Marcus Hosteen

Marcus Hosteen
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Name	Marcus Hosteen
Chapter	Delta Iota New Mexico State University
Date Inducted	Fall 2011
Roll Number
Alumni Chapter/Assoc
Honorary Member
Major	Accounting & Finance & Government
Birthdate	October 28
Spouse
Nicknames	The Queen of Delta Iota
Awards

Marcus Hosteen (born October 28) is an Active Collegiate Member of the Delta Iota Chapter of Phi Sigma Phi National Honor Fraternity at New Mexico State University [1].

Early Fraternity Life and Career

Marcus Hosteen was born in Cortez, Colorado but grew up in Shiprock, New Mexcio. He attended Shiprock High School in Shiprock, New Mexico and graduated on May 22, 2010 at the top of his class, Valedictorian with a 4.067 GPA. During his time at Shiprock High School Marcus was elected to the Student Council where he served as the Student Council Treasurer and Representative before being elected Student Body President in 2007 and served an unprecedented 3 terms. Marcus also worked at the Office of Navajo Nation Scholaship and Financial Assistance (ONNSFA) where he decided that he wanted to attend New Mexico State University and after graduating from Shiprock High School received the Chief Manueltio scholarship from the Navajo Nation.

He came to New Mexico State University because of scholarship money and it was the furthest he could get away from home while still remaining in New Mexico. For his first year Marcus focused mostly on his classes but by his second year got involved in a lot of student organizations. It was during this time that Marcus first heard of Phi Sigma Pi and after meeting with Cynthia Mondragon,the Recruitment Advisor she convinced him to give the Fraternity a chance. Marcus' Big Brother during his initiate process was Travis D. Gee. Marcus successfully completed the Initiation Process was inducted into the Fraternity in Fall 2011.

Collegiate Years at the Delta Iota Chapter

Marcus is a Crimson Scholar at New Mexico State University with a cumulative GPA of 3.7. Each semester Marcus takes on a full load of courses, and on occasion has tackled 21 credit hours.

Marcus works at several on campus offices including:

• Corbett Center Student Union (2010-2011)

• The American Indian Program (2011)

• Student Success Center/Campus Tutoring Center (2011-2012)

• Education Research and Budgeting Office in the College of Education (2012-present)

Marcus is involved in a number of university organizations, at one point the number of organizations he was part of was 15

Currently he is actively involved in 7 organizations including Phi Sigma Pi and they include:

• Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society - Currently serving as the President

• Gamma Beta Phi Society - Currently serving as the Treasurer

• Sigma Alpha Lambda National Leadership and Honors Organization - Currently serving as the Treasurer

• National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) - Currently serving as the Vice President of Community Service

• Native American Business Student Association (NABSA) - Served as the Vice President but resigned due to internal conflicts

• United Native American Organization (UNAO) - Served as the Vice President but resigned due to internal conflicts

In terms of the Delta Iota Chapter of Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity Marcus is the Chapter Treasurer.

He is also the chair for the Service Committee and once held the Fundraising Chair.

Marcus has also served on the Social Committee and assisted the Committee Head in any way possible.

National Involvement

Marcus attended the WICKED Regional Conference in Phoenix, Arizona in February 2012.

Marcus has plans to attended the WICKED Regional Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico in March 2013

Currently Marcus plans to the attend the National Convention in 2013 which will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Bigs and Littles

Marcus' Grand Big is Amanda Villasenor.

Marcus' Big is Travis D. Gee, he was his third Little.

Marcus has two sibling, Michael Row (Alumni) and Roxanne De Luna (Alumni)

Currently Marcus has one little, Shaun Hadfield.

Other Interesting Facts

* Marcus graduated from high school in 2010, the last person in his family to accomplish that was his Uncle Lorenzo who graduated in 1987

* Some of Marcus' hobbies includes writing stories, he is working on a novel and watching Television, his favorites shows include Smash, Dallas, Revolution, The Voice, Revenge and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit