News Archives (Spring 2005 - Fall 2006)
Another Rush Record! PA Theta Welcomes 22 New Leaders! 21 Freshmen and 1 Sophomore Our Actives prove once again that there's nothing they can't do! Submitted 10/15/06 Congratulations to last year's Rush Teams Paul Silber '06, Mike Bernabe '07, & Guy Bacco '07 in the Fall, and David Dunn '08 & Mayur Aras '08 in the Spring for winning the Headquarters' Membership Recruitment Award. The Rush Programs they developed and executed netted a record 20 new Freshmen Members (14 Fall, 6 Spring) and set the bar for all future Rush Programs. Most of their new recruits now live in the house, hold leadership positions and are driving our incredible success.
Following and even improving on their example, this Fall's Co-Rush Chairmen Kevin Haslam '10, Eli Bohemond '09, Thomas Campbell '09 just knocked it out of the park! As a core part of our culture from now on, their goal was 20 new Freshmen Pledges for the entire school year. They beat that in just the first five weeks of Fall Semester with a record 22 new pledges (21 Freshmen and 1 Sophomore) - Unbelievable! Way to go guys! Make No Mistake About It - Great Things Are Happening at PA Theta! Full Story Help us celebrate, document & illustrate the history of our great chapter! Submitted 10/15/06
Our website now contains a new version of our Chapter's History to view online or download. We've also added some great photos to the site that our alumni have submitted for our ongoing History Project. Full Story
Chapter Grand 6/26/06 Submitted 6/30/06 His myriad hobbies and interests included restoring old cars, computers, bee keeping, skiing, scuba diving, spelunking, and his favorite, the four grandchildren. He was lovingly known for his sense of humor, ability and willingness to fix anything. With an endless supply of jokes, he happily corrected anyone's mechanical mishaps. Laughter and fixed "whatchamacallits" followed him everywhere... Full Story
PA Theta wins Outstanding Fraternity! Ok, so it was in 1953 - we still won! Submitted 5/10/06 Many thanks to Bob Bowers '53 for submitting the May 1953 edition of our newsletter, The Sword and Shield, to our History project. Of course it just happened to have a photo of him on the cover as our President accepting the trophy for Outstanding Fraternity from IFC President Arthur Rosfeld '53. Thanks Bob! We'll publish the entire newsletter shortly.
JUST DID IT! Big Alumni News from Bruce Parker '49! Son Mark Parker just made CEO of NIKE! Submitted 5/10/06 by Bruce Parker '49 Thanks, you’re doing a heck of a good job! I’m glad to support efforts like yours and the others who are helping as well as the actives of PA Theta. You and your cohorts have started a remarkable turn-around that makes me proud to be a Phi. When I was at Penn Sate, just before World War II and right after, these were some of the best times of PA Theta and I’m beginning to believe they can come back for the house. The war had made changes in all of us and I think we better understood how fortunate we were and the real value of a good education and the brotherhood of the fraternity. Because of the housing shortages at Penn State, I never lived anywhere but the Phi Delta Theta house – and it was great.
I’ve seen Ross Fife '48 and his wife and daughter recently and learned of his visit with Sam Cunningham '48. You’ve featured some pictures of the brothers when I was in school recently – they all look the same, haven’t aged a bit – and it brought back lots of great memories. We’re very proud parents of Mark Parker (a Penn State graduate) who just made CEO of Nike. (His wife is Kathy Mills, another Penn State grad and all American track and cross-country star @ Penn State). We’ve also welcomed our first great granddaughter into the world in January.
Photo of the Week! Bill Straub ’90 digs deep in the photo archives for this one! Submitted 5/10/06 Chuck Butler ’89 performs a perfect layout into the hot tub while Bill Straub ’90, Chris Zalewski ’89, Steve McGowan ’90, and dates (Julie (Pry) Straub and Andrea Schiavino ’89) look on.
Rob and Todd Leo make First Team Cheerleaders! A quick update on the Chapter while we prepare for Blue-White Weekend Submitted 4/19/06 All our officers are busy writing and rehearsing their presentations for the Blue-White Stockholders Meeting while our Spring Pledge Class is getting the house in shape for the big weekend. A lot has happened since our recent progress report so I decided to put together another update.
Thanks for all your positive feedback on our website! We can't wait to see everyone this weekend! Full Story
New Rush Record! PA Theta Welcomes 21 New Members! 20 Freshmen & 1 Puppy! End-Of-Year Progress Report - PA Theta continues to kick ass on all fronts! Submitted 4/1/06 Since being elected President, I've been keeping the chapter focused on our main goals: rebuilding our membership, maximizing the capacity and filling the house, and gaining control of our finances and returning our chapter to profitability - all while enjoying a full social calendar, record participation in Philanthropic events, continued success in athletics, and having a whole lot of fun!
We're especially proud of our Rush Teams that have set a new chapter record - 20 new Pledges, all Freshmen, all very involved - many have already run and been elected to an office for next year, and most plan to live in the house next year! Full Story Another Great Submission to our History Project! Thanks Tom Smith '54! Help us celebrate, document & illustrate the history of our great chapter! Submitted 4/1/06
Our website now contains a new version of our Chapter's History to view online or download. We've also added some great photos to the site that our alumni have submitted for our ongoing History Project. Full Story
Bob & Nancy Scheirer '44 make News! Submitted 4/1/06 They discovered a historic treasure stored
upstairs in the house: a color print dated 1930 of a hand-drawn
map of The Pennsylvania State College. It includes the original
Fraternity Row and our chapter house.
5 New Composites are Now Online! Submitted 4/1/06
Thanks Richard and Bob! To view or download any of the composites we have on file, click here…
Beta Raises Over $3 Million from 1 Alum for a Major Renovation All together now! Let's all go and ... Submitted 4/1/06 Yes, even the Beta House needs a lot of work after "the deterioration from the daily living of hundreds of young men over seventy-six years" as stated in their recent newsletter. However, like many of the fraternities on campus, their actives and alumni are working together and preparing for another great century of fraternity life at Penn State! Read all about it in Beta's recent newsletter. Beta Newsletter.pdf
Alumni News from two of our recent graduates! Submitted 4/1/06 Phil Garrison '04 takes up amateur boxing during in his second year of law school at Penn while Elliott Skrinjar '05 goes to work repairing our health care system. Full Story |
