DSP @ SJU

WELCOME BACK Brothers!!!!

2009-09-01T20:19:00.001-07:00

Welcome back to SJU everyone!!

I hope you all had an awesome break!

Below are some mandatory dates that Kait mentioned in Monday's meeting.

MANDATORY Events for the Semester:

-Sunday, September 27th - Voting 4:00 PM
-Thursday, October 1st - Pinning 9:05 PM
-Friday, November 20th - Initiation 6:00 PM

Next Week's Meeting is moved to Wednesday since there are NO CLASSES on Monday!!

Recruitment Events:

Activities Fair: Thursday, Sept. 10 5-7pm

Information Session: Monday, Sept. 14 9:05pm AND Tuesday, Sept. 15 11:30am

Meet the Brothers: Wednesday, Sept. 16 9:00pm

Professional Event: Thursday, Sept. 17 11:30am

Those of you interested in becoming a BIG, please start thinking about it and be in contact with brother Katie Perst.

Dues will be due by the 8th, if not paid by then the amount will increase, please contact brother Ciano for any questions.

Professional Event

2009-04-14T14:38:00.001-07:00

Today's Pledge Professional Event featured Kenneth Wong, president of CIG Asia and Chairman of the Board of the Philadelphia Dragon Boat Association. Mr Wong presented "Networking in the Global Economy."

(Gavin McGirr and Melissa McBrearty)

(Hillary Wright, Maura Gilligan, Kathleen Hennesey, Caroline Wright)

(Angela Acuna and Mr. Wong)

Brotherly Birthday!

2009-04-14T13:42:00.001-07:00

Brother Anthony Erario celebrated his 22nd over Easter break on April 12.

(Amy Failing, Chelsea Erario, Anthony Erario)

DSP Bulls Basketball

2009-04-07T18:00:00.001-07:00

At 7pm this evening, the brothers of the DSP Bulls played their intramural basketball game in the newly acquired McGuire campus.

Everyone played their best, but sadly it was the end of the season for the Bulls with a loss.

However, high hopes have been set for the DSP Softball team which will begin soon.

It was also great to see so much brotherly fan support for this evenings game. About 12 or so brothers showed up along with pledges to support the Bulls.

(John Caruso, Kartik Reddy, Matt Cable, Mike Ciano, Zach Leahan, Mark Beirle, Mark Christman)

(Liz Fitzpatrick, Caroline Wright, Kat Kendrick, Mary Kate Mahany)

(Kathleen Hennesey, Danielle Smith, Nicole White, Hillary Wright)

(Caroline Wright, Chelsea Erario, Adrianna Exler, Jamie Davis)

(Jenny Powell, Kristin Quigley, Meg Kelly, Meg Fusco) Below

Brotherly Birthday!

2009-04-07T17:57:00.000-07:00

Happy Belated Birthday Annie Fritz!

(Monday, April 6)

Brother Annie Fritz (left) along side Mariel Edwards

Hand in Hand 2009

2009-04-07T17:49:00.001-07:00

Saturday, April 4, 2009 was this year's Hand in Hand event in the field house.

It was nicely decorated with various states from around the country.

Yet again the Zeta Pi chapter hosted the Golf Booth for all to enjoy!

(Caroline Wright, Ashley Wolf, Kellie Walter)

(Kristin Quigley, Jen Prevoznik, Maura Gilligan, Stef Wills, Kathleen Hennesey)

(Kartik Reddy and president Zach Leahan)

Brotherly Birthday!

2009-04-03T23:22:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday brother Brigtte Ayoub!

Brotherly Birthday!

2009-04-02T23:47:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Brother Kyle Murray!

Brotherly Birthday!

2009-04-02T13:14:00.002-07:00

Happy 21st Birthday brother Kristin Quigley!!!!!!

New DSP Executive Board Members

2009-03-24T20:34:00.001-07:00

Congratulations to all the newly elected members of the 2009-2010 Zeta Pi Exec Board.

President - Kristin Quigley

Senior Vice President - Marty Buckley

Chancellor - Adrianna Exler

VP Chapter Operations - Kaitlin McDermott

VP Pledge Education - Katie Perst

VP Finance - Mike Ciano

VP Professional - Annie Fritz

VP Community Service - Stef Wills

VP Scholarship & Awards - Jenn Prevoznik

VP Alumni Relations - Kellie Walter

Historian - Patti Pretopoulos

Social Chair - Leric Lemons

Marketing Chair - Brittany Yurkoski

Fundraising Chair - Mariel Edwards

Webmaster - JC Hosler

Belated Brotherly Birthdays!

2009-03-24T20:18:00.001-07:00

My apologies to brothers Jenny Powell and Chelsea Erario who celebrated their birthdays on March 18 and March 20, respectively.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LADIES!

sophomore Chelsea Erario (above) March 20

senior Jenny Powell (above) March 18

DSP Basketball Tournament Winners!

2009-03-22T14:15:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Joe McDonnell, Steve Sessa, Sean Gallagher, for winning the Delta Sigma Pi 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament today!

Over 30 teams showed up but only one was able to take home the grand prize of $300.

Portion of proceeds will be donated to Cystic Fribrosis research.

(pictured is brother David Blumstein handing the winners their $300 prize)

Thank you for all who attended.

A lot of hard work and dedication was put forward by the (DSP Basketball Committee) to ensure a successful turn out.

Brotherly Birthday!

2009-03-17T08:44:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday brother Sean Moran!!!

Meet Your Big!

2009-03-05T08:56:00.000-08:00

Last night was the first meeting of BIGS and littles for the Spring 2009 semester for the Zeta Pi chapter. It was awesome to see a lot of the new brothers taking the initiative in becoming BIGS only after being a member of DSP for just a semester.

Kathy Kendrick (left) and brother Ashely Wolf (right)

Mike Maxwell (right) and brother Katie Perst (left)

Maryanna (left), brother Patti Petropolous (middle), and Kara Maloney (right).

Angela Acuna (left) and brother Laura Bienkowski (right)

FAMILY PICTURE!

Gavin McGirr (left), brother Melissa McBrearty (left middle).

Brother John Rose (middle red tie) and Cara Montemuro (right)
Good-luck to all new pledges! We look forward to meeting all of you!

(Not all Spring 09 semester BIGS and littles are pictured)

Brother Birthday!

2009-03-05T08:52:00.000-08:00

Happy 22nd Birthday Joe Fontana!

Brother Fontana pictured on the (right) alongside brother McBrearty.

Brother of the MONTH!!!

2009-03-05T08:45:00.000-08:00

CONGRATULATIONS to Brother Marty Buckley for being voted February's BROTHER OF THE MONTH!!!

Marty is a sophomore currently working on co-op with Rita's Franchise Company.

Happpy Birthday Evan!

2009-02-11T20:36:00.000-08:00

Happy Happy birthday to brother Evan Dorris!

Brotherly Card Making!

2009-02-10T19:55:00.000-08:00

Hosted by brother Quigs, a few brothers came together in Simpson Hall to make about 50+ Valentine's Day cards to be donated to senior citizens. Everyone had a great time making unique and of course loving cards.

Thank you to everyone who participated!

LEAD Conference Ohio

2009-02-09T13:15:00.000-08:00

February 7-8, 2009

Yet another LEAD conference for the Zeta Pi Chapter, this year it was held in Cincinnati, OH.

Brothers Zach, Kristen (Quigs), and Caitlin Reusche attended.

Pictured to the left is President Zach Leahan with an awesome "RUN DSP" shirt he purchased at LEAD from another chapter.

Like last year's lead, we brought home yet another win for TABS!!!!

Pictured below are brothers Kristen, Zach, and Caitlin holding tab number one, and a great start for next year's LEAD conference.

Thank you to all brothers who held with collecting tabs!

Brotherly Birthdays...!

2009-02-09T10:10:00.000-08:00

Happy 21st Birthday Mike and...

Stacie!!!!

Tech Talk w/ Zach Leahan

2009-02-01T14:44:00.000-08:00

Implementing Tech into the Business Fraterity

As the president of Delta Sigma Pi, the on-campus co-ed business fraternity, I am in charge of promoting excellence within the chapter. Since much influence comes with the title, I had the opportunity to try out all of the tech initiatives that I have been conjuring up ever since freshman year. All of my tech initiatives have been fully implemented and most are successful. Hopefully you can pull out some ideas for your student organization.

The use of Google documents was the most successful initiative. I started by uploading the legacy excel chapter contact list as a Google spreadsheet. From that, I made every brother get a gmail account and update their own information. I wanted to give ev

eryone write access because I didn't want just one person stuck with the task of updating information. Half of the fraternity already used Gmail, and a quarter signed up right away. The last quarter was tough to convince, but I am finally at 100% compliance and the contact list is complete. Constant nagging did the trick. Using inputted information, we are able to automatically produce pie charts with relevant information, such as majors, years, and pledge class, that is useful for planning purposes. The location section helps with carpooling, a welcoming alternative to shuttle. If you start from scratch within you organization, use the "fill out a form" feature within Google spreadsheets which will send out a form to your members and automatically populate the data. A good contact list of current members can provide a base for the alumni contact list; therefore, I have a section for non-SJU (permanent) email addresses.

We really get fancy with the Google spreadsheet for attendance events. We have a policy requiring brothers to attend a certain number of events throughout the semester. We maintain a spreadsheet that tracks each brothers attendance at events. It automatically publishes to a read-only version that is available on the "Brothers Only" section of our website. This way, there is full transparency. No brother ever wonders how many events he or she has.

I ran for the President role on the platform of running the chapter like a business. Well, a share drive comes to mind right away. Consequently, I set up an SJU share drive that every brother in the fraternity can access. This is simply a folder on the SJU network that we all can use to store files (executive best practices, resumes, flyer layouts, newsletter layouts, etc.) This will play a vital role in aiding transitions of executive roles since each member will dump all of their DSP related documents, powerpoints, and spreadsheets for the next person. The only maintenance is the twice a year IT task of giving each new class of brothers.

I ran an article last year on text blasting (visit txtblaster.com) and use the free service for cancellations, emergencies, and sober brother contact information. I was unable to reach full compliance since a handful of brothers do not have texting, though it would be a useful tool to communicate last minute messages to those brothers who participate.

Google calendar was helpful but we had to set up two different calendars, one for open events and one for brothers only events. We embed them on the website and the brothers who have their own Google calendars (admittedly few do) subscribe to them. The events automatically show up in their calendar, which is pretty sick.

It was painful at times but worth it. They key is to keep the user in mind. I am all out of tech ideas for the fraternity, which is a good problem to have.

Thanks,

Zach

You can read further adventures of Tech Talk in the SJU paper every Wednesday.

happy BELATED birthdays

2009-01-31T12:29:00.001-08:00

a few january birthdays were missed and I just wanted them to be fully acknowledged...so happy belated to EMILY ADORNO..another awesome new brother we added last semester!!!!

sorry for anyone else i may have missed..

Secret Valentine...!!!!!!

2009-01-29T15:01:00.000-08:00

Got a crush?

We'll show them that you care!!

Next week we'll discuss further the details about Zeta Pi's first ever...SECRET VALENTINE!!

Make something..............buy something.........................w/e it is...make sure its Valentinesey-ish...lol

Don't be like the guy up top!!!

(Picture courtesy of Johnny Cupcakes)

Welcome Back Brothers and Chapter Updates

2009-01-19T19:02:00.001-08:00

Welcome back brothers! I hope everyone had a nice looong month break from school. I just wanted to relay some information and updates about upcoming events.

First chapter meeting of the semester!

Monday, January 26, 2009

9:05 PM in MV 103

(Letters or business casual).

Brother Dave will also be collecting dues starting next Monday at $120. If not paid, $130 will be the increased price, so please pay at Monday's meeting.

Thursday, January 22, 2009 - Activities Fair in Simpson Hall (Old Bookstore) time is still TBA. Please come showing your DSP pride by wearing letters or business casual.

Please check your e-mails for further updates from brothers.

Happy Birthday Melissa!!

2009-01-19T18:54:00.003-08:00

Just wanted to wish Melissa McBrearty a very happpppy 2oth birthday!!!!!

One more year!

Fall Formal 2008

2009-01-04T15:57:00.000-08:00

Friday, December 12, 2008

This year's formal was a blast! We were all a bit hesitant of the new venue and increase in price, but once we got there, it was all definitely worth it! 100 times better than the years' past venue, and it was all thanks to our Social Chair, MEG KELLY!!!

It was also awesome to celebrate the welcoming of the new brothers of the Mu Pledge Class, they all had an awesome time! They're gonna make a great addition to the chapter..

Just some highlights from the night yo.....

A few of the new brothers pictured above (JC, Amy, Chelsea, Maura, Andrew, Natalie, Laura)