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'''[http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Ship-Blog-1-63550557.html The Ship Blog: A Moment of Peace Found on the Road (NBC Philadelphia - 5 October 09)]''' <br>
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'''[http://www.iup.edu/news-item.aspx?id=218989&blogid=6121 PASSION FOR HELPING OTHERS ON DISPLAY DURING AUTISM AWARENESS WEEK (IUP.edu - April 14, 2016)]''' <br>
My name is '''Eudora Linde (&#927;)''' and I am a college senior. I’m trying to pack as much as I can into my senior year before entering the “real world” while still maintaining my grades, being a positive leader with club involvement, holding a job as a waitress and keeping some sort of social life in my final weeks at Shippensburg University.
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''Machete’s (&#919;)'' passion for the Autism Awareness Week project is so deep that he’s also working to make sure it lives on after he graduates this spring. He’s working with a close friend and brother in his honor fraternity, Oktober Appleby, and he plans to hand over the project’s reins to her after the conclusion of this year’s event.
  
'''[http://www.cm-life.com/2009/10/04/phi-sigma-pi-donates-to-teach-for-america/ Phi Sigma Pi donates to Teach for America (Central Michigan Life - 4 October 09)]''' <br>
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'''[http://college.usatoday.com/2016/01/13/viewpoint-turning-college-experience-around/ Viewpoint: How I turned my college experience around (college.USAToday.com - January 13, 2016)]''' <br>
The third annual Easy as Pi 5k Run/Walk was held Saturday at Island Park, 331 N. Main St., by Phi Sigma Pi, a co-ed national honors fraternity. Pi Run Race Chair and Brighton senior '''Susan Young (&#915;&#924;)''' said the race is a great way to raise money for Teach for America and promote the fraternity.
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I went on a trip to Chicago with a student organization, which was hard after a semester of feeling rejected. But on that trip, I ended up making new friends. I also joined Phi Sigma Pi, a gender-inclusive honors fraternity. The process took me out of my comfort zone, but it also introduced me to some of my best friends. '''Arielle Hines (&#915;&#924;)'''
  
'''[http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/14326 Phi Sigma Pi to host 5K run in honor of fallen brother (CollegiateTimes.com - 1 October 09)]''' <br>
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'''[http://thepenn.org/2015/08/28/phi-sigma-pi-wins-3-awards-at-convention/ Phi Sigma Pi wins 3 awards at convention (ThePenn.org - August 28, 2015)]''' <br>
Virginia Tech student and Blacksburg native '''Michael Perry (&#913;&#929;)''' was killed in a drunk driving accident 12 years ago. Perry is being honored at the 12th annual Michael B. Perry 5K Saturday, Oct. 3.
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At the annual National Convention for Phi Sigma Pi, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Eta chapter of the National Honor Fraternity won three awards: Best in Western Pennsylvania Region, The C. H. McClure Single Service Award and the Sanders P. McComsey Most Improved Old Chapter Award. “To be recognized on a national scale for all the work we’ve done in the past year felt extremely gratifying, and will only serve to motivate us to achieve even more in the next year,” '''Aubrey Keperling (&#919;)''' said.
  
'''[http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2009/09/28/news/local/doc4ac0acce094d7067101777.txt Shippensburg Area Boys and Girls Club gets new director (Cumberlink.com - 28 September 09)]''' <br>
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'''[http://www.toledoblade.com/Education/2015/05/10/Army-vet-conquers-battle-for-college-degrees-at-BGSU.html Army vet conquers battle for college degrees at BGSU (ToledoBlade.com - May 10, 2015)]''' <br>
“It’s not a new program, but a lot of people haven’t heard about it,” said '''Robin Light (&#927;)''', the new unit director. She says because the program operates out of donated space at Memorial Lutheran Church and in the Shippensburg Area Middle School, the program has no permanent sign or office to make people aware of it.
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As commencement speaker Thomas Snitch exhorted Bowling Green State University’s new graduates Saturday not to underestimate themselves, his message surely was not lost on '''Tanya Schardt (&#917;&#914;).''' The Army veteran from Fremont nearly lost her life in Iraq on Halloween, 2007, when an improvised explosive device struck the armored Humvee in which she and four colleagues rode. Two were killed, two suffered minor injuries, and Ms. Schardt spent the better part of the next two years in hospitals.
  
'''[http://flathatnews.com/content/71530 That Girl: Alyssa Wallace (The Flat Hat - 22 September 09)]''' <br>
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'''[http://www.trinitonian.com/2015/05/04/a-love-letter-to-my-time-at-a-small-school/ A love letter to my time at a small school (trinitonian.com - May 4, 2015)]''' <br>
This uprooted northerner studies government and history at the College and serves as the senior class president and president of '''Phi Sigma Pi (&#915;&#936;)''', as well as in various posts in a number of student organizations.
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Having spent my first year participating in “social activities,” my sophomore year was spent attempting to pack my resume with decent looking credentials. I co-founded '''Phi Sigma Pi (&#918;&#932;)''', the National Honor Fraternity on campus. I worked as an assistant for an international lawyer downtown who didn’t know how to type on a computer. I interned for U.S. Senator John Cornyn in his San Antonio headquarters.
  
'''[http://media.www.dailyorange.com/media/storage/paper522/news/2009/09/17/News/Light.The.Night.Raises.Hope.Funds.For.Leukemia.Research-3774483.shtml Light the Night raises hope, funds for Leukemia research (DailyOrange.edu - 17 September 09]''' <br>
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See: [[In_the_News]]
'''Lauren Conboy (&#914;&#917;)''', a senior biology major and the service chair for Phi Sigma Pi Honors Fraternity attended the event with 12 of her fellow members. Conboy is pre-med and said the medical research component of the event was one reason she got involved. The other - and more important motivation - is her seven-year-old cousin who died of cancer.
 

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PASSION FOR HELPING OTHERS ON DISPLAY DURING AUTISM AWARENESS WEEK (IUP.edu - April 14, 2016)
Machete’s (Η) passion for the Autism Awareness Week project is so deep that he’s also working to make sure it lives on after he graduates this spring. He’s working with a close friend and brother in his honor fraternity, Oktober Appleby, and he plans to hand over the project’s reins to her after the conclusion of this year’s event.

Viewpoint: How I turned my college experience around (college.USAToday.com - January 13, 2016)
I went on a trip to Chicago with a student organization, which was hard after a semester of feeling rejected. But on that trip, I ended up making new friends. I also joined Phi Sigma Pi, a gender-inclusive honors fraternity. The process took me out of my comfort zone, but it also introduced me to some of my best friends. Arielle Hines (ΓΜ)

Phi Sigma Pi wins 3 awards at convention (ThePenn.org - August 28, 2015)
At the annual National Convention for Phi Sigma Pi, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Eta chapter of the National Honor Fraternity won three awards: Best in Western Pennsylvania Region, The C. H. McClure Single Service Award and the Sanders P. McComsey Most Improved Old Chapter Award. “To be recognized on a national scale for all the work we’ve done in the past year felt extremely gratifying, and will only serve to motivate us to achieve even more in the next year,” Aubrey Keperling (Η) said.

Army vet conquers battle for college degrees at BGSU (ToledoBlade.com - May 10, 2015)
As commencement speaker Thomas Snitch exhorted Bowling Green State University’s new graduates Saturday not to underestimate themselves, his message surely was not lost on Tanya Schardt (ΕΒ). The Army veteran from Fremont nearly lost her life in Iraq on Halloween, 2007, when an improvised explosive device struck the armored Humvee in which she and four colleagues rode. Two were killed, two suffered minor injuries, and Ms. Schardt spent the better part of the next two years in hospitals.

A love letter to my time at a small school (trinitonian.com - May 4, 2015)
Having spent my first year participating in “social activities,” my sophomore year was spent attempting to pack my resume with decent looking credentials. I co-founded Phi Sigma Pi (ΖΤ), the National Honor Fraternity on campus. I worked as an assistant for an international lawyer downtown who didn’t know how to type on a computer. I interned for U.S. Senator John Cornyn in his San Antonio headquarters.

See: In_the_News