personal life were thankful for it.

The transition from a lackluster life in thelibrary toward a path of involvement was anabrupt and necessary change. Starting on mynew path, I began actively volunteering, join-ing committees, pursing leadership roles, andgoing to conferences (all of which Kappa Psireadily offers). Taking on these responsibili-ties helped develop my teamwork skills sinceroles in committees and leadership positionsare almost always a team-based effort. Theseroles were quite challenging at times, espe-cially with therapeutics exams approaching. Iwas forced to develop exceptional time man-agement skills. These roles gave me greatnetworking opportunities. Developing rela-tionships with members within my futureprofession has given me an outlet to ask intu-itive questions and find mentors. Most of all,these roles were fun because sharing timewith your friends and giving back to your pro-fession is remarkably rewarding.

Making sure my curriculum vitae (CV) isup to date is a great place to start. If you donot have a CV, I would recommend startingone now. If you do not feel like starting one,the very minimum you need to do is to startwriting down your accomplishments, volun-teer activities, and any contributions youhave made toward pharmacy. If you do notknow how to start a CV, then Google how todo it, ask your peers for theirs, buy books tai-lored to pharmacy CVs, and/or go to CVbuilding workshops. Once you have it com-pleted, let another set of eyes look it over. Iassure you this will take longer than youexpect so start early.

With my CV up to date, I am planning onattending ASHP’s Midyear Clinical Meeting& Exhibition. At this exhibition I will get thechance to have a one-on-one conversationwith either the resident or the residency pro-gram director. Currently, I have been identi-fying programs I am interested in by reading

through ASHP’s residency directory and byreading each program’s Web site.Nevertheless, the information about a pro-gram will not give me the entire picture. Oneshould have questions that cannot bedescribed on paper for each desired residen-cy, and the residency showcase is wherethese questions will be answered. The infor-mation I acquire by doing research, alongwith going to the residency showcase atMidyear (or even at your local ASHP), willgive me a more dynamic picture of the resi-dency program. When I went last year, I trulyrealized that the showcase is for YOU tointerview the residencies. Some fast tips forMidyear: dress as professional as possible,ALWAYS act professional, and go to Midyearprepared and with a purpose . . . don’t letopportunity pass you by. Best of luck to youall! —Fraternally, Ryan Szynkarek

Christine’s journeyGreetings broth-

ers of Kappa Psi! Myname is Christine“IHOP” Heng and Iam an initiate ofEpsilon Eta chapterin Bradenton,Florida, and current-ly a fourth-year stu-dent at Lake ErieCollege of Osteo -pathic Medicine’sSchool of Pharmacy.I was given the opportunity to contribute a lit-tle piece on my experiences with residencies.This little piece will let you follow me alongmy journey in applying for residency, hope-fully getting a residency, and ultimately figur-ing out what I want to contribute to the won-derful world that is pharmacy as I do my resi-dency and beyond.

For the most part, I’ve been interested inresidency since my first year and have triedto take every opportunity afforded me sincethen to learn all I can about this process. Asof late, I’ve been looking more closely intodifferent residencies and trying to narrowdown where it is I want to go and submerg-

Behind the Scenes: The Journey from pharmacy student to pharmacy residentWelcome to part one of hopefully an eight-part series following Brothers Ryan Szynkarek and Christine Heng’s journey

through their last academic year in pharmacy school to pursuing a pharmacy residency post graduation. Through thisseries, we will follow them both through the process of what it will take to be a pharmacy resident and with any luck, theywill tell about the experience of what it is like to be a resident.


ing myself wholeheartedly in choosing theright residency for me. There seems to be aresidency to catch just about any fancy youmay have in pharmacy. It’s been a little bit ofan overwhelming experience to say the least,but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

As one who hasn’t had much experience inthe pharmacy prior to school, I like to keepmy mind open. Lately, I’ve developed aninterest in ambulatory care and will have tosee how that develops. For now, I’m open toexperience and haven’t set my mind to justone specialty. Currently, I’ve only had tworotations—one in ambulatory care at a home-less clinic and my second at BayfrontMedical Center in acute care medicine. I’mabout to start my third/fourth rotation at BayPines VA in St. Pete, Florida, a two-monthlong rotation in ambulatory care and am look-ing forward to it (wish me luck!).

For now, I will continue my search for theright residency for me. Pretty soon I’ll bebeginning that arduous task of sending in myapplications and hopefully getting those everimportant interviews. Until then, I’ll keep youup to date on my progress. Lastly, brothers,before we part, I just want to thank you forgiving me this opportunity to share my littlejourney. Hopefully, I can give you someinsight into what really goes into this andmaybe even entertain you along the way!Until next time, be safe and as always, KappaPsi for Life! —Fraternally, Christine Heng

Pejman Ahmadi elected president of SNPhNCalifornia Northstate College of Pharmacy Brother Pejman (Pej) Ahmadi was recently elected president-elect of the

Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) at the 2011 National Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, this pastsummer. Coming from a new pharmacy school in California, Pejman had to overcome the obstacle of the school notbeing well known and had to work very hard at networking and getting his name out there. With lots of encouragementand support from family, friends, faculty, and Kappa Psi brothers, such as Dr. Eric Gupta, Pej was able to attain his goal.

SNPhA is an educational service association of pharmacy students who are concerned about pharmacy and healthcarerelated issues, and the poor minority representation in pharmacy and other health-related professions. SNPhA chaptersare primarily found at pharmacy schools in the Eastern and Midwestern states. One of Pej’s goals is to increase the num-ber of SNPhA chapters nationwide, with a greater focus on the West Coast. Being that Pej is from the West Coast, hewould love for any Kappa Psi brothers interested in SNPhA to contact him about chartering a new chapter! The brothersof Epsilon Iota are so proud and would like to congratulate Brother Pej for his accomplishment.

John Grossomanides Elected Supreme PresidentThe delegates of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive

Association (AHEPA), a leading association for the nation’s three mil-lion American citizens of Greek heritage, and Philhellenes, electedDr. John Grossomanides, Jr. supreme president at its 89th AnnualSupreme Convention in Miami Beach, Florida. Dr. Grossomanidesran unopposed in elections that were held Saturday, July 23, 2011. Hewas also formally installed as supreme president along with theSupreme Lodge on Saturday.

“It is truly an honor to be elected supreme president of AHEPA,”said Dr. Grossomanides, Jr., a 27-year member of AHEPA. “Clearlythere are many challenges we are facing. Greece and its people areexperiencing an unprecedented economic crisis, the Republic ofCyprus is being pressed to reach a settlement, the plight of theEcumenical Patriarchate persists, and the need for community ser-vice is more in demand than ever.”

He continued, “I look forward to working with our new Supreme Lodge and our membershipto overcome these challenges, address new ones that will emerge, and keep AHEPA on thesteady path set forth by my predecessors in a spirit true to our mission.”

Dr. Grossomanides, who hails from Westerly, Rhode Island, is a member of Rose of NewEngland Chapter 110 in Norwich, Connecticut. He has served AHEPA in numerous leadershippositions including two terms as supreme vice president and supreme secretary and all offices atthe district and chapter levels. As supreme president, Dr. Grossomanides’ responsibilities includebeing the chief executive officer, and principal spokesperson, of the entire AHEPA domain,which includes the United States, Canada, Greece, and Cyprus.

The newly-elected supreme president is a senior clinical pharmacist at Advanced PharmacyConcepts, North Kingstown, Rhode Island. He served as president of the Rhode IslandPharmacist Association from 1995 to 1996 and served two years as Grand Regent of Kappa PsiPharmaceutical Fraternity. Dr. Grossomanides earned both his undergraduate and Doctor ofPharmacy degrees from the University of Rhode Island.

Dr. Grossomanides is a member of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Norwich. He is theson of AHEPA Life Member John G. and Celia Grossomanides. The supreme president isengaged to Anna-Helene Panagakos, Brooklyn, New York, who was elected Grand Secretary ofthe Daughters of Penelope.

AHEPA is the largest Greek-American association in the world with chapters in the UnitedStates, Canada, Greece, Cyprus, and sister chapters in Australia and New Zealand. It was estab-lished in 1922 by visionary Greek-Americans to protect Hellenes from prejudice originating fromthe KKK, and in its history, AHEPA joined with the NAACP and B’nai B’rith International to fightdiscrimination. The mission of the AHEPA family is to promote the ancient Greek ideals of edu-cation, philanthropy, civic responsibility, and family and individual excellence through communi-ty service and volunteerism. For more information about the AHEPA family, or how to join,please contact AHEPA Headquarters, (202) 232-6300, or visit www.ahepa.org.

John Grossomanides

Pej Ahmadi

Go to www.kappapsi.orgto find the dates for Midyear and

Province meetings. Also find a list of the Top 10

chapters, chapter anniversary dates and more!

� IotaMedical University of South CarolinaFounded 11/29/1927The College of Pharmacy280 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC [email protected]

We are excited about the 12 out-standing gentlemen who are undergo-ing the pledging process. They will beassisting with our upcoming annualevents, including our Shrimpin’ forCharity event, our KΨ Turkey Fry,and our world famous Swamp Party(October 14) which all brothers arewelcome to attend. It is sure to be agreat time. All of these events havebeen great ways for us to collect cansfor the Lowcountry Food Bank.

Our Iota brothers have also beengoing places. We sent six brothers to


� EpsilonUniversity of MinnesotaFounded 4/30/1928College of Pharmacy, 5‐130 WeaverDensford Hall, 308 Harvard Street S.E.Minneapolis, MN 55455‐[email protected]

Summer was a busy time forEpsilon as we continued to make a dif-ference in the community. Brothersspent time volunteering at the freeclinic for the underserved, or the“PNC,” serving concessions at TargetField, and counseling kids with asth-ma at Camp Superkids with MN Gradbrothers. Our new officers were hardat work planning a year jam-packedwith activities and brotherly bonding.Delegate Brothers Alyssa and Ericflew out to San Francisco for GCC andcame back with many new friends anda host of new ideas to report.

This fall, Epsilon brothers werehard at work! We’ve hosted a bakesale to raise money for Light theNight and proudly participated in thewalk in remembrance of a brotherwhom we lost to leukemia a few yearsago. Brothers also plan to raise moneyfor the Juvenile Diabetes ResearchFoundation, St. Jude Children’sResearch Hospital, and the NationalKidney Foundation. We are also deepin planning a mission trip to Haiti forspring break, doing kidney diseasescreenings with NKF, and teachinghigh school students about STIs.

—Nicole Grimmer

GCC in San Francisco as well as 15brothers to the Province III fall con-clave hosted by Beta Xi. We allenjoyed spending time with oldfriends and meeting new brothers.Congratulations to Mackie King andKevin Curler for being matched forresidencies at the University ofColorado Hospital and the Universityof California, San Francisco MedicalCenter, respectively.

Iota would like to congratulateBrother Chris Giguere for his leadrole in producing, as well as all thebrothers who took part in the makingof, the video entitled “It’s alwaysmuggy in Charleston.” It demonstrat-ed Robert’s Rules and won theParliamentary Project Award at GCC.Congratulations are in order for grad

brothers who are expecting: WilliamShealy, Chris Dykes, and RomeoAbangan. Also, congrats to TomDiPiro and his wife, Nicole DeBarge,on their October wedding.

� MuMassachusetts College of PharmacyFounded 3/4/1907SGA Office c/0 Kappa Psi 179 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA [email protected]

The fall semester in Boston hasbeen keeping all of us busy with chari-ty work and the start of rush events.Last spring, several Mu brothersattended Beta Epsilon’s 100-yearanniversary at the University of RhodeIsland, which was a great success.Over the summer, brothers volun-

Chi chapter

Epsilon Epsilon’s Delta Class shows off their new white coats!99 Hands

99 Hands


teered at an animal shelter and did aMS walk for a brother’s family friend.Some of our current projects are: amonth-long clothing drive, a 5K runbenefiting the Kevin W. FitzgeraldPark in Boston, and Light the NightWalk for the Leukemia & LymphomaSociety. The combined efforts of newand old brothers have set up a fun-filled night for the Province I meetingbeing held October 15, 2011, includ-ing bowling and billiards at Jillian’s.We look forward to a huge turnoutand showing Boston the strength ofour 99 Hands.

—Kyle Kearney

� XiThe Ohio State UniversityFounded 5/21/1925College of Pharmacy, 500 W. 12th Ave.,Columbus, OH 43210‐[email protected]

Xi chapter had an exciting summer,with brothers across the nation aswell as abroad in countries such asHonduras, Mexico, Costa Rica and theCaribbean. Brothers who remained inOhio exemplified Xi chapter’s empha-sis on philanthropy, earning 80 hoursof service before the school yearbegan! Several sites Xi brothers havevolunteered with include Physician’sFree Clinic, Faith Mission Clinic,

Charitable Pharmacy, Helping HandsClinic, and various local health fairs.

Nine brothers attended fall assem-bly, where we networked with fellowbrothers within Province V. We hopeto collaborate with brothers from BetaPhi on our social, philanthropic, andprofessional goals in the near future.

Xi chapter held its first information-al meeting for prospective brothers inSeptember and was pleased with thelarge turnout. The officers haveworked hard this summer to updateour bylaws and incorporate newfundraising and planning committeesto make this academic year even bet-ter than the last.

� PiPurdue UniversityFounded 6/11/19281330 Heine Pharm. Bldg., Room 156,West Lafayette, IN 47906‐[email protected]

Pi chapter held a very successful5K run/walk benefiting the RonaldMcDonald House. We are proud tosay we surpassed our goal by a largemargin. Also, many brothers attendedthe Province V assembly where wemade friends from chapters acrossthe region and gained insight on howto further progress our chapter.

—Chara Dubin

RhoUniversity of KansasFounded 4/23/19322010 Becker Dr, Lawrence, KS 66047‐[email protected]

Rho chapter enjoyed a relaxingsummer. Brothers got together for aweekend float trip and 3 chapter mem-bers went to GCC in San Francisco.After enjoying our back to school bar-beque, we got busy preparing for abusy semester. Our projects includeour annual garage sale project to raisemoney for WINGS, an organizationthat helps women in need pay formedical tests and procedures, and apop-tab drive in the School ofPharmacy. We’ve also enjoyed socialsat Chilli’s and Coldstone which bene-fited St. Judes and the Make a WishFoundation. We have been preparingour initiation week full of brotherhoodactivities. This includes our traditionalscavenger hunt around the campus,bowling, game night, and an eveningroasting marshmallows outside. Weare most excited to welcome our 49new initiates, our largest pledge classyet, which is sure to make this year avery exciting one for Rho chapter!

SigmaUniversity of MarylandFounded 3/27/1924School of Pharmacy, 20 N. Pine Street,Baltimore, MD [email protected]

This year was off to a sizzling startwith our first rush event, Grill n’ Chill,where the brothers served up burgersand hot dogs to rushees and thenjoined them in a mix of outdoorgames and activities. Next, we hadFun Night—an entertaining eveningfilled with friendly competition amongbrothers and rushees in a variety ofboard games including Cranium,Pictionary, and Taboo. Rush came to astrong finish with our festive Luau,featuring a live performance by someof our very talented Sigma brothers, a

Epsilon brothers enjoy s’mores around the fire pit at the back-to-school pool party.

Iota brothers clean up Bee Street during their Adopt-a-Highway cleanup during Rush week.

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intramural flag football. The team“Bad Medicine” has been undefeatedthus far with a remarkable record of1–0. It has always been a great way tounwind after classes and spend timewith brothers.

—Aaron Lyons

� ChiUniversity of Illinois–ChicagoFounded 2/2/1910833 S. Wood Street, Chicago, IL [email protected]

Our rush event began with a “wel-come back” barbecue where we saw alot of fresh new faces along with ourown Illinois Graduate brothers, Dr.Latha Radhakrishnan, Dr. Neil Patel,Dr. Nishil Patel, and Dr. Joe Nguyen.We introduced a new rush eventcalled “Casino/Game Night,” wherewe played games like Mahjong,Werewolf, Poker, Taboo, etc. OurVideo Committee was able to show-case three rush videos that were verywell received. We are thankful foreveryone’s contribution in makingthem, especially our talented BrothersVan Nguyen and Joe Boudreau. Withthe help of their editing skills, wemade videos that showed what KappaPsi meant to us and how theFraternity enriched our lives. Ourrush meetings were filled with heart-felt speeches from Brothers OjasShah and Anuja Vallabh whoexplained what “brotherhood” meantto them. To make our pledge eventsinteractive, we organized an eventcalled “Taylor Street Night,” where allthe pledges visited some of the

miniature scavenger hunt, and adessert contest. Without a doubt, ourrush events did a great job of stirringup interest in Kappa Psi, and we areexcited to announce that we have 55+new pledges!

Sigma is looking forward to anothersemester full of community serviceand social activities. Our first serviceevent took place at Beans & Bread, asoup kitchen located in the Fell’sPoint area of Baltimore, where agroup of brothers spent time servingfood to the homeless. We plan to pro-vide many helping hands at theupcoming Step Out: Walk to StopDiabetes, as we have done in previousyears. For social activities, brotherssaid farewell to summer with a berry-picking event at Butler’s Orchard, andwe anticipate a fun night of go-kartingwith our new pledges.

Sigma is extremely proud to startoff the school year with the honor ofbeing named the number one colle-giate chapter, and we hope to contin-ue the year as strong as we started!

� UpsilonUniversity of KentuckyFounded 4/16/1909Univ. of Kentucky College of Pharmacy725 Rose Street, Room 215, Lexington, KY 40536‐[email protected]

School has started and the brothersof Kappa Psi are excited to be back.It’s great to see our brothers again.

Our pledge week was wildly suc-cessful. We brought the entire schoolout to the bowling alley for some fel-lowship and to talk to the new stu-dents about Kappa Psi. Everyone hada great time. Kappa Psi also invitedthe new students to a local pizza joint(Pazzo’s) to take a break from classesand officially meet the officers. To endthe pledge week, Brother DougDeitemeyer invited every brother andpotential pledge to his house for aluau. It was a great way to partake insome music and fellowship.

Upsilon chapter was also fortunateenough to organize the fourth annualUK Healthcare College’s Tailgate forthe UK/Florida football game. Thegoal of the Tailgate is to build relation-ships between the colleges so thatonce we graduate, we can facilitateinter-professional cooperation. Wesucceeded quite remarkably. We hadmore than 500 students participate.We were lucky enough to have a bandfrom the medical school play classicrock songs for us and there was plen-ty of pizza and drinks to go around. Itwas by far the best tailgate yet.

Upsilon has also been fosteringbrotherhood by participating in UK’s

actives’ homes in groups and got toknow them on a personal level whileplaying games such as Rock Band,Charades, Empire, etc. Our viceregent, Robin Zhou, pledge momLinda Sok, and pledge dad BrookYohannes did an amazing job coordi-nating the rush and pledge events.

Chi chapter had an excellent startto the year with a number of profes-sional activities. With the Province V’sproposed Philanthropy Challenge inmind, our brothers have continued togive back to the community. At theAmerican Diabetes Association’s Tourde Cure event, brothers cheered forbikers as they returned from theirride. They also helped the organizersclean, pack, and take down the event.At the National Kidney Foundation’s

mobile event, brothers performed freehealth care screenings. Brothersworked at the body mass index anddiabetes stations where we recordedeach patient’s blood glucose values.We are also proud to support the St.Columbanus Church food pantry onthe south side of Chicago, where ourbrothers helped bag donated food.Nearly 500 low-income familiesshowed up to receive food assistancefor the week. In addition to theseevents, Chi brothers have been volun-teering at health care screeningbooths and after-school programs forlocal schools. For the month ofOctober, the American PharmacistMonth, we will be holding health carescreening booths on campus, cele-brating Halloween at the pediatric

Pi chapter at their very successful 5K run/walk benefiting the Ronald McDonald House.

Beta Gamma brothers prepare to enter the Giants stadium after the tailgate,(from right) Andrea Ho, Lana Young, Cynthia Yeung, and Debi Kaw.

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ward of Cook County Hospital, andmore as we continue to give back tothe community. Our professionalchair, Mitul Amin, has done a fantas-tic job of organizing these events.

We are pleased to announce wehave received approval of the first setof local ordinances from the GrandCounselor and the LegislativeCommittee for a Rockford Chapter.With that, we have begun the educa-tion and pledging process for theRockford pledges. We would like tothank the Rockford Committee andKelsey Johnson (Rockford emissary)who has been working tirelessly tocharter our Rockford chapter.

� PsiUniversity of TennesseeFounded 10/9/1925College of Pharmacy847 Monroe Ave., Suite 226Memphis, TN [email protected]

The Psi chapter began this academ-ic year with several of our membersattending the GCC in San Francisco.

Our annual rush week kicked offwith a Hawaiian themed luau at theKappa Psi house, which included ourannual pig roast for all Kappa Psialumni. Although rain blew in halfwaythrough the event, all had a greattime. The majority of the P1 class waspresent, and this was an excellentopportunity to meet the futurepledges of Kappa Psi. As a new addi-tion to our rush week, a “Yacht Club”themed event was thrown at thehouse. All agree that it was a hugesuccess. Rush week concluded withour annual Kappa Psi formal inMemphis, Tennessee. Despite the factthat a portion of our chapter is locatedin Knoxville, several brothers madethe trans-state drive to attend formal,and meet the future pledges. A mas-querade ball was the theme for for-mal, which included a “Best in Mask”competition. Although there weremany amazing masks, two winnerswere ultimately chosen. One was soimpressive that it now has a place inthe Kappa Psi office of our brand newpharmacy building.

This semester, the brothers havevisited the Veterans Administration tohand out coffee and speak to the finemen and women who have given somuch to make this country what it is.Future events include volunteering atthe Ronald McDonald House and vari-ous health fair events.

Our chapter had the great pleasureof granting a wish to a terminally illchild by sending her to Walt DisneyWorld. The funding that allows us to“Make-A-Wish” is partially raisedthrough our annual Date Auction/Meet the Brothers Night. This eventnot only allows the pledges to get toknow the brothers better, but also tohave the opportunity to bid on a broth-er, or fellow pledge, with the high bid-der winning a ‘date.’ Proceeds exceed-ed $2,000 and will help make anotherchild’s dream come true in 2012.

We are more than happy toannounce that our chapter has 81pledges, several of whom havealready taken on leadership roleswithin the College of Pharmacy!

� Beta GammaUniversity of California-San FranciscoFounded 9/23/1910College of Pharmacy1499 5th Ave., San Francisco, CA [email protected]

It was a great honor to see all ourKappa Psi brothers in San Francisco.Thank you to everyone who visitedand participated.

Beta Gamma brothers are excitedabout this year’s rush events. Westarted the school year at our annualBi-Frat dinner, with a theme of“Opening Night Premier.” There wereplenty of delicious and appropriatelynamed dishes. Even though classesjust started, the brothers of BetaGamma prepared a pre-game tailgateand celebrated as our WorldChampion San Francisco Giantsclosed out the season. This event hasalways been very popular, and bothbrothers and potential recruits whowanted to attend were on waiting liststhis year. The remainder of our rushcalendar is packed with events suchas a beach bonfire, movie night, iceskating, Alumni Night, and ourHalloween party.

So far our team has raised morethan $1,200 for the Leukemia &Lymphoma Society’s Light the NightWalk and we hope to triple thisamount in the next month. Giving tocharity and volunteering is important,and we look forward to the walk onOctober 20. Go Team Kappa Psi!

—Allison J. DePaul

� Beta EpsilonUniversity of Rhode IslandFounded 5/17/1911College of Pharmacy41 Lower College RdKingston, RI 02881‐[email protected]

Eight Beta Epsilon collegiate broth-ers were able to attend GCC this sum-mer. All who could make it had agreat time and the experience wasunforgettable. We are proud of BetaEpsilon grad Matthew Lacroix for

Sigma brothers enjoy a day of berry-picking at Butler’s Orchard in Germantown, Maryland.

The Psi chapter fall pledge class.

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make delicious tacos for the residents.It turned out to be a successful event.

On October 15, we hosted “TheJourney 5K Run/Walk,” open to thepublic at the Edith Barill RiverfrontPark in Star City. All proceeds will gotoward the Comfort Fund of the MaryBabb Randolph Cancer Center, a divi-sion of WVU Hospitals, which pro-vides patients with temporary mone-tary assistance for their treatments.With Halloween season coming up,we will be going to Fright Night, ahaunted house attraction inUniontown, Pennsylvania, and welook forward to our Kappa Psi/WVUSchool of Pharmacy Halloween Partyat the Lazy Lizard in downtownMorgantown—sure to be a fun night.

—Leah Comis

being elected as Grand Historian.Additionally, we are proud of BrothersMatthew Mazzucco and Kevin Gaulfor winning the sports trivia competi-tion at GCC, as well as our entirechapter, led by immediate past regentAnthony Harrison, for getting chosenas the Province I Chapter of the Year.

Beta Epsilon opened the year with astrong presence at the URI Pharmacypicnic, where rush chair Nick Kerrrecruited our largest rush class inrecent memory. We had more than 30rushees attend our annual rush barbe-cue, where we watched a Patriotsgame and got to know the new BetaEpsilon hopefuls. Additionally, we willhave a night of bowling with thepotential members.

Athletically, Kappa Psi has severalteams competing in the intramuralsporting leagues at URI. Look for BetaEpsilon brothers to be contenders forthe championship in flag football, soc-cer, and dodgeball.

This past spring, Beta Epsilon cele-brated its 100th anniversary, a trulygreat event for Beta Epsilon chapter.

—Kevin Gaul

� Beta EtaWest Virginia UniversityFounded 5/16/1925Health Sciences NorthMorgantown, WV [email protected]

This September, we welcomed 23pledges for the fall 2011 semester!Our first rush event was held atSuburban Lanes Bowling Alley wherewe enjoyed cosmic bowling followedby a get-together held by a P2 pledge.Our second rush event was held atCopper Beach clubhouse, a largeactivity center in an apartment com-plex. Each brother brought a covereddish to feed the pledges, and every-one enjoyed pool, cornhole, and otherfun games.

On September 9, we took our annu-al bus trip to PNC Park to see aPittsburgh Pirates baseball game.Although the Pirates lost, we had ablast enjoying the nightlife ofPittsburgh. For our first communityservice event of the fall semester, wesponsored a blood drive in the HealthSciences Center. We welcomed andregistered donors, helped escort themto a chair following their donation,and served them snacks and drinks.We are very thankful for the peoplewho donated, as we had a successfulturnout during the drive. InSeptember, we held our first dinner atthe Ronald McDonald House. BetaEta brothers donated food and cookeddinner at the house. We decided to

� Beta KappaUniversity of PittsburghFounded 3/26/1913School of Pharmacy228 Salk Hall, Pittsburgh, PA [email protected]

Beta Kappa was proud to finish thesummer strong by sending five broth-ers across the country to GCC in San

Francisco. Brothers Dan Yarabinec,Luke Berenbrok, Sarah Rindfuss,Julie Styche, and Chelsea Fitzgeraldwere excited to be involved with theFraternity on a national level and cre-ate lasting friendships with brothersfrom around the country, and eat anunhealthy amount of Carl’s Jr. BetaKappa was also elated to be ranked

Mu Omicron Pi brothers with Fr. Frank Facione (L–R): Jung-Won Soh, ShaunSaboo, Ronnie Kendall, Fr. Frank Facione, Chris Hanai, Fouad Boulbol,Michael Wodecki.

WVU Beta Eta brothers watch the Pirates game at PNC Park in September.

(From L–R): Brothers Dan Yarabinec, Julie Styche, Luke Berenbrok, SarahRindfuss, Chelsea Fitzgerald, and Ashley Toale are all smiles after Beta Kappawas announced the #3 overall collegiate chapter and #1 Province II chapter atthis year’s GCC.

Beta Nu Brother Jeff Barnes sits on analum’s shoulders at the fall hayride.

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Kappa Psi’s number three chapternationally and number one Province IIchapter. We would like to congratu-late Brother Dan Yarabinec for win-ning the scholarship award, DaveMaszkiewicz for being ranked a Top10 GCD, and the Pittsburgh Graduatechapter for being the ninth overallranked graduate Kappa Psi chapter.

Beta Kappa recently concluded avery successful rush period whichincluded a luncheon presentation, out-side games and activities on thePetersen Events Center’s lawn, a luauand a barbecue at the Kappa Psihouse. We are pleased to announcewe will be inducting 35 members intothe fall pledge class. Thanks to rushchairs, Tina Elgin and Joe Fiore, forplanning our successful rush events.

Now Beta Kappa is shifting all of itsattention to the most exciting time ofthe year—pledging! Brothers look for-ward to the annual events we do to

promote pledge unity and fraternalbonding. These include Round Robin,Big/Little Dinner at SpaghettiWarehouse, Fright Farm, and ScavNight. In addition to planning thesesocial events, brothers have beenhard at work in the community. 30brothers participated in the Walk toCure Diabetes at Schenley Park, andwe built a corn maze for local chil-dren. We also have plans to assist apharmacist in a wellness fair at a localRite Aid, participate in the AnnualHeart Association Heart Walk, andhelp out at a medication check-up dayat the Uniontown Hospital.

As of now, Beta Kappa has at least20 brothers planning to make thecross-state trip to Philadelphia inOctober for the Province II meeting(Man-Mile Award here we come!).

—Chelsea Fitzgerald

� Beta LambdaUniversity of ToledoFounded 5/22/1925College of Pharmacy801 W. Bancroft St., Toledo, OH [email protected]

We have been working hard toexpand our Brotherhood. We had avery successful rush week and cur-rently have 12 quality pledges. Ourpledge week consisted of a BowlingNight, a dinner at a local restaurant,tailgating for the Boise State game,game night, and football game.

We have had two stadium cleanupsfor high school football games as wellas selling Kappa Psi gear at both falland spring assemblies. We also arethinking of T-shirt designs for the

College of Pharmacy and are having-fundraising nights at local businesses.October 7–9, brothers went to CedarPoint to earn some money by workingthe games and merchandise standsthroughout the park. Hopefully, wecan fund events such as theHalloween Party or the Fall Formal.

—Kyle Hake

� Beta NuCreighton UniversityFounded 11/21/1914School of Pharmacy, 2500 California PlazaOmaha, NE 68178‐[email protected]

Beta Nu has been busy with thecurrent recruitment of pledges. Thechapter held several rush eventsincluding a barbecue and a pizzaparty. Rush was very successful andBeta Nu ended up receiving 40pledges. Both pledges and actives willbe busy this semester volunteering atthe Ronald McDonald House, clean-ing up a park we adopted, and per-forming poison control presentationsfor grade school children. Beta Nucannot wait to see everyone at con-clave. See you all in Des Moines!

� Beta XiUniversity of North CarolinaFounded 5/1/1915208 Finley Golf Course RoadChapel Hill, NC [email protected]

The Beta Xi chapter has been verybusy since school started. We jumpedinto all of our usual projects such asrush and philanthropy, while still plan-ning for the fall Province III conclave!

The rush events were very success-ful this season! We cheered alongsideRameses at the Tar Heels footballgame, had game night at the housefilled with Taboo, Catch Phrase, andDance Central, and went to the localbowling alley. In memory of the sol-diers for the anniversary of 9/11, thebrothers invited the rushees to writethank you cards which turned out tobe fun and rewarding. We inducted 18new pledges which is the biggestpledge class Beta Xi has had in years!At our Big Brother/Little Brother din-ner, we took over the entire Mexicanrestaurant. The newly inductedpledges then held a party to get toknow each other better.

We have continued our cleanups onFinley Golf Course Road throughAdopt-a-Highway and are playingBingo at the SECU house for serviceprojects. This month we plan on mak-ing Halloween decorations for theRonald McDonald House.

Beta Xi was also the proud host offall Province III conclave! Aftermonths of planning venues, parking,transportation, and food, the bigweekend finally arrived and close to200 Province III brothers were inattendance. After a productive meet-ing, the brothers came back to theBeta Xi house to a buffet catered byMaggiano’s and tours of the house(when it’s not covered in cardboardboxes). The brothers were especiallyproud of winning the AcademicExcellence Award for the secondsemester in a row! After the awards,we all hit Franklin Street to enjoy anight of dancing and socializing with

Beta Xi brothers make thank-you cards for soldiers in memory of 9/11.

Beta Nu pledge Parin Patel withBrothers Jen Hasiak and Kevin Flynnat the fall hayride.

Beta Lambda Brother Kyle Hake hanging with the brothers of Gamma Delta atthe first pledge event. (L–R): Kelsie Connolly, Shelly Petty, Amanda Dobrzynski,and Rebecca Thompson.

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exchange for helping them move intoa new house. We’ve added more com-munity service events, including two“Adopt-a-Highway” cleanups and theupcoming Step Out: Walk to StopDiabetes in Spokane. We are also set-ting up a free flu shot clinic with ournewly acquired Target grant.

Recently, our social chair puttogether a “Nerd-themed Social,”where first-years wore suspenders,second-years wore glasses, and third-years wore bow ties. Of course, mostpeople showed up with all three ofthose items on, but it made for a veryentertaining night. Our annual “Nighton the Town” is coming up; our themethis year is “Decades” and brothersand pledges will be dressing up as thedecade of their choice. Thanks to ourthird-year brothers for hosting!

—Briana Wenke

Beta SigmaNorth Dakota State UniversityFounded 4/25/192411345 N. University Drive, Fargo, ND [email protected]

Beta Sigma’s pledge class will add22 members to our chapter, which weare very excited about.

The chapter has been busy withhomecoming activities, and two of ourmembers, Jerad Binstock and MattDohman, are in the running forHomecoming King. Since school hasstarted, we have hosted some excitingevents like lawn games, Rock Band,mini-golfing at Thunder Road, and a

the different chapters. The weekendwas a huge success and the Beta Xichapter would like to thank all thebrothers who made it a weekend toremember!

� Beta OmicronUniversity of WashingtonFounded 4/15/1916School of PharmacyP.O. Box 357631, Seattle, WA [email protected]

The officers were hard at work thissummer holding their first Officers’Retreat where the board came togeth-er for the weekend to bond and planthe year’s events. The first day startedwith summer updates and a fun barbe-cue night. The next day, we went on ahike to the beautiful trails of WallaceFalls, where the board traversed thefive-mile terrain to bond together.With leadership from regent HowardJohnson and vice regent Dennis Tran,the retreat was a successful venture.

Kappa Psi has continued our part-nership with six Costco pharmacies inthe area, helping with cholesterol,blood pressure, and osteoporosisscreenings. It’s become a great expe-rience for our brothers to practicetheir counseling skills and to trulyreach out to the community.

The first week of school is rushweek and we dove right in with ourtraditional Mariners baseball game.This year, we had one of the biggestrush turnouts we’ve ever seen at aMariners game. It was a great sur-prise to see how many people wereeager to be a part of Kappa Psi.

—Eddy Ho

� Beta PiWashington State UniversityFounded 4/18/1916College of PharmacyWegner Rm. 155, Pullman, WA 99164‐[email protected]

Beta Pi officers have been busyplanning rush and pledge events forthe new class. We started off withevents designed to let potential broth-ers become better acquainted withKappa Psi. We had a Speed Greetingevent again, where current and poten-tial members got to know each other.We also had our annual trip to theDunes as well as a photo scavengerhunt to check out the campus.

Our pledge events started off with abowling night. Pledges and brothershad a great time and awards weregiven out for “Best Bowler” and “BestVictory Dance.” We’ve had some verysuccessful fundraising events so far. Ahot September day was perfect for ourcar wash, and we had a brother’s fami-ly make a very generous donation in

grillout. We have really made an effortfor all of our members to stay connect-ed, especially those not living at theKappa Psi house, by planning a vari-ety of brotherhood events. Theseevents include weekly meals, gameevents like ultimate frisbee, bonfires,and other socializing activities.

To stay active in the community, wecontinue to volunteer at the RonaldMcDonald House, Dorothy Day FoodPantry, and a low-income high-risefacility (where we prepare a hot mealand do blood pressure screenings).

Upcoming is Greek MealExchange, where the different Greekchapters send delegates to eachother’s houses to have dinner andlearn about their organization.Additional upcoming events includeStep Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes,Fargodome events, Fargo MiniMarathon/Red River Run, and theHalloween Carnival at Court Plus.Plans are also in place to purchasebaby items for preemies in the neona-tal care center at Sanford Health.

—Sara Asmus

� Beta UpsilonButler UniversityFounded 2/27/19304600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis, IN [email protected]

We have been working hard toincrease our presence on campus atButler University. Levi Smith hasbeen working to get together fundsthrough alumni donations to purchase

a Kappa Psi house on campus. Thenew house will give us a commonplace to meet and call our own whichwe think will help brothers feel morelike a part of the Kappa Psi family.

We have also been increasing rela-tions with our nearby Pi chapter atPurdue University. We sent brothersfrom our chapter to run for the Pichapter’s 5K to support the RonaldMcDonald House and a member ofthe Pi chapter came to visit one of ourchapter meetings as well.

—Brittany Moser

� Beta PhiUniversity of CincinnatiFounded 2/12/1927College of Pharmacy, Mail Location #4,Cincinnati, OH [email protected]

The Beta Phi chapter hosted thebeginning of the school year

Beta Omicron officers on the Wallace Falls trail during the Kappa Psi Board Retreat.

Beta Psi Chaplain Ryan Feldman(left) and sergeant at arms BenLeitzinger take a break from studyingto get ready for a Badger game.

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Orientation Cookout where we hadfood and games for the first- yearpharmacy students. Our many rushevents included a cornhole tourna-ment, a bowling night, food and gamenight at Dave & Buster’s, with a fewmore to come. We are looking for-ward to BID Night in October andhosting a Halloween party for theCollege of Pharmacy where we will becollecting donations for the RonaldMcDonald Make-A-Wish Foundation.

—Melanie Wunder

� Beta ChiDrake UniversityFounded 5/3/1930College of Pharmacy, Cline Hall, 2507 University Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50311‐[email protected]

We had seven active brothers rep-resent Beta Chi at GCC, and they allhad a great time participating in

important discussions that have thepotential to change the future of ourFraternity.

The school year started with thekickoff of our fundraising and philan-thropy events. We have already start-ed selling the entertainment couponbooks for the Des Moines area, andwe plan to start a fall clothing sale forthe whole College of Pharmacy. Wehave also cooked a meal for RonaldMcDonald House and are starting ahuge collection of pop tabs to send tothem, as well. Also, with conclavebeing so close to home in Iowa City,our brothers are getting extremelyexcited about bonding with the rest ofour Province. We are also very excit-ed about defending our title of theBest Chapter Report in the Province.

We started rush week with a walk-ing tacos “barbecue” to get ourselvesacquainted with the rushees. We alsohad a great time enjoying the beauti-

ful weather in Iowa by having a parkday of games and sports. Our lastinformal event was bowling, wherethe active brothers rotated from laneto lane in order to get to know therushees better. In the end, we voted in25 amazing new pledges, and we areall so excited to get to know them!

—Katie Richardson

� Beta PsiUniversity of WisconsinFounded 12/6/1919School of Pharmacy, 615 North Lake St. #2, Madison, WI [email protected]

Earlier this fall, we decided to putextra effort into obtaining newpledges and created a “Why I joinedKappa Psi” video that provided testi-monials from some of our active mem-bers. Our rush week this year encom-passed events such as ice cream andbowling at the student union as wellas a bonfire at our house. We are veryproud to say that our extra effort andpresence at the UW School ofPharmacy earned us many newpledges. Recently, our chapter wasable to hold a question and answerpanel about childhood cancer at ourschool via the Badger ChildhoodCancer Network (BCCN). Here, welearned about childhood cancer fromthe perspectives of an oncology phar-macist, a pediatric oncology nursepractitioner, and two parents of chil-dren with cancer. In addition, we pre-sented the BCCN with funds raisedlast spring. As we approach winter inWisconsin, we will be focusing onincreasing our Brotherhood and get-ting to know our new pledges whilestaying bundled up and warm.

—Maribeth Davis

� Beta OmegaTemple UniversityFounded 5/22/19301247 W. Allegheny Avenue,Philadelphia, PA [email protected]

We have had several rush eventsalready in conjunction with LKS andPDC, including Monday NightFootball at the house, lunch at theDraught Horse, BBQ at the Philliesgame, and bowling at North Bowl.After all of these events and rigorousinterviews we are proud to say that weare looking at 10 potential pledges.

Renovations on the house continue.We now have block basement win-dows and will soon have windows inour kitchen.

A few of us attended the PoconoGrad chapter meeting in October. Wepresented our GCC experiences andgave an update on our house renova-tions. Graduate brothers generouslytreated us to dinner.

�� Gamma DeltaOhio Northern UniversityFounded 3/20/1920Ohio Northern UniversityRaabe College of Pharmacy525 S. Main St., Ada, OH [email protected]

Gamma Delta brothers headedback to ONU two weeks earlier thanin past years and are excited for ourfirst fall semester. This changeallowed us to get a jump-start onrecruitment and social events. Webegan our recruitment the secondweek of school and are excited toextend the opportunity of brotherhoodto 20 pledges. Twenty-eight brothersattended the first (hopefully annual!)fall retreat in Mohican over Labor Dayweekend. Activities included zip lining,a ropes course, and team buildingexercises. Of course, all had fun!

A new philanthropy project westarted this year is a monthly drive to

Beta Pi pledges and brothers get to know each other during a speed greeting event.

Annie Sciurba, Abby Winter, and Erika Milas show the importance of family andbrotherhood in the Beta Chi chapter by sporting matching letter shirts.

Beta Psi treasurer Beth Wilmunen(left) and Pledge Darlene Dochnahlpose after formal rush.

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�� Gamma ZetaSamford UniversityFounded 3/20/1935800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, AL [email protected]

In June, some of our brothersattended Province IV’s summer con-clave in Bradenton, Florida. TheGamma Zeta members had a greattime meeting brothers from otherschools while also enjoying the beauti-ful summer weather at the beach.Then some brothers traveled to theWest Coast in August to attend GCCin San Francisco, California. Ourbrothers learned even more about

benefit the Ada Food Pantry. This pastmonth we had a general food driveand will have themed drives, such aswinter hats and gloves, in the futuremonths. Participating brothers areable to dress down on the followingprofessional-dress Monday as anincentive.

During our homecoming, we wereexcited to have so many alumni comeback to visit! Congratulations toBrothers Molly Kulp and Josh Leichtyfor their nomination to HomecomingCourt as Kappa Psi representatives!

—Madalyn McMinn

�� Gamma EpsilonUniversity of NebraskaFounded 3/20/1920Univ. of Nebraska College of Pharmacy,985025 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE [email protected]

Gamma Epsilon started off the fallsemester with an annual welcomeback barbecue for all Kappa Psi mem-bers as well as potential membersnew to the College of Pharmacy.Throughout the semester, pledgemeetings have occurred every week,with more than 50 percent of the P1class participating. Social gatheringshave been held to allow potential newmembers to experience Kappa Psi tothe fullest. Many activities areplanned for the rest of the semesterincluding initiation into the GammaEpsilon chapter as well as philan-thropies, such as assisting with mealsat the Ronald McDonald House andcontributing to Habitat for Humanity.

—Allysa M. Zoucha

Kappa Psi and enjoyed bonding withone another and other chapters.

At the start of school, Gamma Zetawas busy with recruitment. The broth-ers and rushees got to participate andknow one another by attending acookout, game and pizza night, formaldinner, and ice cream social. Thechapter and rushees also volunteeredat the local YWCA, helping to preparefor a fundraising event for this non-profit organization benefiting womenand children in the Birmingham area.The chapter and recruitment mem-bers had a blast during rush and haveformed lasting friendships with oneanother. Some upcoming events

include: Samford vs. Auburn footballgame, a camping trip, and the pledg-ing and initiation process for therecruitment members.

�� Gamma EtaUniversity of MontanaFounded 6/4/1920Dept. of BMED 244, Missoula, MT [email protected]

Quality is the name of the gamethis fall at the Gamma Eta chapter inMissoula. We have restructured ourrush process, allowing us to find thebest new brothers. Our biggest goalhas been to extend the rush processand add community service events to

Gamma Eta brothers attend the Griz game tailgate. From left is Elise Phelps,Alexa Lipp, Shawna Elliot, and Brent Dion.

The Gamma Delta homecoming floatsays it all: “Peace, Love, Kappa Psi.”RIGHT: Gamma Delta’s Cody Hayflashes the peace sign and showssome love during the Ohio Northernhomecoming.

Gamma Kappa Brothers (L–R) Anna Retterath, Amy Loftesness, Stephanie Flores, Melissa Houdek, Liz Koehler, CaitlinBills, and Kaitlyn Jude help with the back-to-school picnic.

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give rushees a better idea of what toexpect after joining Kappa Psi. A fewof these events include working forHabitat for Humanity and preparingdinner for the Ronald McDonaldHouse. In addition, we are letting therushees organize their own serviceevent for all of us to participate intogether. Pledges will be encouragedto memorize the Greek alphabet andfacts about our history.

Everyone enjoyed our annual bowl-ing event, and the Griz game tailgateshave been a big hit. Coming soon arethe barbecue and the ’80s party. Thisfall we will be planting a tree and per-forming a memorial service for CraigJohnston, a tremendous former facul-ty advisor who passed away last year.We are also getting really involvedwith intramural sports this year andhave already put together soccer, vol-leyball, and basketball teams.

—Betsy DeMarois and Katie Moline

�� Gamma ThetaUniversity of Missouri-Kansas CityFounded 5/17/19572411 Holmes St., M3‐C19Kansas City, MO [email protected]

Gamma Theta rush week activitiesincluded volleyball, an ice creamsocial, kickball, trivia night, and infor-mational meetings. Our chapter issuccessfully expanding our philan-thropic events. Alongside volunteer-ing for Harvesters’ Food Pantry andbabysitting various Kansas Cityschoolchildren, brothers have alsoadded Kansas City Free Health Clinicvolunteer services weekly. We are

able to provide our knowledge andskills to aid locals and representKappa Psi to the best of our ability.

Socially, brothers enjoyed a base-ball game, trivia night, sportingevents, and various volunteer events.We look forward to our annualHalloween social as well.

Gamma Theta brothers are work-ing extremely hard to host a success-ful Province this February. Brothersare honored to take on this task.

�� Gamma IotaState University of New York-BuffaloFounded 1/16/1921315 Cooke Hall, North Campus,Amherst, NY [email protected]

The brothers of Gamma Iota had anamazing time at GCC and are proud tohave been awarded 10th BestCollegiate Chapter in the Fraternity,Top Chapter in Province V, and theNicholas W. Fenney Industry Scholar -ship Award for best overall improve-ment in GPA. We then kicked off thesemester with our annual WelcomeBack Barbecue. This was the first ofmany very successful rush events. Weare proud to say that 27 pledges areundergoing the pledging process.

In September, we held our annualtailgate fundraiser at the Buffalo Billshome opener versus the OaklandRaiders at Ralph Wilson Stadium.With more than 200 brothers, family,and friends present, it was no surprisewe had a great time. In October,Gamma Iota brothers will be attend-ing Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes atCoca-Cola Field. We have been work-

ing hard to achieve our goal of raising$800. Later in the month, we will beassisting Restore Corps at CayugaCreek to plant native trees and shrubsto maintain our local waterways.

We started off the semester byhosting many fundraisers includingselling Lexi-Comp books, UB Schoolof Pharmacy T-Shirts and mortarcards. To continue our efforts of com-munity education, we will be holdingmany wellness clinics around localpharmacies as well as monthly tablingevents at the student union, educatingon different disease states.

We would also like to thank thebrothers of Delta Nu for hostingProvince V fall assembly. It was anunforgettable weekend.

—John Tang

�� Gamma KappaSouth Dakota State UniversityFounded 10/18/1958College of Pharmacy, Box 2202CBrookings, SD [email protected]

Gamma Kappa started off the newschool year being recognized as theFrank H. Eby Scholarship Tray recipi-ents for the third consecutive year.Brother Tyler Van Meter was recog-nized for graduating first in his classas he was presented the Henry J.Goeckel Grand Council ScholarshipKey, and the collegiate chapter wasrecognized as the sixth best chapterinternationally. Furthermore, GaryVan Riper, GCD of Gamma Kappa for38 years, was presented with a GCDCertificate of Excellence for his hardwork and dedication to Kappa Psi.

To kick off the school year, GammaKappa hosted a welcome-back picnic.This was a great opportunity foractive brothers to get together and forthe potential pledges to meet with thebrothers and College of Pharmacy fac-ulty, tour the house, and enjoy playingyard games and grilling out. This fallwe have 40 pledges, representing halfof the incoming P1 class. Followingthe first pledge meeting of the semes-ter, Gamma Kappa took everyonebowling. This was a great way to meetthe incoming pledges and a chance toget away from the books for a night.The brothers have also tailgated at allthe home Jackrabbits football games,sponsored four intramural co-rec vol-leyball teams, and hosted social gath-erings at the house.

As for philanthropic projects,Gamma Kappa wasted no time gettinginvolved. The first act of the year wasthe roadside cleanup as part of theAdopt-a-Highway program. GammaKappa sponsors a three-mile stretch ofU.S. Highway 14 that the brothersclean twice a year. The chapter hasalso signed up to take part in theBrookings Backpack Project, support-ing the underprivileged schoolchild-ren of the community; the Habitat forHumanity project; and the BrookingsHarvest Table throughout the upcom-ing semester. Finally, Gamma Kappawill be hosting Province VIII springconclave, so several brothers havebeen busy with planning this event.

—Eric Grocott

�� Gamma NuUniversity of the PacificFounded 9/17/1960751 Brookside Rd., Stockton, CA [email protected]

The brothers of Gamma Nu startedthe school year off strong. Annually,we host the first social event on cam-pus, Red Rager. With over a thousandUOP undergraduate and graduate stu-dents signed up on our guest list, thisyear’s Red Rager was the largest andbest one yet. Alumnus Brother MikeWan flew in from Pasadena to be DJfor the event.

The following day, we were back atcampus to give tours of the Thomas J.Long School of Pharmacy campus atthe university’s open house forprospective students.

On our chapter’s 51st birthday,September 17, 2011, we hosted a bar-becue and invited the PacificGraduate chapter. In an effort to cutcosts and save money, we made all ofthe food from scratch. We enjoyeddelicious Galbi (Korean beef), SpamMusubis, barbecue chicken, beef tri-

Brothers of Gamma Iota at their Welcome Back Barbecue.

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ABOVE: Gamma Upsilon’s vice regent, Yong Gu Lee, and regent MikeBiegelman with the new �� Rush shirts at the 55th GCC in San Francisco.RIGHT: Beta Gamma brothers line up to welcome the new recruits to theirannual Bi‐Frat dinner. BELOW: Beta Omicron brothers prepare to enjoy aMariner’s baseball game with rushees.

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LEFT: Sigma Brothers (L–R) Shawn Wang, Carol Yun,Joleine Bigcas, and Una Kimstand ready with welcomingfaces to greet rushees atSigma’s Grill n’ Chill rushevent.

LEFT: Beta Chi actives andrushees have a great time bowl‐ing together during Rush week.BOTTOM LEFT (L–R): BetaKappa Brothers Allison Astor,Alexa Benner, and Julie Jean atthe luau rush event.BOTTOM RIGHT (L–R): Beta ChiBrothers Duncan Smith, JohnMaher, Justin Welch, and JimHills show potential pledges thefun side of Kappa Psi during aformal rush event.

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Belma Muharemović, Ketan Patel andScott Boas, have decided to shavetheir heads for the cause. We are alsoexcited to have some visiting brothersfrom other chapters (including GrandRitualist Latha Radhakrishnan and for-mer Province VII Assistant SupervisorRobert Mancini), who are making thetrip to St. Louis, help with the St.Baldrick’s event on November 4.

—Stephanie Suhany

� Gamma RhoUniversity of New MexicoFounded 2/16/1948College of Pharmacy MSC 0953602502 Marble NE, Albuquerque, NM [email protected]

The fall semester seems to be“rushing” by with philanthropy, fun,and fellowship. Aside from rush, ourbrothers have volunteered their timeto do yard work for the elderly as wellas participated in a high rope leader-ship building exercise held by PhiLambda Sigma. We also raised nearly$1,000 for the ALS Society by partak-ing in their charity walk. We are cur-rently busy planning the University ofNew Mexico annual HalloweenCarnival, which benefits the JuvenileDiabetes Research Foundation. Oneof our fourth-year brothers, MarcialMartinez, also recently attempted the“Chillz Challenge,” which requiredhim to eat eight scoops of ice cream,eight waffles, and eight toppings inless than 30 minutes. After a gruelingfive of each, the Gamma Rho brotherscame to the rescue and finished theremaining three. With 99 hands, weall completed the Chillz Challenge!

tip, vegetable kabobs, and potatosalad.

The next weekend we all got intoour tightly packed cars and headedfor our annual Brother Retreat. It wasa great chance to turn off our phones,leave our busy schedules on hold, andjust enjoy the company of our broth-ers. We played football, went fishing,started a fire, grilled food, madeS’mores, and slept in tents. BrotherRetreat was just what we needed torelax before midterms.

—Jarrett Chang

�� Gamma PiSt. Louis College of PharmacyFounded 3/19/19464588 Parkview Place, St. Louis, MO [email protected]

The Gamma Pi chapter enjoyed theend of their summer by relaxing atthe pool at the chapter house in St.Louis. We also had a couple of funexcursions before the school year atthe annual Gamma Pi float trip on theMerrimack River in July and at theGrand Council Convention in SanFrancisco in August.

Gamma Pi has been very involvedon campus participating in events atthe college. The chapter helped thosemoving into the school dormitory byproviding and helping carry boxes ofall of the first-years. We also set up adisplay at the annual Welcome BackBarbecue to meet incoming freshmen.A Kappa Psi team participated in STL-COP CARES (Community AwarenessReaching Everyone in St. Louis), astudent organized event that spends aday participating in community ser-vice throughout St. Louis. At STLCOPCARES, the Gamma Pi brothershelped organize and clean up a localHabitat for Humanity resale store inthe city of St. Louis. The chapter alsoheld a blood drive on campus throughthe American Red Cross.

Gamma Pi is excited to have 22pledges this year. The pledging peri-od will end on November 5.

The brothers are also looking for-ward to the annual St. Louis GraduateChapter Golf Tournament in October.More than 50 collegiate and graduatebrothers signed up to participate inthe tournament. We’ve had brothersbranch out this fall and visit neighbor-ing Provinces V and VIII for their fallconclaves, and they’ve had a greattime meeting new brothers and catch-ing up with old ones. In November,we are holding a St. Baldrick’s head-shaving event on campus in order toraise awareness and funds for child-hood cancer research. We’re veryexcited that three of our brothers,

We would like to acknowledge our29 pledges: Angela Ho, ApoorvaTiparti, Brian Aguilera, Christina An,Christopher Thornhill, Gary Lai,Huan Nguyen, Hilliary Sheckler,Ifeoma Romaine, Ivan Montoya, JavierCastillo, Jennifer Morales, JennySuen, Kayla Achen, Katrina Apodaca,Lance Trujillo, Luke Neff, LindseyRuth, Michael Hamilton, MatthewMurphy, Robin Abraham, SophiaBarker, Samuel Simon, StephanieVigil, Samuel Chang, Tory Burnett,Vicente Jaramillo, Monica Diaz, andHong Nguyen. As part of their pledgeprocess, they are setting up a blooddrive for the university’s entire HealthSciences Center.

� Gamma SigmaUniversity of FloridaFounded 4/28/1949College of Pharmacy, Dept. of PharmacyPractice, Box 100487, Gainesville, FL [email protected]

The year started out great forGamma Sigma. We had our annual“End of the First Week of School”social where everyone in the Collegeof Pharmacy was invited. This wasalso a way for welcoming in the newfirst-years. At the social, we handedout the bids for our new pledge class.This year we have 12 strong candi-dates pledging to be future brothers.We would like to invite all the broth-ers to Gainesville for this year’s winter

Gamma Rho brothers and pledges support Marsh as he attempts the Chillz Challenge.

Gamma Nu regent Michael Shioji helps pledge Anil Mallya set up a tightrope atthe Brothers’ Retreat.

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conclave! We have been working veryhard to get the logistics down to makeit both affordable and successful.

—Bao Khoa Nguyen

�� Gamma UpsilonUniversity of ArizonaFounded 3/20/1950University of Arizona/COP, Tucson, AZ [email protected]

Ten of our brothers had the privi-lege to attend GCC in San Francisco,California. It was great to meet broth-ers from every part of the United

States. Our regent also had the greathonor to meet Grand Regent E. BenWelch. All of us at Gamma Upsilongive a great big welcome to the newGrand Regent, Kali Weaver! We alsogive a huge thank-you to our brothersat Beta Gamma for hosting the largestGCC to date!

Our fall rush is off to a great start.The theme of our rush this year was“fire and ice.” We had several greatcostumes, including devils, firemen, asnowboarder, Eskimos, and the rap-per Vanilla Ice. It was quite a hitamongst the new first-year pharmacy

students. We almost doubled theamount of pledges from last year! Weare very excited to get to know all 44pledges and, for some of us, tobecome Bigs for the first time. Somethings in store for the pledges includeour traditional pharmacy product pre-sentations, our biannual kickballevent, several ‘meet the brothers’socials, Big/Little reveal, and initia-tion in December.

We are getting very excited forProvince IX in Stockton, California inOctober. We hope to have a spectacu-lar turnout from our chapter. It’s

always a pleasure to meet new broth-ers. We are also very excited to get toknow our Delta Tau brothers atRoseman University of HealthSciences in Nevada who are hostingthis year’s APhA Region 8 MRM inLas Vegas, Nevada.

—Shannon DeGrote

�� Gamma PhiUniversity of GeorgiaFounded 5/23/1951College of Pharmacy1880 S. Lumpkin St., Athens, GA [email protected]

Back to school in Athens, Georgia,got off to a fast start. Many of theGamma Phi brothers have beenactively involved in helping the newfirst-years get acclimated to their sur-roundings, including volunteering atthe College of Pharmacy’s White CoatCeremony, orientation events, andWelcome Back Picnic. The brothersare also doing a fantastic job of repre-senting the Fraternity throughout theentire school, holding leadership posi-tions in APhA-ASP, AMCP, GSHP andNCPA this year. During the first weekof class, the brothers helped startschool with a bang by hosting ourannual “Welcome Back Party.” It wasa major success with approximately200 attendees. Prior to the event, thechapter asked all partygoers to bringa canned good. We raised more than100 pounds of canned foods that weredonated to a local Athens-ClarkeCounty food bank. The chapter alsohosted a blood drive in collaborationwith the American Red Cross. At thecompletion of the drive, 38 pints ofblood were donated.

With the beginning of the schoolyear come new pledges and fun rushevents. The first event was a cornholetournament hosted at the chapterhouse. It was a good time for all and

The brothers of Gamma Nu enjoy an annual Brother Retreat in the great outdoors of northern California.

ABOVE: The Gamma Upsilon brothers at the 55th GCC in San Francisco (L–R): Top: Mike Biegelman, Michael Sick,Paul Frey, Holly Paddock, and Yong Gu Lee. Bottom: JessicaLing, Allison Arterbury, Audrey Bushway, Patrick WalterHryshko, and Echo Fallon. RIGHT: Gamma Upsilon’s regent,Mike Biegelman, with Grand Regent E. Ben Welch at the 55th GCC in San Fancisco, California.

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tures and development events. Also inattendance were several graduatebrothers, flying in from as far as theBahamas to make the convention.During GCC, Gamma Psi was hon-ored to receive the award for TopChapter in Province IV. Gamma Psiwas also recognized as the numbertwo ranking chapter internationally.This marks five consecutive years thatGamma Psi has been among the topfive ranking chapters. But the confer-ence hotel was not where the brothersspent all of their time; as they ven-tured to Fisherman’s Wharf, theMuseum of Modern Art, the GoldenGate Bridge, and Alcatraz.

To celebrate the hard work throughthe summer, the brothers took their

was a great way to meet the new guys.Congratulations to Tyler Zack andBrendon Banes for their victory in thetournament. The second event was aTexas Hold’em Poker Tournament.The top three finishers were awardedgift certificates to various local restau-rants and UGA golfing apparel. Lastly,the brothers hosted the annualRoundtable event where Kappa Psialumni and faculty members talkabout everything Kappa Psi has tooffer and how it helped them duringtheir academic careers and beyond.

Gamma Phi brothers recently tookthe new pledges paintballing inAthens. We will be participating inflag football and hope to make anoth-er deep run into the playoffs and beback in the championship game againthis year. We are pumped as alwaysfor football season and hope thatbrothers from across the Southeastwill attend our blowout tailgates. Wewill also continue our involvement inthe Adopt-a-Highway program.

Other events this semester includeour annual Low Country Boil datenight, Halloween and Grinch Parties.

�� Gamma PsiMercer UniversityFounded 3/16/1953School of Pharmacy, 3001 MercerUniversity Drive, Atlanta, GA [email protected]

Several brothers attended the 55thGrand Council Convention in SanFrancisco. Of the brothers attending,many were experiencing their firstGCC. The entire spring pledge classattended and participated in the lec-

final weekend before classes toescape on the annual Brother’sRetreat in Hilton Head, SouthCarolina. Here brothers relaxed bythe pool, enjoyed the ocean, andexplored the island. The new regent,Philip Mensah, gave a grippingspeech on the last evening to inspireand prepare the chapter for the year.

On the first night of school, GammaPsi hosted the annual Welcome toAtlanta event. This event was open tothe entire school. Next, Gamma Psihosted the biannual Braves game atTurner Field in Atlanta. In attendancewere students from all four classes atMercer University, graduate brothers,and Mercer alumni. Also in atten-dance were brothers from nearby

chapters such as Auburn andBelmont. Ticket sales generated rev-enue which was donated to MercyCorps, a non-profit organization withrelief efforts in Africa.

To help keep the Mercer campusclean, the Gamma Psi brothers partici-pated in their usual roadside cleanup.Two bags of trash were collected fromthe road, as well as odds and ends likethe grill of an automobile. Brothersplan to help at community health fairs,blood pressure screening events, dia-betes counseling events, and partici-pate in a mentorship program for at-risk youth.

�� Delta GammaAuburn UniversityFounded 2/24/1963Harrison School of Pharmacy2316 Walker Building, Auburn, AL [email protected]

Delta Gamma had a great timeattending Province IV summer con-clave hosted by Epsilon Eta and see-ing the chapter presentations.Brothers of Delta Gamma were alsoexcited to attend the 55th GCC.

Football season is underway in theSEC, and brothers can be found tail-gating every Saturday. Whether a fanof the Auburn Tigers or the CrimsonTide, brothers are all welcome to jointhe festivities and enjoy some friendlygame day banter while watching thebig games under our tent. Informalrush was held at a local park wherewe grilled out, played field games, andgot to know the new students. Formalrush was held at a local conferencecenter.

Gamma Phi annual paintball trip for the brothers and the pledges.

Grand Regent E. Ben Welch presents Delta Zeta GCD Deanna McDanel andGamma Kappa GCD Gary Van Riper, W. Bruce Philip Certificate ofCommendation for chairing the GCD Development Committee.

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We are underway with our monthlyblood drives held on campus with theRed Cross, and we are continuing tocelebrate birthdays at the BoykinAdult Daycare Center. We are lookingforward to working with Habitat forHumanity and holding our Pledge/Brother Camping Trip in November,and hosting an alumni dinner.

—Courtney Watts

�� Delta DeltaUniversity of HoustonFounded 2/28/1963College of Pharmacy4800 Calhoun Boulevard, 141‐SR2Houston, TX 77204‐[email protected]

As a new school year began, friend-ships were rekindled and exciting sto-ries were exchanged over a game ofbroomball and a fun-filled afternoon

cookout. The newly elected officersput their planning into action andbrought the chapter many new oppor-tunities. Brothers Stephanie Bowman,McKinsey Ford, and Danny Jean par-ticipated in H.O.M.E.S. clinic, a pro-ject that helps Houston homeless tosecure some primary care and consul-tative services from students of pro-fessional programs. Brothers spent abeautiful Saturday morning at theannual Adopt-A-Beach in Galveston,Texas. They rescued a splendidstretch of sand from industrial wastessuch as medication bottles and uncutsoda rings. They collected around 60pounds of trash, which may havecaused harm to the marine life in thearea. Special thanks to Vivian Nguyenfor coordinating these projects.

Over the past week, Delta Delta,along with Delta Theta and Epsilon

Epsilon, had the pleasure of co-host-ing Brother Marvin Smith in a semi-nar about chapter development andleadership. His dedication to KappaPsi and his words of inspiration madean everlasting impression for thebrothers who attended this lecture.

�� Delta EpsilonDuquesne UniversityFounded 2/24/1967Duquesne University Mylan School of Pharmacy410 Mellon Hall, Pittsburgh, PA [email protected]

After hosting the Province II assem-bly in the spring, the brothers of DeltaEpsilon, are eager to start recruitingfor the fall semester. We hosted a vari-ety of rush events including Meet theGreeks, a luau at the neighboringBeta Kappa house, TGI Friday’s din-

ner, and a pizza party. It is nice tohave neighboring Kappa Psi brothersso close!

In September, we participated inthe JDRF Walk to raise money for agood cause while walking throughSchenley Park. We also participated inthe Pharmacy Carnival where eachpharmacy organization created agame and a basket to raffle off. Wesponsored a “movie basket” and creat-ed a “Healthy Heart Challenge” inwhich students and faculty could par-ticipate. Students picked a lollipop andanswered Healthy Heart trivia ques-tions of varying difficulty whichmatched the color lollipop.

We are planning a variety of serviceprojects such as visiting local nursinghomes and a soup kitchen. We plan tovisit a local elementary after-schoolprogram to teach the kids about stay-ing healthy and medication safety. Itis also again time for our annual visitto the Hundred Acres Manor hauntedhouse for a frightfully good time!

—Gena Bickhart and Tricia Coulter

The brothers of Gamma Psi at the annual brotherhood retreat at Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Annual broom ball game hosted by Delta Delta, current brothers and future brothers-to-be join in for some friendly competition.

Delta Zeta regent Libby Keltner accept-ing the #4 Chapter of the Year Awardfor 2011.

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service events as well! The chapterheld different blood pressure screen-ing events throughout October, whichis American Pharmacist Month.These events helped to serve citizensand inform people about the pharma-cy profession.

Delta Zeta held various rush eventsincluding Old Chicago Slice Night, anice cream social, game night, andTCB pool & billiards night.

—Mallory Breuker

�� Delta ThetaTexas Southern UniversityFounded 3/27/19733100 Cleburne Avenue, Houston, TX [email protected]

The Delta Theta chapter would liketo welcome our new spring 2011brothers: Adele Bailes, Ndidi Alino,Samuel Ubanyionwu, MelvinRoberts, Obi Uchenna, RuthWainaina, Tamara Webb, AndreaWilliams, Leticia Wilson andGeorge Okpamen.

The brothers volunteered for the2011 Drug Disposal Program. Theprogram allowed brothers to assistparticipants with proper disposal ofunwanted drugs and medications tokeep their community safe and clean.

Brothers Karin Davis and CeliaFenceroy had a great time attendingtheir first GCC in San Francisco. AfterGCC, the Texas chapters decided toinvite speaker Brother Marvin Smithto the South!

Delta Theta has started the fall offstrong with volunteering at the

�� Delta ZetaUniversity of IowaFounded 12/12/1968University of Iowa College of Pharmacy115 S Grand Ave, Iowa City, IA [email protected]

Delta Zeta brothers have been busywith tests and group projects, butthere has still been plenty of time tospend with each other. Before theschool year started, five brothers andour GCD attended the 55th GCC inSan Francisco. Delta Zeta is proud tohave been awarded the fourth colle-giate chapter of the nation at GCC for2010–2011! Also, our GCD, DeannaMcDanel, was awarded the W. BrucePhilip Certificate of Commendationfor her work on the National GCDDevelopment Committee. After thismeeting, a couple of our brotherswere appointed to national commit-tees. Additionally, four brothers wereable to attend the Province V conclavethis fall. This got everyone even moreexcited to host the Province VIII con-clave at the end of October!

This fall, socials included attendinga Cedar Rapids Kernels baseball gameand dinner at La Cava MexicanRestaurant with more socials to comethroughout the semester!

In addition, the chapter was able tocome to the Ronald McDonald Housein Iowa City on two different occa-sions to prepare home-cooked mealsfor the families staying there.Brothers were also given the opportu-nity to participate in a local Habitat forHumanity build. Delta Zeta has beenbusy aiding the community through

Pleasantville Health Fair. Brothersconducted BP checks, glucose andcholesterol monitoring. The chapteralso co-sponsored Brother Dr. AmyEveritt, Pharm.D., from Rutgers/Bristol-Myers Squibb, to speak withP3s about fellowship opportunities.

�� Delta IotaFlorida A&M UniversityFounded 6/7/19751415 S. Martin Luther King Blvd.,Tallahassee, FL [email protected]

After being recognized at theProvince IV summer conclave for thebest chapter presentation, the DeltaIota chapter launched its new Website and hosted the biggest and best

Florida A&M University College ofPharmacy picnic. Our upcomingevents include: co-hosting a CancerAwareness Expo, Kappa Psi Collegeof Pharmacy Pageant, Men’s TieSeminar, and releasing the chapter’squarterly newsletter. We invite youand your chapter to join any of ourevents. If you need more information,visit us at www.deltaiota1975.com.

�� Delta KappaHoward UniversityFounded 4/19/1986College of Pharmacy, 2300 4th Street NWWashington, DC [email protected]

Delta Kappa attended GCC and ourchapter was ranked ninth best in the

Delta Gamma brothers with potential pledges at formal rush.

Gamma Delta brothers enjoy a Sunday lunch at Gino’s East of Chicago beforeheading back to Ada following the Province V Fall Assembly hosted by Delta Nu.

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nation. This was a prestigious honor,however, our goal is to be the bestchapter so we will continue to grow.Delta Kappa again hit the ground run-ning by providing quality brotherhoodand community service events for thechapter and the surrounding commu-nity. A special shout-out—ErikaTrevino, our vice regent of communityservice; Duclas Charles, our viceregent of social affairs; and MarkWadley, our treasurer—for providingexcellent and creative ideas.

On August 25, our chapter celebrat-ed our reunion by having a “brothers

only” social at Lounge of Threerestaurant. We started our rush peri-od by promoting the Fraternity at newstudent orientation. Several new phar-macy students expressed interest andwere partnered with current KappaPsi brothers who will serve as men-tors. We later hosted a Kappa Psi palbarbecue in which we took the first-years on an outing and bonded withthem and shared excellent food.

Delta Kappa has successfully beenable to raise money this semesterwith a variety of new ideas. We hostedan event at Teatro w/Royal entertain-

ment and DT nation. We also came upwith innovative shirt designs to sell tothe pharmacy school. We mademoney with our annual fantasy foot-ball fundraiser. Last but not least, wehave been selling Kappa Psi laptopcovers and luggage tags. If you areinterested in purchasing either ofthese, please contact Brother MarkWadley at [email protected].

On September 11, our chapter par-ticipated in a remembrance ceremonyfor the victims who lost their lives in2001. We participated in a number ofactivities, including planting seeds ofhope, decorating a memorial, provid-ing activities for children, and makingvideos with sentimental messages.

Every Wednesday night we con-tribute in a community service projectthat is directed at providing emotionalsupport to homeless people who aretrying to seek ways to improve theirlivelihood. The event is called “Backon Your Feet” in which the brotherswork out with these people and givethem words of encouragement.

The chapter took part in the “Foodfor All” community service project.We packed food into boxes for fami-lies, individuals, and people with spe-cial diets who can’t afford food, thendelivered food to said people. Also onthis date, we participated in“Neighboring Now” which empha-sizes the importance of being a greatneighbor and helping the neighbor-

hood from the inside out by creatingsustainable service projects managedby members of a community.

We also took part in “KEEN TeenMusic & Kids Sports” which providesemotional and cognitive support tochildren with disabilities (mental &physical). We spent the afternoonsharing music and playing games withsome adorable children.

In September, we again teamed upwith Food and Friends, a volunteergroup that provides food to people inthe community living with HIV/AIDS,cancer and other life threatening dis-eases. The brothers helped by gather-ing the prepared dinners from Foodand Friends headquarters and deliver-ing them to each person in need.

On September 20, the chapterplayed a part in “Byte Back” whichimproves opportunity for low-incomeresidents of the Washington, D.C., byproviding computer training andemployment readiness skills. Our goalwas to have each person we trainedobtain a job where they could earnacceptable living wages.

Some upcoming community serviceevents are the Community WellnessHealth Fair where we will provideblood pressure screenings and druginformation to the public; DC CentralKitchen where we will assist inpreparing 4,500 meals for the localD.C. community; and the annualNational Pharmacist Month healthfair at APhA headquarters. We werealso glad to help in the Province cloth-ing drive to the Salvation Army.

We are excited to host the Provincemeeting March 23–25, 2012. See youguys in D.C.!

�� Delta LambdaCampbell UniversityFounded 4/23/1988School of PharmacyP.O. Box 1090, Buies Creek, NC [email protected]

This past summer we had six broth-ers attend the 55th GCC. They had agreat time meeting the brothers out inthe West Coast as well as seeing thefriendly faces of our own Province IIIbrothers. Delta Lambda started thisyear on a roll with three rush events,including Kiss and Lei, Casino Night,and Rushing Roadside. Our rushchair, Alex LeMere, and her commit-tee did a great job putting the eventstogether. Our chapter is excited towelcome 28 pledges for the fall semes-ter and is having fun preparing themthrough their pledging period. JillHagwood, our social chair, organizedan awesome Toga Party for thesemester’s first social, and the broth-

The brothers of Delta Iota are pictured on the Highest of 7 Hills in Tallahassee, Florida, Florida A&M University campus.

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doing an amazing job; in particular,Brothers Renee Advincula, LindyQuarterman, and Abbey Siegler! Theirwillingness to put in the extra effortmade this fall assembly one to remem-ber. Delta Nu extends a heartfeltthank-you to all the brothers who trav-eled to join us, especially Grand ViceRegent Eric Gupta, Grand RitualistLatha Radhakrishnan, and Past GrandRegents Lawrence LB Brown andDavid Maszkiewicz.

Delta Nu was proud to have sixbrothers in attendance at GCC and allagree it was an unbelievably goodtime. We would like to congratulateour regent, Lindy Quarterman, forreceiving the exclusive FoundationScholarship in San Francisco! Anothercelebration this summer was the wed-ding of Danielle Leav and we wish herand her husband all the best.

Community service thus far includ-ed manning a booth at the MWUHealth Fair, which took placeSeptember 24, and plans to participateagain at the Chicago Men’sUrbanathlon as well as at HalloweenFest in October. Additionally, DeltaNu brothers are continuing our yearlyfundraiser, White Coat Embroidery,offered to all seven colleges on ourcampus.

—Brittany Taunton

�� Delta XiShenandoah UniversityFounded 9/13/1997Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy1775 North Sector CourtWinchester, VA [email protected]

The Delta Xi brothers started thenew school year with a little friendly

ers and pledges had a great time aftera long week of classes and exams.Delta Lambda also had their first com-munity service event performing road-side cleanup on one of Buies Creek’smain roads. Our service chair, JannaCurrie, has a lot of exciting upcomingevents for the brothers and pledgesthis semester, including the PMR pro-ject, Brookfield Nursing Home, andthe Lions Club Pancake Dinner. Wealso just had our Taco Dinnerfundraiser, organized by KristenWomble, and it was a great success.After a summer long planning by golfchair, Johnathan Owens, our fifthannual Brie Anne Reynolds GolfTournament was held on October 1 atCrooked Creek in Fuquay Varina. Thegolf tournament raises money for anendowed scholarship that is dedicatedto a brother who passed away in 2007.It was a fun day of golfing and brotherbonding.

�� Delta MuUniversity of British ColumbiaFounded 4/30/19882146 East MallVancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, [email protected]

With the UBC Pharmacy facultyexpanding student admission, therewere many more new students eagerto participate in the faculty events.Early in the school year, Delta Mufirst promoted our Fraternity to thenewcomers at the UBC PharmacyClubs Night event. For Clubs Night,our chapter got together and bakedand iced more than a hundred cup-cakes and handed them out to stu-dents while giving them informationabout Kappa Psi. Later in September,we held an information session whichwent into more detail about KappaPsi, and we also held a Games Night.With all our efforts to help rebuild ourchapter, Delta Mu was able to gain 12pledges. Since we had several newmembers, we decided to have aKaraoke Night at a local pub to helpeveryone get to know each other andhave a great time.

�� Delta NuMidwestern University at ChicagoFounded 3/12/1994College of Pharmacy, 355 31st StreetDowner’s Grove, IL [email protected]

September 23–24 Delta Nu hostedthe Province V fall assembly and wel-comed more than 200 brothers to ourcity. The majority of the past twoyears have been spent planning andorganizing, and we would like to rec-ognize our committee members for

competition during the annual BJDGreek Olympics. The school’s threepharmaceutical fraternities—PhiDelta Chi, Kappa Epsilon, and KappaPsi—participated in the festivities.The P1 class showed up with a teamas well and took part in the activitieswhich included the three-legged race,egg relay race, hula hoop, water bal-loon toss, and tug-of-war. Kappa Psiplaced second overall—a greatimprovement from previous years. OnSeptember 8, social chairs JillianSweeney and Clara Lee threw a

“Welcome Back KΨ Potluck Party.”The Delta Xi brothers brought every-thing from pulled pork, buffalo chick-en dip, and pasta salad to cookies andice cream. We also took this time tocelebrate September birthdays.

The local American Society for thePrevention of Cruelty to Animals heldtheir sixth annual PawFEST to raiseawareness and money for animals thathave been victims of cruelty. TheDelta Xi brothers set up a bake salewith “pet themed” treats and raised$133 for the ASPCA. A few of the

Delta Kappa brothers show their Kappa Psi pride at the Howard University college of pharmacy orientation fair.

Delta Lambda Brothers Meredith Mahaffee, Casey Staton, Alex LeMere, andJanna Currie show off their toga making skills.

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brothers went to the grand opening ofCarrabba’s Italian Grill in Winchester.Fifty percent of the profits from that

night (up to $5,000) were donated tothe Henry and William Evans Homefor Children. We plan on attending

the American Diabetes Association’s(ADA) Step Out: Walk to StopDiabetes in Washington, D.C, for thesecond year in a row. Our goal is toraise $2,500 to fight against diabetes.

And finally, the brothers of Delta Xiwould like to thank the Beta Xi chap-ter for hosting another wonderful fallProvince conclave. For pictures ofProvince and other events, please visitour Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/KappaPsiDeltaXi.

—Chung Ling Liao

�� Delta OmicronWilkes UniversityFounded 11/7/1997Nesbitt School of PharmacyWilkes‐Barre, PA [email protected]

On the first day of classes, DeltaOmicron brothers, along with LKS sis-ters, co-hosted a “welcome back” bar-becue for the entire School ofPharmacy. We used the cookout as anopportunity to introduce the incomingpharmacy students to the benefits ofGreek life. We followed up by holding

an ice cream social, bowling night,and a volleyball game for all of ourrushees.

We are all very excited to continueour involvement with the localVolunteers in Medicine clinic. Eachmonth, we will be presenting educa-tion to patients at the clinic about arelevant health related issue. Withinthe community, brothers helped tocollect cleaning supplies and cannedfood for victims affected by flooding inlocal areas. We are also planning toparticipate in the Leukemia &Lymphoma Society’s Light the Nightcharity walk in Scranton.

Despite our hectic fall schedule,Delta Omicron has not forgotten toset time aside for brotherly bonding.We have been participating in intra-mural sports programs such as soccerand several brothers have kept up thetradition of participating in the localLCPA bowling league.

—Theresa Scaramastro

�� Delta PiTexas Tech UniversityFounded 11/14/1997School of Pharmacy, 1300 S. Coulter St.Amarillo, TX [email protected]

Congratulations Delta Pi chapter onwinning the “Most Improved Chapterof Year” at Grand Council Convention.

Starting the semester off right,brothers came together to help theAbilene campus recruit pledges andcharter a new chapter. Special thanksto Brother Alaric Nielson and others,this was an organized way to presentthe privileges of becoming a KappaPsi brother. Delta Pi also startedrecruiting on the Amarillo campus byhosting lunch for the P1s. This was agood opportunity to introduce Kappa

Third-year Delta Nu brothers are flying their colors.

Delta Omicron brothers, along with Lambda Kappa Sigma, work together to co-host a barbecue for the entire pharmacy school.

The Delta Xi brothers after a stellar performance against Phi Delta Chi and Kappa Epsilon in the Greek Olympics.

Delta Omicron Brothers Jack Scalzoand Mohamed Jalloh met GoodMorning America anchor SamChampion in Times Square while they promote American PharmacistsMonth outside of ABC studios in New York City.

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ing about their medications and dia-betes in general. Brothers also hand-ed out free pedometers, bags, andother items sponsored by Walgreens.

The 55th GCC experience turnedDelta Pi’s focus to discovering variousways to improve the Brotherhood andreenergize the pledging process. Lessthan two months later, Delta Pi askedBrother Marvin Smith, a guest speak-er at the GCC from Province IV, tocome to the Amarillo campus to talkwith the new pledges and brotherswho were unable to attend the GCC inSan Francisco on September 25.Brother Marvin graciously motivatedthe chapter with two seminars dis-cussing issues regarding the identityof Kappa Psi and the types of pledgeswho are worthy of becoming a broth-er of Kappa Psi. His enlighteningspeech breathed new life into thebrothers and inspired pledges withthe fervor to become devoted broth-ers of Kappa Psi. Thank you BrotherMarvin; you are truly inspiring.

—Sharon Samuel and David Zhang

� Delta RhoNova Southeastern UniversityFounded 11/13/19988951 North New River Canal Road, 1A Plantation, FL [email protected]

Delta Rho brothers made sure torepresent the chapter at the muchawaited 55th GCC in San Francisco.

Psi’s role and ideals to the school.This was followed by a picnic,Bowling Night, and fun games at theTexas Tech Back to School Picnic.Thank you Brothers Michael Yee andothers for coordinating these events.

Delta Pi brothers held a potluck pic-nic at Medi-Park for potential pledges.Brothers brought delicious food of allkinds to the barbecue. Thanks to Dr.Kwon on attending this event and spe-cial thanks to Brother Michael Yee forcoordinating this event. The P1s hadanother opportunity to spend timewith brothers during bowling, andthis night of bonding convinced manyto pledge Kappa Psi.

On September 9, 2011, Delta Pibroke the previous record and pinnedthe largest pledge class in this chap-ter. Congratulations to the 60 newpledges—we are glad to have you!

The fall health fair was a great suc-cess at TTUHSC’s School ofMedicine. Brothers Carson Ho,Kirsten Anderson & Alaric Nielsonand pledges Yu Yu Kwee andKathleen Unina had the opportunityto share with the community the ben-efits of Smoking Cessation and theimportance of Medication Safety. Thebrothers and pledges were also ableto provide blood pressure screeningsto those who requested them.Working with the new pledges taughtthem one of Delta Pi’s values—givingback to the community.

Delta Pi chapter recently participat-ed in the Susan G. Komen Race forthe Cure in Amarillo. To raise moneyfor the Susan G. Komen Foundation,Delta Pi organized a bake sale thattook place at the Texas TechUniversity School of Pharmacy inSeptember. Brothers and pledgesbaked brownies, cookies, cakes, andgoodies to help raise money for theFoundation. Delta Pi raised a total of$680 to be donated to the Susan G.Komen Foundation to help supportbreast cancer research.

During “Raiders for Research,”regent Kristin Foster and BrothersChris Hobart, Tomi Agbesanwa, andEva Vindekilde ran the 5K togetherand visited all the different boothsprovided by the Susan G. KomenFoundation.

Delta Pi brothers on the Dallascampus volunteered at the JuvenileDiabetes Research Foundation(JDRF) Walk to Cure Diabetes.Brothers Holly Arimo, Catvu Luong,and Angela Wu hosted the glucosescreening at the walk. More than 100people stopped by from 7–9 a.m. toget their glucose checked as well as toreceive more information and counsel-

Brothers proved their dedication toensuring the continued success of thechapter by representing Kappa Psiduring Orientation Week. Having sixbrothers leading pharmacy organiza-tions as presidents; this past year’ssuccess at Dance Marathon, raisingmore than $15,000 thus far and bene-fiting the Elizabeth Glaser PediatricAids Foundation; and our participationin many other philanthropic and phar-macy related events, piqued the inter-est of many.

Delta Rho began rush week with anOle! and some spice, hosting TexMexand Rock Band Night. Brothers got toknow potential pledges over Mexicanfood and jam sessions on Rock Band.

The excitement had yet to subsidefrom the first rush event when broth-ers put on their best Rock & Roll cos-tume and roller skates for Rock & RollSkate Night. Brothers dressed as thePink Ladies, KISS, and The VillagePeople, which made for great conver-sation starters with the potentialpledges. Rushees then joined us forour annual Beach Luau where broth-ers and pledges enjoyed a game ofvolleyball and worked together tomake a slip ’n slide along the beach.

A thrilling addition to our RushWeek was a potluck dinner. Brothersworked together to make the mouth-watering food that potential pledgeswere able to enjoy before the main

Rock & Roll Skate Night rush event brought potential pledges and the Delta Rho brothers together in costume, featuring TheVillage People, the Pink Ladies, and KISS.

Delta Omega Brothers Barbie Gleaton, Ashley Turk, Rick Wilhoit and ChrisWinslow model in front of the Golden Gate Bridge during GCC.

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event of the night, a Scavenger Huntin which rushees attempted to matchbrothers with interesting facts aboutthem. Overall, rush week was a hugesuccess and we took 32 pledges.

—Jessica Ruiz

� Delta SigmaMidwestern University-GlendaleFounded 9/9/2000College of Pharmacy—Glendale19555 N. 59th Ave., Glendale, AZ [email protected]

Delta Sigma was recently namedthe eighth-ranked collegiate chapterin the country (top 10 two years in arow), which is an amazing achieve-ment. We will continue working hardand are proud to be brothers!

Delta Sigma would like to congratu-late all the brothers who just complet-ed their IPPE rotations and wish goodluck to all the brothers starting theirAPPE rotations. No matter whereyou’re doing your rotation, rememberthat the 99 hands of the Brotherhoodare always here to help you.

We are proud to pin 65 pledges inour recent pledge-pinning event. It’s

really great to see so many pharmacystudents this enthusiastic aboutKappa Psi. This is the largest pledgeclass we’ve ever had, and we hope toinitiate as many in a couple of months.We also had a huge turnout to oursecond annual speed pledging event.Next up on the schedule is an inter-view with the brothers. We get to pickthe brains of the pledges to see whythey have chosen to pledge Kappa Psi.

In addition to all the pledgingevents, this year’s annual DiabetesWalk will be in honor of our great andlate brother, Craig Johnston. Leadingand organizing the walk is DeltaSigma’s own GCD, Brother VolkmarWeissig. We are raising money todonate to the American DiabetesAssociation, and we will have a boothat the walk to educate people aboutdiabetes and diabetes screening.

�� Delta TauRoseman Univ. of Health SciencesFounded 1/10/200311 Sunset Way, Henderson, NV [email protected]

Delta Tau officers spent this pastsummer brainstorming new and cre-ative ideas to expand our chapter.Rush events included Fremont StreetExperience, a barbecue, and GameDay. Fremont Street Experience, oneof our first rush events, took place indowntown Las Vegas. Active brothersand rushees mingled, ate good food,and enjoyed the lights and music thatLas Vegas had to offer. Another rushevent was a laid-back barbecue heldafter the school day at a local park.Hot dogs, chips, and the afternoonsun were enjoyed by all. Our last rushevent was Game Day, where rusheesand brothers played games such asTaboo. Overall, the rush events werea tremendous success. More than 40rushees have come to our rushevents, a number that has exceededany of the officers’ expectations.

In addition to rush, Delta Tauremains active by participating in phil-anthropic events, such as the MakingStrides Against Breast Cancer walk.

—Jessica Huey

�� Delta PhiUniversity of California-San DiegoFounded 8/8/20039500 Gilman DriveLa Jolla, CA 92093‐[email protected]

This summer’s biggest event wasthe Grand Council Convention in SanFrancisco! From networking withbrothers from the East Coast towatching a baseball game with 30,000fans around you, GCC is an event thatevery brother should attend at leastonce! Back at home in San Diego,brothers helped out with Habitat forHumanity, VA Stand Down, dogbeach restoration, and a special mealdelivery event.

In keeping with past tradition, DeltaPhi held its first philanthropy event ofthe year at Chili’s Restaurant. Chili’swas generously donated 100 percentof their profits that day to support St.Jude Children’s Research Hospital.Philanthropy chair Denise Haranoorganized this special event and wehad a great turnout.

Upcoming philanthropy eventsinclude Fall Fest on the Green, RedCross All-Campus Blood Drive, and aspecial holiday-themed event. We alsohave a rock climbing event that socialchair Carissa Chan is planning.

Our rush chair, Tiffany Lew, hasorganized four rush events including

Delta Xi’s Lauren Chambers and HanFeng approve the baked goods at thePAWFEST bake sale.

Brothers of Delta Pi after the seminar with Brother Marvin Smith.

Delta Pi brothers in Abilene to recruit pledges and start a new chapter.

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Classic. Teams participating includedour very own ‘Kappa Pside Effects,’along with seven other teams of localkickball stars, rugby players, PA stu-dents, and first-year pharmacy stu-dents. The teams competed againsteach other for bragging rights and theevent raised more than $200. It wasdelightful to welcome those outsidethe university to join us. In futuretournaments, we hope to invite broth-ers from other chapters to engage in alittle bit of summer connection!

Delta Omega brothers organized acanned food drive competitionbetween the pharmacy classes oncampus. The class of 2014 claimed vic-tory and was granted two casual daysduring final exams! Overall, the con-test raised a total of 248 pounds ofcanned food that was donated to theSecond Harvest Food Bank inSavannah. Coming up on the philan-thropy agenda are many awarenesswalks. Brothers will get plenty of exer-cise at the Light the Night Walk, theAlzheimer’s Memory Walk, and theChatham County Humane SocietyMutt Strut. As always, the DeltaOmega brothers plan to continue toreach out to the Savannah communityby participating in “Days of Dignity,”by feeding the homeless on Sundays.

In other news, Delta Omega sent 14brothers to PIV summer conclave inSarasota, Florida, and four brothers toGCC in San Francisco. We want tothank brothers from Epsilon Eta for a

a barbecue/bonfire, playground day,quiz bowl, and game night.

Please check out our new Web site,courtesy of our webmaster, Joy Jiang,at http://ky-dp.sdsc.edu/ for all ourexciting news and info on our chapter.You can also find out how to join ournew grad chapter.

—Danny Huynh

�� Delta PsiUniversity of Minnesota-DuluthFounded 7/10/2005School of Pharmacy1110 Kirby Drive, Duluth, MN [email protected]

Delta Psi is pleased to report theaddition of 20 new pledges to ourchapter. During the pledging process,we held an open barbecue at a localpark. In addition to eating deliciousbarbecue food and great conversation,we also played soccer, frisbee andother outdoor games to encouragethe friendliness and sociability that isKappa Psi. After the students interest-ed in Kappa Psi committed to pledg-ing this semester, current brothersand future brothers went out to dinnerin Canal Park in Duluth to celebrate.

We have planned many fun altruis-tic events during the upcomingmonths, including helping to organizea Kidney Early Evaluation Program(KEEP) health screening. KEEP is afree health screening offered by theNational Kidney Foundation (NKF)for individuals at increased risk ofdeveloping kidney disease. In addi-tion, we plan on visiting residents atKing Manor, an assisted living facilitylocated in Duluth. Our brothers willvisit with residents and give them theopportunity to discuss current med-ication problems and potentiallyimprove their pharmaceutical care.Another great idea started this semes-ter is the “U-Pick-’em” NFL footballpick the winner game. This wonderfulidea, created by some of the newpledges, is a competition where stu-dents contribute a few dollars andsubmit their winning selections ofeach NFL game each week. Half of allthe proceeds go toward the HOPEclinic, a local, student-run free healthcare clinic geared toward helpingthose who lack basic health careneeds. —John Grygelko

�� Delta OmegaSouth UniversityFounded 12/10/2005School of Pharmacy, 709 Mall Blvd.Savannah, Georgia [email protected]

This summer the Delta Omegabrothers held our first annual Kickball

wonderful conclave, and our brothersin PIX for an excellent time at GCC!Also, we want to recognize the suc-cess of the chartering of the SavannahGrad chapter.

Finally, Delta Omega is looking for-ward to our annual Low Country Boilrush event at the home of our GCD,Brother Dr. Craig Dyar.

� Epsilon BetaUniversity of the Incarnate WordFounded 4/12/2008Felk School of Pharmacy4301 Broadway, San Antonio, TX [email protected]

Our brothers were proud to repre-sent Epsilon Beta chapter at GCCwhen we were bestowed with the BestCollegiate Chapter in Province VIIand our Grand Council Deputy,Brother Dr. David Maize, garneredthe 2011 Outstanding Grand CouncilDeputy Award. One of our graduatebrothers, Dr. Cynthia Nguyen, said“The experience is absolutely phe-nomenal and you will never feel moreright at home with a group of com-plete strangers than at a GrandCouncil Convention. Furthermore, thesense of pride you feel when our veryown chapter and our very own GCDreceive an award for their years ofhard work is indescribable.”

Congratulations to Brother Dr.Kevin Lord for becoming Universityof the Incarnate Word’s new assistantdean of Student Affairs.

August and September were filledwith numerous activities, includingvolunteer events, social and rushevents, and planning for our secondannual Kappa Psi Texas Rally, whichEpsilon Beta is hosting this year.

Adrianna Dimando coordinated twovolunteer events for our brothers. Weparticipated in the San Antonio AIDSFoundation (SAAF) Walk for Life 2011by helping with the set-up, registra-tion, and break-down of the event. Wealso participated in the San AntonioBuddy Walk, benefiting the local andnational community affected withDown syndrome. We took part in thisevent to honor Brother KristaGarcia’s nephew, Christian, who hasthis genetic disorder.

Epsilon Beta hosted the secondannual Kappa Psi Texas Rally fromSeptember 30–October 2 at the FrioCountry Resort in Concan, Texas.Kappa Psi Texas Rally was created tobring together the Texas’s chapters inthe spirit of brotherhood and competi-tion. Each participating chapter com-peted in a number of events to deter-mine the recipient of the Rally Cupand title of Reigning Texas RallyChampions. It is a great opportunityto meet and relax! Thanks to our web-master, Marcus Martinez, for creatinga Web site for this fun-filled event.

Rush Committee co-chairs RachaelWiles and Adrian Aguirre, with thehelp of vice regent of pledging BiancaHernandez, organized wonderful rush

Delta Phi brothers bonding and relaxing with each other at the Giants game, an event that was part of the Grand CouncilConvention.

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events. We had a great turnout at ourfirst interest meeting where we serveddelicious snow cones. Our next rushevent was held at Chris Madrid’srestaurant. The brothers had a won-derful time meeting our potentialbrothers and the rushees are eager tojoin Kappa Psi.

September 17 marked BrotherMichael Gres’ two-year memorial ofhis entry into the Grand Agora. Thatafternoon, all brothers gatheredaround his tree at the Feik School ofPharmacy to commemorate our broth-er’s memory. Brother Dr. DavidMaize related about the day hereceived the tragic news about

Michael. Amyn Madhani, BrotherMichael’s Little, talked about how hetouched the hearts of many. Michael,we miss you dearly and your memorywill never be forgotten.

—Anh Phung

�� Epsilon GammaWestern University of Health SciencesFounded 7/28/2007College of Pharmacy, 309 E. Second St.Pomona, CA, [email protected]

The brothers of Epsilon Gammahave participated in many events,including Founders Day, GCC, andthe Light the Night Walk.

On July 23, Epsilon Gamma cele-brated our fourth chartering anniver-sary by hosting Founders Day. Manygraduate brothers joined in our luaustyle celebration filled with deliciousbarbecue, various prizes, and unfor-gettable bonding moments.

Eighteen Epsilon Gamma brothersattended GCC at the Parc 55 Hotel inthe heart of downtown San Francisco.We were honored to be recognized asthe “Seventh Best Collegiate Chapterin the Fraternity” and the “BestCollegiate Chapter in Province IX.”Our chapter advisor and Past GrandCounselor, Dr. Eric Gupta, beingelected as Grand Vice Regent wasanother exciting highlight of GCC2011. We were also very proud of ourrecent graduate brother, Jamie Ky, forwinning the Frank H. Eby Award.

In September, the brothers hosted ateam for the Leukemia & LymphomaSociety’s Light the Night Walk. Thiswas our second year using the walk asa non-rush event. A total of 87 partici-pants, including the brothers, potentialrushees and friends, joined TeamWesternU Kappa Psi. Despite our ini-tial goal of raising $2,500, we raisedmore than $5,500. After the excitingopening ceremony, the walk began asthe sun set. Thousands of participantscarrying red, white and gold illuminat-ing balloons completed a two-milewalk to commemorate lives touchedby cancer.

�� Epsilon DeltaUniversity of AppalachiaFounded 4/12/2008College of Pharmacy1060 Dragon Road, Oakwood, VA [email protected]

The weekend of July 22–24, manybrothers volunteered their time forthe annual RAM (Remote Area

Medical) event in Wise, Virginia. Theevent is always a huge success andbrothers accrue lots of service hoursat this event. During August, weworked diligently with other schoolorganizations to complete and manour booth at the local Relay For Lifeevent where we raised around $5,000for the fight against cancer.

With regular classes and numerousservice projects, we somehow man-aged to enjoy the summer monthswith a few leisurely activities: taking agroup of brothers to the drivingrange, catching a movie at the localtheatre, and having a fun time on aslip ’n slide at our regent’s house. Fallrush events included a Round Robin, acookout, a pool party, and a formaldinner. The gatherings were very suc-cessful, leading us to the return of 37bid cards from the new class. Our pin-ning ceremony soon followed, and thepledges are now concentrating ontheir pledge class projects.

During the month of September, 10brothers traveled to Chapel Hill,North Carolina, for the Province IIImeeting. We were thrilled to receivethe award for Most ImprovedChapter.

Currently, brothers are working asecond RAM event in Grundy,Virginia. At this RAM event, brothersare actively participating in HgbA1Cchecks and providing patient assis-tance program consultations as wellas handing out personal medicalrecord cards. In recent meetings, wehave started planning for our annualspring golf tournament.

�� Epsilon EpsilonTexas A&M UniversityFounded 8/23/2008Rangel College of PharmacyMSC 131 1010 West Ave. B, Kingsville, TX [email protected]

With multiple service projects, rushsocials, football games, and pledgemeetings, the fall semester has been abusy one for Epsilon Epsilon.Numerous structural changes havebeen made to accommodate thegrowth of our budding chapter.

We were able to get an early jumpfor fall rush by brothers sporting theirnew “Ask me about KΨ” T-shirts atmeetings and school functions.Several rush socials and a Hooksbaseball game gave us a great oppor-tunity to meet and greet this year’sprospective pledges. In late August,actives, pledges, and graduate broth-ers from all across Texas cametogether for our second annualFounders Day Barbecue. Following amemorable day of fun and brother-

Brothers of Delta Rho and potential pledges gather to watch Brother James Neilentest the slip ’n slide that resulted from teamwork between the brothers and rusheesat the Beach Luau.

Delta Sigma brothers at the second annual speed pledging event. So many pledges, so little time.

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�� Epsilon EtaLECOM-BradentonFounded 3/28/2009School of Pharmacy5000 Lakewood Ranch Blvd. Bradenton, FL [email protected]

We were excited and honored tohost brothers from around the UnitedStates and the Bahamas at ProvinceIV’s summer conclave. Six of ourbrothers were able to travel across thecountry and take part in GCC.

This year, Epsilon Eta is taking alead on campus for the Script YourFuture campaign being promoted byNACDS during American PharmacistsMonth. We’re organizing drives to getthe Sarasota/Bradenton communityto pledge to take their medications!Other events brothers are participat-ing in include drug take-back days,health screenings, and communityeducation events. We’ve also beenactive on campus, making great show-ings at orientation events which werealso arranged by our brothers.

We’re continuing our tradition offundraising at Raymond JamesStadium while the Tampa BayBuccaneers take on all comers. If youare in town for a game, stop by andsee us at the concession stand!

We’re planning many fun activitiesto get potential members. Epsilon Etahas always loved bowling and it’s onlybetter when coupled with karaoke tocap off a long week of classes. We’renear the coast, so you know we’ll be

hood, graduate brothers took us toCorpus Christi for a night out on thetown. A special thank-you to ourFounding Five who traveled long dis-tances to make this event a success.

Despite our busy schedules, broth-ers joined forces to organize severalsuccessful service opportunities andfundraisers. Our first event, a toy andschool supply drive for the Make-A-Wish Founda tion, netted more than250 items which were distributed toneedy children in the Texas area. Wealso began a new ongoing service pro-ject called “Brothers in Schools.” Sofar, 28 of our brothers have donatedtheir afternoons to tutor local school-children during their after-schoolstudy hall. We had tremendous suc-cess when we hosted our annualCookies for Cancer charity fundraiser.We sold more than 300 cookies, rais-ing $164 for a great cause.

Due to the more than diligentefforts of our Fundraising Committee,we accomplished our expected goals,with room to spare. Our first fundrais-er was a college-wide business cardsale. Brothers and classmates alikejumped at the opportunity to purchasebusiness cards for organizationalmeetings and internship interviewsduring the year. We’ve also intro-duced several new T-shirt designsthat have been selling at both the col-lege and Province meetings.

Brothers quickly became the envyof the school with the addition of ournew Kappa Psi crested blazers andcardigans. We’ve even received ordersfrom several faculty advisors wantingto show their Kappa Psi spirit on pro-fessional days. To compensate for therapid growth of our Fraternity, twonew officer positions have been creat-ed. Congratulations to both AaronZajicek, sergeant at arms, andMargarita Cavazos, our new chaplain.

out on the beach, making sure ouradopted portion is clean and clear.

Brother Prem Cox was recentlyelected president of the Rho ChiHonor Society, honoring the tenet ofscholarship.

Finally, in November, we’ll be head-ing up the Movember campaign oncampus, raising money for men’shealth—especially cancers affectingmen—and benefiting Livestrong andthe Prostate Cancer Foundation. Ifyou don’t want to grow a mo’ yourself,feel free to sponsor one of ours! We’llhave a link at our Web site: http://kap-papsiepsiloneta.webs.com.

—Robert Schmidt

�� EpsilonThetaSullivan UniversityFounded 10/24/20092100 Gardiner LaneLouisville, KY [email protected]

The Epsilon Theta chapter hasbeen working diligently to come upwith service learning opportunities forits brothers that would allow them tobecome more integrated into pharma-cy and give a sense of brotherhood. Afew of our brothers recently attendedfall assembly and learned a great dealabout Kappa Psi and how our organi-zation runs. With this knowledge, weintend on strengthening our own

Epsilon Beta brothers show their Kappa Psi pride as they distribute fruit to the participants at the San Antonio AIDSFoundation Walk for Life 2011 on September 17, 2011.

Epsilon Epsilon’s regents from founding to present at second Annual FoundersDay barbecue. (L–R): Kevin K. Vu, Tu Nguyen, David Thedford, and JohnNguyen.

Epsilon Epsilon brothers showing off thenew ‘Ask Me About ��’ Rush shirts.

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chapter and becoming more involvedin all Kappa Psi events. We hope toadopt a park in the region to clean andmaintain. There are many great ideason the horizon and we have highhopes to accomplish them all.

—Hank Washer

�� Epsilon IotaCalifornia Northstate College ofPharmacyFounded 6/27/200910811 International DriveRancho Cordova, CA [email protected]

As school began, the brothersdecided to catch up over the coolwaters of the American River. BrotherEula Dominguez put together a greatrafting event where all the brotherscould share their stories and enjoy thelast few days of summer relaxingtogether.

Rush events kicked off with the sec-ond annual stethoscope fundraiser,which was even more successful thistime around. Our first rush event, anice cream social, attracted almost theentire class of the first-year studentsand had the greatest turnout amongstall other organizations and fraternitieson campus. Following the ice creamsocial was our third annual “Iron-chefcompetition,” where rushees had thechance to interact with the EpsilonIota brothers while making their owninnovative and delicious pizza dishes.The rush events continued on a suc-cessful path with a substantial turnoutin our third rush event, an info ses-sion barbecue with Grand ViceRegent Dr. Eric Gupta. Although itwas our first time hosting broomballas a rush event, it turned out to be thebiggest hit of the year. Friendly com-petition between two teams on ice was

a great experience as brothers andthe rushees battled it out for a victory.We closed off rush events with InternNight, where we had prestigiousbrothers of CNCP—Dr. Alvin Cheung,Dr. Norman Fong, our chapter co-GCD, Dr. Dave Carroll, and ConradBio—provide advice and motivationthrough their various experiences.

Epsilon Iota was able to participatein both the Heart Walk and DiabetesWalk held in September. BrothersDavin Ly and Cristina Dang also pro-vided brothers with the opportunity toserve our community by volunteeringtime to prepare and serve meals to thehomeless for Loaves & Fishes, a non-profit organization that feeds and shel-ters the homeless.

Upcoming fundraising and profes-sional ideas include our third annualKorean Health Fair in late October.

—Ami Chudawala

�� Epsilon KappaBelmont UniversityFounded 2/21/20101900 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN [email protected]

In May, nearly a hundred guestsdonned masks as they boarded thehistoric steamboat Music City Queenin celebration of our second annualMasquerade Ball. We dined anddanced the night away down theCumberland River through the heartof Nashville. We bade a fond farewellto our former chapter GCD and co-founder, Dr. Sal Giorgianni, who isnow traveling and enjoying time withnew grandkids. We look forward to anexciting year ahead with our newchapter GCD, Dr. Condit Steil.

The Walking Club, established byBrother Adam Culbertson, is ourhealth-awareness service project forthe new school year. This project, fea-

Epsilon Delta brothers and attendees at a formal dinner.

The brothers of Epsilon Gamma successfully hosted a team for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Walk.

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ting to know all the rushees. Theindustry dinner in particular was agreat success. The panel of graduatebrothers spoke about their currentpractice settings and fielded questionsabout their experiences in the phar-macy industry. We eventually nar-rowed the large pool of rushees downto 17 very enthusiastic pledges.

Brothers are enjoying being togeth-er. When we’re not studying together,we are hanging out together. So farthis semester, there’s been tailgating,golf, brother dinners, and laser tag.There are also plans for paintball,camping, and deep sea fishing laterthis semester. With much excitement,we are all looking forward to welcom-ing the new Orlando Graduate chap-ter this November and can’t wait tostart organizing events together.

—Mathew Woeber

�� Epsilon NuUniv. of Maryland Eastern ShoreFounded 1/27/2011School of Pharmacy Somerset Hall1 Backbone Rd., Princess Anne, MD 21853 [email protected]

Four of our brothers (Lisa Acedera,Ryan Fillis, Ashley Lawrance, andKiesha Patterson) and GCD PatrickDougherty attended GCC this sum-mer and had a blast. We did not knowwhat to expect but came away fromthe experience motivated and thrilledto be part of a great Fraternity. Forthe second year in a row, we will beparticipating in “Making StridesAgainst Breast Cancer,” a walk in

tured on the local news, aims at help-ing community members get inshape. Brothers and sport administra-tion graduate students meet with resi-dents in the early morning threetimes weekly to take physical mea-surements and walk together on thenewly installed track. Afterward, wereconvene for a brief nutrition or dis-ease state discussion. So far, walkershave lost weight, improved bloodpressure, and self-confidence.

Our first Pasta Cookoff fundraiserfeatured eight delicious dishes pre-pared by brothers, friends, family, andprofessors while raising one-third ofour chapter’s total semester funds.We donated 20 percent of the pro-ceeds to the Red Cross earthquakerelief fund for Japan. Among thefavorite recipes were Brother DavidWhisnant’s famous pink sauce,dubbed “Pink Panther,” and BrotherSal’s dessert pasta “Sweet ItalianDreams.”

�� Epsilon MuUniversity of Florida-OrlandoFounded 11/12/2010University of Florida‐OrlandoMid‐Florida Research and Education Center2725 S. Binion Rd., Apopka, FL [email protected]

For rush week, we organized abowling event, a cookout, cooking forthe Ronald McDonald House, aninformation session, and an industryfocused dinner with a graduate broth-er question and answer panel. We hada huge turnout and a great time get-

Ocean City, Maryland, that celebratesBreast Cancer Awareness Month. Weare fundraising and accepting dona-tions for this charitable event. Wewould like to thank Beta Xi (UNC) forhosting Province III fall conclave. Wewon the “Man-Mile” Award for themost brothers in attendance and sec-ond place for chapter video, which isvery admirable for a recently estab-lished chapter. So far, Epsilon Nubrothers have been diligently workingto raise more funds for our chapter aswell as working on a central philan-thropic project with our Provincebrothers. We look forward to thebrothers of Delta Kappa hosting ournext Province in the spring, PTBYB.

—Sarian Bangura

�� Epsilon XiPacific UniversityFounded 2/5/2011Health Professions Campus CreightonHall, 222 SE 8th Ave., Hillsboro, OR [email protected]

Epsilon Xi brothers have been busyworking through the initiation of ourGamma Pledge Class, community out-reach opportunities, professional pre-sentations, fundraising, and brotherbonding events. Five of the Epsilon Xibrothers attended GCC this summer,saying their participation was muchmore than a great experience.

This season’s fundraising effortsare comprised of a Baja Fresh eventraising money for our chapter and theCascade AIDS Walk, and selling plas-

Epsilon Eta at the LECOM student organization fair, showing what it means tobe a Kappa Psi brother!

Epsilon Iota fun-filled broom ball night with the rushees.

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tic water bottles with the Fraternitylogo. Our chapter invited BrotherJoey Mattingly, from Kentucky, to doa parliamentary presentation work-shop for our health professionals oncampus to talk about the basics andimportance of Robert’s Rules. We alsohad a wonderful visit from EdwardCole from our graduate chapter toreflect on his experience as a memberof Kappa Psi for more than 50 years.

Epsilon Xi’s upcoming events forthe fall include an AIDS walk and acommunity service project for theOregon Dental Association for theMercy Mission Campaign. EpsilonXi’s Gamma Pledge Class is activelyorganizing their community serviceproject at the Oregon Food Bank tohelp fight hunger in the Portlandmetro area and across the state.

�� Epsilon OmicronD’Youville College School of PharmacyFounded 5/7/2011320 Porter Avenue, Academic Ctr. Bldg. 328Buffalo, NY [email protected]

Epsilon Omicron was very excitedto start the semester off as their firstyear as Kappa Psi brothers! In August,the brothers held a welcoming picnicfor the incoming P1 class at their ori-entation. The picnic hosted a Kan Jamtournament for the new students anda raffle of prizes for some of Buffalo’sbest restaurants and assets.

The brothers of Epsilon Omicronare thrilled to begin planning theirpledging process which will take placein the spring of 2012. An informationalmeeting was held during the secondweek of the semester with a presenta-tion and luncheon for prospectivepledges. Epsilon Omicron was ecstaticwith the turnout, which included mostof the incoming P1 class. The brothershave already hosted two rush eventsand are planning on holding two morelater on in the semester. The first rushevent was a barbecue and bonfirewhich was a huge success. The secondevent was a karaoke night whichsparked even more interest in theFraternity and solidified friendshipsbetween the brothers and prospectivepledges. Epsilon Omicron plans tohold a Halloween costume party at theend of October and have a bowlingnight in November prior to handingout bids.

Brothers are planning on travelingto Boston, Massachusetts, to attendtheir very first Province I assembly.The brothers also plan on workingconcessions at home games for theBuffalo Sabres as a fundraising oppor-tunity. Community service proposalsfor the chapter include hosting a St.Baldrick’s event, which involves mem-bers shaving their heads in solidaritywith kids fighting cancer while makinga donation to the foundation. Thechapter is also planning on sponsoring

an underprivileged family during theChristmas season.

—Laura Pochylski

�� Mu Omicron PiWayne State UniversityFounded 5/14/1927719 Virginia Park, Detroit, MI [email protected]

Over the course of the summer, thebrothers collectively decided to reno-vate the Radtke House. More specifi-cally, we rebuilt the entire backyarddeck, installed a whirlpool hot tub intothe deck, and repainted the first andsecond floor. This, of course, wouldnot have been possible without thegenerous contributions of our gradu-ate chapter, providing us with manydonations and much support through-out the years. Again, we say thank you.

During July, the brothers were invit-ed to visit for a weekend in Louisville,Kentucky, with one of Kappa Psi’smost esteemed members, Dr. FrankFacione. A current assistant dean ofSullivan University College ofPharmacy and Golden Mortar recipi-ent of Kappa Psi, our chapter is proudto have initiated such an individual.

Our chapter was able to fundraiseby distributing stethoscopes andsphygmomanometers as well as givingmore than 100 students CPR training.We give special thanks to DeanRichard Slaughter, a brother of KappaPsi, for privileging our chapter with

this fundraising opportunity. The P1orientation was followed by the 55thGCC in San Francisco, which wasattended by half the chapter.

Finally, all of the brothers of MuOmicron Pi have taken the initiativethis fall semester by hosting their ownhealth clinics. Our clinics included ahealth screening and vaccinations at alocal community center, as well as atwo-day health fair at a church nearDetroit. These clinics could not havebeen arranged without strong supportfrom our GCD, Paul Schiavi.

—Shaun Saboo

Ada GradFounded 10/23/[email protected]

Brothers Jim Barnett and CameronVan Dyke attended GCC and had agreat time with their fellow brothers.

We recently had our homecomingfestivities at Ohio Northern as well.Approximately 30 came back to cele-brate. During our annual homecomingmeeting, we elected Jeff McCracken,Jim Pritchett, and Tom Tuttle to ourboard of trustees. Finally, during ourbanquet, collegiate Brother RobertStahler (Gamma Delta) had the honorof pinning a pledge pin on his father,Ben Stahler. Ben has decided tobecome an Ada Grad pledge and gothrough the education process withthe Gamma Delta pledges. Once com-plete, Ben will become a third genera-tion Kappa Psi.

Finally, we would like to congratu-late Brothers Cameron Van Dyke andLiz Poole on their wedding and wishthe couple much happiness in theirnew lives together.

Arizona GradFounded 3/20/[email protected]

Mike Sisk and Dan Watterson repre-sented the chapter as delegates atGCC and were very grateful to acceptthe award for the 10th best graduatechapter.

AZ Grad is looking forward to get-ting back into the swing of things aswe help our local collegiate chapter,Delta Sigma, welcome a new pledgeclass with support from the alumni.

Athens GradFounded 6/16/[email protected]

Five of our brothers were able tomake it to San Francisco for GCC.We’d like to congratulate Brother KaliWeaver on her election to the office ofGrand Regent.

After we got back from GCC, weimmediately got busy assisting with

Epsilon Omicron brothers prior to the chapter's orientation picnic for potential new members.

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back-to-school barbecues, rushevents, and Career Day events atCampbell University. We have spon-sored T-shirts for Delta Lambda’s BrieAnne Reynold’s Memorial ScholarshipGolf Tournament. The Delta Lambdachapter holds this fundraiser annuallyto establish an endowed scholarshipin memory of Brother Brie AnneReynolds. We are excited to be able tohelp the chapter reach their goals.

We are looking forward to our nextmeeting, to be held in conjunctionwith the homecoming and reunionfestivities at Campbell UniversityCollege of Pharmacy and HealthSciences.

Once again, any brothers interestedin joining the Buies Creek Grad chap-ter, please contact our regent,Michael Adams (P.O. Box 1090, BuiesCreek, NC 27506 or [email protected]).

—Erin Bastidas

Central Michigan GradFounded 10/24/[email protected]

The brothers of Central MichiganGrad have had lots of reasons to cele-brate this summer. We have attendedseveral Kappa Psi weddings—congrat-ulations to Marty and Kristy Stieber,Brian and Alyssa Spaulding, Eric andKatie Tedeschi, and Radar and LizVan Dyke! We had a blast with theDelta Nu brothers in the Chicago sub-urbs at the Province V fall assembly.We’re looking forward to GammaChi’s homecoming events and helpingthem plan for the Province V fall 2012assembly in Big Rapids, Michigan.

—Lindsey Ghiringhelli

rush for the Gamma Phi chapter.Several Athens Grad brothers cameout to various rush events, including acornhole tournament, a poker tourna-ment, and a roundtable discussionsession. We also co-hosted philan-thropic events with Gamma Phi,including a percentage night that ben-efited Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, alocal Athens event to raise funds andawareness for breast cancer. Some ofthe events we are looking forward toin the upcoming months includeGamma Phi initiation and Province IVwinter conclave.

—Abe Duncan

Buffalo GradFounded 4/14/[email protected]

Buffalo Grad has been spending alot of time supporting our local colle-giate chapters, including attendingpledging events for Gamma Iota andrush events for Epsilon Omicron. Weare also proud to have held our firstsuccessful winter clothing drive aswell as another great year of tailgatingfun at a Buffalo Bills game. (Specialthanks to Eric Gupta who came tovisit and saw an awesome Bills win!)Now we’re getting to work as we pre-pare for our largest philanthropicactivity of the year, the Step Out: Walkto Fight Diabetes in downtownBuffalo. This is our sixth consecutiveyear of participation and we hope toreach our $2,000 fundraising goal.Finally, we will soon start preparationsfor the annual Spring ContinuingEducation Seminar. Each year, wehave been very fortunate to have abrother donate his or her time andlecture to the cause, as this is ourbiggest chapter fundraiser. We wouldlove to open up the lecture opportuni-ty to any brother from across thecountry who wishes to volunteer theirtime (we will gladly pay you in chick-en wings). If you are interested,please e-mail me at [email protected] and I will forward yourinformation to our regent, JohnPietkiewicz. As always, membershipin the Buffalo Graduate chapter isopen to all brothers anywhere in thecountry. Please e-mail me for moreinformation if you are interested!

—Matthew Sciara

Buies Creek GradFounded 1/27/[email protected]

We have been busy reestablishingthe Buies Creek Graduate chapterand have approved our bylaws tomake it all official. This fall, some ofour graduate brothers participated in

Connecticut GradFounded 1/26/[email protected]

Greetings from Connecticut or atleast that part which was not washedinto Long Island Sound after a visitfrom Hurricane Irene at the end ofAugust. The eye of the storm followedthe New York-Connecticut border andthen wandered up to Vermont. Thewestern part of the state received asmuch as six inches and the easternpart, three. Although nearly one halfof the state lost power, east of theConnecticut River the outagesreached 100 percent in some commu-nities and averaged 80 percent in theregion. Many homes, including mine,were dark for seven to nine days.Extreme flooding in Vermont eventu-ally reached Connecticut where allmajor rivers exceeded flood stage.

Graduate chapter elections arescheduled to be held at the end of the

year. Any brother interested in hold-ing office should contact David St.Germaine ([email protected]). Thename of the Facebook group has beenchanged to Kappa Psi-ConnecticutGraduate Chapter.

—Karl A. Nieforth

District of Columbia GradFounded 5/23/[email protected]

This August, Brothers ShelbyTaylor, Thao Duong, and AngelaAppling attended GCC in SanFrancisco. The brothers enjoyedsightseeing and fellowship with broth-ers from across the U.S. D.C. Gradcontinues to support and mentor theDelta Kappa chapter. We are current-ly accepting applications for ourAnnual Book Scholarship awarded toa Delta Kappa brother—stay tuned forthe announcement of this well-deserv-ing brother. In remembrance of the10-year anniversary of 9/11, Brothers

Epsilon Xi brothers at the Pacific University Organizations Fair. Left to right: Brothers Joe Lassiter, Nicole Rychlick, EllenCheng, Shaleen Singh, Anthony Penera, Quynh Do, Christine Pham, and Jennifer Jordan.

Province III brothers show Kappa Psi hands are always there to carry youthrough.

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Allison Hill and Thao Duong volun-teered with Delta Kappa brothers atthe Washington, D.C., CommunityService Event. In September,Brothers Shelby Taylor and NicoleThorpe Liu enjoyed representing D.C.Grad at fall Province hosted by BetaXi in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Our good news to share: BrothersKeyani Dedmon, Michael Onijala, andMelanie Stevenson were recentlymarried.

Future plans for D.C. Grad includea Six Flags Social in October and aThanksgiving Potluck Social inNovember. We also are planning anannual community service event andsocial with Delta Kappa.

Georgia GradFounded 4/16/[email protected]

The brothers of the GeorgiaGraduate chapter had a very busysummer. In addition to conductingnormal business, we attended aBraves game with brothers of theGamma Phi chapter. Also, severalbrothers traveled to Pensacola,Florida, for the marriage of regentJason Milton. Georgia Graduate chap-ter also had a strong representation atthe 55th Grand Council Convention inSan Francisco where the chapter was

recognized as the “Most ImprovedGraduate Chapter” and ranked eighthas a top graduate chapter.

Our chapter was also excited to wit-ness history as we elected fellowProvince IV Brother Kali Weaver tothe office of Grand Regent.

Illinois GradFounded 1/19/[email protected]

The Illinois Graduate chapterwould like to thank the brothers ofBeta Gamma and Province IX for host-ing a very successful 55th GrandCouncil Convention. I-Grad had fivebrothers in attendance and enjoyed allthe fraternity-related events. IllinoisGraduate chapter was ranked fifth for2010–2011 in the category of TopGraduate Chapters. Dr. LathaRadhakrishnan was elected GrandRitualist for the 2011–2013 term. Uponreturning from GCC, the chapter hashad a couple of social events and heldelections for 2011–2012. Congratu -lations to Brother Elaine Moy as I-Grad’s new regent. The new I-Gradexecutive board has been busy get-ting this year’s scholarship applicationready for the Chi and Delta Nu chap-ters. Delta Nu, Chi, andUIC–Rockford have started theirpledging season, and alumni have

been participating in the events ateach chapter’s campus. This pastSeptember, I-Grad sponsored a gradu-ate reception during the Province Vfall assembly held in Lombard,Illinois. There were at least 30 to 40grads, clerkship students, and visitorsin attendance. I-Grad is currently inthe process of organizing acharity/community service event bythe end of the semester. If you areinterested in joining the IllinoisGraduate chapter of Kappa Psi, pleasee-mail Brother Elaine Moy [email protected].

—Neil Patel

Iowa GradFounded 4/27/[email protected]

We had a great showing for ourchapter at the Grand CouncilConvention in San Francisco. Whilethere, we were able to meet so manybrothers from other chapters, enjoythe city, and join in fellowship. I am soproud to be a member of Iowa Gradand want to thank everyone for all oftheir hard work and dedication to theFraternity as our group was rankedseventh in the Graduate Chapter ofthe Year awards for 2010–2011.Congratulations Iowa Grad! In addi-tion, we hosted a dinner out beforethe San Francisco Giants baseballgame and a luncheon on Saturday forthe 11 brothers in attendance fromthe two Iowa collegiate chapters(Delta Zeta and Beta Chi).

For upcoming events, we are look-ing forward to the fall 2011 ProvinceVIII conclave hosted by Delta Zeta inIowa City, Iowa, October 28–29 wherewe will be hosting an Iowa Gradreception on Saturday night.Tentatively, our 2012 winter meetingwill be held on the weekend ofJanuary 20–22 in the Dubuque, Iowa,area. Many Iowa Grad brothers areplanning to attend these events and sowe hope to see everyone there.

Lastly, we are always seeking anyinterested brothers who would like tojoin Iowa Grad. If you are interestedin joining, dues are $20 per year andyou can either contact one of the offi-cers (my e-mail: [email protected]) or ask to join our privateFacebook page at [email protected].

—Deanna McDanel

Los Angeles GradFounded 3/1/[email protected]

LA Grad had a great time at GCC,and we are proud of Brother EricGupta for being elected to the positionof Grand Vice Regent. We had aneven better time meeting and gettingto know all of our brothers fromacross the country. Since the lastissue, we have been busy with ourMagic Castle trips courtesy of viceregent Doug Chang. Also, regent EricGupta got a bunch of tickets toPageant of the Masters, which is a“living art” show, so we had a jointsocial with Pomona Grad. Now thatthe school year is back in, we havebeen busy supporting the EpsilonGamma chapter by attending theirrush and social events as they go outand find new brothers for their chap-ter. Other than that, we are lookingforward to sending a few brothers upto Stockton, California, for theProvince IX fall assembly.

Maine GradFounded 7/15/[email protected]

The Maine Graduate chapter ofKappa Psi was chartered on July 15,2011, in Portland, Maine. The chapterwas the result of two years’ work atfinding Kappa Psi brothers who livedin Maine but may have lost contactwith the Fraternity. The chapter hasbeen busy working with the two col-leges of pharmacy in Maine to estab-lish collegiate chapters of Kappa Psi at

The brothers of Epsilon Nu and their new pledges following the chapter's pinning ceremony.

Province III brothers sightseeing in San Francisco.

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We are looking for more graduatebrothers to make this chapter as suc-cessful as possible. The officers havebeen meeting on a regular basis viaconference calls.

Planning is underway for a guestspeaker event regarding meningitistreatment. This event will be availableto collegiate and graduate brothers.

Montana GradFounded 10/26/[email protected]

The brothers of Montana Gradhave been quite active in the last fewmonths. Brothers Chad Seely andRobert Mancini attended the GrandCouncil Convention and representedMontana Grad well. Brother Seelyserved as the Province X delegate andBrother Mancini as the Montana Graddelegate along with acting as theResolutions chair for the meeting. Inthe interim months, we have beenhard at work regaining active brothersand have set up a Facebook page withthe help of our regent, ThomasHarris. Brother Harris was alsoappointed as the interim Chaplain ofProvince X so that Brother JohnnyWong could focus on his duties as thenewly elected Collegiate Member-at-Large. Montana Grad is in the processof planning our annual meeting inMissoula shortly after the Universityof Montana’s Pettinato Lecture andwill enjoy a Griz football game after-ward.

—Robert Mancini

their schools. Currently, the brothersof Maine Grad have been successfulin collaborating with the University ofNew England in Portland to start theprocess of establishing a chapter. Thechartering officers of Maine Grad areMatthew Lacroix, regent; ChrisNadeau, vice regent; EmilyDornblaser, secretary/treasurer; JoeStokinger, historian; and WesZemrak, chaplain.

Middle Tennessee GradFounded 7/15/[email protected]

The Middle Tennessee Graduatechapter was chartered July 15, 2011,at Lipscomb University College ofPharmacy at 6 p.m. Collegiate broth-ers of Epsilon Kappa and EpsilonLambda were in attendance. Thegraduate chapter is looking forward toworking with and supporting thesecollegiate chapters.

The founding officers for the chap-ter are Pete Phillips, regent; BrettEnglish, vice regent; Lindsey Gorrell,secretary/treasurer; Melissa Hunt,historian; and Kam Nola, chaplain.The chapter is also grateful for thehard work of Brother Sal Giorgianniwho helped found the chapter butstepped down from office due to relo-cation.

Chapter dues have been set for$30/year. Brothers interested in get-ting involved in this new graduatechapter should contact regent BrotherPete Phillips or find us on Facebook.

Pacific GradFounded 12/15/[email protected]

Pac Grad and Gamma Nu beganthe new school year with great antici-pation of a wonderful year. As theStockton temperature begins to cool,the brothers collaborated to achievetheir most successful year to date.Activities included the biennial GrandCouncil Convention, Red Rager,Alumni Weekend, and the annualWine Tour.

The 55th GCC was held in SanFrancisco and more than 20 Pac Gradbrothers took time to strengthen theBrotherhood. Brothers in attendanceincluded Ethan Anderson, SunnyBains, Ross Bauman, Justin Borras-Reed, Lawrence Brown, John Chan,

Doug Chang, Irwin Chow, DipamDoshi, Derrick Egi, Jonathon Fat, RajGandhi, Eric Gupta, Danny Khloth,Kevin Lau, Eugene Lee (Sr. & Jr.),Ominder Mehta, Mitch Nagao,Brandon Okaneku, Andrew Truong,Chris Tsui, Amal Thakarsey, ScottWong, and Aaron Yup.

This year’s Red Rager event sur-passed those in years past. From theoverwhelming amount of guests tothe creative decorations displayed,Gamma Nu made it an unforgettablenight. Pac Grad brothers who attend-ed include Justin Borras-Reed,Jonathon Fat, Kevin Han, Kevin Lau,Eugene Lee (Jr.), Tony Luu, AvineshRaman, Matthew Serna, MatthewStephens, Amal Thakarsey, ChrisTsui, Andrew Truong, Mike Wan, andScott Wong.

Graduate brothers exploring San Francisco by bike. (L–R): Jean Stravaggi,Stephanie Stichert, John Pietkiewicz, and Jennifer Donaldson.

Buies Creek Graduate Brothers Leigh Liles Foushee, Dan Patriss, and ErinSievers Bastidas with the Campbell University Fighting Camel.

LA Grad, Pomona Grad, and Epsilon Gamma at Magic Castle.

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Alumni Weekend allows Pharm.D.graduates to return to campus andrelive memorable moments. Brothersin attendance included PatrickCatania, Satinder Sandhu, and JamieTobitt.

The annual Wine Tour was set inthe beautiful area of Livermore Valley,one of the oldest wine making regionsin California. Brothers in attendanceincluded Ethan Anderson, Nola Akilo,John Apostolo, Bill Brehm, EricDehner, Jonathan Fat, Derrick Egi,Donald Floriddia, Raj Gandhi, KevinHwu, Gordon King, Quinn Le, TonyLuu, Gordon Ng, Mike Pastrick, DeanPham, Avinesh Raman, Matt Serna,Jim Sylvia, Amal Thakarsey, AndrewTruong, Chris Tsui, and Ki Vacca.

—Neemah Yamin-Esfandiary

Pittsburgh GradFounded 6/19/[email protected]

Pittsburgh Grad has been goingstrong with our monthly meetings andactivities. Most recently, we held amini-golf tournament in Monroevillewith a portion of the fee going toreplenish chapter funds. We’d like toeventually establish a scholarship forPittsburgh's collegiate chapters.Pittsburgh Grad members also joinedwith many other Kappa Psi folk to cel-ebrate the wedding of Brothers LizPoole and Cameron Van Dyke. A won-derful time was had by all. A weeklater, a small group of brothers trav-eled to Philly for the Province II fallassembly. Thanks to the brothers ofBeta Omega for hosting another funProvince weekend.

If any grad brothers in thePittsburgh area are interested in get-ting involved with the chapter orwould like information on our upcom-ing meetings and events, please e-mailDave Maskiewicz ([email protected]) or Mike Fry ([email protected]). Membership dues arecurrently $30 and may be sent to DaveMaskiewicz. We also have a Facebookgroup, Pittsburgh Grad Chapter,where event information is posted reg-ularly.

—Liz Poole

Providence GradFounded 6/25/[email protected]

Members of the ProvidenceGraduate chapter continue to provideleadership within and outside thepharmacy community. PGC Brother

Jef Bratberg serves as the RhodeIsland Pharmacists Association(RIPA) president, and PGC secretaryDan Lefkowitz was installed as thepresident-elect of RIPA. In addition toJef and Dan, the PGC also wishes tocongratulate Past Grand RegentNorman A. Campbell who was hon-ored with the 2011 Joseph L. Fink IIIFounders Award at the APhAConvention in Seattle, Washington,for his leadership and service to thepharmacy and law professions.Additionally, Past Grand Regent JohnGrossomanides was elected supremepresident of the American HellenicEducational Progressive Association.

In other news, Andrew Bundeff hasstarted a residency at HarvardVanguard in Boston, Massachusetts.Navy Lieutenant Andrew Benson iscurrently stationed in San Diego andwas recently engaged to his girlfriend,Sara Perkinks. Congratulations also toBryan Couture who married DonnaBezila in September.

—Karl Kehrle

San Diego GradFounded 6/25/[email protected]

Riding quickly on the coattails ofour chartering event in June, BrothersSanaz Farhadian and Robert Mancinimade the trip to San Francisco, forGCC. Although we were few in num-ber, our chapter was well representedas Robert led the legislative hearingand ran for the office of GrandCounselor.

Since our return home, San DiegoGraduate has met for a dinner gather-ing at Pat & Oscar’s, where we finallymet Andrew Benson who recently

moved to the area. We are now busyplanning upcoming events for theyear, which will include a joint socialevent with the Delta Phi chapter, phil-anthropy walks for Out of theDarkness (suicide prevention) andLight the Night (leukemia and lym-phoma), and the upcoming ProvinceIX meeting in Stockton.

In addition, we are proud toannounce that Brother RobertMancini has recently been namedIdaho Health-Systems Pharmacist ofthe Year. Congratulations Robert!

—Sanaz Farhadian

Savannah GradFounded 6/18/[email protected]

New officers were installed underthe supervision of Grand Regent KaliWeaver. Brothers have been activelymeeting and recruiting other gradmembers in the Savannah area, aswell as helping out with the DeltaOmega chapter. Progress has beenmade to start a couple of differentannual events for Kappa Psi brothers.In the near future, we are hoping tostart a golf tourney as well as set up acouple of community health careevents. Stay tuned for more updates.

South Dakota GradFounded 4/19/[email protected]

SD Grad will be meeting in Octoberto elect delegates to conclave. TheKappa Psi house in Brookings is stillthe primary topic of discussion. TheHouse Committee has been gatheringinformation to share with the colle-giate chapter. SD Grad will be work-ing with Gamma Kappa to host theProvince VIII conclave to be held atthe Days Inn in Brookings, SouthDakota, April 20 and 21.

Southeast Florida & Bahamas GradFounded 8/7/[email protected]

Our chapter had great representa-tion at the 55th GCC in San Francisco,with Brothers Michael Nunes, RyanHowerton, Ryan Ritchie, and MarvinSmith in attendance. The fellowshipwith our Province and global brotherswas amazing, and we wish to thankBeta Gamma, San FranciscoGraduate, and Province IX for a won-derful time. We especially congratu-late the GCC Chair and newly electedGrand Regent Kali Weaver for herefforts in making the meeting one ofthe best GCCs ever.

Our last summer meeting was heldin West Palm Beach and was coordi-

Buffalo Grad Brothers Peter Brody, Erin Brody, Matt Sciara, John Pietkiewicz, Jerry Delaney, Marin Ferer, and DarrenFerer following the 132nd Anniversary Banquet.

Gamma Delta Brother Robert Stahlerplaces a pledge button on his fatherBen Stahler as he begins the pledgingprocess for Ada Grad and to become athird generation Kappa Psi.

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ing guest speakers Brothers LathaRadhakrishnan and Robert Mancini asoncology pharmacists.

—Melissa Hunt

Province [email protected]

The brothers of Province I, alongwith the help of other chapters andmultiple Grand Council members,made a great showing at our springsemester meeting hosted by BetaEpsilon. The agenda for the meetingincluded a Province philanthropic pro-ject where each chapter put forth theirown ideas for the project, formal chap-ter reports, and the induction of a newchapter at UNE (University of NewEngland) in Maine. Also, the Provincewas more than happy to assist BetaEpsilon in the celebration of their cen-tennial which was a great success.

The fall semester meeting will takeplace in Boston at the MassachusettsCollege of Pharmacy and HealthSciences hosted by Mu chapter.—Samuel Trask


Province II held their spring assem-bly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. DeltaEpsilon coordinated the event, and ahuge thank-you goes out to BrothersMichael Fry and Correne Gray fortheir tremendous help in planning themeeting. At the Saturday night awardsdinner, Delta Omicron received theMan-Mile Award for bringing thelargest percentage of brothers (23brothers) the farthest distance toProvince. Brother Matt Barnes fromBeta Kappa was honored as the 2011Paul J. Hiller Collegiate Brother of theYear. The 2011 David E. MaszkiewiczGraduate Brother of the Year wasawarded to Dr. Christopher Miller for

nated by Brother Michael Nunes. Itwas great to see all the brothers andunder the direction of regent RyanRitchie, we had a great dinner, amaz-ing dessert, and actually got somebusiness done.

Brothers Smith, Nunes andHowerton also attended the rushevents for the Delta Upsilon chapter,and Brother Smith conducted a work-shop on “Developing Leadership inPharmacy.” It was well attended andwell received.

All interested graduate brothers areinvited to attend events, and all colle-giate brothers who are on rotation arereminded that membership is free,and they are encouraged to join us.For more information, e-mail thechapter secretary, Brother Smith, [email protected] or regentRyan Ritchie at [email protected].

—Marvin Smith

St. Louis GradFounded 5/24/[email protected]

St Louis Grad chapter is honored tobe ranked second in the nation. Thismarks the fifth year in a row our chap-ter has ranked in the top five graduatechapters. Thanks to all the graduateswho participated in chapter events,donated time or money, and continueto be professional role models for ourcollegiate brothers.

Many Brotherhood events areplanned for this fall including a UFCfight viewing party, traveling toHermann, Missouri, for Oktoberfest,and a wine tasting event at theHamilton’s home. We are also lookingforward to our annual GolfTournament and pig roast event at thehouse. This year more than 18 teamsare participating. Brothers also attend-ed the alumni reunion weekend at thecollege in support of Brother MikePruett’s band, Morning Thunder,which performed on the school quad.This was a kid friendly barbecueevent.

Graduates had an opportunity tomeet the 21 new Gamma Pi pledges atthe annual graduate/pledge socialheld at the Hamilton’s house the firstweek of pledging.

The grad chapter is also proud tosupport the St. Baldrick’s Foundationin conjunction with Gamma Pi chapter.Brothers are hosting a head-shavingevent in November at the College ofPharmacy. Several brothers are mak-ing a “bald” statement while raisingmoney for this organization that fundschildhood cancer research. We haveset a goal of raising $1,000 for thisFoundation. The event is also includ-

his tremendous work in the Provinceover the past few years. Province IIwould especially like to thank EricGupta, former Grand Counselor andcurrent Grand Vice Regent, for attend-ing and showing support from theNational Office. We would also like tothank our brothers who traveled fromother Provinces.

The 2011–2012 Executive Boardwas elected at the Saturday meeting.Congratulations to Satrap KyleZaffino, Vice Satrap Ashley Toale,Secretary Dana Roman, TreasurerChris Turton, Chaplain Ash Miller,Historian Justin Balint, and ImmediatePast Satrap Chris Miller for beingelected. In addition, Daniel Yarabinecwas elected as the Province II GCCDelegate and Scott Trimborn was cho-sen as the GCC Alternate Delegate.

Province II welcomes Dr. MeghanSullivan as our new Supervisor for2011–2013. Dr. Sullivan formerlyserved as Province II Satrap and GCDfor Sigma chapter who was honoredat GCC as the number one collegiatechapter in the Fraternity.

—Justin Balint


Province III had 43 brothers attendthe 55th Grand Council Convention!Some of us managed to find roundtripflights for just $10! We enjoyed thegeneral sessions, workshops, unoffi-cial gatherings, and meeting brothersfrom all over the country. OurProvince report given at one of thegeneral sessions can be found here:h t t p : / / w w w . y o u t u b e . c o m /watch?v=20ybb6BldH0. Many thanksto Dan Nguyen for his help with thevideo. At the scholarship luncheon,we learned that our Satrap, BrotherChristyn Mullen, received a Kappa Psi

Foundation Pfizer scholarship.Congrats Christyn! Delta Kappa wasrecognized as the number nine colle-giate chapter and Sigma is the num-ber one collegiate chapter in theFraternity! Chris Charles (SigmaGCD) challenged all the chapters to“bring it” each year so we all competeto be the best we can be. Province IIIcongratulates the new ExecutiveCommittee, especially GraduateMember-at-Large Harry Marcelin(Beta Xi initiate). Many of our chap-ters had items to sell at the chaptersales roundtable session. If you areinterested in T-shirts, bracelets, laptopcases, luggage tags, padfolios, colabottle openers, blankets, or Kappa Psiflags, please let us know! Our trip canbe viewed here: http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v= CnQRt2jS6aw.

Our fall conclave was hosted by theBeta Xi chapter in Chapel Hill, NorthCarolina. We had almost 200 brothersin attendance! Many thanks to our vis-itors for joining us: Grand RegentWeaver, Grand Historian Lacroix,GMAL Marcelin, and brothers from

Iowa Grad brothers proudly accept the award as the seventh best graduate chapter in Kappa Psi at the GCC.

San Diego Grad Brothers SanazFarhadian and Robert Mancini prepare to enjoy the Giants game.

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Gamma Pi, Gamma Phi, EpsilonEpsilon, Epsilon Eta, and MN Grad.We were also very excited to welcomeour new Province Supervisor, BrotherPaul Knect, from Louisiana Grad. Wespent Friday night at Jack Sprat andother local hangouts on FranklinStreet. Our meeting went very well onSaturday; we were even runningahead of schedule! A CE was conduct-ed for our graduate brothers duringlunch, and we had breakout sessionsfor all of our committees. Followingthe meeting, we enjoyed dinner at theBeta Xi house before heading out toR&R Grill for the rest of the evening.Our spring conclave will be hosted byDelta Kappa in Washington, D.C.,March 23–25. We hope to see youthere!

—Melissa Buchanan


Many of the brothers attendedGCC and thoroughly enjoyed it. Wewould like to congratulate Gamma Psifor placing second, Gamma Phi forplacing sixth, and Georgia Grad forMost Improved Graduate Chapter.We would also like to congratulateBrother Kali Weaver for being electedas the Grand Regent.

We are happy to welcome BrotherEric Geyer as the new Province IVSupervisor.


The chapters of Province V met thisfall in Downers Grove, Illinois, for the2011 fall assembly hosted by DeltaNu. A total of 200 Kappa Psi brothers

were in attendance. Grand RitualistLatha Radhakrishnan led the colle-giate brothers in a residency work-shop. Illinois Graduate chapter hosteda pre-dinner graduate, visitors, andfourth-year pharmacy student recep-tion. Province V will begin aPhilanthropy Challenge, organized byVice Satrap Aimee Mischler, in whichchapters and individual brothers willlog community service hours andcompete for recognition at our springassembly. The 2012 spring assemblywill be hosted by Beta Psi in Madison,Wisconsin, April 20–21.

—Danielle Maila


Province VII would like to say ahuge thanks to Brother Kali Weaverand everyone else that helped puttogether GCC in San Francisco. Therewere a record 515 members andguests at the convention. It was agreat week filled with brotherhoodand enthusiasm.

Province VII was well representedat the GCC awards ceremony.Congrats to Epsilon Beta for winningtop chapter in Province VII at GCC.David Maize won the award for mostoutstanding GCD of the year andLouis Williams won a GCD certificateof excellence award. A special thanksto brother Williams for serving as thedelegate for Province VII.

Province VII would like to welcomeJason Milton as our new supervisor.Brother Milton is a Gamma Phi initi-ate and previously served as ProvinceIX supervisor. Brothers LathaRadhakrishnan and Robert Mancini

will be missed and we hope to seethem at future Province meetings.Congratulations on a job well done asProvince VII supervisors.

Next year’s annual Province meet-ing will be held in Kansas City, hostedby Gamma Theta on February 24ththrough the 26th. We hope to see allof the chapters represented!

—Jessica Mosiman


Our spring Province VIII meetingwas hosted by Epsilon chapter inMinneapolis. Thank you to all theInternational Officers and representa-tives from other Provinces who wereable to enjoy the weekend’s eventswith us. Province VIII had a greattime at GCC with 36 brothers in atten-dance. At the awards luncheon, twocollegiate chapters—Delta Zeta(ranked fourth) and Gamma Kappa(ranked sixth)—were named to thetop collegiate chapters. Also earningTop Ten rankings were MinnesotaGrad (fourth), Iowa Grad (seventh),and South Dakota Grad (tenth).Gamma Kappa won the Frank H. EbyScholarship Tray, and Brothers MikeWaldt and Allison Veire were awardedFoundation Scholarships. Congratul -ations to Gary Van Riper and DeannaMcDanel for receiving the W. BrucePhillip Certificate of Commendation.In addition, the Province VIIIPharmacy Pheud team finished theevent in second place. Also, ProvinceVIII Webmaster Jen Cardines hasbeen hard at work revamping ourProvince Web site (province8.kappap-si.org). Thank you, Jen, for all of yourhard work! There are more than 200brothers who have registered earlyfor our fall Province meeting hostedby Delta Zeta.

—Stephanie Grube


At Province IX, we are happy to saythat our Brotherhood is stronger thanever. Coming off of the amazing 55thGrand Council Convention, we feelmore motivated to remain active ingiving our communities a helpinghand, and we feel the need even morefor a stronger bond of brotherhood.

Gamma Nu will be hosting our fallProvince assembly in Stockton,California. We look forward to anotherfun-filled and enlightening weekendhosted by our Province IX brothers.—Matthew Bertsch


Summertime is usually a time ofrelaxing, but Province X has beenworking hard. The brothers ofProvince X were able to meet at aregional level during the WSPANorthwest Pharmacy Convention thatwas held in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.Brothers from Beta Omicron, Beta Pi,Gamma Eta, and Epsilon Xi workedwith WSPA to help promote the fieldof pharmacy and reinforce the bondsof our brotherhood.

The brothers of Province X werealso able to attend the 55th GCC inSan Francisco. GCC gave our broth-ers the chance to network and beactive with Kappa Psi at a nationallevel. Ciprian Pascu and NicolleRychlick both received a Kappa PsiPharmaceutical Foundation Scholar -ship as their reward for all of theirhard work in Kappa Psi. Johnny Wongwas elected as our new CollegiateMember-at-Large and is the first per-son from Province X to be on theExecutive Committee in recent years.

Brothers James Thomas (Delta Lambda), Chris Charles (MD Grad), and LucasReinhartz (Epsilon Eta) enjoy some sightseeing in San Francisco.

Georgia Grad Brothers Abe Duncan, Jason Milton, Chris Haire with BrotherMarvin Smith of Southeast Florida-Bahamas Grad at Jason’s wedding inPensacola, Florida.

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LEFT: Delta Delta chapter left a sign in the sand, “cleaned by ��”after the annual Adopt‐A‐Beach cleanup, and Zeke Medina puts anexclamation point over the top. BELOW: Brothers Andrew Morrisand Jessica Messa show the medication bottle that they found inthe sand during the Delta Delta annual beach cleanup.

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