April 2012

Introduction As one of the leading chapters on campus, Iota Theta continues to set itself as first among equals in student life, academics, and philanthropy. The alumni of this chapter have shaped and molded our Fraternity into what it is today. This newsletter was designed to pay tribute to and update our alumni on the current status of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, as well as their fellow alumni. I would like to encourage you all to give feedback to the chapter or myself regarding anything you would like to see done. We are working very hard to receive some of the greater awards at Southern Division including a Hugh Shields. With your help I believe we can make Iota Theta the top leading chapter in all of the Great Southern Division. Fraternally, Ben Baxley Alumni Relations Chairman VP Report A great fraternity, like any great organization, performs proper placement of its finest resources. Iota Theta has fully embraced this ideology since passing the gavel early this semester. With a new focus on appointing brothers to their niche areas of expertise, we find ourselves with both an exceptional executive board, and an astonishing admin board. Admin alone over the past few months has become the true engine behind our chapter. The weekly think-tank sessions allow each chair to aggregate their committees recommendations, and bring them to the table for additional crafting. This approach has created some of the biggest philanthropy events, largest fundraising efforts, finest community outreach, and strongest oncampus presence to date. In addition to focusing on brothers and their niche positions, weve also created some new ad-hoc positions (a dedicated alumni chair, a creative rush event chair, and a handful of miscellaneous chairs) to handle the enormous growth our chapter has experienced. As we continue to strive for excellence this year, we encourage you to visit our chapter and see first-hand the great additions weve made on your firm foundation. Our chapter is within sight of being one of the top 20 chapters in the nation and this is equally credited to your involvement and support. Chapter Advisor Report Iota Theta continues to grow and be a force on the KSU campus! The chapter is second to none in fund raising and will once again shows how they get involved in the community, get our name out in a positive way and add to their ability to do more things on campus and attract quality men. Adopt-a-school was finally kicked off and almost no one was more excited and happy for our men as I was. This will continue to add to Iota Theta's strength and standing in Southern Division. I know we are gearing up for Southern Division and I hope we are able to report even more awards for Iota Theta. Nick Longendyke did a fantastic job as president in the last term, and now Tyler Webb, I am confident, will also do a fantastic job of leading Iota Theta to continue to be the leader on campus in academics, community & school involvement, and positive reputation. I have been proud to be a part of Iota Theta since the beginning of their colonization, through their

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Chartering, and now as these young men produce successful alumni who are reading this newsletter. I hope you are all doing well, and I look forward to more newsletters! DAK Fraternally, Michael Mullady Chapter Advisor Treasurer Report
Connor Tabb

our average GPA was a solid 3.00 and our overall cumulative GPA was 3.02. This GPA is an improvement on the previous semester and ranks us at number 2 out of all 6 fraternities. The new member GPA of the 11man Fall 2011 pledge class was a 2.98. Overall, we currently have a group of very intelligent and highly motivated brothers. Also, I would like to report that over 15 current brothers met the 3.30 minimum GPA requirement to be acknowledged as Kershner Scholars.

Delta Tau Delta has come a long way in the past couple years. The yearly budget has grown substantially as our numbers have steadily increased. The additional revenue has helped our brotherhood participate in new philanthropy events as well as strengthen the brotherhood. Money has not always come so easily though. The fraternity has struggled with multiple treasurers in the past year and complications with our finance management. To combat this problem, we have decided to move towards a completely new way of collecting dues and donations. This new program will allow dues to be paid online instead of collecting checks and money orders. Donations can be easily made through an html link sent over emails. This change will lower our bad debt and keep payments organized. Lastly, payment plans will be strictly implemented for those with outstanding debt. Through this new plan, Delta Tau Delta will begin setting aside money each year to aid in the future development of a shelter. Director of Academic Affairs Report
Daniel Vapne

However, there is always room for improvement. As Director of Academic Affairs, I am working with a very motivated executive board to continue this growth and improve our GPA even further. Recently, I have been encouraging brothers to pursue one of the several leadership academies the national fraternity has to offer. Several brothers applied for and are waiting to hear from the sailing academy in Maine, and the new Bethany College leadership program in West Virginia. I have also put several brothers in contact with tutoring services of the University and we will soon pick a Faculty adviser. Go Owls!

I am pleased to report that the academic situation of our chapter is very good. For the Fall 2011 semester,

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Cheersport for the second year in a row and have maintained our relationship with the organizer for it, Adam Thomas. He has always showed a favorable interest in us delts and provided us with more shifts than any other organization that he contracted. Our revenue from this year's participation in Cheersport was $13,130.00. Over the span of 4 days we were able to raise this much money for the chapter; this only shows the amount of potential that we have to do great things. As Fund-raising chair, it is difficult to find another even in the Spring to become excited for, but my plan for this year is to organize a smaller scale event in which we can raise a few hundred or couple grand for the Spring semester. The biggest change I plan on making is organizing a big scale event for the Fall. As a chapter, we have relied too heavily on the income that we get from one single event every year, but we need to focus on finding an event we can do in the fall that can provide us just as much income as Cheersport. So stay tuned for an event like Cheersport to be done in the Fall, and with another pledge class of a good size, we can raise even more than we did at Cheersport. Community Service Report
Jon Fay

Philanthropy Report
Metz Bizzle

Brothers and Alumni, we recently hosted our annual philanthropy event Dream Roll at Stars and Strikes bowling alley in Dallas, Ga. The turnout was great and we helped raise roughly $12,000 for special needs children to go to Camp Dream. Donations for Dream Roll will continue through June. Also many of you may have heard about our #SaveRichard campaign/rally. Richard Bland, a brother of Iota Theta is in need of a kidney transplant and recently began dialysis which may continue for a year or more if a live donor is not found. Through the help and support of our fellow Greek chapters, and student life, we were able to raise awareness for Richard to a national level. During the rally we held for Richard on Tuesday, March 13th the cast of MTVs Buried Life spoke on Richards behalf to aid the cause. So far nearly $7,000 has been raised for Richard and the National Kidney Foundation. Fund-raising Report
Joey Figueroa

This year fund-raising was an area of the Fraternity that needed to be worked on. We have completed

I plan to have all brothers complete at least 10 hours of community service for this semester in the following ways: 1. Adopt-A-Mile: Donating time to clean up the mile of road that we have set aside to help keep Cobb county beautiful. 2. Adopt-A-School: Donating time to help our contact Adam Casey with what his school needs from us, i.e. tutoring, cleaning up, or other projects 3. Individual Community Service: Brothers who perform other community services will receive hours for what time they donate.

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Spring Rush Report
Jonathon Hessing

At the end of last fall semester, we threw a big bonfire, and invited everybody on our potentials contacts list, as well as some new guys, and introduced them to all of the brothers. During Winter break we kept in touch with a good bit of the potentials and had them come out to things like brotherhood lunches or football games at the owls nest. As soon as spring semester rolled around we started working hard as a brotherhood to really show these new guys what we are about. During rush there was a multitude of chapter involvement as we set forth to get some new guys. We had a few good events, including one band party featuring singer David Payton. This event was a big hit and many of the potential liked it a lot, this amongst low country boils and bar-b-qs is what lead to our success in the spring 2012 rush. We did pretty well this rush ranking third in accepted bids, with around 10 initial new members. We worked hard for them and were really strict about who we let into our organization slowly weeding out the insignificant people. We looked for leaders; men that displayed Truth, Courage, Faith, and Power, and men that were capable of being social icons on campus. The struggle of getting guys was well worth it, and I think the men we have right now when they become brothers, will be able to carry on the legacy in which the Alumni have set. Intramural Report
Mike Dean

to place high in many of the upcoming sports. For more information on Iota Theta's intramural contact, Mike Dean. 404-399-3433

Public Relations Report

Mike Parker

So far, the social status of the Iota Theta chapter for the 2011-2012 School Year has been quite excellent. During the fall semester, Iota Theta had an outstanding homecoming campaign. At the end of homecoming week, one of the three delt representatives, Brother Cody Bryant, took home a victory for the position of homecoming lord. Additionally, Iota Theta had a massive turnout at its Delt Date Auction, raising almost three grand towards the USO. The fall social calendar consisted of a "Back to School" event, as well as mixers with both Delta Phi Epsilon and Gamma Phi Beta sororities. For Valentines Day 2012, Iota Theta allocated gifts to each sorority on campus. We received their thanks and even some gifts in return. So far for the social calendar of the spring semester, another "Back to School" event was thrown, a date night is planned for March, and mixers are planned with Phi Mu and Alpha Omicron Pi sororities. In addition to local recognition, Iota Theta received several awards at the 2012 Southern division conference.

Delta Tau Delta Intramural sports for 2012 have so far consisted of basketball and bowling. We are currently participating in leagues of; softball, sand volleyball, ultimate frisbee, and soccer. Our bowling season is still going on and our brothers are doing great. We expect

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Alumni Spotlight! Q & A
Jeremy Hay

1) When were you an active brother of the Iota Theta chapter, and when did you graduate? I was an active brother in the Iota Theta chapter from Fall 2006 Fall 2008. I then transferred to UCF and was active in the Zeta Omicron chapter from Spring 2008 Summer 2011. I graduated Summer 2011. The 6 year plan is glorious.

3) What field of work did you decide to go into after college? I am currently a Professional Recruiter and Military Employer Liaison for Aerotek. I find qualified candidates for my client corporations. Apparently I am not working very hard if I am emailing you while at work. Im paid well and am allowed to drink at work, clearly the only two necessary qualifications before choosing any career path. 4) What are some of your favorite hobbies? I am a big music buff and like to play guitar. I also have begun working out a lot after accepting the devastating and decrepit state of my body after 6 years of college. However, I ritualistically counteract my exercising efforts with horrendous decisions every Friday night at about 7:30pm. 5) How did being a brother of Delta Tau Delta better prepare you for life after college? Being a brother of Delta Tau Delta business frat taught me how to work with multiple varying mindsets and viewpoints while bonding a team and creating positive results. It taught me perseverance, determination, and the ability to put aside ones selfish goals for those of the team. It taught me to strive for an image of class and intellect and to serve those in need through philanthropic efforts. As Delts, we have all spent late nights planning methods to better our chapter and efficient ways to increase the amount of tail we could receive as a whole. I learned to toughen up when the going gets rough, and to always find the silver lining. It is always there, and if you focus on it, you may turn around to find how much farther ahead you are than everyone else.

2) What college experience as a Delt was the most memorable to you? Bid day 2006 was one of my most memorable moments of my entire college career. Running across campus with Jeremy Stainthorp Berggrenn, our KSU alumni who ran the national leadership chair for awhile, was intense as we shouted cadences and carried the Delt flag across the campus. Another would be the first organized brotherhood retreat to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, mostly because it was the first thing that we ever did that was actually organized.

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6) When do you plan on coming back to Kennesaw again to visit the Chapter? I am sure that I will swing by that way sometime this summer. I tend to show up in Kennesaw out of nowhere and do awful things. This time I will have a significantly larger amount of money to do awful things, which I am terrified about. But you guys are my brothers, and always have my best interest in mind right? This is an experience that you will never get again. Cherish every moment, take every chance, and always represent your chapter the way you would want others representing a company that you owned. Take the time to accept the differences you all have and to culture yourself with those differences. And only recruit to replace yourself. Numbers mean nothing if you all look like clowns. Take Kappa Sig for example. 1) When were you an active brother of the Iota Theta chapter, and when did you graduate? I became a brother my sophomore year in 2006

2) What college experience as a Delt was the most memorable to you? One of my favorite memories happened after chapter... a few brothers and I decided to take a trip to Bethany. It was a 24 hour trip that we never slept and had a lot of fun and experienced the birth place of Delta Tau Delta 3) What field of work did you decide to go into after college? Bar Industry, I am currently the General Manager of Bullfrogz in Kennesaw. They are currently filming a reality TV show on the bar and I am one of the principle characters. 4) What are some of your favorite hobbies? I love to golf; I go golfing at least once a week 5) How did being a brother of Delta Tau Delta better prepare you for life after college? It taught me responsibility in every endeavor I take on. Being a man of excellence is a tough standard to live up to but I strive to be the best man I can be. 6) When do you plan on coming back to Kennesaw again to visit the Chapter? I am available to attend most functions when I am aware of what is going on.

Alumni Spotlight! Q & A

Chris Watt

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Brotherhood Awards Nick Longendyke This year Nick won the Rhodes S. Sutton award as well as Jackass of the Year. Justin Massey This year Justin received Delt of the Year Tyler Webb The DAK Award was given to our current President Tyler Webb Spring Pledge Class (Upsilon) Eric Baker Preston Smith Drayton Robinson Josh Howard David Matton Upsilon Class is our new pledge class for the Spring Semester of 2012. These gentlemen are currently in the trial process of establishing themselves as Delts.

Social Calendar April 19th- End of year beach bash @ Venue Unknown April 28th- Alumni vs. Brothers Basketball Game @ TBA May 11-13th- Formal @ Tybee Island

When we as brothers initiated into Delta Tau Delta we swore to donate our Time, Talent, and Treasure to this Fraternity. If any of our Alumni wish to make the first monetary donation to Iota Theta we would greatly appreciate it. You can do so by following this link https://www.legfi.com/dtdkennesawst

The Alumni Newsletter will continue next semester with one for each month. Thanks for reading and please direct any questions or concerns to dtdarchair@gmail.com