Kayla Newberg

Kayla Newberg
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Name	Kayla Newberg
Chapter	Alpha Sigma Virginia Commonwealth University
Date Inducted	April 20, 2008
Roll Number	ΑΣ 240
Alumni Chapter/Assoc	N/A
Honorary Member	N/A
Major	English / Pre-Law
Birthdate	May 1, 1989
Spouse	N/A
Nicknames	Poo-tee-weet
Awards	Fall 2008 Best Laugh, Best Big & Little (with Timmy Thoi and Asiya Al-Hadid.)

Kayla Newberg (born 1 May 1989) is an Active Member of Alpha Sigma (ΑΣ 240) at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is the 2008-2009 Regional Delegate and the Spring 2009 Initiate Advisor for Alpha Sigma.

Early Fraternity Life and Career

The Upsilon class of Alpha Sigma with Initiate Advisor Jet Aiken

At Mount Olive High School in Flanders, NJ, Kayla was the Editor-in-Chief of her school newspaper and was very involved in community service. After graduating Kayla decided to attend Virginia Commonwealth University because it was as far away from New Jersey as her mother would possibly let her go. Kayla was looking for an organization that would allow her to connect with other people while at the same time helping the community.She found Phi Sigma Pi in the Spring of 2008 as a second semester Freshman and brought her best friend Alisha Kellam to rush with her. After attending the Open Rush and a successful Initiate period, she was inducted with the rest of the Upsilon class in the Spring of 2008.

Collegiate Years at Alpha Sigma Chapter

Kayla and Alisha at Fall 2008 Brotherhood Retreat

After her induction, Kayla was elected Inter-Chapter Relations Chair for the Fall of 2008, where she helped organize a trip for several Alpha Sigma brothers to attend a Kickball Tournament at the Delta Chi chapter. In the fall she was also voted Best Laugh and Best Big Brother of the Alpha Sigma Chapter. In Spring of 2009, she helped to plan the Capitol Region Conference and represented her chapter in the Capitol Region as the Alpha Sigma Chapter Regional Delegate.

After a one semester term as ICR Chair, Kayla was elected the Initiate Advisor for Spring 2009. She is currently in charge of 28 Initiates from the Chi Class of Alpha Sigma who will be inducted in April.

National Involvement

• Organized her chapter's trip to the Delta Chi Kickball Weekend.

Regional Involvement

Kayla was the 2008 - 2009 Regional Delegate for the Alpha Sigma Chapter, and the Fall 2008 Inter-Chapter Relations Chair. In the fall of 2008, she hosted Regional Consultant Ellen Stanley. In February 2009, she attended the Capitol Region Regional Conference at Beta Rho with her fellow Alpha Sigma Brothers Emily Dugan and Ashley Blanks. As a group, Alpha Sigma won the Capitol Region Regional Conference Champs paddle.

Bigs and Littles

Kayla with her Big and Littles

• Grand-Big: Rose Durbin, Alpha Sigma Alumna
  • Big Brother: Cat Canney, Active Brother
    • Littles and Grand-Littles:
      • Timmy Thoi, Active Brother
        • Tracy Kennedy, Spring 2009 Initiate
      • Asiya Al-Hadid, Active Brother
        • Geneva Lutomski, Spring 2009 Initiate

Further Resources

• Kayla can be contacted at Newbergks@vcu.edu or a personal email upon request.
• Kayla on Facebook
• Kayla on Last.fm

Other Interesting Facts

• Kayla is an avid reader who enjoys Kurt Vonnegut, John Irving, Augusten Burroughs and The New York Times. She also enjoys the TV shows The Office and 30 Rock.
• Kayla's hometown is less than 20 minutes away from the hometown of fellow Alpha Sigma Brother Melissa Stewart, but they had never met prior to college. They are now best buds.
• Kayla currently shares her apartment with Alisha Kellam, where they enjoy staging loud pretend arguments for the enjoyment of their neighbors.