Author: rhodke
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Thoughts from UIFI 2012
Thanks to the generosity of our alumni funders, Brothers William Brandt ’13 and Jon Simmons ’13 attended the Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute (UIFI) at the University of Indiana earlier this summer at no cost to the students. The NIC describes UIFI as, “UIFI is a five day institute that brings together fraternity men and sorority women…
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Lasting value of fraternity
Jim Higley recounts in a HuffPo piece “New Friends, Lost Friends, Found Friends, Old Friends” how more than thirty years after pledging his fraternity helped him gain a deeper understanding of human relationships, and explain friendship to his children: For me, I found that bucket of friends a few weeks ago when a group of…
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Happy DKE Founders Day
I received the note below from the Chairman of DKE International: Dear Brother De Lisi, Today is June 22nd. It was 168 years ago today that 15 Yale sophomores held a meeting at #12 Old South Hall on Yale’s campus, and founded the Brotherhood of Delta Kappa Epsilon. From Yale the Fraternity quickly spread, and…
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DKE x10 Challenge Update- Peter Carlson
On Saturday June 2nd the inaugural Rho DKE x10 Challenge was dedicated at the DKE Chapter house and enjoyed by all in attendance at Lafayette’s Reunion Weekend. The x10 Challenge successfully raised the funds to install a multi-zone sound system for the house. Many thanks to all of those in the classes of 2002, 2011,…
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Happy DKE Founders Day!
Today is June 22. 167 years ago today, DKE was founded at #12 Old South Hall, at Yale University in New Haven. Our great fraternity boasts a glorious history and a vibrant future. Please join our brothers in celebrating the 167th Anniversary of the founding of Delta Kappa Epsilon! Thanks to Doug Lanpher for the…
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Spring 2012 Greek Life Academic Performance Report
The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life published the Spring 2012 Greek Life Academic Performance report this week. You can access it from Lafayette College’s website at this link. In brief, the all-sorority/all-unaffiliated women term GPAs are 3.45/3.42 and the all-fraternity/all-unaffiliated men GPAs are 3.24/3.26 In an e-mail to advisors, the Director of FS Life…
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IAGGL announces remaining metrics
Following comments from the Lafayette community, Dr. Celestino Limas posted an announcement on behalf of the Implementation and Assessment Group on Greek Life (IAGGL) on Monday May 21st that revises the previous metrics as well as IAGGL’s first draft of the metrics for the remaining Board of Trustees objective of “Fraternities and sororities must provide…
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2012 Hoff Award Winners
Congratulations to Gregory Baldwin ’12 of Delta Kappa Epsilon for winning the 2012 Aaron O. Hoff Award for Service Above Self. You can view the photo gallery of the awards ceremony at this link, which shows Brother Baldwin (right) receiving the award. We’d also like to recognize Phi Kappa Psi for winning the 2012 award…
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Spring 2012 Rho News
If your e-mail address is on file with the College, you should have received the message below today announcing the publication of the Spring 2012 Rho News. Past issues of the Rho News are available in the archive. Brothers, Greetings from the Rho House Association of DKE! The Spring 2012 edition of the Rho News…
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The Lafayette 05-04-2012 Edition
Once again The Lafayette published several articles touching on the topic of Greek Life at Lafayette College. Brett Billings ’12 writes in the article The role of alumni in a changing college culture: But the most vocalized angst over college changes has been, by far, the scrutiny under which Greek life finds itself. Messick is…