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ISSUE 1 SEP 2014 VOLUME 10

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UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FRATERNITY & SORORITY COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

The Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life would like to welcome back UConn’s Greek community for another exciting year! We wish you all the best of luck and look forward to working with you.

MEET THE STAFF

New year, new staff!

Our Student Interns

WWW.GREEKLIFE.UCONN.EDU

From left to right:

Adam Duong: Senior, Brother of Alpha Delta Phi, Management and Engineering for Manufacturing Major.

Denée Jackson: Senior, Sister of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., Communications Major and Africana Stud-

ies Minor.

Maggie Li: Senior, Sister of Kappa Phi Lambda, Management and Engineering for Manufacturing Major.

Jacob Mabee: Sophomore, Brother of Alpha Kappa Lambda, Environmental Engineering Major.

Elizabeth Quesada: Senior, Sister of Gamma Phi Beta, Human Development and Family Studies Major.

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The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life

would like everyone’s help in welcoming

our most recent additions to the Greek Com-

munity, Alpha Chi Omega and Sigma Phi

Epsilon. Consultants from each organization

are currently working hard to establish

themselves on campus and to recruit new

members. The OFSL is very excited to work

with these new additions and we hope that

everyone gives them the warmest of wel-

comes.

National Hazing Prevention Week (9/22-9/26)

Be sure to stop by our table in the Union to participate in our social media campaign! Monday and Tuesday we will be in the Union Street and Wednesday we will be in front of OFSL. For more information and a detailed list of events, please click here.

Suicide Prevention Weeks starts off this

year with the Field of Memories on Fair-

field Way on Friday 09/19.

“The Be Aware Show You Care Flag Ex-

hibit is a powerful and poignant visual

display representing the 1000+ suicides

that occur on U. S. college campuses each

year. Come and personalize a flag to show

your support and awareness or honor a

memory of someone lost”

The week will

continue with a

host of special

events to honor

this cause. For

the full schedule

of events and

more information

please click here.

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Panhellenic Recruitment

We would like to congratulate Panhellenic on a successful Formal

Recruitment! On Labor Day, our Panhellenic sororities welcomed

over 350 new members to join the community. A huge shoutout to the

amazing Recruitment Management Team who made this process a

success. These women disassociated from their chapters for the month

of August to help Potential New Members find a home in sorority

life. Their incredible service and commitment to the Panhellenic com-

munity is deserving of acknowledgement, so when you see these la-

dies around, don’t forget to thank them!

Members of the Recruitment Management Team include: Dana Lew, Lizzie Rider, Marissa Sanfilippo, Mary Foley, Nicole Rothman Briana Dillon, Cassi Dahms, Christina Reese, Rachel Keyes, Sam Underwood, Emily Wilson, Juliana Collins, Kelsey O’Donnell, Michelle Rumery, Renee Fredette, Andrea Joaquim, Cathy Cormier, Crystal Torraco, Kelley Huber, Lexxi Martini, Nichole Aquino, Talya Mankdelkern, Caitlin Larke, Carly Anderson, Jennifer Birchwale

Gamma Phi Beta:

New Chapter of the Year award

Excellence in New Member Education

Award.

Kappa Phi Lambda:

National “Orchid Award” for Excel-

lence in Cultural Awareness Program-

ming

Lambda Theta Alpha:

Undergraduate Chapter of the Year

2014 Award.

Delta Epsilon Psi:

Jarrett Headley received the 2014

Rookie of the Year Award.

Lambda Theta Alpha’s Undergrad-

uate Chapter of the Year Award Congratulations, Go Greeks!

Alpha Kappa Alpha

Backpack Drive

This summer Alpha Kappa Alpha So-

rority, Inc. hosted its 66th Boule in

Charlotte, North Carolina from July

12th-18th. During the sorority’s na-

tional convention, Dorothy Buckhanan

Wilson was installed as the 29th Inter-

national President and committed her-

self to serve the 106-year old sorority

for the next four years. Mrs. Wilson’s

vision for the sorority is “Launching

New Dimensions of Service”, which

includes Educational Enrichment as a

target area. The sorority will support

students through ‘AKA One Million

Backpacks’, by donating and disturb-

ing one million backpacks and school

supplies to students during Mrs. Wil-

son’s term. Lambda Tau is committed

to achieving this goal, and asks for

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Senior Spotlight and Greek of the Month

Please submit your Greek of the Month and Senior

Spotlight nominations by visiting the OFSL UConntact page or clicking on this link.

All nominations are due by the 15th of each month.

Please send all future submissions for LifeTimes to student2705@ad.uconn.edu

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Preparation for HuskyTHON 2015 is already underway! Be sure to register your chapter team online and start spreading the word about this year’s marathon. Last year, HuskyTHON raised over $450,000 and every penny was for the kids! Don’t miss out on making this year’s event bigger and better than ever!

Phi Sigma Rho Four Square

Phi Sigma Rho is hosting a Four Square

Tournament to help raise money for the

Leukemia & Lym-

phoma Society.

The tournament is

taking place Sep-

tember 28th at

11am at the Towers

basketball courts.

Register teams here. The deadline to regis-

ter is Sept. 24th!

Homecoming 2014

Homecoming will be the week of Octo-

ber 26th-November 1st. This year’s

theme is “Tune In to the 21st Century”.

Stay up to date on all homecoming events

this year at the homecoming 2014

webpage. We are excited to see everyone

get involved!

Thank You, Husky Haulers!

The office of Fraternity and

Sorority Life would like to

thank everyone who volun-

teered their time this year to

help the Freshman move-in

process go smoothly. This

year was one of the most suc-

cessful Husky Haulers event

to date and we hope that eve-

ryone can make it back next

year to continue this fantastic

service as our university

keeps growing.