Alumni interaction
 

Do any of you chapters alumni help you out or drop by and see you? Usually at my chapter its the younger alumns that help the most but some older alumns are still a great help.

We've had a lot of help so far with alumni. According to our faculty advisor, at least 60-80 will be here for Homecoming, and we've already had several donate things (tent at the stadium, a lodge for use during homecoming, a lot of time contacting all the alumni we have addresses for...). So far the alumni have been TREMENDOUS help in starting our chapter back up.

Make sure you fill out the thank you cards and maybe throw them a party. Got to keep alumni happy so they keep on coming back to help.

Yeah, we were planning on having more of a "get to know the actives" party kind of thing at the lodge during the homecoming parade. We'd planned on throwing them a party too if we can find somewhere to throw it.

Try maybe a college bar. Some bars will let you rent out free if you promise to buy a certain amount of alcohol.

Yeah, i suppose, but the problem with that is you have to be 21 to get into bars here, and most of the actives are like 19 or 20 (including me till like a week after homecoming). If we did that only 6 of us could be there.

Oh thats sucks I had no idea. You only have to be 18 here to get inot bars. I guess you might have to rent out somewhere or go to a brothers house with a big yard.

LOL...ya...we did that for Induction. Only problem with that is....the neighbors didn't like it too much (we weren't loud or anything)....

Well they will just have to live. Make sure you get proper permits and they can't stop you from doing pretty much anything even if you loud.

Ya...after induction we went out and started getting as many permits as we think we might need lol

Its better to be extra safe because you might not ever know whats going to happen.

Yeah...too bad we learned that one the hard way.

What happened did you get in trouble for something?

Well, we decided to go somewhere secluded for induction, so as not to make anybody close to us upset for being loud or whatever. So we decided to go to one of the active's aunt's houses, and do everything outdoors. Well...apparently the people accross the little pond thingy got upset that we were bein loud (we weren't really) so they called the police. Now, the stupid thing is the police showed up while everyone was in their cars on their way home. Nobody really got in trouble, but it was a pretty big inconvenience to those people who were still there at the time.

That sucks, glad you got in no trouble.

We're having our annual "Alumni Vs Actives" football game coming up in a couple of weeks, it's some of the younger guys, plus still some members from 10-15 years ago. Its a fun time for all, and just to place a little push on things, the losing team has to buy the keg for the after party.

We usually do something like that but its usually alimnibrothers vs pledges. For some reason the brothers/alums never have lost. lol

Zeta Kappa chapter is hosting a get together at Hooters of the 10th of every month. A cool way to go out and mingle with alums, and support an establishment created by a TKE.

alums
 

Ya know...almost fifty years ago I was appalled, even as an
undergrad...the ignoring of alums. Especially KU (Kansas), an
alum was routinely snubbed. But it was not limited to any one
kind of chapter. And successive undergrads wondered why the
alums did not return...and continued to snub. We are trying to
turn the corner. Undergrads, take heed. We all knelt before the
same altar.
Wish we could implant the loyalty that, say, Beta Theta Pi or SAE
has...but, then, most of their chapters are located on campuses
which are big universities or private ones, not streetcar schools
or teachers colleges or extensions...a different type of alumni in
entirety. Alumni support is inherent in these institutions.
PLEASE, alums, get behind your chapter...let those days of the
ignoring pass into the past and begin anew. We need you all
more than ever. Help lead and take charge...deny all those green-teethed reporters & hateful administrators their heyday.
Drop by the house or come to a function. PLEASE...
You will learn anew what Yours in the bond means. YITB, EPC

At Delta Nu, we have really taken off with alumni support. Some support is accepted with open arms and some is resisted. None the less, any support is better than none at all.

The thing that got it all kicked off was the Active/Alumni Work Day that was held one month prior to the 50th Anniversary celebration held May 15th.

This Active Alumni Work Day is going to be an annual event. We had lots of tools, paint, cleaning supplies etc. donated by alums or they just brought a few things that they had in the garage at home.
We all met at the all greek pancake feed on a Sat. morning and then had a work crew meeting at 10 a.m. and posted the job chart. (The other greeks were sosurprised to see so many TKE Alumni at the Pancake Feed. That was kind of cool.)
(We also didn't allow any alcohol during the work day. As you can imagine, that kept everyone on task.)

By 4 p.m. we had all accomplished a ton
(new landscaping, new chapter room paint, new yard sign, lots of cleaning but most of all......the actives and alumni had a chance to bond!) Then we all got cleaned up and went off to an annual chapter event called "Senior Send Off." It was a cook out to honor each graduating Senior. There they each told stories in front of the group and answered a list of questions that were prepared ahead of time. (ie best memory being a pledge, best memory as a active, most embarassing moment, plans for the future etc.) I would encourage all TKE chapters to try this. It was great! (We got the idea on the PIKE HQ web site. It is under House work day.)

FYI, it may have just been a piece of the puzzle, but the work on the house most likely had an effect on their Fall Rush Success as they signed 34 new men!

Good Luck!

LBSU...
 

Here at Delta Theta, we have been bad with Alumni relations the past few years - we're definitely trying to get over that...

Many alums say they want to be involved, but are rarely kept in the loop in regards to the undergraduate chapter...

Also, our chapter was chartered in 1954 in a big mansion overlooking the Pacific Ocean (on Ocean Blvd.)...

The chapter lost its charter later on, but re-chartered in the late 80's or early 90's at another house on Elm Ave...

People automatically assumed there would be differences between "Ocean Tekes" and "Elm Tekes" (referring to the streets where the chapter houses were located), but it's even like that...

That's especially apparent now, because we have initation coming up this weekend, and CHARTER members from 1954 will be present... We're all REALLY PSYCHED ABOUT THAT!!!

We do have a few alums from 1991 that help out right now, but they're not as reliable as we want them to be...

GO BEACH!!!