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Alumni Weekend 2011 News | Phonathon 2011 | Donation Funds
Our Chapter House at Scenic 12 Myrtle Avenue Fall 2011 Formal Rush/Recruitment August 31 - Sept 18
Fall Alumni Weekend October 14-16, 2011 The past two years we have seen great alumni turnout from the older classes. In 2010 the Class of 1985 made it back for their 25th anniversary and in 2009 the classes of 1977-1979 and the class of 1999 returned for their anniversaries. Their self motivation to organize their classmates return especially helped make the LAE shareholder meeting, the reception, and dinner very memorable. Photos are at the alumni page.
In 2011 we will be celebrating the 50th year of residing at Scenic 12 Myrtle Avenue and 60th of our Chartering as NY Epsilon. It will be a big banquet deal at the Crown Plaza in Albany, NY, though a weekend earlier than RPI's homecoming. Look for more details in the coming months. Relay for Life - R.P.I. April 29-30, 2011
Our Reason to Relay: The Chapter is once again participating in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life on the R.P.I campus. Our goal is to raise $2500 as a team. Please visit our team website page to see our prograss and to support our efforts. At the event, our team will camp out overnight and take turns walking around the track to raise money and awareness to help the American Cancer Society create a world with less cancer and more birthdays. Saving lives from cancer starts one team, one participant, and one dollar at a time. Check out the February 2011 Alumni Newsletter James Michael Joly '98 Passes to Chapter Eternal, January 23, 2011
James Michael Joly 9/30/1976 - 1/23/2011 It is with sad heart that we report the passing of James Michael Joly ‘98. As an undergraduate, James served as Rush Chairman and Eminent Archon for two semesters. He was instrumental in making the bylaws a living document and revamped the Goals and Standards committee operations to encourage excellence in chapter officer leadership. As an alumnus he continued supporting the Chapter with his time, money, and dream sharing. Professionally, he was highly successful with his career in Web/IT, co-authoring a book "Early Adopter Curl" in 2001 and founding the software firm Unifact in 2005. For the past three years he served as Chief Technology Officer at Virtu Financial in Manhattan. His extroverted and caring personalityreached beyond the walls of the chapter as he had an impact in his professional and external friends he made. He could always be counted on at weddings to make everyone – and I mean everyone in attendance from kids to grandmothers - enjoy the evening. Erik Anderson '97 has posted the eulogy he gave at the memorial service on February 19, 2011. Many alumni from across the country and years came together for a memorial and celebration weekend in Boston. A few alumni from Jame’s era are working to establish an appropriate memorial endowment fund to remember and perpetuate the ideals and zeal that James had for the chapter and individual leadership. We will be rolling out the James Michael Joly Zeal Fund in time for the LAE Phonathon.
The large cross section group of alumni at JamesFest in Boston with Jame's father - February 20, 2011 Pledges Retake Lip Synch Crown - December 2010 The Fall 2010 pledge class was 20 members strong. They were initiated on February 4, 2011, bringing NYEP ever closer to the 1000th initiate level. The class had a great pledge period, with one of the highlights being recapturing the Lip Synch crown. Not since the peldge class of 2007 was that done (though we've been close in the interim). Their rendition can be seen on YouTube (SAE Lip Synch Fall 2010). From beginning to end they made use of the entire pledge class.
The Fall 2010 Pledge Class after winning the Lip Synch competition Recent Accolades
Chapter News Eminent Archon Steve Knapp '10 makes the SAE Record magazine in an article on Leadership SAE Brothers and the Chapter make articles in "Inside Rensselaer"
The Garage Restoration is done! 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. 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. We did have great support from classes and recognized brothers during the fall alumni weekend Oct 15-17. Reconstruction work began April 4th and things were moving quickly. However, beginning May 1, we had a bit of a setback for two months while we worked out a snafu with the buidling permit and requirements for fire safety. In early July we got our permit and work has rapidly progressed to get us done in time for fall Work Week. Annual Alumni LAE Phonathon April 3-5, 2011 LAst year's phonathon was a great success, pertly due to the awsome support for the Garage Restoration and partially due to finding a few more alumni. This year we hope to continue the success and improve our communications and connections. Join the NYEP SAE facebook and linked-in groups, as we will be making more use of them this year. We have Facebook and Linked-In groups that you can join for keeping up to date. Contact John Thomas for the Facebook Group (Student Groups/Fraternities & Sororities/SAE RPI Alumni and Active) and Kurt Spiegel for the Linkedin Sigma Alpha Epsilon - New York Epsilon group. Go to the Alumni Phonathon area to see past year donor lists. Hope you will add your name to the list this year! |
