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Beta Pi Chapter (Founded November 13, 1994) is located at University of Connecticut in Storrs-Mansfield, Connecticut. The Chapter was founded by Alpha Beta Chapter alumnus Jon Pinto and is a member of the Northeast Region.

Chapter History

Founding

The Beta Pi chapter was founded by Jon Pinto (AB), with the charter being received at the 1993 National Convention, which took place in Baltimore, hosted by the Alpha Beta Chapter.

Early Years

Assistance from alumni would be appreciated for this section. Please contact our Historian, Rachel Ho (rachel.ho@uconn.edu).

The Active Chapter

The current chapter consists of about 65 members from the Alpha Rho, Alpha Sigma, Alpha Tau, Alpha Upsilon, Alpha Phi, and Alpha Chi Initiate Classes and is very excited to welcome our Alpha Psi class in the Fall of 2018.

The current president of Beta Pi chapter is Christian SantaMaria, who was elected to this position in the December elections. We have a current Executive Board consisting of eleven brothers and an Executive Council (committee chairs) that consists of seven chair positions that cover a range of aspects of our organization all falling under our fraternity's tripod. Our chapter advisor, Dr. John Ayers, serves as a faculty member in the University of Connecticut Department of Mechanical Engineering.

One strong component of our chapter is the Standards Committee, which deals with any issues of Brother conduct and risk management issues. Each semester, a Brother from each grade level, (Sophomore, Junior, Senior) is elected by the Brothers of that class standing. Then, we elect a 'Brother-at-Large' who is a Brother that is elected by the whole Brotherhood (who may also be a Freshman). These Brothers, led by the Parliamentarian, interpret the bylaws and rules of our Chapter and our University and investigate any matters that may be unclear; they keep these matters secret from the Brotherhood until it is necessary/has been fully investigated. The Standards Committee is a definite strength of our chapter.

What's Unique About Our Chapter?

Right now we have a few positions that most other chapters do not have. We have a Historian, and we also have an HR Committee. Our HR committee is charged with the responsibility of strengthening our brotherhood through events, and other means! Our HR Committee's main responsibility is to hold a Brotherhood Retreat once per semester, which is mandatory for all Brothers.

We have four alumni advisors, who have recently graduated from the chapter, who correspond and advise us: May Jean Counsilman, Jen Danowitz, Kim Hansen, and Sarah Papale.

When IS Chapter?

Chapter meets weekly at 7:00 PM, unless otherwise noted in the weekly minutes. E-Board usually meets at 6, and Committees usually meet as part of chapter. Mandatory events are Bid Night, Pinning, Bylaw Night, and Induction, as well as Big/Little Ceremony and Big/Little Dinner if you are a Big.

What Do We Do?

Past events have included:

Fundraising: Cookoff Challenge, Munson's Chocolate Sale, Magazine Fundraising
ICR: NERC, AB Maryland Volleyball, Syracuse
Service: Relay for Life, Making Strides for Breast Cancer, Boys and Girls Club, TFA School Supply Drives
PR: Greek Week, Lip Sync, Letter Days

ICR Event

Our inter-chapter event this year is most likely going to be the Northeast Regional Conference (NERC). Please contact Samantha Marquardt at pspbetapiicr@gmail.com if you are interested in attending.

About Our Brothers

Many Brothers are "RA's" (Resident Assistants) on campus. This means that they are in charge of Residents in a specific living area of campus, while encouraging and enhancing the living communities they supervise.

Many Brothers are also involved in other organizations. These organizations include: The Chordials (all-female acappella), Alpha Lambda Delta, Fencing Club, UConn Outing Club, UConn Women's Club Rugby, UConn Women's Club Ice Hockey, Shir Modulation (acappella), Husky Sport, Husky Ambassador, UConn Jujitsu, Husky WOW, Women's Choir, UCMB (University of CT Marching Band), UConn Freethinkers, Active Minds - UConn Chapter, Kappa Alpha Theta, and MANY MANY MORE! We are all very involved active members of the UConn Community!

Chapter Leadership

Officers

President: Christian SantaMaria
Vice President: Jeffrey Covaleski
Secretary: Taylor Edgar
Treasurer: Danielle LaMay
Initiate Advisor: Sean Fifield
Initiate Advisor: Connor Grant
Recruitment Advisor: Christian Rohach
Recruitment Advisor: Maria Murljacic
Parliamentarian: Christine Bae
Events Planner: Andrew Katz
Historian: Julia Stone

Chairs

Regional Delegate/ICR Chair: Samantha Marquardt
Scholarship Chair: Rachel Ho
Alumni Chair: Pearl Matteson
Social Chair: Kaila Cote
Service Chair: Emma Dzialo
HuskyTHON Chair: Jamilex Rosado-Rivera
Fundraising Chair: Alexis Meehan
HR Committee Chair: Andrew Morrison

Past Chapter Presidents

Kathryn Bailly (January 1995 - December 1997?)
Sharon Huynh (January 1998 - May 2000?)
Erika Altneu (May 2000 - May 2001?)
Tracy Wu (May 2001 - May 2002)
Kate Dabrowski (May 2002 - May 2003)
Mario Pierce (May 2003-December 2004)
Amit Gandhi (January-December 2005)
Heather Bull (January-December 2006)
Jennifer Smith (January-December 2007)
Tori Hendrix(Spring 2008)
Krystal Norton (Fall 2008-December 2009)
Geoffrey Winkley (December 2009-December 2010)
Amelia Foley (December 2010-December 2011)
Danielle Czudak (December 2011-December 2012)
Laura Frazier (December 2012-December 2013)
Alexander Rocheleau (December 2013-December 2014)
Christopher Elmes (December 2014-December 2015)
Denisse Perez (December 2015-December 2016)
Anne Mulholland (December 2016-December 2017)

Initiate Classes

View main article: List of Beta Pi Chapter Initiate Classes

Alumni Advisors

May Jean Counsilman (Spring 2010-Present)
Jen Danowitz (Spring 2010-Present)
Kim Hansen (Spring 2010-Present)
Sarah Papale (Spring 2010-Present)
Meghan Price (Fall 2017-Present)
Christopher Elmes (Fall 2017-Present)

Chapter Events & Activities

Founding Recognition

Beta Pi celebrates the national founding of Phi Sigma Pi by wearing our letters or dressing up with our pins on the 14th of each month. Initiates take place in this activity by dressing up on the 14th of each month.

Brother Retreat

Each semester our Chapter holds a Brother retreat, led by the HR committee. This event is mandatory for all Brothers, alcohol free, and promotes unity among all in our Brotherhood.

Alumni Penpals

Our Alumni Committee coordinates the pairing of an active Brother and an Alumnus of our Chapter to be penpals. This semester we are in the beginning stages of this program, but the Chapter is very excited about this. Any interested Almuni are encouraged to contact Sarah Papale (sarah.papale@uconn.edu), Alumni Committee Chair.

Notable Alumni - Where are they now

Jon Pinto

Founding Member

Jonathan Chin

Delta class (Spring 1997) - currently resides in New York, NY; Digital Associate Media Director at MediaVest Worldwide; completing MBA at NYU-Stern (May 2009). He helped produce the official recordings of the fraternity songs ("Brothers Are We" and "Brother") in 2002.

Molly McNair

(Spring 2008) - Molly is currently teaching in Memphis, Tennessee as a Teach for America Corps Member.

Sejal Dalwadi

Charter Class (Fall 1994) - Currently Dr. Dalwadi works in Pediatric Medicine as a member of the Children's Medical Group in Fishkill, NY

Katherine Spina

Gamma Class (Spring 1996) - Medical Conference Coordinator for the National Institute of Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM)

Todd Miller, Ph.D.

Delta Class (Spring 1997) - Todd attained his Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences with a concentration in Neuroscience from the University of Albany in 2004. He is currently employed at Vanderbilt University as a researcher in Breast Cancer.

May Jean Counsilman

2011 Rolla F. Wood Graduate Scholarship recipient

Chapter Honors and Awards

National Awards

Our Chapter achieved a variety of goals, including improving our recruitment program tremendously, and improving Brother ties. We achieved many goals as a Chapter and are proud to have received this award.

2009 Best in Region Award We received a "Best in Region" award for the Northeast.

2007 Outstanding Chapter Advisor Award, Ms. Kathleen Sanner

Kathy Sanner has been the advisor to Beta Pi chapter since the beginning, in March of 1993. She has been an extremely dedicated role model to the Beta Pi chapter, and has been a large part of the chapter's continued success. Without her, Beta Pi chapter would not exist. The members of Beta Pi chapter owe her continued respect and gratitude.

2003 Outstanding Fundraiser Award

University Awards

2008 Lip Sync, 2nd Place Fee Funded Organization

Individual Awards

2009 Homecoming King, Kevin McQuade
2008 Homecoming Royalty Pageant, Runner-Up, Debra Feinberg
2008 Homecoming Royalty Pageant, 5th Place, Andrew Esposito

Further Resources

In the News

Beta Pi Chapter
Founded November 13, 1994 • University of Connecticut
Presidents	Kathryn Bailly • Sharon Huynh • Erika Altneu • Tracy Wu • Kate Dabrowski • Mario Pierce • Amit Gandhi • Heather Bull • Jennifer Smith • Tori Hendrix • Krystal Norton • Geoffrey Winkley • Amelia Foley • Danielle Czudak • Laura Frazier
History	List of Beta Pi Chapter Initiate Classes • List of Beta Pi Family Lines
Chapter Service Keys	Karen Goodman
National Council Members	none
Torchias	2009

Collegiate Chapters
Alpha • Beta • Gamma • Delta • Epsilon • Zeta • Eta • Theta • Iota • Kappa • Lambda • Mu • Nu • Xi • Omicron • Pi • Rho • Sigma • Tau • Upsilon • Phi • Omega • Alpha Alpha • Alpha Beta • Alpha Gamma • Alpha Delta • Alpha Epsilon • Alpha Zeta • Alpha Eta • Alpha Theta • Alpha Iota • Alpha Kappa • Alpha Lambda • Alpha Mu • Alpha Nu • Alpha Xi • Alpha Omicron • Alpha Pi • Alpha Rho • Alpha Sigma • Alpha Tau • Alpha Upsilon • Alpha Phi • Alpha Chi • Alpha Psi • Alpha Omega • Beta Alpha • Beta Beta • Beta Gamma • Beta Delta • Beta Epsilon • Beta Zeta • Beta Eta • Beta Theta • Beta Iota • Beta Kappa • Beta Lambda • Beta Mu • Beta Nu • Beta Xi • Beta Omicron • Beta Pi • Beta Rho • Beta Sigma • Beta Tau • Beta Upsilon • Beta Phi • Beta Chi • Beta Psi • Beta Omega • Gamma Alpha • Gamma Beta • Gamma Gamma • Gamma Delta • Gamma Epsilon • Gamma Zeta • Gamma Eta • Gamma Theta • Gamma Iota • Gamma Kappa • Gamma Lambda • Gamma Mu • Gamma Nu • Gamma Xi • Gamma Omicron • Gamma Pi • Gamma Rho • Gamma Sigma • Gamma Tau • Gamma Upsilon • Gamma Phi • Gamma Chi • Gamma Psi • Gamma Omega • Delta Alpha • Delta Beta • Delta Gamma • Delta Delta • Delta Epsilon • Delta Zeta • Delta Eta • Delta Theta • Delta Iota • Delta Kappa • Delta Lambda • Delta Mu • Delta Nu • Delta Xi • Delta Omicron • Delta Pi • Delta Rho • Delta Sigma • Delta Tau • Delta Upsilon • Delta Phi • Delta Chi • Delta Psi • Delta Omega • Epsilon Alpha • Epsilon Beta • Epsilon Gamma • Epsilon Delta • Epsilon Epsilon • Epsilon Zeta • Epsilon Eta • Epsilon Theta • Epsilon Iota • Epsilon Kappa • Epsilon Lambda • Epsilon Mu • Epsilon Nu • Epsilon Xi • Epsilon Omicron • Epsilon Pi • Epsilon Rho • Epsilon Sigma • Epsilon Tau • Epsilon Upsilon • Epsilon Phi • Epsilon Chi • Epsilon Psi • Epsilon Omega • Zeta Alpha • Zeta Beta • Zeta Gamma • Zeta Delta • Zeta Epsilon • Zeta Zeta • Zeta Eta • Zeta Theta • Zeta Iota • Zeta Kappa • Zeta Lambda • Zeta Mu • Zeta Nu • Zeta Xi • Zeta Omicron • Zeta Pi • Zeta Rho • Zeta Sigma • Zeta Tau • Zeta Upsilon • Zeta Phi • Zeta Chi • Zeta Psi • Zeta Omega • Eta Alpha • Eta Beta • Eta Gamma • Eta Delta • Eta Epsilon • Eta Zeta • Eta Theta • Eta Iota • Eta Kappa • Eta Mu • Eta Lambda • Eta Mu • Eta Nu • Eta Xi • Eta Omicron • Eta Pi • Eta Rho • Eta Sigma

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 === Early Years ===
-Assistance from alumni would be appreciated for this section.  Please contact our Historian, Julia Stone (julia.stone@uconn.edu).
+Assistance from alumni would be appreciated for this section.  Please contact our Historian, Rachel Ho (rachel.ho@uconn.edu).
 === The Active Chapter ===

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