Pi Kappa Alpha Iota Delta Chapter

The Alden Renovation is moving along quite smoothly, with a lot of work complete but still a lot to go. The residential rooms have all been framed out and insulation has been installed, with drywall expected very soon. Furnaces have been installed, and the building has been sealed by new windows with new doors expected shortly.

Evan Cornell has taken some panoramic pictures that can be seen attached to this post. A bunch of pictures I took over the weekend can be seen in the picture galleries.

On Saturday the brothers of the Iota Delta chapter spent their morning building a handicap ramp for Judy Sendmeyer, a local Terre Haute resident. Eleven Brothers showed up throughout the day to help build this ramp. The ramp was moved from another house by the request of Hospice of the Wabash Valley. Upon arrival at Judy’s house the Brothers devised a safe and visually pleasing design for the ramp and began construction. After a few hours the ramp was complete and Judy was able to try it out for the first time. Below is the story that was shown early that evening on the Channel 10 News.

http://www.wthitv.com/dpp/news/wheelchair-bound-woman-gets-ramp

This weekend the Chapter's President, Internal VP, and Recruitment chair headed down to Memphis, TN to participate in the annual Chapter Executive's Conference. While there all three Brothers gained knowledge, ideas, and motivation to continue Iota Delta's tradition of excellence.

Exec is excited to work on creating a new, larger alumni advisory board to help Troy, the current chapter advisor. In addition, the chapter's vision has put on paper in the form of our new vision statement, summarizing the values of Iota Delta Chapter. The new vision statement is:

The Iota Delta Chapter will strive to provide the best Rose-Hulman experience by recruiting the most, best men, maintaining the highest GPA, offering the best opportunities for personal growth, and requiring integrity in all of its members' actions.

Brothers,

James Byrne and I invite you to join us for a 10-day trip to Seattle and
Washington State on August 14 to 22. Attached is the "PIKE Best of the
NorthWest" trip information flyer.

At 8 am Saturday December 12th the annual Bikes for Tykes community service event was held. 43 brothers and 13 associates divided into small teams to help assemble 450 bikes; all in less than three hours. The assembled bikes are donated to less fortunate families around Terre Haute as gifts for the holidays. The event establishes its own sort of division of labor. Some teams unload the truck while others assemble. There are a few people selected to do quality control, like making sure the brakes work.

On Monday night, the elections for the new executive council were held. The new officers are:

President-Steven Chase
External Vice-President-Nick Burger
Internal Vice-President-Will Eckert
Secretary-Kevin Collins
Sergeant-at-Arms-Tommy Bruner (winter quarter only due to resignation by current Sergeant-at-Arms)

The new exec is excited to begin next quarter. We would like to thank the previous exec for their service over the last year and for their help to make the transition easier.

This past Saturday Brothers participated in two different service events. The first was a major rebuild of a house for a disabled man on hospice. Among the projects completed were completely refinishing the living room, raked leaves, and cleaned the outside of the house. The other project was moving a play set to a church. This involved a lot of demolition and all the guys had a lot of fun.

After a six week long rush process, 15 members of the freshman class and one junior accepted bids from Pi Kappa Alpha. We are very excited about the new class and am sure that they will do great things in Pike.

Pikes Newest Members are: (not in order of the picture)
Brent Austgen, Jordan Baker (Junior), Ryan Donohue, Brandon Hasenour, Michael Johnson, Alex Krull, Eric Lindberg, George Mammarella, Ross Meininger, Matt Moravec, William Mruzek, David Snapp, Josh Selig, Jeffery Vermillion, Nicholas Wanstrath, and Gavin Williams

This past weekend several brothers woke up bright and early to participate in the ISU homecoming parade. The GMC firetruck was "pulled" by several Brothers with signs advertising this year's firetruck pull. Other Brothers handed out fliers about the event. Overall, it was a successful morning.