List of the Chapter Events & Activities

This Alpha Xi Chapter Wiki Page was last updated July 7th, 2013.

Fall 2011

Founder's Weekend

Events are to be announced.

Rush

• This semester (Fall 2011) we set up a table at the annual Club Fair. There was tons of interest in the fraternity and it showed in our open rush events.
• Open Rush
  • Cook out: Prospective members and Brothers went to the local park and enjoyed hotdogs and other side dishes while getting to know the possible initiates.
  • Kickball: A friendly game of kickball was played on Moffett Lawn. Teams were a mix of current brothers and prospective members.
  • Game Night: Several rounds of Capitalism ended in a night of lots of laughs and stiff competition.
• Closed Rush:
  • Photo Scavenger Hunt: Several groups of brothers and prospective members travelled around the Radford area performing and taking pictures of various tasks, from handstands to finding a picture of the President of Radford University. The winning group's prospective members won gift cards to Starbucks and lots of praise. The fun times can be seen in the pictures.
  • BTO's: A trip to the local frozen yogurt joint included several conversations between brothers and prospective members. It was a great bonding experience.
  • Round Robin: It is simply Q&A with the brothers.

Social

• Soccer Game: In support of two of our brothers, members of the brotherhood attended a soccer game and cheered on the team in their game against Elon on September 24th.
• Pumpkin Patch: The Alpha Xi Chapter went to Sinkland Farms on the 23rd of October. Events included going to the pumpkin patch, hay rides, enjoying food and drink, and a day of brother bonding. The group returned in time for the chapter meeting later in the day.

Fundraising

• Virginia Tech Games: Raising $7 per hour per person, the Alpha Xi chapter has raised hundreds of dollars in the past few weeks by helping the VT crew scan tickets and usher the audience to their seats.
• Bake Sale: Phi Sigma Pi will be selling baked goods outside of the Bonnie.
• Raffle: More information to come.

Awards and Scholarship

• Family Jeopardy: The A&S committee created four jeopardy games to play in the month of September. Teams competed by answering questions about the Chapter families, initiate classes, the National Council, and various other subjects.
• Highlander Festival: Every year the City of Radford puts on a Highlander Festival celebrating the culture with games, dances, and merchandise. As an A&S event, members of the chapter walked around learning about the Highlanders.
• RU Scared: The Residence Hall Association put on an event called RU Scared and Phi Sigma Pi had a table there. We painted children's faces, had the little ones play ghost bowling and give out candy with an attached fact or joke about Halloween. The event took place on October 30th 2011 and about 100 children attended.
• Movie Night: The final Awards & Scholarship event this semester was a movie night. Brothers gathered in Heth to watch Anger Management and to learn about relieving anger and stress, a helpful thing with finals around the corner.

Risk Management

• Financial Literacy: Ultimate Money Skills – College: Members attended a presentation about the importance of managing ones money, paying for student loans, investing money, and budgeting.
• Voting on Initiates: The brotherhood talked about what acceptable points of debate are, as well as what we should focus on when making our individual decision to pass, not pass, or abstain when voting.

Service

• Clothing Bank: Members of the Alpha Xi Chapter volunteered two hours of their day helping the local clothing bank organize their clothes, and assisting customers while some brothers paid a few dollars to shop at the clothing bank.
• A brother of PSP, involved with the Miss America Foundation, is collecting money for the Children's Miracle Network. All donations are welcome and can easily be collected through the following website. https://missamericaforkids.org/m.aspx?i=2641927738DF442+F

Initiate

• Social: The initiates put on a Halloween themed party where brothers could get their face painted, eat various treats, like caramel apples and dirt pudding, and play games. The event was planned and put into action in 8 days, just in time for, our Region Consultant, Christopher A. Crout's visit.
• Fundraising: The initiates sold Hot Dogs and Hot Chocolate for a dollar each on October 27th 2010. Over $100 was raised, all of which went to Teach For America.
• Fundraising: The initiates put on another fundraising event: Phi Sigma Pi Dodgeball. All students were welcome to make a team and play against Brothers and Radford University students. All proceeds went to Teach For America and the winning team will receive a $30 cash prize. Brothers of Tau Kappa Epsilon won the tournament. Congrats guys!

Spring 2013

Founder's Weekend

• We celebrate our Founder's Day by eating cupcakes during our 4 hour Chapter meeting on March 3rd, 2013.
• We plan on having an event the first weekend in April.

Rush

• We had two interest meetings this semester. We had a great turn out with 100 students showing up to learn more about the Alpha Xi chapter.

Open Rush

• The first night of open rush was held in the Bonnie Game room. Brothers and prospective initiates played bowling and billiards together while getting to know one another.
• The second night of open rush was a pizza night in Heth Hall. Brothers and prospective initiates talked over pizza and ice breakers.
• The third and final night of open rush was a casual dinner at the T-shops. Brothers and prospective initiates got dinner together and talked.

Closed Rush

• We had 33 prospective Initiates move from open rush to closed rush this spring.
• The first closed rush event was speed dating. Brothers and prospective initiates rotated and talked one on one.
• The second closed rush event was held to show us how the prospective initiates uphold the tripod by grouping brothers and proscriptive initiates to work together. This way brothers could better understand the prospective initiates reflections of scholarship, leadership, and fellowship.
• The last closed rush event was round robin interviews where brothers asked questions about the tripod to better understand how each prospective up holds it. Prospective initiates also asked us questions about the fraternity and the initiate process.

Social

• Secret Valentine: Everyone who signed up got a secret valentine and they exchanged gifts.
• Silent Sock Assassin: Everyone who signed up got a target and had to hit them with a sock. Sarah Gayle Ballagh won by hitting all her targets.
• Easter Egg Hunt: Brothers got together and had an Easter egg hunt.
• March Madness Brackets: Brothers made brackets for bragging rights.
• Spring Banquet: This year it was held at Virginia Tech River Course. We announced our winning of the Outstanding Student Organization Award and raffled off various gifts.

Fundraising

• Yankee Candle: We sold Yankee Candles and a portion of the sales went to Phi Sigma Pi and Teach for America.
• Thirty One Bags: We sold Thirty One bags and a portion of the sales went to Phi Sigma Pi and Teach for America.
• 4th Annual Dodge Ball Tournament: We are hosting a dodge ball tournament that is open to students. The money raised will go to Phi Sigma Pi and Teach for America.

Awards and Scholarship

• Newlywed Game: The A&S Committee put on a friendly game of Newlywed trivia, but was with Bigs and Littles instead of newlyweds. The game asked questions like "What is your Big's favorite movie" and "How many siblings does your little have and what are their names?" The game declared a winner, but many groups were surprised about how much they knew about each other.
• Hula Hooping: A Brother of our Chapter taught our Brotherhood how to hula hoop. Taylor Starr, an avid hula hooper, spread her knowledge of techniques and tricks.
• Easter Egg Hunt: This event, held by the A&S Committee and Social Committee, was focused on the reason behind hiding Easter eggs and the history behind non-religious Easter traditions.
• Resume & Cover Letter Building: As the semester drew to an end, the A&S committee planned an event to better prepare our seniors for graduation. They did this by bringing in a professor to advise our Brothers on revising their resumes and giving advice on writing cover letters.
• Letter-Making: The most popular event by far was a letter-making workshop. Brother Elizabeth Dreher taught the Brotherhood how to use Heat N Bond adhesive to apply letters to a shirt of their choice. All Brothers had to provide was their shirt and any fabric of their choice.

Service

• Project Linus: We made blankets that will be donated to children in hospitals.
• Pop Tabs Collection: We are collecting pop tabs to donate to Rondald McDonald House.
• Healing Strides: Donating our time to help walk horses for therapeutic riding.
• Relay for Life: We are raising money and walking at Relay for Life.