Alley Oop 2010-2011

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Phi Delta Chi—Alpha Upsilon Chapter

Ohio Northern University

125 South Gilbert St.

Ada, OH 45810

Upon his retirement for his service, support,

and dedication to Phi Delta Chi

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WORTHY CHIEF COUNSELOR

O FF IC ER REPO RTS A L L E Y O OP

ANTHONY FRITZ

This past year as Worthy Chief Counselor really

opened my eyes to world of leadership. Having originally

been elected Vice Counselor, then appointed the position

due to the departure of a Brother, I had a good amount of

things put on me all at once. With the help of past WCC

Alex Seminara and the Office of Student Affairs, I was able

to be brought up to speed and begin leading our chapter

into the future. My main goal as president was to continue

the path towards having a closer brotherhood and getting

everyone together more often. Although it is hard for many

of the older guys to always be around given classes/

rotation, I feel that turnouts at events and just general “bro”

time was very good this year.

This year also featured a ChEQ visit from Brothers

Jennifer Esch and JD Faulkner. During their visit, they

spoke with our Advisors, University faculty and staff, as

well as all officers of the Fraternity. We spoke about what

we can do as a Brotherhood to further advance our success as a chapter and work towards

winning the Thurston Cup. I feel like we came up with many good ideas as to doing more

small health screenings and other small community service projects to add to our already great

line up of events.

Over all my experience this past

year as president was one of the best op-

portunities I have ever been presented

with. It allowed me to become more fa-

miliar with the pharmacy faculty as well

as other members of the ONU staff. I

learned many invaluable skills that I will

be able to take with me in the future as a

pharmacist. This brotherhood was an ab-

solute pleasure to lead and I wish all the

best to our new WCC Billy Maiden.

AAAE

Anthony Fritz #602

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WORTHY VICE COUNSELOR

O FF ICER REPO RTS A L L EY O OP

RYAN SIEFRING

As always, we had another successful year of Rush which

concluded in the induction of five new Brothers on December 10,

2010. These new Brothers included Emerson Babington, Nikolas

Beatty, Nic Jantzen, Gavin Klaus, and Corey Lotridge. The rush

season started with the first week of school and consisted of our

most popular event, the volleyball cookout. At the cookout, phar-

macy guys would come over to the Chapter House to relax with the

Brothers, eat some food, and play volleyball and corn hole. Other

common events consisted of pickup soccer, football, and basketball

games, all of which allowed for the freshmen rushes to come out,

meet the Brothers, and find out what Phi Delta Chi is all about.

This fall, our chapter also started branching out more

with new Rush events in hopes of attracting a wider variety of

guys to our fraternity, and overall, the Brotherhood feels that

these events did just that. To mention a few of the new events,

we held a BW3’s night, a bowling night, a Halo tournament,

and an OSU vs. Michigan night where the guys came over to

watch the game on our big screens. As a Fraternity, we hope to

continue our expansion with new and incoming ideas from re-

cently initiated brothers as well as looking to the wisdom of our

older Brothers.

AAAE

Ryan Siefring #614

Brothers Ryan and his big Chad

Meyers at Formals in Newport, KY

Brothers Ryan and Billy Maiden receive

the Theta Men Award at the Kappa Alpha

Theta Formals

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WORTHY KEEPER OF RECORDS AND SEALS


CHRIS LEWIS

From my time as the Worthy Keeper of Records and

Seals has made me a better person in many ways. First off,

I've had to learn to become more prepared to stand up for

the ideals that I believe should run our Fraternity. Second,

and most important, I've realized how imperative it is to

work in groups, to complete projects in a timely manner.

With this office recently taking over the responsibility of

Standards of Excellence for the University, it is a quick re-

alization that there is an immense amount of work that is

put in by every Brother, which often goes unnoticed. If not

for the unity of our Brotherhood, I can say that deadlines

would not be met.

AAAE

Chris Lewis #612

Brother Chris Lewis seems to have found a

wig.

Brother Chris Lewis spends some time out

with friends.

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WORTHY KEEPER OF FINANCE


MATT HAJEC

This past year during my term as Worthy

Keeper of Finance, I took responsibility of collect-

ing and then distributing the funds we, as a chapter,

collected. Our budget this year included funds col-

lected from dues, fundraisers, and from budget ap-

propriations from the university. Our budget was

smaller this year than in years past, but we were

able to make due by shifting our budget around.

Fortunately, we were still able to participate in all

of our normal activities, on and off of campus. It

was tough deciding which portions of our budget to

trim down, but I feel that my committee and I were

very successful in allocating the funds to where

they were needed most. Within our budget, we

planned for our annual Spring Formal and Health Screening, as well as on campus events such

as Greek Week.

One of our biggest expenses was once again our annual Spring Formal, which we held

in Newport, Kentucky this year, shifting from the venue we had used in Columbus the past two

years. I think the brotherhood enjoyed the change in venue, and it also helped us stay within

our tightened budget. Throughout this year, I had the chance to work with the other officers

who, like the rest of our brotherhood, were an exceptional group of men to work with. The

changing dynamic of Greek Life at Ohio Northern was the main challenge that we faced this

year, but the officers and the rest of our chapter came together and were able to turn a chal-

lenging year into an enjoyable one. My year as WKF taught me a great deal and I look for-

ward to my future involvement with Phi Delta

Chi.

AAAE,

Matthew Hajec #604

Brothers Matt Hajec and David Trinh help with yard work

at Dr. Kinder’s House

Brothers Tom Otroba, Anthony Fritz, and

Matt Hajec travel to Findlay, OH and pose

while ice skating

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WORTHY CORRESPONDENT


BRAD JANKO

As the outgoing WC, I am very pleased with how

the year went. We completed another successful year in

the Achievement Award program in the 2009-2010 cam-

paign, earning yet another Loving Cup, and with another

successful May 2011 report by our new WC Nic Jantzen,

we will obtain another one. Along with keeping up good

communications with the national office, we were able to

continue our friendly relations with our sister chapter of

Alpha Phi. Not only did we have Brothers attend their

initiation ceremony, but they sent brothers to attend ours.

We also sent a few brothers to their annual bar crawl. We

also started a new friendship with the Alpha chapter this

year. After a trip to the grave of Worthy Brother Albert Benjamin Prescott in October, many

new friendships were kindled between the Brothers of Alpha Upsilon and Alpha, and some of

them were able to attend our initiation ceremony. I am also pleased to report that we had yet

another fun and successful trip to Gatlinburg this year. We were able to reconnect with a lot of

friends from around our region and forge new friendships along the way during that weekend.

As I leave the office of WC, I would like to extend a thank you to all of the Brothers that

were able to help me with various sections of the Achievement Award Program, including typ-

ing up reports in a timely fashion and helping me coordinate and finish various projects, in-

cluding the Window Display and the Chapter Publication. If I could do it all over again, my

only wish is that I would have been able to coordinate more social events with more of the

chapters around our region. I sincerely hope that going forward, not only will our new and ca-

pable WC will do so, but that I can assist in that process. Of course, as our motto impresses

upon us, each needs the help of the other, so my job as WC will never completely be done. I

intend to continue to help with anything I can in the

future, and make sure that the office of WC contin-

ues to be a successful position for years to come.

AAAE

Brad Janko #610

Brother Brad Janko with Alpha Phi Brothers in

Gatlinburg, TN

Brothers Brad Janko and Mike Witherow on their

Spring Break Cruise

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WORTHY PRELATE


BILLY MAIDEN

This year, the Alpha Upsilon chapter has

continued its dedication to pharmacy profes-

sional projects. Throughout the year, Brothers

have given a presentation to local area fifth

graders about prescription drug abuse and how

to avoid abusing prescription drugs. So far, the

program has reached roughly 150 fifth graders.

We also sponsored a health care screening at

the North Cable Road Ray’s Supermarket in

Lima, Ohio. All pharmacy groups were invited

to participate; overall, we reached out to over

100 shoppers and Ray’s Supermarket workers.

Different disease states, their warning signs, and treatments, were presented to the patients as

they walked through. They could also receive a bone density screening, a blood pressure

check, and cholesterol screenings. Lastly, we held many informational sessions at Ray’s Su-

permarket stores throughout the school year, educating patients about men’s health. The Alpha

Upsilon chapter continues to advance the science of pharmacy through its professional activi-

ties.

AAAE

Billy Maiden #613

Brothers Chad Meyers and Billy Maiden give

thumbs up for the camera

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WORTHY ALUMNI LIASON


TYLER BOLANZ

During my first term as Worthy Alumni

Liaison, our collegiate chapter witnessed the re-

institution of the Alpha Upsilon Alumni Asso-

ciation. This was spearheaded by the efforts of

Brother Ed Chin, who is currently acting as

president of the organization. The objectives of

this association are to promote professional

meetings in the interests of the profession of

pharmacy and to assist the active Alpha Upsilon

Chapter in every way, and to promote social

contacts among the alumni of the Phi Delta Chi

Fraternity. Two $125 scholarships were generously issued by the association this year to

Brothers Cory Miller and Chad Rounds who were selected on the basis of an essay competi-

tion. Anyone interested in becoming a part of the alumni association can visit pdcalumni.com

to get involved.

This past year, our alumni were invited to the annual formals dinner in Columbus, Ohio

and to a cookout at the chapter house during homecoming weekend. With the reestablishment

of the alumni association, we look to further the interactions between collegiate and alumni

brothers, both socially and professionally. As I continue into my second term as Worthy

Alumni Liaison, I hope to see an increase in the relations between our alumni and collegiate

brothers, as we are all Brothers for Life.

AAAE

Tyler Bolanz #609

Brother Tyler Bolanz and his family at his commissioning into

the United States Air Force

Former Sweetheart Rachael “Dorothy”

Karasiewicz and Brother Tyler “Tony Mon-

tana” Bolanz at the Annual Halloween

Social

http://pdcalumni.com/

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WORTHY MASTER AT ARMS


MIKE WITHEROW

After pledging, I felt that the best way for

me to help continue the tradition of excellence

of Phi Delta Chi was to become the Worth Mas-

ter at Arms. In this position, I could take every-

thing that I had learned during my pledging ex-

perience and pass it on to our future brothers. It

was my goal as WMA to make the pledging

process as enjoyable and rewarding as possible,

while passing along the teachings of the frater-

nity. I believe that both classes I was responsi-

ble for excelled in learning the fraternity’s his-

tory and the standards that make Phi Delta Chi

what it is. I believe my greatest success as

WMA was showing the pledges that regardless

of age we are all brothers and will always be brothers. To do this, I explained to the pledges

the hardships my pledge class went through due to the age gap and stressed the importance of

becoming close friends with your pledge brothers as these men will likely be your closest

friends during your time in college and even after graduation. However, I would have never

been able to accomplish bringing the pledges together without the help of the rest of the frater-

nity; being able to watch the brothers interact with each other on a daily basis greatly rein-

forced everything that I had emphasized and inspired them to really become closer. I greatly

enjoyed my time as WMA and can only hope that it was as enjoyable for my pledges (Dan Ja-

novick, Nick Manion, Nikolas Beatty, Nic Jantzen, Corey Lotridge, Gavin Klaus and Emerson

Babington) and would like to thank all of my

brothers for all the help they gave me during my

term as WMA.

AAAE

Michael A. Witherow #611

Brothers Mike Witherow, Zach Olds, and Brad Janko sit down

for dinner on their Spring Break cruise

Brothers Paul Cyca, Gavin Klaus, and Mike

Witherow at Formals in Newport, KY

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WORTHY INNER GUARD


PAUL LAMIELL

This year our brotherhood has been the closest it has been in a long time, in social

terms. We were able to hold many social events that were both planned and spontaneous. We

held our annual social with Alpha Xi Delta for Halloween, and another with Delta Zeta for

Christmas. Kappa Epsilon also came to enjoy the Browns/Steelers game in the Fall, along

with a BroBQ this Spring, in between all the rain. There were many gatherings among Broth-

ers and this led to many stories, nicknames, and some embarrassment for all involved. This

year fundraising was difficult, as the University enacted new policies for shirt designs and

school logos. After have extreme difficulty in getting people to volunteer last year the Broth-

erhood seems ready to go this coming year, to help raise more money for St. Judes.

AAAE

Paul Lamiell #601

Brothers Paul Lamiell and Cory Miller take a

quick break from Formals for a picture

Brother Paul Lamiell wins ZTA Sweetheart

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SWEETHEART

SWEETHEART REPORT

A L L E Y O O P

CAROLINE CONNOR

Dearest Phi Delts,

Where do I even begin? Over the past two years that I've known you boys, I've been so

lucky to form such great and lasting friendships with so many of you. We've shared lots of

wonderful memories, and had some really great experiences - and I'm confident that over the

next few years, there will definitely be more to come :)

I want to thank you for letting me have the honor of being your Sweetheart, because it has

really meant so much to me. I'm so proud to be able to say, I'm Sweetheart to such a great

group of men - because you guys are truly the best on campus! Thank you for always being

there for me, whether its a smiling face or a great big hug, and for being so much fun! I know I

can always count on you all to be supportive of my Theta sisters, and of our philanthropic

events.

I wish you all the best that life has to offer, and look forward to our next few years to-

gether :)

Love always,

Caroline

The Couple, Sweetheart Caroline Connor and Brother Dan Janovick at Honors Day

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FORMALS

SOC IAL EVENTS AL L EY O OP

FEATURED SOCIAL

EVENT

This year our annual Spring Formal was held at BB Riverboats in Newport, Kentucky.

Newport is just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, and was a change of venue from Co-

lumbus, where we had been at the Crowne Plaza hotel for the past two years. While the

weather didn’t completely cooperate with us, all the Brothers and their dates had a great time.

We had around 65 people in attendance this year, which included brothers, their dates, our ad-

visor, Dr. David Kinder, as well as a few alumni. Two of our alumni, Ed Chin and Zack

Schrensky, presented the Active Brother Scholarship to Cory Miller and Chad Rounds, as rep-

resentatives of the Alumni Chapter.

The night began with dinner and music and opened up for dancing after everyone’s ap-

petites had been sated. We also presented our annual awards where Ed Chin received Alumni

of the Year for his outstanding

work recently with the develop-

ment of our Alumni Chapter.

The party favor for this year

was a customized flask with the

Phi Delta Chi Crest adorning it. I

think everyone enjoyed the riv-

erside venue, and overall I be-

lieve the brotherhood would call

this year’s Formals a success.

AAAE,

Matthew Hajec

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GATLINBURG RETREAT

SOC IAL EVENTS AL L EY OOP

FEATURED SOCI AL

EVENT

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GREEK WEEK 2011


GREEKELODEON

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A QUICK LOOK


2010-2011 HIGHLIGHTS

Our chapter decided to visit the Al-

pha chapter as a part of our fall pledging

process, in addition to celebrating Foun-

ders’ Day. We traveled to the University

of Michigan on October 29th to help them

clean the grave of Albert Prescott, our

first Honorary Brother. We had a won-

derful time getting to know the Alpha

Chapter Members and Pledges; we hope

to continue this tradition into the future.

AAAE

Billy Maiden, #613

To kick off the year, the Greek Life com-

munity sponsors Greekapalooza, a picnic for the

freshmen. During the picnic, each Greek chapter

sponsors various activities as a way to meet and

greet potential rushes. This year, we sponsored a

home run derby. From the people we met at

Greekapalooza, we began to figure out who our

potential rushes are and how to best reach out to

them. It was a great start to a great year.

AAAE

Billy Maiden, #613

Our spring social this year was with the

Kappa Alpha Theta sorority in March. The

theme for the social was “Minute to Win It.”

Each of the Brothers paired with a Theta, and

we played various games in a single-

elimination bracket to determine the winners.

Everyone had a great time; we made some

great memories and some great friends.

AAAE

Billy Maiden #613

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SPRING HEALTH SCREENING

PRO FES S I ONA L EVENTS

A L L E Y O O P

RAY’S SUPERMARKET

In March, we sponsored a spring health screening with Dr. Kristen Sobota in Ray’s Su-

permarket in Lima, Ohio. We invited other pharmacy groups to participate on campus as we

presented to patients about common diseases and other health problems. Brothers informed

patients of what they could do to treat these diseases. We also had blood pressure screenings,

bone density scanners, and cholesterol screenings. We reached several shoppers and workers

at Ray’s Supermarket, and we hope to continue this event in the future.

AAAE

Billy Maiden #613

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SPAGHETTI DINNER

PH I LANTHROPY AL L E Y O O P

FEATURED FUNDRAISER

The Brothers of Phi Delta Chi were very pleased with the success of the First Annual

Spaghetti Dinner for St. Jude’s, as we were able to raise about $360.00 for charity. However,

in order to make it happen, a great deal of preparation was necessary. First, the sauce needed

to be made. Over the course of the week beforehand, I made 6 batches of my homemade spa-

ghetti sauce, each of which took roughly 5 hours to make. After reserving the Affinity Dining

Hall for the event, more than half of the Brothers of Phi Delta Chi donated their time to help

make this event possible, doing things like cooking up spaghetti noodles and garlic bread, set-

ting up the room, donating supplies, helping serve the food, and staying after to help clean up.

I would also like to extend a thank you to the Sisters of Kappa Alpha Theta for allowing

us to use their kitchen and their kitchen supplies before and during the dinner, to the ONU Ath-

letic Department for lending us a cooler for the drinks, and to Community Market and Ray’s

Supermarket for making generous donations to the cause. Without all of the help I received

from the aforementioned groups and people, this event would not have been possible. We

hope with more advertis-

ing and prior planning,

this event will be even

more successful in 2012.

AAAE.

Brad Janko

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NEW INITIATES

MEMBERSH IP A L L E Y O O P

FALL 2010

New Brothers (L to R): Nic Jantzen #619, Corey Lotridge #621, Nik Beatty #618, Emerson

Babington #617, Gavin Klaus #620

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P6 ROTATIONS


CLASS OF 2012

**RESPONSES** June July August September October

Dave Lang Geriatrics Lima VA

Gen. Med.

Conemaugh

Hospital,

Johnstown,

PA

Am. Care Grandview

Hospital,

Dayton OH

Med. Safety UH Cleveland

Retail

Randolph

AFB, San An-

tonio, TX

Geoff

Mospan

Hospital St. Anne

Mercy

Hospital

OFF

Community Cleveland

Clinic

Administra-

tion Mary-

mount

Am. Care Cleveland

Clinic

Andy Nelson

Community Pooles

Pharmacy,

Central City,

KY

Am. Care Indian River

Memorial

Hospital, Vero

Beach, FL

Administration

CVS, Dublin,

OH

Geriatrics Wailuku

Professional

Pharmacy,

Wailuku, HI

Hospital Cincinnati

VAMC

Kris Clarke

Community Pooles

Pharmacy,

Central City,

KY

No Response No Response No Response No Response

Paul Cyca No Response

Oncology Indian River

Memorial

Hospital, Vero

Beach, FL

No Response

Geriatrics Wailuku

Professional

Pharmacy,

Wailuku, HI

No Response

Rob

Reichenbach OFF

Surgical

Care

Surgery and

Endoscopy

Center, Lima,

OH

Hospital

Beaufort Me-

morial Hospital,

Beaufort, SC

Onc/Hemat

Memorial

Hospital of Un-

ion County,

Marysville, OH

Critical Care Holy Cross

Hospital

Silver

Springs, MD

Chad

Rounds

Pediatric

Nationwide

Children's,

Columbus,

OH

Kenya OFF

Retail CVS

Novato, CA

Hospice PBM

HospiScript

Columbus,

OH

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P6 ROTATIONS


CLASS OF 2012

November December January February March April

Kenya Kenya Hospital Firelands

OFF

Pediatrics Akron

Children's

Critical Care Cleveland VA

Infectious

Disease Summa

OFF

Internal

Medicine Cleveland

Clinic

Cardiology

Brecksville

VAMC

Geriatrics UH Cleveland

Pediatrics Akron

Children's

Palliative

Care Dublin, OH

OFF

Gen. Med.

Riverside

Methodist

Hospital,

Columbus,

OH

Pediatric Pain

Mgmt.

Nationwide

Children's,

Columbus, OH

Anticoag Grant Medical

Center,

Columbus,

OH

OFF

Palliative

Care Dublin, OH

No Response

Emergency

Med.

Riverside

Methodist

Hospital,

Columbus,

OH

No Response No Response No Response

No Response No Response No Response No Response No Response No Response

Geriatrics Lima -

VAMC

Nutrition Indian River

Memorial

Hospital, Vero

Beach, FL

Am. Care ONU

Healthwise

OFF

Community Grace Cottage

Hospital,

Townshend,

VT

Internal

Med. Grandview

Hospital,

Dayton, OH

Am. Care ONU

Healthwise OFF

Hospital

Adams Me-

morial County

Hospital

Decatur, IN

Compounding

Fort Wayne

Custom Rx

Fort Wayne,

IN

Gen. Med. Good

Samaritan

Dayton, OH

Lower Brule,

South Dakota

Indian Health

Reservation

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NEW GRADUATES


CLASS OF 2011

Mikey Anderson

Walgreens

Southwest MI

Rich Boyd

Ellsworth AFB

Rapid City, SD

Tim Danilov

Bluffton Regional

Medical Center

Bluffton, IN

Mike Flynn

Target

Rochester, NY

Mike Keryeski

CVS

Cincinnati, OH

Shaun Moizuk

Walgreens

Cleveland, OH

Todd Sega

Wal-Mart

Hope Mills, NC

Chris Westrick

PGY1

Fort Wayne, IN

Blayne Young

CVS

Dayton, OH

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I hope you have enjoyed the 2010-2011 Edition of the Alley Oop.

AAAE

Alex Seminara #597

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