PHI CHI THETA FALL 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOUR - 2018 National Meeting in Review
ELEVEN - New Bylaws
FOURTEEN - National Officers
EIGHTEEN - New Honorary Member Profile
NINETEEN - Keynote Address
TWENTY-TWO - Educational Foundation
TWENTY-THREE - National Chapter Awards
TWENTY-NINE - National Mentoring Program
THIRTY - New Chapter Map
THIRTY-ONE - Chapter Updates
Cover fom 2018 National Meeting Event
SAVE THE DATES
2019 REGIONAL MEETINGS
WESTERN & CENTRAL-SOUTHERN
St. Louis
Hilton St. Louis Airport
6/7/19-6/9/19
GREAT LAKES
Grand Rapids
Drury Inn
6/21/19-6/23/19
EASTERN
Boston
Boston University
8/2/19-8/4/19
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Message from the National President
As of this writing, we have returned from a very successful
National Meeting and are already off to a great start for our 94th
year.
I want to thank everyone who traveled to Wichita to be a part of EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
that meeting. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did. We tried
a few new things and moved things around, but I think it was very PRESIDENT: GARY HODGE
effective. While I can’t promise any more jumbo checks at future VP ALUMNI AFFAIRS: RUSSELL HOSKIN
meetings, we will continue to make changes to keep them fresh. VP COLLEGIATE AFFAIRS: MIKE GROVER
We want to ensure we are wisely using your time and money while VP EXPANSION: KATIE GRIFFIN
providing the best experience we can. Please enjoy the national EASTERN DIRECTOR: CHRISTINE WONG
meeting recap in this edition of the IRIS. GREAT LAKES DIRECTOR: JEFF FLANNIGAN
Since Wichita, we created a fourth region and have been able to CENTRAL-SOUTHERN DIRECTOR: LIZBETH JUAREZ
fill all National Executive Council positions. We have a full team WESTERN DIRECTOR: JOSH GABBARD
who are working hard to make Phi Chi Theta a world class orga- POLICY BOARD CHAIR: MARY ELLEN LEWIS
nization and lead us to the centennial. We have already begun EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: SAUNDRA FINLEY, EX-OFFICIO
to do more work on our pledge process, are revisiting some risk
management issues, and voted to grant charters to two new chap- POLICY BOARD
ters with a third on its way. We are also gathering information to
decide on a 2020 National Meeting location. POLICY BOARD CHAIR: MARY ELLEN LEWIS
Moving forward, please work with your regional directors to PRESIDENT: GARY HODGE
schedule your chapter visitation. Chapter visitations are import- POLICY BOARD MEMBER: MELISSA KING
ant for us to check in on you and for us to address any of your
concerns in person. It also gives you a chance to show off your EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
successes. We learn much from these visits that do impact deci-
sions we make at the national level. Also, we will soon release EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: SAUNDRA FINLEY
information regarding the 2019 Regional Meetings. The regional
directors, National Vice President of Collegiate Affairs, and EDITORS
national office staff are putting a lot of effort into these meetings,
so we need everyone to attend. SAUNDRA FINLEY
ELIZABETH DANFORD
Thank you for what you do every day for Phi Chi Theta and I wish
you all the best of luck this year.
Fraternally,
Gary Hodge
National President
Life Member
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HYATT REGENCY
WICHITA, KANSAS
AUGUST 8-11,2018
The Welcome Reception “I really enjoyed the
opportunity to get to
Wednesday, August 8th know and gain advice
from not only fellow
4 collegiate members,
but also from National
Officers and alumni.
The opportunities
for bonding with the
attendees really
demonstrated the
strong brotherhood
[and sisterhood] within
the Fraternity on a
national level.”
Danielle Roberts,
Gamma Tau
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Health and Safety Initiative Institute
Thursday, August 9th
Marc Mores and Suzette Walden Cole from James R. Favor & Co conducted the first
Phi Chi Theta Fraternal Health and Safety Academy. The curriculum included Risk
Management 101, High Risk Drinking & Drug Use, Title IX and Sexual Misconduct and
Hazing Prevention. The Academy culminated with the presentation of Certificates of
Completion to each attendee that participated.
“The risk management presentation was very well done with a great combination of humor,
seriousness, real applicable statistics and advice for drinking with PCT brothers and sisters was a
big highlight for me.”
Monica Kassim, Dallas Alumni
“I really enjoyed getting to meet chapter representatives from all over the nation. I always knew that
Phi Chi Theta was a national fraternity, but getting to meet people from all over like UT Austin and
Ohio really showed me that our brotherhood is on a much larger scale than just our chapter.”
Jaselyn Pe, Zeta Omicron
“I enjoyed the Risk Management and Insurance Day where we talked about Health and Safety
Initiatives for our chapters...From learning health and safety initiatives to gaining an understanding
of PCT nationals, I gained a lot through the National Meeting.”
Aneri Rokad, Alpha Omega
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Exploration Place Event & Keeper Lighting
Thursday, August 9th
The attendees were treated to an offsite event at
Exploration Place where they had a private showing
of the IMAX movie Fighter Pilots: Operation Red Flag
with pilot John “Otter” Stratton as he embarked on the
most challenging flight of his career with Red Flag, an
international training exercise in the Nevada desert.
Then they were treated to an indoor picnic; followed by
private access to the museum’s exhibits including the
new aviation exhibit. The evening ended with the nightly
lighting of the Keeper of the Plains’ ring of fire.
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“The experience in Wichita Kansas will be something
that I carry with me for the remainder of my life. The
lifelong connections that were made will be utilized
every chance I get. To be apart of the National
meeting was a blessing that I will pull inspiration from
for many years to come.”
Steven Maciel, Delta Chi
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Business Meeting & Foundation Presentation
Friday, August 10th
The business meeting began with a visit from Lindsay Gulley with Visit Wichita, who welcomed the
group to Wichita, KS. Following the official beginning of the meeting and the welcome to Wichita,
the meeting proceeded with the Founders’ Day Covered Coat of Arms Ceremony and excerpt of the
Candle lighting ceremony which were presented by Josh Gabbard and the Rituals & Ceremonies
Committee.
Katie Griffin recognized the dedicated members who passed in the last biennium. They were Dorothy
Metelsky, Geneva Rose McWhorter, Brian M. Carlsen and Jean Hogan.
Gary Hodge presented the State of the Fraternity and highlights from the 2014-2016 biennium were
shared. He then shared his goals for 2018-2020 and the continued success of our Fraternity.
“I was able to meet so many great people at this meeting and I do hope to keep in touch
with all of them. We started a group chat together and I feel like we have an outlet for more
opinions and perspectives if we are ever curious about other chapters.”
Jaselyn Pe, Zeta Omicron
PCT Foundation
The end of the year is approaching fast, which means a lot of you are starting to think about your tax refunds
that will be coming in a few months. You might also have charities that you like to donate to during the holi-
days to spread the joy of the season. We’d like to remind you that individuals can make tax-deductible contri-
butions to the Phi Chi Theta Educational Foundation any time of year. Chapters do not receive tax-deductions,
but will receive 40 award points from Nationals, as well as recognition at the National Meeting in August, 2018.
Here is how you can make an impact:
• Mail a check to the Foundation at PO Box 113394, Carrollton, TX 75011-3394
• Go online to this link at Justgiving.com to make a donation
We hope you will remember the Foundation and help support the worthy causes of their mission: to provide
educational programming to Phi Chi Theta members, and to provide scholarships to deserving recipients. You
may restrict your donation to a certain fund or cause, or you can leave that decision up to the Foundation to
use the funds as needed. Each and every donation, no matter how small, will have a very large effect. It is
because of your generosity that we are able to do so much for members of the Fraternity. We hope you can
help us continue to offer these benefits in the future. If you need chapter programming ideas, or have ques-
tions about the foundation, please reach out to the President of the Foundation, Missy Bolin, at foundation-
[email protected].
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The Phi Chi Theta Educational Foundation introduced a new scholarship, the Lester F. Richardson
Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is funded by an endowment that was created in 2017, by
Dr. Danity Little, Trustee of the Phi Chi Theta Educational Foundation in honor of her late father,
Lester F. Richardson. A Lester F. Richardson Memorial Scholarship will be offered every other
year, starting in 2018. Foundation President, Missy Bolin presented on the State of the Foundation
and reviewed programs funded by the Foundation and the other scholarships offered through
the Foundation. The Foundation honored donors with a yellow brick road display with each brick
containing the name of a donor.
“I really enjoyed meeting with so many different people from around the country, including both active
collegiate members and alumni members. This really helped us grasp a general feel of what the
national chapter looks like, as opposed to just our local chapter culture.” Trevor Scheiderer, Zeta Xi
“The highlight for me was the camaraderie experienced through PCT. I also felt that seeing the PCT
leadership in action was very important, just knowing that we have support at a national level is a very
uplifting feeling.” Steven Maciel, Delta Chi
Life Member Reception
Friday, August 10th
Life Members were honored with a Life Member
reception during which we welcomed our very
own intern, Jay Cho, as a new Life Member.
Attendees enjoyed a pasta station and gift bags
with a token of appreciation, a life member
hat. Lizbeth Juarez, our new Central-Southern
Regional Director also became a life member.
Danielle Roberts, Gamma Tau delegate
accepted the certificate, pin and hat on behalf
of Lizbeth and presented it to her at a chapter
meeting.
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Business Meeting & Chapter Presentations
Saturday, August 11th
“I think the best Day two of the Business Meeting began with delegates performed their national duties and
experience I had chapter presentations from three of our chap- voted on each bylaw.
was the chapter ters. Beta Chapter of New York University
presentations! As presented their Corporate Mingle event. They Mary Ellen Lewis, Chair of the Nominating
soon as I got back are looking for neighboring chapters who would Committee announced the nominees and
to Bloomington be interested in collaborating to create an even the delegates elected the new officers for
I contacted my larger scale corporate mingle. 2018-2020.
Alumni Relations National President - Gary Hodge
Director and we Delta Mu Chapter at the University of Texas in Vice President of Internal Affairs - Mike Grover
will be holding an Austin presented on their development of Alumni Vice President of Expansion - Katie Griffin
alumni weekend Relations. They host many events such as an Central Regional Director - Jeff Flannigan
this semester! alumni weekend with planned activities and Western Regional Director - Josh Gabbard
Without UT’s they utilize Dringo, the National Database and Eastern Regional Director - Christine Wong
presentation, Facebook to network and stay connected with
this wouldn’t their Alumni. After the meeting, the National Office conducted
have happened. a search and appointed Russell Hoskin as
This experience Zeta Xi Chapter at Drake University shared the new Vice President of Alumni Affairs. The
made me a better their amazing Community Service efforts. Some position of Vice President of Internal Affairs was
president.” of those efforts include hosting events for the changed to Vice President of Collegiate Affairs.
Madison Mann, whole business school, requiring that five hours
Zeta Eta per semester be devoted to community service In order to more evenly distribute the chapters
and allow for better representation, the National
efforts and they offer dues reductions or Executive Council changed the regions from
other incentives for community service. three to four and a search was conducted for
the fourth Regional Director. The new Regional
After the chapter presentations, Gary Hodge Directors are:
introduced Mike Van Roy, Bylaws Chair, who Great Lakes Regional Director - Jeff Flannigan
reviewed the Standing Rules. Then he intro- Western Regional Director – Josh Gabbard
duced the parliamentarian, Joy Freeland. Eastern Regional Director – Christine Wong
Marissa Owens (Zeta Xi) and Tom Hebl Central-Southern Regional Director – Lizbeth
(Name (Zeta Xi) were appointed as vote Juarez
tellers and Kelly Morrison (guest from the
University of Pennsylvania) was appointed “Zeta Xi’s Community Service initiatives were
time keeper by Gary Hodge. The alumni- especially inspiring as I was looking for ways
at-large caucused previously and elected to improve my chapter’s CS branch. I have
Christine Wong to act as the alumni-at-large gained many insights as to where we could
delegate. improve our chapter.”
Yuning Zhou, NY Beta
President, Gary Hodge presented the pro-
posed amendments to the Bylaws and the
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Bylaw Amendments
Bylaws Amendment Proposal # 1 Bylaws Amendment Proposal # 7
Amend Article VI Section 1(A) by inserting the Amend Article VIII Section 2C by changing
word National before Key Award to indicate that National Vice President of Internal Affairs to
it is a National Award. It also clarifies that a pin National Vice President of Collegiate Affairs
and certificate are available for purchase. and transfers alumni-specific duties to the
The amendment was adopted by a 2/3 vote. newly created National Vice President of Alumni
Affairs.
Bylaws Amendment Proposal # 2 Adopted by a 2/3 vote
Amend Article XI Section 5 by inserting the word
National before Key Award, removing the criteria Bylaws Amendment Proposal #8
that a committee be selected from the chapter Amend Article VIII Section 2H by making the
members and changes the criteria for collegiate National Chapter responsible for chapter
key awards to match the current pin design. visitation expenses instead of the chapter being
Replace Scholarship, activities and leadership visited.
to scholarship, character and activities. Adopted by a 2/3 vote
The amendment was adopted by a 2/3 vote.
Bylaws Amendment Proposal #9
Bylaws Amendment Proposal # 3 Amend Article VIII Section 3C by giving flexibility
Amended Article XII Section 4 by inserting the to the time and place of Executive Council
word National before Key Award and removing meetings provided that they meet at least once
the requirement of a committee for the selection a year.
process. It changes the criteria to match the Adopted by a 2/3 vote
current pin design. Replaces Scholarship,
activities and leadership with scholarship, Bylaws Amendment Proposal #10
character and activities. Amend Article IX Section 1D by including the
The amendment was adopted by a 2/3 vote. most recent Alumni-at-Large Delegate on the
communications of any special or emergency
Bylaws Amendment Proposal # 4 meeting of the National Chapter.
Amended Article VII Section 5 by exempting Adopted by a 2/3 vote
alumni from paying national meeting
assessment fees. Bylaws Amendment Proposal #11
Less than 2/3 vote. Amendment is lost. Amend Article X Section 3 by establishing that
chapters can have one President at a time.
Bylaws Amendment Proposal # 5 “Co-Presidents” or “Presidents by committee”
Amended Article VII Section 7 by exempting would not be allowed.
alumni from paying national insurance Adopted by a 2/3 vote
assessment fees. Less than 2/3 vote.
Amendment is lost. Bylaws Amendment Proposal #12
Amend Article X Section 3 by removing the
Bylaws Amendment Proposal # 6 March 1st deadline for chapters to have
Amended Article VIII Section 2 (new C) by elections.
creating a National Vice President of Alumni Adopted by a 2/3 vote
Affairs.
New bylaw. All subsequent paragraphs in this Bylaws Amendment Proposal #13
Article and Section would be re-numerated as Amend Article XI Section 3 (New B) by
appropriate. Would also change the order of establishing that our members are to be referred
succession should President or Executive Policy to as Sisters and Brothers and not strictly one or
Board Chair become vacant mid-term. the other.
Adopted by a 2/3 vote Adopted by a 2/3 vote
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Awards Banquet
Saturday, August 11th
The Awards Banquet commenced with a welcome and introductions by “I knew no one going into
emcee, National Vice President of Expansion, Katie Griffin. Foundation the National Meeting,
Trustee, Danity Little, gave the invocation. Alumnus Nicholas Mabry and when I left I made
introduced our National Honorary Member, Joe Munoz, who was then some friends I’ll have
inducted into the Fraternity with the assistance of the National Honorary forever....I loved getting
Member Installation Committee, chaired by Mike Grover. to be surrounded by
other members of Phi
Next, we celebrated your hard work and efforts with our Chapter Awards. Chi Theta and see
Following the Awards, this year’s scholarship recipients were announced. that their love for this
Officers were recognized and new officers were installed. The fraternity is as big as
Resolutions Committee, chaired by Justin Petty, recapped the highlights mine.”
of the meeting. And we joined in honoring the Fraternity by reciting the Emily Marzina, Zeta Mu
creed before adjournment. The evening revelry continued on the patio as
the skies were lit up by a Fireworks show.
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Banquet
Saturday, August 11th
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Awards Banquet-Group Picture
Saturday, August 11th
Meet Your National President
GARY HODGE
Gary joined the Epsilon Beta Chapter at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA
in the Fall of 1990. He was elected president of his chapter in the Spring of 1991.
He remained in that office until his graduation in the Spring of 1993. For his work
with the Epsilon Beta Chapter, Gary was awarded the National Key Award. He
graduated with honors with a BS in management.
On a National level, Gary has served on the National Scholarship Committee
from August, 1995 to August, 2000. He served as the Eastern Regional Director
from August, 2000 to August, 2002. He served as the National Vice President of
Expansion from August, 2002 until March, 2004. In March, 2004, Gary was elected
to the position of National Vice President of Collegiate Affairs during a special
election. He served in that position until August, 2004. He served as Chairman
of the Executive Policy Board from August, 2004 until August, 2008. At the 2008
National Chapter Meeting, Gary was elected National President and received the Naomi L. Satterfield
Alumni Achievement Award. He was re-elected as National President at the 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016
and 2018 National Chapter Meetings and continues to serve in that capacity.
Gary is a Program Analyst with the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). He works with VA’s
pension and survivor benefit programs.
Gary lives in Philadelphia, PA with his wife Loretta who is an Honorary Member of Phi Chi Theta.
They have 3 sons, 20 year old Gary Jr., 17 year old Ryan, and 13 year old Jacob. Gary and his
family are very involved in the Boys Scouts of America.
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Meet Your VP of Alumni Affairs
RUSSELL HOSKIN
Russell Hoskin has been with Phi Chi Theta since 2009,
when he joined the Zeta Gamma chapter at the University
of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. While with the chapter, he
served as Professional Chair and Webmaster, delivering
a rebuilt website and increasing their social networking
presence on Twitter. He graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor
of Science in Information Technology/Information Systems
from the College of Business. He then spent 2 years as
Central Regional Director for Phi Chi Theta. He spent two
summers as an IT intern with Grainger, and started full
time there after graduation. After 5 years as an IT Security
Engineer at Grainger, Russ moved up to Milwaukee to
become a Product Manager for Northwestern Mutual’s
Identity and Access team. After 6 months in the role, he
was promoted to Assistant Director, Identity and Access
Management and is still in this position.
Mr. Hoskin’s Vision for the New Position:
Phi Chi Theta has done an excellent job recruiting and graduating students at our campus chapters.
The talent that has come through our organization is extremely impressive, we have graduates
impacting companies and communities across the nation and world. As most know, the bond you
create at your local chapter lasts longer than the years you are on campus, and that’s where the
Alumni initiative comes in. We want to take that passionate, experienced alumni group and ensure
they have a position to contribute, connect and influence.
Over the next few years, we will be focusing on the following objectives:
• Identify active alumni and have them register with the national office
• Increase alumni involvement at National and Regional Meetings as well as involvement in
programs such as the National Mentoring Program
• Align alumni support and organization into a new model
Over the next few months we are planning on hosting our first National sponsored Alumni event in
Chicago and releasing initial plans on the new details surrounding alumni organization.
Don’t Forget to Order Graduation Supplies!
Stoles and Cords may be
ordered through the Phi Chi Theta
National Office. Visit our
merchandise page to download the
supply order form or shop online.
http://www.phichitheta.org/merchandise
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Meet Your VP of Collegiate Affairs
MIKE GROVER
Mike Grover joined Phi Chi Theta at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
in Fall 2010. During his time in Phi Chi Theta, Mike was Vice President of
Membership and Fundraising Chair. In these positions, he led four semesters of
rush and pledge training and led fundraising efforts for the Zeta Gamma chapter.
He graduated in May 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and a Bachelor of
Science is Business Process Management and Marketing.
After graduating in 2014, Mike was elected Central Region Director of Phi Chi
Theta. From 2014-2018, Mike served in this position, conducting visitations with all
chapters in the Central region, advising on day-to-day questions and issues, and
planning 2 Regional Meetings in Kalamazoo and Indianapolis.
Mike started his full-time career at Morningstar, Inc. in July 2014 as part of their
new hire development program. He currently works for Morningstar Investment
Management LLC as a Project Manager. Mike also serves as a Campus Champion,
recruiting summer interns and full time employees for the new hire development
program. Mike recently became a co-leader for the UIUC Alumni Group at
Morningstar as well.
Mike’s hobbies include travelling and exploring new countries. Mike is also a huge
fan of live music and enjoys attending concerts and festivals.
Meet Your VP of Expansion
KATIE GRIFFIN
Katie Griffin is the Vice President of Expansion and a Life Member of Phi Chi
Theta. Katie joined Phi Chi Theta in 1992 as a member of the Beta Nu Chapter
at Midwestern State University. Later she transferred to the Alpha Nu Chapter at
the University of North Texas where she held the position of president. Katie also
held the position of National Bylaws Chairman from 2008-2012. Katie is the 2012
recipient of the Naomi Satterfield Alumni Achievement Award. Katie received her
Masters of Public Administration from the University of North Texas in 2010 and her
Bachelor of Business Administration in 1997 from the University of North Texas.
Katie is a Certified Government Finance Officer and is the Director of Finance for
the City of Rockport, Texas. Previously, she served as the Director of Finance for
the Cities of Bee Cave and Portland. She was also the first Finance Director for the
City of Sanger, and prior to that the Budget Analyst for the City of Denton. She has
been working in government finance since 2004.
Katie’s professional achievements include Certified Government Finance Officer,
member of Government Finance Officers’ Association, member of Government
Finance Officers’ Association of Texas, member University of North Texas Alumni
Association, member of Masters of Public Administration Alumni Association, and
supportive member of the Public Administration Student Association.
Civic Achievements include organizing different community service events over
the years for the Dallas Alums. Katie is married to Sean Eric Griffin and has two
children, Karlie and Christopher. Katie enjoys traveling, cooking, scrapbooking, and
Texas Rangers baseball.
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Meet Your Regional Directors
EASTERN REGION DIRECTOR - CHRISTINE WONG
Christine graduated from Boston University with a bachelors
degree in business administration and management with
concentrations in finance, management information systems,
and strategy & innovation. During her years at Boston
University, she helped found the Zeta chapter and served as
Secretary and Executive Vice President. She is currently based
in Manhattan as a technology consulting analyst at Accenture.
In her free time, she enjoys traveling around the world,
exploring new restaurants (follow her on Instagram at @
foodisseur!), and capturing new moments with her camera.
GREAT LAKES REGION DIRECTOR - JEFF FLANNIGAN
Jeff was initiated into the Epsilon Gamma chapter at Western
Michigan University in April 2015. In his time as an active
member, Jeff served as Professional Project chair, and held
Executive Board positions as Vice President of Corporate
Affairs and served two terms as President of his chapter. He
graduated in April 2018 from Western with a Bachelor’s of
Business Administration in Marketing and minors in Economics
and Political Science.
In his free time, Jeff enjoys attending country music concerts
and is a big fan of baseball and hockey.
CENTRAL-SOUTHERN REGION DIRECTOR - LIZBETH JUAREZ
Lizbeth is a recent graduate from the University of Montevallo
with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with
concentrations in finance, management, economics and
management information systems. She was initiated into
the Gamma Tau Chapter in October of 2015 and served as
Vice President and President. She currently works as lender
assistant and executive assistant to the CEO of Central State
Bank in Calera, AL.
In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and
dog, watching movies, and running outdoors.
WESTERN REGION DIRECTOR - JOSH GABBARD
Josh Gabbard was initiated into the Beta Theta Chapter at Sam
Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas in 2011. During
his three years as a collegiate, he held a variety of positions
including Fundraising Committee Chair, Executive Vice
President and President. After graduating with a Bachelor of
Business Administration in Accounting and a Master of Science
in Accounting from Sam Houston State, Josh is now a Senior in
Ernst & Young’s Houston Assurance practice.
When Josh is not working or studying for his CPA, he can be
found playing tennis or out with a group of friends. He also
enjoys reading mystery novels.
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Phi Chi Theta Welcomes
National Honorary Member
JOE MUNOZ
Joe and his wife Sheri, are co-owners of
Enginetech, Inc. located in Carrollton, TX.
During its three decades of business,
Dallas-based Enginetech has grown to a
premier domestic and international parts
supplier, delivering the highest quality
engine rebuilding parts to locations almost
anywhere in the world.
Enginetech employs roughly 40 people
including two Phi Chi Theta Alpha Nu
alumni.
Joe began working at Enginetech in 1989, worked his way up from parts salesman to general
manager and now owner. This was done through hard work and through the mentor relationship
he had with the former owner/partner Fred Currey. Since taking over, Joe has added additional
locations across the country and more than doubled the revenue of the company.
Joe feels very strongly about paying it forward and giving back to his community of Carrollton,
which is the home of our National Headquarters. He has hosted a tour group where he gave a
personal tour to the Alpha Nu group to show what goes on behind the scenes of the operations
and provided insight on what it takes to be successful in business. Also allowing the chapter to
observe an executive management meeting.
Joe and his wife Sheri, hired Nicholas Mabry, Alpha Nu Chapter President, as an intern and then
offered him a full-time position at graduation. They also hired a second PCT alum, Summer
Boyle. They both think very highly of Phi Chi
Theta and commented that we should be proud
of the caliber of our members.
Joe and Sheri are very supportive of the Dallas
Alumni Chapter’s annual philanthropy, the
Lupus Foundation of America, Lone Star chap-
ter’s annual Lupus Walk. Sheri has attended
every walk to support the chapter and provides
refreshments for the group. Joe and Sheri
attended the Lupus Gala to help raise funds for
lupus research.
In his spare time, Joe’s hobbies include playing
bass in both a Beatles and REM tribute band,
muscle cars and railroads. Joe and Sheri
have two adult children, Joe and Kendall.
National Honorary Member, Joe Munoz with Gary Hodge
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Awards Banquet - Keynote Address
Saturday, August 11th
We loved the Keynote Address given by our National Honorary Member, Joe
Munoz, so much that with his permission, we are sharing it below for all of our
members to enjoy.
“No one was more surprised than
myself to hear of my nomination -
much less actually being awarded
this Honorary Membership. As
some of you may know, I hated
math, had no formal business train-
ing, did not graduate from college,
but knew the inside of every bar in
Denton Texas well - and had abso-
lutely no idea (nor did I care) what I
was going to do with my life.
I certainly never expected to be in 1990 - ten years previous. I had, less than 6
given a life changing opportunity to months after starting to work at ET, jumped off a
run a multi million dollar company. loading dock chasing a softball (don’t ask) and
But, somehow, someone saw blew out a knee ligament. I had to have major
things in me that I did not recognize at the time surgery, which caused me to have to wear a
- namely, passion and the desire to succeed. immobilizing cast and was told I had to be out
Throughout the last thirty years, I have learned of work for two weeks. In my mind, I could not
to define and note passion in others in exam- do this after being at my new job for such a
ples such as forgetting to have lunch, hating it short time, so I went into work the next day and
when the words “good” and “enough” are used strapped my leg to another rolling chair so I
together, and being able to exhibit uncontrolled could work at my desk. I did not think anything
joy when things work well, or controlled sadness about it at the time, and had even forgotten
when they don’t. Desire to succeed includes about meeting Craig, but he remembered.
someone enjoying continuous training, ambi-
tious goal setting, and always, always, always Guys like him were watching.
doing more than asked. These two traits are
much more important than you might realize at This leads to the main focus (and personal joy)
this point in your careers, and allow me a quick in spending tonight with all of you. That joy is
story to illustrate the point. knowing that all of you here tonight are already -
whether you know it now or not - showing signs
In 2000, I was in the process of buying my first of that passion and a desire to succeed. You
ownership tranche in Enginetech from Fred have presevered in your training, invested in
Currey’s partner Craig Lentzche (at that time surrounding yourselves with like minded people,
President & Chairman of Greyhound Bus Lines) and are here tonight - in Wichita, to hear me
I asked him why he had allowed Fred to talk drone on, in the summer heat, in continuation of
him into giving me a chance to run the business progress on your chosen career path.
in 1998 with no real experience. Craig said, “I
agreed only because I knew you had the desire So congratulations! But, to paraphrase a line
to succeed. I knew you had it when I saw you from The Shawshank Redemption (one of my
rolling around the sales floor with your leg favorite movies) You made it this far - can you
strapped to a chair” go a little more?
It took me a moment, but I realized what he was
talking about was something that had happened
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precepts that have served me well òver my thirty
And, as you go forward on that road let me years at Enginetech. Again, guys like me are
counsel you that you are all on stage, all the looking - exemplify and practice these and the
time, being watched. Watched by supervisors, world is yours:
business owners, customers, competitors. Your
passion and desire to succeed will be noticed by Jan Carlson, Former CEO of SAS and author
people like me far, far more than what your GPA of Moments Of Truth, and a personal business
was or what school you did or did not attend. hero of mine influenced me early on with many
notable quotes, but one that stuck with me was
So l am going to ask, no demand each one “If you are not serving the customer, your job is
of you to be great everyday in showing your to be serving someone who is”.
passion and desire to succeed first to yourself,
and then your organization. And the best way to A blinding flash of the obvious right? Easy to
measure your success in this is by the increase say, easy to understand, yet extremely difficult
in your power. to get an organization to practice. If there in an
exchange of money for something, there is a
Power - a word loaded with many with nega- customer. So everyone in the business needs
tive connotations. However let me suggest that to be thought of as being support personnel to
the proper use of power is another important the front line contacts with the customer. A lower
point I would like you to take from this event. level accountant works for the customer and not
The judicious use of power will be one of your the company’s finance department because if
great thrills in life, but using it well Some who are they do their job wrong it isn’t the
requires adhering to the one big extended your power CFO who ultimately suffers, (he
secret. will not appreciate ain’t buying the company’s goods),
but the customer who does not
The Big Secret is - The ultimate it and others will receive their product on time, or is
use of power is to serve People. take advantage of incorrectly billed, or blah, blah, blah.
it - forget them - the Maybe I’m getting old, but many
majority won’t and businesses seem to be forgetting
It is one of those things that you will sleep so much this timeless concept - don’t be part
defies explanation - when you better at night. of one that is.
use your power to serve others
in a wise, yet sincere way, the
return to you is exponential in both wealth and Why? Because guys like me are watching
personal satisfaction.
Another big business tenet for me is a variation
What does this mean? Real power enables you on the old Tom Peters quote of “Ready, Fire,
to break the rules when necessary to go over Aim”. My take on it is “I’d rather be 95% right
and above in acknowledging a teammate’s today than the 100% right tomorrow”. First off,
contribution. It allows you to bust the budget on you will never be 100% right tomorrow, the
a income statement line item knowing full well day after, or ever. I can’t even begin to tell you
you have a good chance of gaining a promising how many times in the last twenty years I have
new customer for life. In short, in direct contra- tested this concept and found it to be true, and
diction of what you’ve been lead to believe, your as communication methods continue to shorten
power needs to be directed towards the needs the time between stimulus and response, your
of others - customers and fellow teammates - ability to get something on line faster than the
and not yours. other guy will be harder to accomplish, but be
an even larger advantage. There are a couple of
And It’s true - the more you give, the more you areas where maybe this might not be appropri-
get. Some who are extended your power will not ate - elective surgeries, nuclear weapon testing,
appreciate it and others will take advantage of aircraft safety, but remember on whole give me
it - forget them - the majority won’t and you will a solution today - we’ll fix the details later - the
sleep so much better at night. trade off in speed vs. accuracy will be worth it.
So with the concepts of passion, the desire to Why? Guys like me are watching.
succeed, and the ultimate use of power in mind, Another blinding flash of the obvious is Henry
please let me relate a few business sayings or
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Ford once saying “You can’t help a man up a Lastly, let me close with the story of how I came
ladder unless he is willing to climb a little”. This to run Enginetech. Hopefully this brings all the
is directed at you, and those you will come in points I have been discussing into something a
contact with. The quickest way to get on my little more concrete, and useful to you along your
short timer list is to give off even the faintest own journey.
scent of “that’s not my job” or being a clock
watcher, or only doing something if it is “fair”. If Sometime in the mid 90’s, Fred Currey - the off
you are in the right organization, you will feel like site principal owner of the company then, unex-
you are being watched - that is actually a good pectedly showed up at a trade show Enginetech
thing because if no one is watching, sooner or was attending in Mexico. At some point he
later you won’t have to worry about your job at pulled me aside, gave me his personal phone
all. number and told me to call him if I ever were to
be leaving the company. I heard from others he
Why? Because guys like me are watching. had overheard and been impressed with a sales
pitch I had given a large customer there, but I
Another one of my mentors, Fred Currey, taught was unsure why he had told me to call because I
me early on is when you are talking with people had no plans to leave Enginetech.
on a business subject, you would do You are all
well to communicate as if you are a on stage every However, a few years later Enginetech
minister delivering a sermon - Namely minute - people was in trouble. We had sales rapidly
to tell people what you are going to are listening declining, unsure relationships with
tell them, tell them, and then tell them and watching suppliers, and an unhappy workforce
what you just told them. I am always - make the in a toxic environment. Management
amazed at this since you would think most out of that was angry and indecisive, so I decided
smart people do not need to have the spotlight when it to leave the company - without even
same thing repeated to them over shines on you. having another job lined up.
and over, till I realized how many
times Sheri has to tell me something So, I called Fred to let him know I was
before I remember it. You will feel ridiculous at leaving. He told me to meet him for breakfast the
first doing it, but the results will shortly be speak- next morning at 6:00AM. When I got there, he
ing for themselves. asked me to tell him why I was leaving. After I
did so, I thanked him for the opportunity to work
Guys like me will be listening. with him, hoping the point of the meeting was
to possibly use me in another of the companies
Another concept that classic business training he owned at the time. I stood up to leave, and
may not prepare you for - at the risk of sounding he asked me to sit down and tell him that if
like a real life Captain Obvious - is that you will Enginetech were mine to run - what would I do?
be dealing with other humans. No matter how I thought for a moment, and gave him a laundry
good the deal is, no matter your best intentions, list of things I had been thinking of. After I was
be careful, be concerned how your message finished, I stood up once again to leave when
is being received. And even if you message is Fred said - Would you stop acting like a Jack
clear, there is no guarantee your counterpart In The Box? Sit down and stay down! I asked
will see the merit and necessarily concur. Many, him why and he said “Let’s get all this on paper.
many times, people make decisions that go We are going to do exactly what you said the
against their best interests sometimes due to company needs and you are going to run it - are
fear, sometimes because of arrogance, and you ready? Three weeks later he walks in, fires
sometimes due to good ‘ole incompetence. This the President, the VP of Sales, calls a company
is not however an excuse for failing - indeed, the meeting and says to everyone “Joe’s the boss, I
great ones already know the answer will be no, don’t want to hear anything about it, do what he
but they are 3 or 4 moves ahead of it figuring says” and leaves.
out how to turn that no into a yes. (Side note - I
want to thank Nicholas and Summer for helping You are all on stage every minute - people are
relearn this old nugget.) listening and watching - make the most out of
that spotlight when it shines on you.
Yes - Guys like me are still learning.
Thank you for the award, and thank you for
listening.
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2018 NATIONAL MEETING
Phi Chi Theta Educational Foundation
The Phi Chi Theta Educational Foundation was well-represented at the National Meeting. We
learned a lot from the presentations and enjoyed sharing our story with the delegates who were
present. We even made some money from our raffle ticket sales and t-shirt sales, which will fund our
operating expenses for the next year. However, for us, the highlight of the meeting was the Awards
Ceremony. When it was almost concluded, the Trustees of the Foundation were called up for an
unexpected honor. Gary Hodge, President of the Phi Chi Theta Fraternity, presented the Foundation
with our largest single donation to date: a large check for $50,000. The Trustees were so grateful
to receive this donation from the Fraternity and to take over the scholarship program completely.
Along with the $50,000 check was a promise for an additional $1,000 to fund the scholarship for the
first year. We cannot thank Gary Hodge and the 2016-2018 Fraternity Executive Board enough for
making it happen. The amount will be split into two separate funds for scholarships in the names of
Helen D Snow and Anna E Hall. Because of the generosity of the Fraternity, these scholarships are
fully endowed, which means they will be self-sustaining. We will be awarding future scholarships out
of the interest earned off the $25,000 principal in each account.
The Foundation is a separate entity from the Phi Chi Theta Fraternity. We are a 501(c)3 non-
profit organization established to provide scholarships and educational programs to Phi Chi Theta
Fraternity Members and Chapters. The Fraternity’s mission is to provide daily operational support
and governing over the Phi Chi Theta Fraternity. The two organizations clearly have different and
separate missions. However, the missions are aligned in that both organizations serve Phi Chi Theta
Fraternity members. Because of the generosity of the Fraternity, the Foundation will be able to do
that better than we ever have before.
However, we would be remiss if we also didn’t thank all of you, our members, friends, family and
businesses. The Foundation would not exist if we did not have Phi Chi Theta members to serve. We
would not be able to operate without volunteer Trustees who serve on our board. The Foundation
could not complete its mission if not for the donations we receive from all of you. And we wouldn’t
have winners to award the scholarships to, if no one applied for them. We thank the Fraternity
for helping make us more successful than ever. The future is looking bright for the Phi Chi Theta
Educational Foundation, and we look forward to continuing the progress we have made. Thanks to
the Fraternity, especially Gary Hodge and the 2016-2018 Executive Board, and all of you, we are off
to a great start!
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CHAPTER AWARD WINNERS!!!
Phi Chi Theta supports an environment where member and chapter participation is recognized
and superior performance is rewarded. Congratulations to our 2017-2018 and biennium award
recipients.
CHAPTER GROWTH AWARD
This award is presented annually to a Chapter in each Region that has shown the greatest
percentage increase in membership for the year based on membership and initiation reports
submitted to the National Office. The winners were presented with a certificate from the
National Office and a monetary award.
Central Region – Alpha Upsilon – 27.3%
Western Region – Zeta Pi – 48.5%
Eastern Region – Zeta Zeta– 285.7%
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AWARD
This award is presented to one chapter nationwide annually that exemplifies the spirit of
communication and cooperation. This chapter has honored all deadlines set forth in the
Calendar of Due Dates and has done an exceptional job in communicating with the National
Office. The winner is selected by the Executive Director and will be presented with a certificate
from the National Office and a monetary award.
Beta Chi Chapter
University of Tennessee at Martin
Martin, TN - Eastern Region
CHAPTER PERFORMANCE AWARDS
Points are awarded from items completed on the Calendar of Due Dates. The items must be
completed and submitted to the National Office by the deadline posted on the calendar in
order to receive the points. There are base points and the chapters can also earn bonus points
in each category. This point system allows the National Office to rate the efficiency of our
chapters and it infuses a healthy spirit of competition between our chapters.
The Awards presented at the 2018 National Meeting were based on a chapter performance
from 2017-2018. Top chapters in each region were given special recognition.
Annual awards include the “Fraternity Spirit & Cooperation Award”, “Business Ideals Award”,
“Financial Management Award” and the “Membership Recruitment & Development Award”.
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“FRATERNITY SPIRIT & COOPERATION AWARD”
Points were awarded for submitting documents such as the National & Regional Meeting
Reports, Founders’ Day Report, Professional Development Report, National Make a Difference
Day Report, submitting IRIS articles and for good communication skills with their Regional
Director.
Minimum points for recognition in this category: Collegiate (160) and Alumni (120).
Chapters receiving special recognition in this category are:
• Central Region – Epsilon Gamma (160)
• Eastern Region – Alpha Mu (178), Zeta Nu (196), Alpha Iota & Alpha Omega (197) 2-way
tie
The chapter with the highest number of points in this category received the Excellence Award.
They are:
• Eastern Region – Beta Chi (199)
• Central Region – Zeta Eta (200)
• Western Region – Denver Alumni (180)
“BUSINESS IDEALS AWARD”
Points are awarded for submitting documents such as the chapter officer list, membership list,
calendar, graduate lists, updated Bylaws and conducting officer training.
Minimum points for recognition in this category: Collegiate (220) and Alumni (120).
Chapters receiving special recognition in this category are:
• Central Region – Epsilon Gamma (220) and Epsilon Phi (240)
The chapter with the highest number of points in this category received the Excellence Award.
They are:
• Eastern Region – Alpha Iota, Alpha Mu, Alpha Omega, Beta Chi & Zeta Nu (260) 5-way
tie
• Central Region – Zeta Eta (250)
• Western Region – Zeta Omicron (260)
• Western Region – Denver Alumni Chapter (150)
“FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AWARD”
Points are awarded for paying fees on time, submitting an annual budget, conducting an
annual audit and making a contribution to the Foundation.
Minimum points for recognition in this category: Collegiate (140) and Alumni (140).
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Chapters receiving special recognition in this category are:
• Eastern Region – Alpha Iota, Alpha Mu, Alpha Omega & Zeta Nu (150) 4-way tie
The chapter with the highest number of points in this category received the Excellence Award.
They are:
• Western Region – Zeta Omicron (150)
• Central Region – Epsilon Gamma, Epsilon Phi & Zeta Eta (150) 3-way tie
• Eastern Region – Beta Chi (190)
• Western Region –Denver Alumni Chapter (190)
“MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT & DEVELOPMENT AWARD”
Points are awarded for holding RUSH each semester, submitting pledge & initiation lists,
applying for scholarships and holding alumni activities.
Minimum points for recognition in this category: Collegiate (160) and Alumni (80).
Chapters receiving special recognition in this category are:
• Eastern Region – Zeta, Delta Sigma & Zeta Lambda (160) 3-way tie; Alpha Iota, Alpha
Omega (180) 2-way tie; Beta Chi (190) & Zeta Nu (200)
• Central Region – Zeta Gamma (160) & Zeta Xi (170)
The chapter with the highest number of points in this category received the Excellence Award.
They are:
• Western Region – Zeta Omicron (170)
• Central Region – Epsilon Gamma, Epsilon Phi & Zeta Eta (180) 3-way-tie
• Eastern Region – Alpha Mu (220)
2016-2018 BIENNIUM AWARDS
Biennium Awards are the combined award points from the biennium (2014-2016). If the
chapter achieves 85% of the minimum points for the two years, they receive recognition in the
respective categories:
“Candle of Knowledge Award” – Minimum points for recognition in this category: Collegiate
(1156) and Alumni (850):
• Eastern Region – Zeta Kappa (1180), New York Beta (1197), Zeta Nu (1308) & Zeta
(1333)
• Central Region – Delta Xi (1160), Alpha Upsilon (1250) & Zeta Epsilon (1295)
• Western Region – Delta Chi (1156) & Beta Theta (1260)
“Ship of Achievement Award” – Minimum points for recognition in this category: Collegiate
(1360) and Alumni (1000):
• Eastern Region – Alpha Mu (1375), Alpha Iota (1417) & Alpha Omega (1553)
• Central Region – Zeta Xi (1400), Epsilon Gamma (1485), Epsilon Phi (1500) & Zeta Eta
(1510)
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• Western Region – Zeta Omicron (1470)
• Western Region – Denver Alumni Chapter (1065)
“Chapter Aspiration Award” – Minimum points for recognition in this category: Collegiate
(1581) and Alumni (1241):
• Eastern Region – Beta Chi (1638)
“Phi Chi Theta Chapter of Excellence Award” – Minimum points for recognition in this
category: Collegiate (1860) and Alumni (1460):
• None
OTHER AWARDS PRESENTED AT THE 2018 NATIONAL MEETING
ALUMNI HALL OF FAME
The Phi Chi Theta Alumni Hall of Fame Award recipient will be selected every other year on the
basis of the nominee’s lifetime contributions to the National Chapter and Alumni Chapters and
outstanding accomplishments in other professional, honorary, and/or community
organizations.
Gary Hodge
Philadelphia Alumni Chapter/Life Member – Eastern Region
NAOMI SATTERFIELD ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Phi Chi Theta Naomi Satterfield Alumni Achievement Award is awarded to an alum based
on the nominee’s LIFETIME professional, civic and career achievements.
Annette Stewart
New York Alumni Chapter/Life Member – Eastern Region
NATIONAL KEY AWARD
The Phi Chi Theta National Key Award recipient is selected at every National Chapter Meeting
on the basis of the nominee’s contributions to the local Phi Chi Theta chapter; collegiate,
civic, and career achievements while attaining his/her baccalaureate (or masters) degree. The
nominee must be a recipient of their local chapter’s Key Award. Nominations may be made by
any chapter. The selection is made by a committee appointed by the National President. The
winner was presented with an award from the National Office.
Valtteri Salomaki – Zeta Omicron Chapter
Western Region
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PRESIDENT’S AWARD OF MERIT
This award is presented to any individual member in recognition of outstanding service to Phi
Chi Theta. The service can be rendered at the local, regional or national level. The honoree
is selected by the National President and will be presented with a certificate by the National
Office. Nominations will not be accepted for this award. This award debuted at the 2016
National Meeting.
Jay Cho
Life Member – Western Region
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Have you heard about the
National Mentoring Program?
Next Sign-ups for the Spring
Semester begin February 12th!
Read One of Our Success Stories
In my first semester of sophomore year, I was fortunate enough to be paired up with Michele
De La Rosa as a Phi Chi Theta alumni mentor. I apply to the mentorship program every year
and although I had great mentors before and after Michele, our mentor-mentee relationship
has definitely stood out as a very special one. In our initial interaction, Michele was very
detailed and I learned a lot about her background in the financial industry as well as her per-
sonal interests and passions. We clicked right away as we were both previous girl scouts and
passionate about being involved in women empowerment organizations or activities. During
the internship topic week of the mentorship program, I mentioned to her I was looking for a
summer internship as a software developer and she recommended JP Morgan’s Tech Analyst
Program and got the ball rolling for me. Although they were looking for juniors at the time, I
still managed to get an interview as a sophomore thanks to Michele. I didn’t get the internship
that year, but I learned a lot from the process and got work experience elsewhere and so when
I reapplied to the position junior year, I would be more prepared. Going into junior year, I knew
I wanted to try for JP Morgan’s Tech Analyst Program again and applied pretty early in the
recruiting season and secured the internship this time. Michele and I kept in contact through-
out this process and she gave me great advice on what I should improve or work on and
encouragement in my career advancement. When I started my job last summer in New York,
we were able to contact each other through Skype for business and talked a bit. As a senior
looking back at my progression through my college career, I can attribute a lot of the opportu-
nities I had to Michele and I am very thankful for her willingness to help.
By Ivorine Do, Zeta Chapter
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Updated: October 30, 2018
*UPDATED* Phi Chi Theta Region Maps
WA MT ND MN VT ME
OR ID WY SD WI NY
NE NH
IA MI MA
KS MO RI
IL IN OH PA CT
NJ
NV UT CO DE
MD
CA KY WV VA
AZ NM OK AR TN NC
TX MS
SC
LA AL GA
Western Region FL
Central-Southern Region
Great Lakes Region Great Lakes Region
Eastern Region
Collegiate Chapters DELTA XI- Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Alumni Chapters EPSILON GAMMA- Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
National Office EPSILON PHI- Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
ZETA BETA- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Western Region ZETA EPSILON- Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
ZETA ETA- Indiana University, Bloomington, Bloomington, IN
BETA THETA- Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX ZETA LAMBDA- Ohio University, Athens, OH
DELTA MU- University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX ZETA MU- Miami University, Oxford, OH
DELTA CHI- California State University, Chico, Chico, CA ZETA NU- Ohio State University, Columbus OH
ZETA OMICRON- University of CA, Riverside, Riverside, CA DETROIT ALUMNI- Detroit, MI
ZETA PI- University of Washington, Seattle, WA GRAND RAPIDS ALUMNI- Grand Rapids, MI
DALLAS ALUMNI- Dallas, TX
DENVER ALUMNI- Denver, CO Eastern Region
HOUSTON ALUMNI- Houston, TX
NEW YORK BETA- New York University, New York, NY
Central Southern Region ZETA- Boston University, Boston, MA
ALPHA IOTA- Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
ALPHA UPSILON- Bradley University, Peoria, IL ALPHA MU- University of Maryland, College Park, MD
BETA CHI- University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN ALPHA OMEGA- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
GAMMA TAU- University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL DELTA SIGMA- James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
ZETA GAMMA- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL ZETA ZETA- Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
ZETA XI- Drake University, Des Moines, IA ZETA KAPPA- Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
ZETA RHO- University of South Florida, Tampa, FL NEW YORK ALUMNI- New York, New York
ATLANTA ALUMNI- Atlanta, GA PHILADELPHIA ALUMNI- Philadelphia, PA
CHICAGO ALUMNI- Chicago, IL WASHINGTON D.C. ALUMNI- Washington D.C.
MADISON ALUMNI- Madison, WI
MARTIN ALUMNI- Martin, TN
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Phi Chi Theta Welcomes New Chapter
On Sunday September 30th, 2018, the Zeta Rho Chapter was officially installed at the University of South Florida in
Tampa, Florida. To our chapter, being a founding member goes beyond the honor of having each of our names simply
printed on a charter. It means being a part of history at the University of South Florida and inciting a change that the
Muma College of Business so desperately needs. With the energy and excitement surrounding business fraternities
lacking, Phi Chi Theta will be known as the organization that stepped in and provoked change. In turn, being able to
call ourselves the founding members of this organization will enable us to leave our legacy both within the college of
business and the university as a whole.
As previously stated, the desire to start a chapter at the University of South Florida stems from the lack of energy
surrounding business fraternities within the Muma College of Business. On campus, these organizations have been
virtually non-existent and many business students do not know of the great benefits, opportunities, and experiences
that being a part of a business fraternity can offer. Our goal is to change that stigma. By focusing on our three pillars:
Professionalism, Philanthropy, and Social, we want to create an organization that appeals to all aspects of the college
experience. In doing so, we believe that we can serve as the catalysts for change at our university.
More importantly, becoming a part of Phi Chi Theta means becoming a
part of a prestigious organization. As a result of this, we will make it an
honor for students to be a part of our chapter and be able to represent
our letters on campus. Many of the other business fraternities at USF
struggle to recruit talented students, so they end up offering membership
to quite literally every single student that is interested. Our chapter will
take a significantly different approach. We will carefully pick out the
students who we feel best demonstrate the characteristics necessary to
be able to call themselves a Phi Chi Theta. From this, we will ensure that
our organization is full of the most talented and success hungry students
within the Muma College of Business.
As a whole, our desire to start the Zeta Rho chapter will hopefully lead
to a revamped professional business fraternity system at our university.
We aim to increase the energy surrounding business fraternities within
the Muma College of Business and in turn aim to create a better learning
environment for both current and prospective business students.
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ALPHA MU
On October 12th, 2018, Phi Chi Theta’s Alpha Mu chapter at the University of Maryland hosted A
Night Zaching Against Cancer. The night consisted of several key speakers, a raffle, and live jazz
music.
The Zaching Against Cancer Foundation provides support for cancer patients, family members, and
caregivers that are affected by the disease. Zaching runs the Little Things Program which funds
small efforts, such as an Uber ride to the hospital, to help families and patients of cancer. The foun-
dation was founded by Zach Lederer before he passed away from brain cancer in 2014.
Each Fall semester the Alpha Mu chapter holds a fundraiser for the Zaching Against Cancer
Foundation in honor of Zach Lederer. Many Phi Chi Theta alumni attended the University of
Maryland in the same years as Zach and are personally connected to the cause. Our fundraising
efforts for the night raised over $1,500, all of which was donated to the Foundation.
Phi Chi Theta, Alpha Mu is proud to continuously support the Zaching Against Cancer Foundation
and dedicate a day of our semester to remember Zach.
CHAPTER NOTICE: DROPBOX CLEAN OUT
To make more space in Dropboxes, Nationals will be doing a cleanout of your
chapter’s Dropbox and will be deleting files from prior years. If you would like
to save copies of all old files, please make copies prior to December 1st.
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This year, we were able to bring in 9 different companies
who were recruiting for both full-time and internship
positions across many industries. Among these
companies were Unilever, KPMG, Kohl’s, and Fitch
Ratings. We were also grateful to have some of our own
alumni at ACE representing their companies, including
one of our chapter’s founding members!
ALPHA OMEGA It is great to see that the connection to PCT is still strong
years after leaving college. We believed the event to be
The Alpha Omega Chapter of Phi Chi Theta recently hosted a success as our brothers and sisters, along with other
our Annual Corporate Expo (ACE) for our third consecutive Rutgers students were able to engage with company
year! This event was created because of an idea from recruiters and have more one-on-one time to network
one of our alum, who thought that it would be beneficial and learn about the opportunities. These past 3 years of
to create a smaller, more intimate version of a career fair hosting ACE have been great for our chapter, so we plan
so students can network with many companies in a more on continuing to develop and grow ACE as one of our
personal manner. signature corporate events every fall semester.
BETA CHI https://findgreek.com/phichitheta
Beta Chi spent much of spring reaching out of the Phi Chi Theta is the exclusive owner of its trademarks. In order
business college and partnering across campus. to safeguard the appropriate use of our federally registered
trademarks and to guarantee quality products, Phi Chi Theta is one
Members competed and took first place at UT Martins of many Greek organizations that have entered into a trademark
“Around the World in Ate Plates” a cooking contest licensing agreement with Affinity Consultants. All commercial
sponsored by housing and international organizations. use of Phi Chi Theta’s trademarks must be administered through a
Beta Chi was assigned French Cuisine and decided to license agreement with Phi Chi Theta.
make Croque Monsieur Ham and Cheese Sandwiches We encourage members of Phi Chi Theta to support our
and crepes. It was an evening of good food, friends, and organization and buy exclusively from officially licensed Phi Chi
a cultural food tour through several countries. Theta vendors. All official vendors are screened for high quality
products and good customer service.
The chapter also worked on service hours by writing
letters to orphans in Nepal and Kenya for a local non-
profit, Letters in Motion, that raises literacy awareness
and provides literacy kits and supplies to aid in the
education of the many children that are part of the
program. Members got into decorating their letters with
drawing and stickers in hopes the children would find
them special. Beta Chi members are looking forward to
sending more letters this year.
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distribution firm. They offer
many internships to our
organization and helps
out a lot in our marketing
department. Sherwin
Williams is a paint and
paint supply seller and
distributor who also gives
a lot of our member’s
sales trainee opportunities.
Sherwin Williams helps
a lot as well by coming
in and speaking to our
DELTA CHI organization in preparation
for job interviews and
Each semester, the Delta Chi chapter hosts transitioning to the after
a sponsorship mixer to celebrate and get to graduation world. CED
know our wonderful sponsors and give them has been our sponsor for
opportunities to speak with the membership the longest amount of time
about potential career opportunities. Delta and they come and speak
Chi takes pride in its relationship building with to us every semester as
various members of the community and the well, giving us a lot of
sponsorship program does just that. Our event great insight about the
was hosted after the Chico State Career Fair business world around us
so that the sponsors wouldn’t have to travel and how we can become
back to Chico for this event and there would be our most successful and
no inconveniences for them. It was a perfect professional selves.
time to let them invite other students they were
interested in that they met at the career fair, as The members of Delta Chi thrive in any
well as building a better relationship and meeting opportunity they are given to expand their
members of Phi Chi Theta that had other tasks to knowledge and speak with recruiters to seek
accomplish during the career fair. This ensured potential opportunities. We are thrilled to have
everyone had a chance to meet our sponsors a great sponsorship program that is put on
and could showcase their professional skills. by the sponsorship director. The sponsorship
directors’ job is to create a welcoming
It was set up in four different tables so that each atmosphere for our sponsors to feel like family
recruiter from their individual company could and to trust that Delta Chi has the best first
have a full display and space to speak with each choice candidates for any job or internship
student one on one. We provided cold brew position they need filled.
coffee and various appetizers to set the mood By: Vania Esqueda & Kyle Reise
for the mixer. The event had a large turnout
including members from the community as well
as majority of our membership, who showed up Brothers and Sisters of Phi
to learn more about these four great companies. Chi Theta are eligible to
Our four sponsors are TekSystems, CED receive discounts on hotels
(Consolidated Electrical Distributors), Young’s and car rentals.
Market Company, and Sherwin Williams. Email:
TekSystems is an IT service management [email protected]
company that many of our chapter’s project to request the pass code
management majors take interest in. On the
marketing perspective a lot of interest is found
in Young’s Market Company which is an alcohol https://travel.localhospitality.com/pct/travel-pct.html
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EPSILON PHI GAMMA TAU
This fall our service committee organized a The Gamma Tau Chapter at the University of
business bowl football tournament between Montevallo participated as volunteers in the
fellow business organizations to raise proceeds Talladega Superspeedway Race Weekend
for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Special thanks for the second year in a row. This fundraising
to our service committee and chairwoman, Anna effort coordinated this year by Fundraising
Czapski, for making this event one to remember! Chair, Margeaux Souter, raises over $1,000
Our Phi Chi Theta family showed great teamwork for the chapter each year. As the only chapter
on the field all while having fun and bringing in Alabama, Gamma Tau is grateful for the
together the East Lansing community! opportunity to represent Phi Chi Theta in this
unique fundraising event for years to come
ZETA EPSILON
This semester, the Zeta Epsilon chapter of Grand Valley State University has worked extremely
hard in the recruitment process, utilizing social media and marketing as some of our biggest assets.
In today’s modern society, it is important to understand that social media is more than likes and
comments, it’s networking and branding. It can have a huge effect on any organization or business
and has the ability to reach hundreds of thousands of people daily. With many seniors graduating in
April, we knew we had to step up our recruitment process and what better way to do that than social
media? We also incorporated a “Rush Week” this semester and held events, social and professional,
every week night for a week and a half. To promote this and to make it successful, we handed out
flyers and posted on all social media platforms daily. The key to increasing activity within these
posts and enhancing them to influence more and more people is to stay consistent and have active
members share each post. By doing this, our social media platforms are becoming more widespread
and interactive. Additionally, our website has been completely remodeled and now has a more
modern, unique feel to it! By utilizing and directing our focus on social media and marketing this
semester, our recruitment process was less overwhelming and very successful!
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ZETA ETA
This semester our rush director, Megan Rodgers,
spent months putting together the most extensive
rush process this chapter has ever seen. With what
began with our video https://youtu.be/R8Ywhnlw0_k
turned into 16 more events than usual!
What were those 16 events? Twelve of them were
unofficial marketing events sponsored by either the
business school, our chapter, or other business fra-
ternities. We were able to pass out over 700 business
cards and 25 flyers.
The other four were our usual rush events which
include a case competition, info night, philanthropy
night, and dinner with the actives. What made this
year so special is our sponsor! Macy’s decided to
sponsor us this semester and we were able to put
their logo on all of our rush materials.
ZETA LAMBDA
We had 20 teams of 4 people participate plus an audience! I would say around 100-120 people
overall! We raised around $450 for testicular cancer research. We were hoping to raise more,
however our venue charged us more than we were anticipating for the meatball catering. Due to
this, next year we are thinking about reserving a classroom for free and having a different restaurant
cater the contest so we have a higher donation compared to what we collect from people. This was
overall a great event that both members of Phi Chi Theta and other students not in our organization
attended!
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ZETA MU The Zeta Mu chapter of Phi Chi Theta pledging process. For our recruitment process, we held
had a great fall recruitment for 2018! two information sessions and invite any interested PNM
We gave out a total of 19 bids, with to come and learn the basics about our chapter, with an
17 accepting and continuing onto the open question and answer section at the end to ensure
everyone interested in rushing knows exactly what
Photo from left to right is Clio Spada, Elle Dovovan, goes into being a member of Phi Chi. After the infor-
and Alyssa Skopick mation sessions, we held what we call “Formal Meet
the Chapter”, a highly structured event where PNMs
filter through the room, talking to 6-7 members for a set
amount of time. This event is mandatory to move on
to our first-round interviews. For those who score high
enough after the first interviews, we had an “Informal
Meet the Chapter”, a more casual event where the
remaining PNMs come, eat pizza, and talk to members
in a more relaxed environment. Finally, the recruit-
ment process ends with second round interviews. The
Saturday morning after these interviews, our chapter
met bright and early for decisions. After a few hours of
lively debate, we came away with our bid list! Overall,
this was an extremely successful recruitment season;
our newest pledge class is one of our most diverse yet,
and we are all excited to see them work through the
pledge process.
Recruitment chair, junior Mackenzie Kelly said,
“Recruitment, in my opinion, is one of the most exciting
times for our fraternity. As a chapter, all of our brothers
and sisters really come together to recruit our next set
of members. Every year we see increasing talent in the
people who come to Ohio State and decide to rush our
fraternity. This semester was no exception. I am already
so excited to have this new pledge class and I cannot
wait to see all that they achieve in Phi Chi Theta.”
ZETA NU As a chapter, we are so proud to have selected these
23 individuals to begin a process where they will grow
The Zeta Nu Chapter at The Ohio State not only professionally, but also personally. “I’m really
University is proud to announce the excited to see the pledges continual growth throughout
induction of 23 pledges this fall. As the the semester. It’s only been a couple of weeks and I
largest pledge class in chapter history, can already see a huge difference in them, especially
the Lambdas have shown ambition, with not being afraid to get up and speak in front of
leadership, and integrity through both the others,” said Pledge Educator, senior Kian Worcester.
rush process and their pledging semester. We look forward to helping them accomplish their goals
through not only the pledging semester, but also hope
to fully initiate them into the incredible experience that
is Phi Chi Theta.
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This past summer, our very own Valterri Salomaki was
recognized at the National Chapter Conference in Wichita,
Kansas where our Zeta Omicron chapter President Jaslyn Pe
represented us. The Phi Chi Theta National Key Award was
awarded to Valterri on the basis of the nominee’s contributions to
our local Phi Chi Theta chapter, Zeta Omicron, and his collegiate,
civic, and career achievements while attaining his baccalaureate
degree at the University of California, Riverside. Only one person
is recognized at the national level by Phi Chi Theta, and to be
considered eligible for it, one must have received the National
Key Award at the chapter level, which Valterri also got awarded
and recognized for at Zeta Omicron’s End of the Year Banquet
Ceremony in the Spring of 2017. Nominations can be made by
any chapter. The selection is made by a committee appointed
by the National President and the winner was presented with
an award from the National Office. On behalf of the entire Zeta
Omicron chapter, we are very proud of Valterri Salomaki and are
grateful for the national recognition!
Photo from left to right is Jaselyn Pe and Valtierri Salomaki
ZETA OMICRON
ZETA XI
Photos: The Zeta Xi chapter at Drake University prides itself on
Above is Amelia Quek involvement within the community. We focus on educating Drake
Below is Max Zuag, Zach Heller, and University on what we do as a chapter as well as contributing
Mary Piegors back to the greater Des Moines Area by volunteering at local
shelters. With our esteemed alumni circle growing exponentially,
we are able to reach multiple different cities which provides more
opportunities for current Zeta Xi members to get internships
and jobs. The growing knowledge of Zeta Xi chapter within
Drake University lead to the acceptance of many intelligent
new members. Fall 2018 our recruitment was one of the most
fulfilling yet, with the acceptance of 13 new pledges. To show
what Zeta Xi chapter is all about, many different activities where
provided during recruitment week. Potential new members got
a sweet taste of Phi Chi Theta at the ice cream social as well
as an exhilarating scavenger hunt that kept them on their toes.
Towards the end of recruitment week, potential new members
got to relax by Grey’s Lake and discuss, with current members,
all the opportunities that Zeta Xi chapter can provide. At the end
of the week, the potential new members showed professionalism
and sophistication in their interviews. This lend to us welcoming
13 well-rounded and bright new members. We are enthusiastic
too see what the new pledge class can contribute to the Zeta Xi
chapter.
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