Pi Kappa Phi - Theta Mu Chapter - UMass Amherst

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Pi Kappa Phi Blog

Helping our community gain a clearer perspective on the Theta Mu chapter of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity at UMass Amherst. In this blog, we publish our meeting minutes, records from our events, and other UMass or PiKapp-related items.

Visit from Leadership Consultant Chris Conner

Next Monday, our Leadership Consultant, Chris Conner, will be visiting the University. He will be here until Wednesday morning. He’ll spend most of Tuesday in the Blue Wall meeting with the Executives. We’re in the process of planning an event with Chris for Tuesday night.
I need to ask one of you for a favor. No [...]

Thank You for Supporting Push America

Dear Brothers,
On behalf of Push America, I would like to thank you for your generous gifts in 2009. Our success this year can be attributed directly to your generosity. Your support is very important to us, and the best way we can demonstrate this to you is by being good stewards of your funds. [...]

Chapter Meeting Preview – Feb 7, 2010

Last night at the Executive Council meeting, we decided that it was crucial that we have Chapter this coming Sunday for two reasons:

We need to Pre-Initiate, the new guys into the Fraternity. They have been bidded for a week now, and have had ample time to think about joining our Fraternity. The Pre-I ceremony is [...]

Meeting Minutes – Jan 31, 2010

Attending: Paquette, D., Petrie-Corriveau, R., Moffett, A., Sugumaran, K., Dawson, A., Brown, R., Dipietro, M., Macdermott, J., LeMoine, G., Holmes, M., Jost, J., Pearson, M., Kurtich, B., Anderson, B., Holly, P., Lees, J., Levitan, P., Venooker, A., Khushalani, J., Fox, J., Miller, T., Neyhart, K., Nokes, D., Bliss, J., Vasquez, R., Trzpit, R., Corthel, C., [...]

Event: Trivia Night

Feb 10, 2010 – 7pm, Blue Wall
Learn some useless facts or show off the ones you already know by competing in the second trivia challenge of the semester. Winner takes home $60.

Event: Superbowl Party

Feb 7, 2010 – 8pm, North B Lounge
A chance to come hang out and relax with the brothers as we watch the big game. Free food and drinks and a comfortable to couch to watch the big screen.

Event: Snow Football

One of the most fun event we have this semester. We freeze our faces off outside while we play football in Southwest for a few hours every friday.

Event: Meet the PiKapps

A chance to enjoy some free pizza with the brothers in each major and talk to them about what it’s like after the first year or two of the major and how PiKapp has helped make them more successful. Come hang out with our brothers who share your major & interests.

Event: Cookies and Milk Contest

An eating contest set up like the NCAA Tournament. Round 1 will start with a one on one matchup in a race to finish 2 cookies and a half a glass of milk. As you win and move on in the bracket, you have to finish twice as many cookies with half as much milk.

Event: Video Game Night

A free-for-all gamer night where we’ll have PS3, Wii, and Gamecube in Pierpont Lounge for anyone and everyone to come enjoy. Depending on the will of the majority, it could either become a tournament or a round-robin just-for-fun situation.