Triangle Fraternity Pins Founding Fathers
September 10,2011
On Saturday, September 10, 2011, the Triangle Fraternity pinned its first group of Founding Fathers here at VCU. The eight newly pinned founders are :
- Ali Al Qallaf
- Jeremy Dunay
- Wesley Heins
- Dante Johnson
- Brandon Layne
- Muhammed Naqvi
- Matthew Mason
- McKenzie Hicks
The IFC is happy to have Triangle be apart of its community. Triangle becomes the 12th Chapter in the Interfraternity Council. Triangle is composed of Engineer and hard-sciences majors. The Executive Board would like to wish Triangle the best of luck establishing its colony and with future recruitment.
Two New Fraternities Join the IFC
August 25, 2011
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Triangle fraternity have joined the Interfraternity Council this year, now bringing the total to 12 fraternities in the IFC. The music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha have just been colonized at VCU as the Rho Omega Colony while the engineering fraternity Triangle is in the process of being colonized this Fall. As IFC fraternities at VCU, both fraternities are subject to the same bylaws as the rest of the fraternities in the IFC.
Theta Chi Raises Over $2,000 In Bike the Ball to Benefit the American Red Cross
February 14, 2011
The Theta Xi chapter of Theta Chi fraternity presented a check of $2,000 ($2,300) to the local American Red Cross chapter in Greater Richmond on Saturday, Februrary 14, 2011 during the ODU vs. VCU basketball game. Theta Chi fraternity at Virginia Commonwealth University and its brother chapter at Old Dominion University together raised approximately $2,300, about 75% of which was successfully raised by the Theta Chi chapter at VCU. Brothers from both chapters, in tandem, rode their bicycles from Norfolk, Virginia to the basketball home game in Richmond. Several sponsors supported the Theta Chi brothers on their philanthropic journey. All of the proceeds were donated to the American Red Cross Society, "a cause that's important to us being a fraternity founded in military tradition," says Sean Strang, President of the Theta Xi chapter.
Brother of Sigma Phi Epsilon Wins VCU 2011 Homecoming King
February 5, 2011
Congratulations to Daniel Davis of Sigma Phi Epsilon who was crowned VCU's 2011 Homecoming King on Saturday, February 5th, 2011 during the JMU vs. VCU homecoming basketball game. David "Sherv" Farajollahi of Pi Kappa Alpha and Kenneth "Niko" Wooten of Phi Kappa Psi were also homecoming court candidates from the Interfraternity Council.
Pi Kappa Alpha Wins the First Annual Greenest Fraternity and Sorority Design Contest
November 15, 2010
VCU Sustainability Committee hosted the first annual Greenest Fraterntiy and Sorority Design Contest on America Recycles Day which was on Monday, November 15, 2010. Ten teams from different Greek organizations assembled their own sculpture using only recycled and reused bottles and cans. Teams were given one hour to "creatively" and "sustainably" assemble a sculpture. Members on the Pi Kappa Alpha team included Andrew Yi, John Ruiz, Robbie Evans, Josh Stafford, and Walter Worsham. In one hour, they were able to assemble a bicycle sculpture using plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and cardboard. The idea of creating a bicycle came from notion of Going Green, sustainability, and VCU being a biking community. A plaque was installed on a recycling container by the Commons Plaza to commemorate the fraternity's achievement in January 2011.
AKL’S 23rd Annual Halloween Watch
October 31, 2010
The Beta Nu Chapter of the Fraternity of Alpha Kappa Lambda at Virginia Commonwealth University (http://www.aklbetanu.com) is extremely proud to announce the twenty-third year of its annual "Halloween Watch" this Sunday evening, October 31, 2010 from 6:30 to 8:30pm. Approximately 300 members of VCU's Fraternity and Sorority community (http://www.greeksatvcu.com), led by the men of the Beta Nu Chapter of The Fraternity of Alpha Kappa Lambda will again help patrol the streets and sidewalks of Richmond's Fan neighborhood. Clad in this year's traditional Halloween Watch t-shirt, they will help to help keep and maintain a safe environment for neighborhood children to enjoy Halloween Trick-or-Treating. Money from the sale and sponsorship of the t-shirts that the students will wear will be given to Richmond's Safe Harbor Battered Woman’s Shelter.
The Beta Nu Chapter of the Fraternity of Alpha Kappa Lambda is the undergraduate chapter of the national fraternity, and was chartered in September, 1985. This year, 2010, they are celebrating their 25th continuous year of providing undergraduate “Men of Character” a superior fraternity experience. Continuing their emphasis of scholastic achievement, in 2010, Beta Nu created its Five Ideals Freshman Scholarship, named after AKL’s Five Ideals of Judeo-Christian Principals, Leadership, Scholarship, Loyalty, and Self-Support. It is the hope of the chapter that two incoming freshman each year will be awarded the Five Ideals Scholarship.
The Fraternity of Alpha Kappa Lambda (http://www.akl.org) was founded on April 22, 1914 by a group of young men attending the University of California, Berkeley. Its birth, however, dates back to 1906 when a group of friends discussed the “need of Christian men for a place to live and study that was within their (financial) means.” Among their various national service projects are, “These Hands Don’t Hurt,” “Cystic Fibrosis,” and “Adopt-A-School.”
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If you’d like more information about Halloween Watch, Beta Nu Chapter, or The Fraternity of Alpha Kappa Lambda, contact Ricky Deleo, deleorn@vcu.edu, or Dirk Flemmer, flemmerds@vcu.edu.