Breaking News - the Garage Restoration has Started!

On New Years Day 2010, the House Manager discovered that the Garage was being flooded from breaks in the force hot water heating system.  The first floor was pretty much decimated, while the bedroom on the upper right was also damaged as it was the room with the break.  Check out the Garage Restoration Project page to see photos of the damage and details on the project scope to bring the Garage back to service.

Work began April 4th and things are moving quickly for the full complete restoration.  Insurance will cover a large portion of the $80,000 project, but we still need support from alumni for financial support (you can get you or your class as a named donor to a Garage placque as part of the phonathon) and hands on experience for some "do-it-yourself" finishing projects.

Fall 2010 Rush - Sept 1-27, 2010

Recap of the Fall 2009 Rush Period

Brochure about NY Epsilon of SAE

2010 RPI 5-STAR Chapter

2009 RPI 5-STAR Chapter and Awards for Alumni Relations and Risk Management

2009 SAE Awards for Chapter Achievement and Runner up for Pledge Programming

2008-2009 IFC Barker Trophy Winner (Intramural Champs)

Visit the Recruitment area and call Rush Chairman J.P. Hennessey ((908) 448-9628; rush.nyep@gmail.com)
-or- Call the House at 274-1534

Read the Fall 2009 Alumni Newsletter

Fall Alumni Weekend October 16-18, 2009

Check out what we had going on this year.  Every year the third weekend in October we will be hosting our alumni weekend.  This year Bob Hammer '77 and Kevin Coons '77 are organizing for the later 1970s classes to come back and Joe Pinheiro and Dave Raphel organized the class of 1999 to return.  Here is a list of alumni whoere were back and are some photos from this year: Jim „Surf“ Owens 1968, Kevin Coons 1977, Bob Hammer 1977, Peter Siegel 1977, Richard Sherman 1977, Jeff Hathaway 1978, Richard Pond 1978, Thomas Agnes 1979, Andy Karpowich 1979, Joe Potts 1979, Frank Strenk 1979, Mark Stuhlmaker 1979, Brian Collins 1980, Dave Ho 1980, Jerry Witter 1982, Mark Murdoch 1984, Marc D’Amore 1986, Keith Dupont 1991, Matt Jeffers 1995, Mark Wilensky 1995, Rene Gonzalez 1996, James Joly 1998, Chuck Roth IV 1998, Matt Dodson 1999, Dan Folmsbee 1999, Justin Naughton 1999, Joe Pinheiro 1999, Dave Raphael 1999, Jake Skehan 1999, Mike Szczepanski 1999, Frank „Chip“ Wood 2001, John Thomas 2002, Mike Gilchrest 2007, Chris Petrino 2007, Dave Roberge 2007, Erik Saari 2007, Erik Swanson 2008, Ray Nassar 2009.  Check out the Alumni Pages for some more photos

Hopefully we all stayed clear from H1N1 news from RPI to stay germ free.

Chapter News

Pledge Educator’s Spring 2009 Report

The official end of pledging was recently marked by the initiation of twenty-two new brothers into New York Epsilon. Two Initiation Weeks were held for this class after two pledges became very ill with the flu on the first and third days of the first I-week. The older brothers all worked extremely hard and put on two excellent I-weeks back-to-back for the Fall 2008 Pledge Class.

It was a real honor to be the Pledge Educator for this group. They are all heavily involved in many different sports and campus organizations ranging from Men’s Soccer, to all three branches of ROTC, Red and White, and many other Division III and club sports. The dedication, zeal, and enthusiasm I’ve witnessed from this class are rarely paralleled and every pledge class in Sigma Alpha Epsilon should envy them. During pledging these guys refinished the basement party room walls for their class project; held a Big/Little Bro Line War competition for the brotherhood; threw their own Rumble in the Jungle theme party; and they held the most successful pledge class community service event this house has seen in a long time by raising over $200 and donating 65 hours to Joseph’s House. Most importantly through their pledging experience, these new brothers learned the value in coming together as a class and with the brotherhood as a whole.

My senior graduating class will be gone very soon, but after spending so much time with these new brothers, I can honestly say that the chapter will continue its stellar reputation on both a local and national level thanks to these new guys. My only regret is that I won’t be an undergrad long enough to witness where these guys will take the house.

Chapter Recognized by Troy City Hall for Community Service

New York Epsilon was honored by the Mayor of Troy as well as the entire City Council for the work we did on Earth Day this past spring. Brothers from our chapter went to the local cemetery to clear out brush, clean up shrubbery, reset knocked down gravestones, and clean up garbage. In addition, other brothers went to a nearby park to do similar environmental cleanup. After witnessing the character of our house and our dedication to the community, the Troy City Council invited us to City Hall on Thursday, September 04, 2008 to present us with a plaque and personally thank us for the kind deed. New York Epsilon is extremely proud to bring positive press to both the RPI Greek Community and Sigma Alpha Epsilon nationally. It is great to receive positive recognition for upholding the ideals of our fraternity and the True Gentleman. They were featured on the SAE National website and in the RPI Inside Rensselaer magazine.

Annual Alumni LAE Phonathon March 2010

We understandably fell a little short of our 2009 goal of $20,000 in collecting $17,000, but we are looking forward to 2010 for recovery and special help for the Garage Restoration Project.  We appreciate the great support financially in addition to the career networking.  Go to the Alumni Phonathon area to see past year donor lists.  Hope you will add your name to the list this year!