Andrew Harris

Andrew Harris
Ballin'.
Name	Andrew Harris
Chapter	Alpha Sigma Chapter Virginia Commonwealth University
Date Inducted	Spring 2006
Roll Number	Pi 218
Alumni Chapter/Assoc	n/a
Honorary Member	n/a
Major	Computer Science, Sociology (Math minor)
Birthdate	Oct. 16
Spouse	Unmarried
Nicknames	Margaret
Awards	n/a

Andrew Harris is an Alumni Member of Alpha Sigma Chapter (Chapter roll #218) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).

Before the Fraternity

Andrew was raised around Richmond, VA, and began at VCU in Fall 2005 as a Computer Science student. He considered minors in Business and French upon entering, and sought out student organizations and groups of people on campus that meshed well with his interests. This led him to pursue membership in his second semester with the VCU Chapters of Theta Tau Professional Engineering Fraternity and Phi Sigma Pi. He was part of the Pi Initiate Class of Spring 2006, and was inducted at the conclusion of the Spring 2006 semester.

During Active Membership

Andrew was appointed Brotherhood Chair in his first semester of Active Membership following a mid-semester vacancy for the position. He was later given the duties of Webmaster after the graduation of the previous chair. He was elected to Recruitment Advisor for the 2007-2008 academic year, and helped develop the role of Public Relations Advisor during this time. Later he was elected to Parliamentarian for the 2008-2009 academic year, serving also as ex officio Chapter Standards and Risk Management chair, until graduation in May 2009.

Andrew shifted his focus of study in Summer 2007 away from Business and French and toward Sociology, which he later developed into a full-fledged second major. He was also able to take on Mathematics as a minor. This followed his experience with the Honors Summer Undergraduate Research Program in 2007, a summer research program run through the Honors College at VCU. Andrew would later also engage in summer research with a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF REU) program at the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL.

Alumni Years

Andrew will begin doctoral study in Computer Science in Fall 2009 at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He will offer himself as a resource for Epsilon Zeta Chapter while remaining in good contact with his home Chapter.

National Involvement

Andrew was part of a road trip in Fall 2008 to Delta Chi Chapter their annual kickball tournament. He also visited Gamma Psi Chapter in Spring 2008 for that year's Capitol Region conference. During a visit for a graduate school open house, he also informally visited Epsilon Zeta Chapter.

Bigs and Littles

• Chris Durbin, Honorary
  • Andrew Harris
    • Mike Graham, Active
      • Christian Wright, Active
    • JK Stringer, Active

Further Resources

Andrew maintains a personal website at http://andrewharris.org, as well as several social networking websites as described on his personal website.

Other Interesting Facts

Andrew will get to this later.