Josh Handell
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| Name | Josh Handell |
| Chapter | Beta Alpha University of Michigan |
| Date Inducted | December 3, 2008 |
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| 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 and the President of Beta Alpha Chapter at the University of Michigan.
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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.
Collegiate Career
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.
Committee Membership
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. He later served on the Rush/Initiation Committee and the Scholarship Committee, both in ex officio roles.
Initiate Advisor
At the end of the 2008-09 school year, Handell was elected Initiate Advisor and co-chair of the Rush/Initiation Committee. In such capacity, he co-chaired the Rush and Initiation Committee with Rush Advisor Sam Greenberg, achieving a 100% retention rate while guiding 5 Initiates to Brotherhood during the fall semester and a 90% retention rate while guiding 27 of 30 pinned Initiates to Brotherhood during the winter.
During the fall of 2009, Handell proposed a bylaw amendment providing for the recruitment of first-semester freshmen through the creation of Beta Alpha chapter's groundbreaking Affiliate Program. The bylaw was passed and the first class of Affiliates numbered six students, four of whom were initiated into the Alpha Kappa class in the winter of 2010.
For his accomplishments with the fall Initiate class and the Affiliate Program, Handell shared the honor of "Brother of the Semester" with his G-Big David Fuller.
Bigs and Littles
Josh Handell's Big Brother is Sam Greenberg, who is an active member currently serving as Beta Alpha chapter's Treasurer. He is part of the Masters family, whose active members include Handell's Little Brother Dominic Czarnota, Czarnota's Little Brothers Kim Brisse and Holly Stehlin, Big Brother Greenberg, and Greenberg's Big Brother David Fuller.
