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University of Iowa Phi Gamma Delta March 2013 Edition

PHI GAMMA DELTA

THE FRATERNITY OF

Mu Deuteron of the University

of Iowa

“Not for college days

alone”

The Mu Deuteron Ledger

Active brothers of the University of Iowa

Mu Deuteron Chapter , Phi Gamma Delta (a number of brothers are not shown)

Back row (left to right): Tucker Muth (2016), Grant Hollbrook (2016), Calvin Stermer (2016), Ben Hagedorn (2014), Bradley

Stimple (2016), Nathaniel Gaston (2016), Scott Quinby (2016)

Third row (left to right): Gregory Branson (2014), Quentin Misiag (2016), Alex Dawe (2015), Ethan Augustine (2014), Alex Pim

(2013), Alex Combs (2015), Daniel Waller (2016)

Second row (left to right): Henry Seidlin (2015), Peter Zlotnicki (2015), Brandon Tempte (2013), Joseph Berman (2013), Joey

Rusch (2014), Cody Frank (2015)

Front row (left to right): Alex Kirk (2015), Nick Eliason (2014), Nicholas Niemiec (2015), Varun Nath (2015), Caleb Gingerich

(2014), Zachary Alderman (2014), Derek Edwards (2014)


Recruitment Chairman (Bradley Stimple, 2016) Hometown: Naperville, IL

Brothers,

My name is Bradley Stimple and I am currently serving as the Spring 2013

Recruitment Chairman for Phi Gamma Delta’s Mu Deuteron chapter. Originally from

Naperville, Illinois, I feel incredibly fortunate that during my first year on campus, I

have been able to get involved in great organizations including Phi Gamma Delta,

Alpha Kappa Psi and UI Dance Marathon.

I am working toward an Accounting degree and hopefully a second degree in an

undetermined field. While scholarship is a top priority, it goes hand in hand with

serving as Recruiting chair. Meeting new people both in the residence halls and in

class has allowed me to begin to develop a base of contacts to recruit new members

from. Thanks in part to the help of my fraternity brothers; we were able to recruit

seven wonderful new members for our Spring 2013 class. To me, this signals a great

start and an encouraging sign of things to come! I look forward to continue recruiting

members this spring as well as over the summer so we can hopefully have at least 7-

10 men with bids in their hands before formal recruitment even begins in the fall. As

part of that, the chapter is reaching out to you, the graduate brothers, for help. If you

know of young men that will be or are considering attending the UI in the fall, please

send us their contact information so we can see if they have what it takes to be a Phi

Gam! I look forward to a great rest of the semester and hope to continue to grow our

chapter in a positive manner, with the right individuals.

I am willing to answer any questions or concerns you may have and I encourage you

to contact me via email at [email protected]

A few words from our President (Nicholas Niemiec, 2015)

Hometown: Saint Charles, IL

Leaps and bounds have been taken this school year, and the Mu

Deuteron chapter now faces its most difficult task: recruitment. Building the size

of our chapter is essential, and one of the top priorities of our cabinet is to grow

a substantial amount by the time we travel to Fiji Academy in January of 2014.

Re-chartering in October was just the beginning, and since then we have set

ourselves up to be very successful as a growing chapter. Recruitment chair

Bradley Stimple has done an excellent job, and we now have seven pledges

seeking membership this semester. “Persistence and accountability” is our motto

this year, and this will play a role in our constant search for quality men as we

seek to grow 365 days a year. The undergraduates of the Mu Deuteron chapter

want to leave our mark, and do so by building a chapter that will be around for

generations to come.

mailto:[email protected]


Corrections and Calendar Changes:

Even Phi Gams Make mistakes, here is where we admit to them!

By Zach Alderman (2014)

[email protected]

Unfortunately due to budget and scheduling restrictions, we regret to inform the graduate brothers

that contrary to our prior newsletter, we will not be able to hold a Pig Dinner this semester. It is always

disappointing when a plan does not come together like it was supposed to, but it also provides an

opportunity for learning and growth. We believe this to be a lesson learned, and will strive to provide you

graduates with only the most up to date information with firm planning behind it. We look forward to

working with the graduate base on coordinating a successful Pig Dinner in the Coming school year.

A Focus on Recruitment:

New members don’t materialize out of thin air, they come from

knowing the right people.

By Zach Alderman (2014)

[email protected]

It cannot be stressed enough that recruitment is a group effort, both by the current undergraduate

chapter, as well as the graduate base. The formal rush system is great for getting people who know they

want to go Greek. That being said, many of the best candidates or membership may slip through the

cracks because they view formal rush as too strenuous or time consuming and don’t really know if they

will find a chapter that fits them. If you know of any young men that will be attending the University that

could be a great addition to our chapter, please contact Brad Stimple ([email protected]) with

their information and we will make sure to see if they could be the next great member of our chapter!

Fellow brothers,

My name is Calvin Stermer and as a freshman from Campbell, California, I serve

as the fraternity’s current Fundraising Chairman. Among my goals for this and the

following semester include the raising of at least $2,500. I am happy to report that I

am well on my way with $1,000 pledged thus far!

The money fundraised will go towards three different fraternity aspects: the

scholarship fund, recruitment effort, and the annual Norris Pig Dinner.

If you have absolutely any questions or comments regarding fraternal fundraising

efforts, please feel free to contact me at [email protected].

Fundraising Chairman (Calvin Stermer, 2016) Hometown: Campbell, CA


Graduate Brother News

1982 UI Phi Gam helps kick-start Mu Deuteron

Alumni Rush Fund

By Tim Eliason (1982)

[email protected]

Highlights

The Mu Deuteron

chapter’s Fall 2012

grade point average was

2.8/4.0, placing them .3

of a percentage above

the University of Iowa

average.

During the 2013 Spring

Pledge Semester, 7 new

probationary members

were welcomed into the

chapter.

On Oct. 8, 2012, the Mu

Deuteron chapter re-

chartered at the UI, after

a four-year absence.

This year, we are

teaming up with Delta

Upsilon and Zeta Tau

Alpha for the 2013

University of Iowa Greek

Week festivities!

In celebration of UI Greek

Week 2013, the chapter

is collecting spare

change and canned food

items for the Penny Wars

and CANstruction

competitions

respectively.

Brothers, I’d like to share an example of Mu Deuteron alums working

together with the chapter to meet a critical goal. While at Pig Dinner last

year, I met the impressive members of what was then our Fiji colony

working toward chapter status. After giving a few of the brothers my best

Rush Chairman lean-in handshake and smile, we engaged in discussion

about the challenges of recruiting members without having the advantages

of being a chapter with a full house and a strong rush budget. I asked if I

could help, and they were open to whatever I could do. Thus began the

Mu Deuteron Alumni Rush Fund.

Working closely with the House Corporation and recruitment team, I began

a campaign to reach out to Iowa Fiji’s from my era to contribute to the fund

and strengthen our effort. Two great results: I re-connected with some

great friends, and together we raised over $5,000. The money is being

used to incent our new Recruitment Chairman, Brad Stimple, and his team

to meet an aggressive goal of 35 new pledges in 2013 while also covering

some event expenses. With funding comes responsibility, so we are

working closely with the chapter to map out a formal rush plan and budget

for success. With Brad’s leadership, and the critical alumni support, we

are on our way to meeting our goal. The house has six quality men in their

spring class, and has made recruitment an everyday priority for all

members. Mu Deuteron aims to have 10 more pledges signed by end of

summer, and 20 more during formal rush, which would compete with the

best fall classes on campus.

I’m proud to work with such a quality group of young men, and encourage

all of you to recommend great candidates to be part of our Iowa Fiji

tradition!

Perge!

Tim Eliason ‘82


FIJI Philanthropy Focus

Eighteen Mu Deuteron brothers set to partake in Relay for Life

By Quentin Misiag (2016)

[email protected]

As noted in our February newsletter, the current Spring 2013

semester has been targeted for a number of aggressive

philanthropic initiatives. As our concentration has narrowed in

on heightened marketing and public relation efforts in addition

to the growing number of quality, active brothers, one upcoming

charitable event has become a centerpiece of our philanthropic

focus.

This year’s one-hundredth anniversary of The American Cancer

Society’s Relay for Life event will include 18 Phi Gamma Delta

brothers, who to date have raised approximately $850. All

participants are required to raise a minimum of $100. At the

event, cancer survivors, caregivers, friends and family will all

congregate for 12 hours, honoring the continued fight against the disease.

“We're really proud of our members' involvement and that we had a large percentage sign up,”

probationary member Gregory Kordesh (2016) said. “. . . many brothers have been affected by the

disease. It's a great cause.”

Kordesh noted that the upcoming event not only aids The American Cancer Society and its many

benefactors, and it will also have a domino effect within a chapter rebuilding he believes is developing

into a strong example of a service-oriented fraternity.

Brothers Continue Planning a Sand and Stripes Volleyball Tourney

By Zachary Alderman (2014)

[email protected]

This semester Mu- Deuteron is taking what is believed to be an unprecedented step on the UI

campus and coordinating with another Fraternity in an effort to improve both Chapters’ philanthropies. We

will be working together with the Iowa Gamma Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon to put on a beach volleyball

tournament to support the USO. Due to both chapters having volleyball tournaments and the

philanthropies being scheduled on the same day, we made the offer to work with SigEp instead of

competing for players so both chapters can hopefully raise more money to support a great cause. We

have doubled our available volleyball courts and are bringing in new outside perspectives and resources

for event planning. We look forward to reporting a great turnout in out May newsletter!


We Are Online!


[email protected]

One of the things that we were still lacking in terms of social media by the time our last newsletter was

published was a website. That has now changed. We now have our own domain that is controlled by the

chapter, and the beginnings of a great website there. There are still some small additions to be made,

such as an online recruitment information submission form, and the additions of pictures, but on the

whole it is complete! We even have a page tied directly to the chapter calendar so you can see what

events we are planning and attending across campus month by month. We are also in the process of

getting a page on the site set up that will archive all newsletters so if you ever lose one you will be able to

view it. The web page is iowaphigam.org and we welcome suggestions for new pages on it or

submissions of information to place on current ones. Check it out!

Send us Your Stories!


[email protected]

We have so much that we are looking forward to sharing with our graduate brothers this semester! From

recruitment to scholarship, brotherhood events to philanthropies, and intramurals to campus involvement,

there are a multitude of great things to share with you. That being said, it is even more important that thi s

graduate letter tell the stories and successes of those who are reading it; you graduates! We encourage

all of you to send us your personal stories and we will include as many as we can in each issue of the Mu

Deuteron Ledger. Please send us anything in your lives you would like to share in your lives; career

successes, big family moments, and chance reunions with other brothers, the list goes on and on. We

hope that by acting as a conduit of this information you may be reminded of memorable moments with

other brothers you may have otherwise lost track of, and reinvigorate the attitude that Phi Gamma Delta is

not for college days alone. Looking forward to hearing from all of you!

Please submit your stories to us at: [email protected], and it will be submitted for use in the next

newsletter.

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, or criticisms, please do not hesitate to contact me,

Zachary Alderman (Corresponding Secretary) at [email protected] or 708.828.2504. I look

forward to hearing from you!


The following brothers donated to the Mu Deuteron

Alumni Rush Fund. We greatly appreciate it your gifts

and continued commitment to the Fraternity of Phi

Gamma Delta!

Scott Beaulieu

Tom Brcka

Jim Brooke

Dave Cunningham

Tom Drew

Jeff Eliason

Tim Eliason

Jeff Kammerer

Eric Mau

Matt Mausser

Jeff Neppl

Brad Nielsen

Brad Peterson

Lyndon Peterson

Tom Sanden

Fred Stines

Greg Tolander

Al Tramontina

Jeff Washburn

Mike Woody

Rich Zelvin


Congratulations to the following new probationary members

working to become a part of the Phi Gamma Delta

brotherhood!

Name Graduation Year Hometown

Jake Lentner 2016 Ham Lake, MN

Patrick Gallagher 2016 Hinsdale, IL

Daniel Waller 2016 Naperville, IL

Benjamin Svikhart 2016 Salt Lake City, UT

Gregory Kordesh 2016 Oak Park, IL

Tucker Muth 2016 Elmhurst, IL

Jackson Koellner 2016 Bettendorf, IA

Gregory Kordesh

Patrick Gallagher Benjamin Svikhart

Daniel Waller

Jake Lentner

Tucker Muth Jackson Koellner


Where is the FIJI house on the UI campus?

Our newly-renovated fraternity house is located at 303 Ellis Avenue (just up the hill from the University

of Iowa’s Art Building – West) across from the former home of Hancher Auditorium and Upper City Park

on the west-side of campus.


Make an Investment in Mu Deuteron


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The current undergraduate brothers would like to give you make an investment in the future of our

chapter if you feel so inclined. Strengthening the breadth and depth of our fundraising base is a long term

goal we have set for ourselves, and we hope you will choose take part in helping us reach that goal. We

are forever grateful to those brothers who have already taken the initiative and invested over $5,000 in

our chapter this year. We hope as the semester has progressed and you read these newsletters, follow

us on social media, and hear stories from other grad brothers; you feel we are growing into a chapter

worth supporting as we continue to move back onto campus. Thank you for your consideration and we

welcome your support!

CONSIDER A GIFT TO MU DEUTERON

I am pleased to make a contribution to the Mu Deuteron Chapter of Phi

Gamma Delta of:

$1000 $500 $250 $100 $50 $25 Other $_______

I would like my donation to be used in the following area:

________________________

Donations can be made with checks payable to Phi Gamma Delta and mailed to:

Graduate Relations - Phi Gamma Delta, 303 Ellis Ave., Iowa City, IA 52246 and include this

form.

If you have any questions or comments please send us a letter or contact Nick Eliason, 2014 at

1-925-330-9456, or by email at [email protected]

Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, 1201 Red Mile Road, Lexington, KY 40504

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