Josh Handell

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Josh Handell
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Name Josh Handell
Chapter Beta Alpha
University of Michigan
Date Inducted December 3, 2008
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Alumni Chapter/Assoc
Honorary Member
Major International Law, Economics, French & Francophone Studies
Birthdate February 26, 1989
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Josh Handell (born 26 February 1989) is an Active Member of Beta Alpha Chapter at the University of Michigan.

Personal Information

Josh Handell is a third-year student at the University of Michigan studying International Law, Economics, and French & Francophone Studies. In addition to Phi Sigma Pi, he is the Editing Chair of the Michigan Journal of Political Science, an alumni mentor for the Public Service Intern Program, and a former undergraduate intern for both the American Civil Liberties Union and the United States Department of State.

Initiate Semester

Handell rushed Phi Sigma Pi in fall 2008 and was initiated as a member of the Alpha Eta class on October 1, 2008. He was elected scholarship chair of his initiate class and helped to plan the joint scholarship-fellowship-leadership initiate event. On December 3, 2008, he was inducted as a brother of Phi Sigma Pi, along with eight other members of the Alpha Eta class.

Collegiate Career

During his first semester as a brother, Handell served on the Leadership Committee, helping to plan the Chicago trip promoting the Teach for America classroom there.

At the end of the 2008-09 school year, Handell was elected Initiate Advisor and co-chair of the Rush/Initiation Committee.

Notable Accomplishments

During the fall of 2009, Handell proposed a bylaw amendment providing for the recruitment of first-semester freshmen through the creation of the Beta Alpha chapter's groundbreaking Affiliate Program. The bylaw was passed and the first class of Affiliates numbered six students, who will be initiated into the Alpha Kappa class in the spring of 2010.

Handell and his G-Big David Fuller shared the honor of "Brother of the Semester" for the fall 2009 semester.

Bigs and Littles

Josh Handell's Big Brother is Sam Greenberg, who is an active member currently serving as Beta Alpha chapter's Rush Adviser. He is part of the Masters family, whose active members include Handell's Little Brother Dominic Czarnota, Czarnota's Little Brother Kim Brisse, Big Brother Greenberg, and Greenberg's Big Brother David Fuller.