that attended our alumni din-ner during rush and our alumniweekend the weekend of Oc-tober 2

. I would also like tothank all the input we got backfrom the alumni that attendedon how we can improve theseevents. We will be using thisfeedback to make alumniweekend the best in recenthistory. In the next month theundergrads are very busy withmany events such as parentsdinner, scholarship dinner,haunted house and a couplemixers with sororities so be onthe lookout next month for anewsletter on how thoseevents go, as well as moreinformation on spring alumniweekend and initiation for thefall pledge class.In Hoc,

Dan Zuber „10

Consul

e started this semesterwith three main goals. Theywere: to pledge 20 qualityguys, to increase house GPAto a 3.0 and to win a Peterson.With the fall recruitment periodfinally over wecame veryclose to ourfirst goal bygetting sixteenout of twenty-one guys tosign their bids.I would like toformally thankour recruitment chair JoshGilbert for managing and exe-cuting a very successful rush.I would also like to thank allthe brothers for working sohard over the past four weeks.This successful rush did notcome from one or two brothersputting in all the effort, but allthe brothers working effec-tively together. If all pledgesmake it through pledging, wewill be going into spring se-mester with nearly fifty broth-ers. It has been a very longtime since we have had thesenumbers. Recently we havealso been identified by mem-bers of RPIadministrationas an upcom-ing leaderamong thehouses oncampus. Ifthese twothings are notevidence toeveryone that we are gettingbetter and better every year, I

don‟t know what is. Somemay say it‟s still too early, but I

firmly believe if we keep up thethings we are doing we arewell on our way to make thishouse the most respected anddesired to be in house on RPIcampus.I would like to thank all alumni

Consul’s Corner

Inside thisissue:

Consul‟s

Corner

Risk Manage-ment Award

SaratogaPalio Recap

PledgeProfiles

AlumniInvolvementOpportunity

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Sigma Chi AlumniNewsletter

October 2009

The Delta PsiChapter of SigmaChi has its newpledges! Manythanks to thosealumni who do-nated or helpedout, as we are con-tinuing our upwardswing with 16 Fallpledges! You canfind a picture andtheir profiles start-ing on page 3!

“Success is the

sum of small efforts,repeated day in

and day out.”

Robert Collier

Page 2

Risk Management at Delta Psi

The Saratoga Palio: Melanie Merola O'DonnellMemorial Race

On SundaySeptember 20

,2009 the DeltaPsi chapter of Sigma Chi volun-teered at theFourth AnnualSaratoga PalioMelanie Merola

O’ Donnell Me-

morial Race.Starting at 7 ambrothers assistedin directing run-ners along the course aswell as in directing trafficaway from the race. Somebrothers helped to distrib-ute water at stations alongthe course as well. The event initself went incredibly smoothlywith the brothers receivingplenty of praise from runnersand onlookers alike.With Halloween fast ap-proaching brothers are begin-ning to prepare for our 50th An-nual Haunted House. The eventhas become very popular amongresidents and students alike, andis often one of our largest phi-lanthropy events of the yearthanks to donations by thosewho attend. Even the sororitieson campus are eager to help,and we are having mixers with afew to carve the pumpkins andcreate some decorationsfor the Chapter house.

In the month of No-vember we are looking toparticipate in the Equinoxsoup Kitchen, the largestThanksgiving Soup Kitchenin the Capital Region. Withthe compassion and deter-mination seen in the broth-ers while assisting in pastevents these upcomingevents are guaranteed suc-cesses.

In Hoc,

Arunesh “Runey” Ghosh

money to install newlighted exit signs, emer-gency lighting, rope lad-ders to provide brotherswith extra escape routes,as well as hosting safetyseminars for brothers.We hope to continue ouroutstanding risk manage-ment program into the fu-ture and plan to use thisscholarship to continue toimprove or risk manage-This year at Balfour Lead-ership Training Workshop,the Delta Psi Chapter wonthe Risk ManagementFoundation's yearly schol-arship for outstanding riskmanagement. This schol-arship provides the chap-ter with $5000 to spend onimproving risk manage-ment for the Chapterhouse. The house is plan-ning on spending thement program. Hopefullywe will continue to earnthis award and be a guide

for other chapters‟ risk

management programs.If you have any questionsor concerns, feel free tocontact me.In Hoc,

Seth Wagner „12

Risk Manager

wagnerseth@gmail.com

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