Difference between revisions of "Template:In the News"

From PhiSigmaPiWiki
(added Delta Chi article)
 
(17 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
'''[http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/thebrownandwhitelifestyle/index.ssf/2013/11/honors_fraternity_spreads_awar.html National honor fraternity Phi Sigma Pi spreads awareness of epilepsy (lehighvalleylive.com - November 25, 2013)]''' <br>
+
'''[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>
Lehigh’s national co-ed honor fraternity Phi Sigma Pi (PSP) held an event Monday in honor of National Epilepsy Awareness Month. The event consisted of two speakers, as well as handing out purple tissue paper flowers and educational bookmarks in the University Center to students, all in the hopes of raising awareness about epilepsy. “I think this event could help the Lehigh community because it will inform students about what epilepsy is and how to react when someone is having a seizure,” said '''Catherine O’Grady (&#916;&#935;)''', ’15, the PSP leadership chair. “We are not raising money for this event, but rather, we are raising awareness.
+
''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://gvsu.edu/successstory/story.htm?storyId=EAE699844264FE63E043210A3D94C587 Cambridge University next for Grand Valley undergrad (GVSU.edu - November, 2013)]''' <br>
+
'''[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>
'''Katrina Maynes (&#917;&#936;)''' is understandably excited to be accepted into a graduate program at Cambridge University, a first for Grand Valley, but said there is “nothing special” about her.  At Grand Valley, her outstanding performance continued and has been recognized with a Frederik Meijer First Generation Honors College Scholarship, a Niemeyer History Scholarship, a Grand Valley Faculty Scholarship, a Grand Valley Award for Excellence, a Grand Finish Grant and an ‘I Am Grand Valley’ Award.
+
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://tulane.edu/news/newwave/100213_project.cfm Phi Sigma Pi hosts first blood drive of the year (Tulane.edu - October 2, 2013)]''' <br>
+
'''[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>
From explicitly homophobic articles to accounts of students bravely coming out following the legalization of  “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” senior '''Lauren Kwiatkowski (&#915;&#932;)''' found surprises every day as she put together a history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) life at Tulane University.
+
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.lanthorn.com/article/2013/08/phi-sigma-pi-hosts-first-blood-drive-of-the-year Phi Sigma Pi hosts first blood drive of the year (Lanthorn.com - August 28, 2013)]''' <br>
+
'''[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>
In years past, blood drives at Grand Valley State University were coordinated by the Community Service Learning Center, but this year student organizations are leading the charge to save lives one pint at a time. The fraternity Phi Sigma Pi will be hosting the first Michigan Blood Drive of 2013, and '''Greg Harmon (&#917;&#936;)''', a spokesman of the fraternity, is optimistic about his organization’s ability to promote and host the drive.
+
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://www.usatodayeducate.com/staging/index.php/campuslife/viewpoint-the-benefits-of-joining-a-co-ed-honors-fraternity Viewpoint: The benefits of joining a co-ed honors fraternity (USATodayEducate.com - August 19, 2013)]''' <br>
+
'''[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>
While I am a Greek, I’m not a sorority girl. Rather, I’m a brother of Phi Sigma Pi National Co-Ed Honor Fraternity, '''Zeta Beta chapter (&#918;&#914;)''' at Franklin & Marshall College (all members are called brothers, regardless of gender). I joined the fraternity the first semester of my sophomore year of college, and I love it more each day.  
+
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.
  
 
See: [[In_the_News]]
 
See: [[In_the_News]]

Latest revision as of 06:59, 18 April 2016

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