PIKELINE

A PUBLICATION OF THE EPSILON IOTA CHAPTER OF PI KAPPA ALPHA

UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER September 2007

River City Music Festival

Five members of Pi Kappa Alpha volunteered 38 hours of there time as security guards on September 7^th for the 11^th annual River City Music Festival. Their duties included watching over three outdoor concert stages as well as the band equipment. Our chapter has 5 major Community Service events planned for this semester alone.

Kickin’ It with Alpha Delta Pi

Pi Kappa Alpha participated in the Kickin’ It with Alpha Delta Pi philanthropy on September 21^st. The chapter donated money to the Ronald McDonald House charity fund, and received 1^st place in the annual soccer tournament.

SEMO Football

On September 12^th 30 men of Pi Kappa Alpha attended the Coach’s Show at Port Cape Lounge. We pride ourselves on the support that we give to SEMO athletics.

A SUCCESSFUL FALL RUSH

On August 16^th men from the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity were stationed at each dormitory to help move new students into their dorm rooms. 50 members of our chapter worked shifts spanning from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The next day 40 of our members attended the Great Ice Cream Pig Out to get better acquainted with the new students here at SEMO. Pi Kappa Alpha sponsored a booth at the Chamber of Commerce Welcome Back Picnic at the Student Recreation Center on August 19^th, where we were able to welcome new students and answer any questions that they had on Greek life at SEMO.

After three days of fun-filled rush events, on August 29^th Pi Kappa Alpha accepted 30 bids, and 30 new members into our chapter. We are excited about the quality of men that we have invited into our chapter and find this fall semester’s rush to be a successful one.

NEW MEMBER DEVELOPMENT

Pi Kappa Alpha has begun molding our new members into the new leaders here on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. We took a weekend new member retreat on September 28-29 where the new members developed a better understanding of becoming an active member of Pi Kappa Alpha. At the retreat, the new member class developed goals and elected an executive board of their own. We find this to be a key aspect of new member development, so that they will know and understand the workings of our chapter once initiated into Pi Kappa Alpha. 100% of the new member class is involved on campus at SEMO. We have emphasized the importance of campus involvement not only for new members, but for our active chapter as well.