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== Chapter History == | == Chapter History == | ||
=== Founding === | === Founding === | ||
| − | + | Effort to found a Phi Sigma Pi chapter started when Alumni Kathryn Lieber, a graduate student at University of California, San Diego, contacted the [[National Office]] for expansion assistance during Fall Quarter of 2009 at the university. At the end of the quarter, only seven undergraduate students were interested in the fraternity. Seeing low turnout,the Director of Expansion Ryan DeGuzman and Kathryn Lieber decided to extend recruitment drive to the beginning of Winter Quarter. However, the stability of the group of even decreased when four of the seven students withdrew from expansion effort over Winter Break. Moreover, the four students requested the UCSD Center of Student Involvement to revoke Phi Sigma Pi as an official student organization at UCSD. However, the other three students held their spirits high, and committed themselves to founding a chapter. The three students (Hana Lee, Natasha Best, and Martin Kwok), Kathryn Lieber, and the Director of Expansion coordinated and prepared for the recruitment drive for the beginning of Winter Quarter. | |
| + | After days of informational sessions, at the first organization meeting, 26 undergraduate students pledged themselves as the Alpha Class of Phi Sigma Pi at UCSD. Executive Board Officers and Committee Chairs were elected, and the Colony Class was finally established. However, through the course of the quarter, many of the Initiates withdrew from the Initiation Program. Only 18 Initiates stayed by the end of Winter Quarter. However, under the leadership of the Initiate Class President Natasha Best, the petition to be chartered was finally approved at the beginning of Spring Quarter on 3 April, 2010. | ||
=== Early Years === | === Early Years === | ||
Revision as of 04:22, 16 May 2010
Zeta Alpha Chapter (Founded 3 April 2010) is located at University of California, San Diego in San Diego, CA. The Chapter had 18 founding Brothers and is a member of the Southwest Region.
Contents
Chapter History
Founding
Effort to found a Phi Sigma Pi chapter started when Alumni Kathryn Lieber, a graduate student at University of California, San Diego, contacted the National Office for expansion assistance during Fall Quarter of 2009 at the university. At the end of the quarter, only seven undergraduate students were interested in the fraternity. Seeing low turnout,the Director of Expansion Ryan DeGuzman and Kathryn Lieber decided to extend recruitment drive to the beginning of Winter Quarter. However, the stability of the group of even decreased when four of the seven students withdrew from expansion effort over Winter Break. Moreover, the four students requested the UCSD Center of Student Involvement to revoke Phi Sigma Pi as an official student organization at UCSD. However, the other three students held their spirits high, and committed themselves to founding a chapter. The three students (Hana Lee, Natasha Best, and Martin Kwok), Kathryn Lieber, and the Director of Expansion coordinated and prepared for the recruitment drive for the beginning of Winter Quarter. After days of informational sessions, at the first organization meeting, 26 undergraduate students pledged themselves as the Alpha Class of Phi Sigma Pi at UCSD. Executive Board Officers and Committee Chairs were elected, and the Colony Class was finally established. However, through the course of the quarter, many of the Initiates withdrew from the Initiation Program. Only 18 Initiates stayed by the end of Winter Quarter. However, under the leadership of the Initiate Class President Natasha Best, the petition to be chartered was finally approved at the beginning of Spring Quarter on 3 April, 2010.
Early Years
The Active Chapter
Executive Board
President- Martin Kwok
Vice President- Maclen Zilber
Secretary- Erika Gagnon
Treasurer- Jocelyn Villatoro
Historian- Elaine Yu
Parliamentarian- Adam Johns
Committee Chairs
Scholarship Chair- Erika Gagnon
Service Chair- Hana Lee
Social Chair- David Chen
Fund-raising Chair- Jocelyn Villatoro
Public Relations Chair- Don Lee
Alumni & Inter-Chapter Relations Chair- Karina Martinez
Notable Brothers
Glenn Laursen, Stephanie Tsai, Natasha Best, Sonam Mehta, Brian Han, Daniel Coffee, Shirley Zhao, Mike Blonski
Past Chapter Presidents
Natasha Best- Colony President (Winter Quarter 2010)
Martin Kwok- Chapter President (Spring Quarter 2010)
Initiate Classes
Main Article: List of Zeta Alpha Chapter Initiate Classes
Chapter Events & Activities
Founder's Weekend
Other Event or Activity
This event is...
Other Event or Activity
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Notable Alumni
- Name (Chapter year)
- Founding Member
- Name (Chapter year)
- DSK year
- Name (Chapter year)
- Office Held (year-year)
Chapter Honors and Awards
National Awards
University Awards
- year AwardName
- None to date
Other Awards
- year AwardName
- None to date
