Aakash Tandel (’14) The 2012-2013 recruitment year was a successful one for the Delta Chapter. During Fall Rush, we had two men accept bids, but they deferred their pledging semester to the spring. Come spring, they pledged with 14 other outstanding gentlemen to form the Alpha Sigma Pledge Class. The rush schedule this year incorporated […]
Worthy Chaplain Dan Schmehl (’15) Rugby players are stereotypically viewed as brutes who enjoy drinking and womanizing after turning their opponents to mush. That may apply to those guys at Virginia Tech, but I’m more of an “imbibing” and “philandering” kind of guy — much classier… I’m one of the men on the UVA […]
Matt Terry (’02) We completed two high-priority projects – the foyer floor and the water lines – last summer, and that will allow us to tackle several smaller, but key, projects this summer. As many of you have no doubt noticed, the original bricks forming the front walkway have eroded and become uneven. Furthermore, the […]
Matt Terry (’02) After 10 years volunteering on the Board of Trustees and serving the last five years as Chairman, I am writing my last Chairman’s article. I have enjoyed working with the various leaders of the active Chapter and those alumni who have volunteered their time on the BOT and in other capacities to […]
Bill Beisswanger (‘96) In recent years, I’ve written to you about the importance and the necessity of substantial alumni financial support for ATΩ Delta in the coming years. Among many other smaller projects the past few years, your donations covered the $34,000 cost of the long-needed replacement of the metal roof at 125 Chancellor in […]
Worthy Master Reports on a Strong Year for Delta Ross McSwain ’13 Strong brotherhood? Check. Successful social and philanthropy events? Check. Functioning Chapter house? Check (at least by undergrads’ standards of “functioning”!). True Merit Award? Yes! After such a successful year, I am proud to be Worthy Master of the Delta Chapter of Alpha […]
Alumni Financial Support Continues To Be Strong – And It Needs To Be! Bill Beisswanger ’96 First, an important note: in case you missed it on the front page, due to the timing of this year’s Delta Dispatch, we are extending the 2011-12 Annual Giving year through July 31. With all the good news […]
Board of Trustees Update by Matt Terry (’02) Several of you have from time to time asked how you can become involved, as an alumnus, with the progress we are making at the Chapter. Often, the institutional knowledge you possess from having faced the same challenges during your days at the University or your […]
13 New Members Extend String of Strong Recruitment Years by Garrett Barnes (’12) The 2011-12 academic year marked yet another year of successful rush and recruitment here at the Delta Chapter. Between fall and spring rush, 16 new members accepted bids to the ATΩ house. Our events at rush this year were a mixture […]
Delta Chapter Honored with True Merit Award by Ross McSwain (’13) Brothers, we have done it! After many years of knocking on the proverbial door, the Delta Chapter finally won the True Merit Award in 2011! The True Merit Award, awarded each year by the Alpha Tau Omega national fraternity, recognizes Chapters who excel in […]