As the school year comes to an end, we reflect back on the successes of the Beta Phi chapter. We have reached a milestone of 100 active members, recently initiating 6 new members this past spring. In light of our continued growth, we have decided to cap our total membership at 120 to preserve the positive dynamics of our chapter.
This past year we were privileged to win the Dean Robert Svob award for the second year in a row. This award is given to the “best” fraternity on campus. Along with the Svob award we were honored for having the highest active GPA for the fall 2010 semester at 3.07. We were also recognized for having excellent performance in Chapter Management, Membership Education, Recruitment, Health and Wellness, and Academics.
Our members are involved in many different areas of interest in the University of Arizona community. We have three Brothers in Chain Gang, a Junior honorary society, and five Brothers in Chimes another Junior honorary. We also have one brother in Freshman class counsel. Dominick San Angelo served as ASUA Senator for the past year and brother Kevin Elliot has been elected to Senate for next year. In addition, Jackson Welch served as Freshman Class Counsel director and Dane Denby is completing his service as president of Arizona Ambassadors. We recently had five members selected as Arizona Ambassadors for the next school year.
This year we have been involved in many sorority philanthropies along with the Up til Dawn, Catwalk, and Take back the night, campus-wide events. We also participated in service projects for the Primavera Men’s Shelter this past spring. This past spring we also hosted our second Derby Days philanthropy which was orchestrated and managed by Alex Romero-Wagner. We were able to raise more than $14,000 for the Diamond Children’s Center and the Steele Research Center in Tucson. This summer, we are honored to send two Brothers, Jake Broido and Michael Colletti, to Horizons, a weeklong
leadership program which is an exclusive Sigma Chi program. This program has been adopted by many fortune 500 companies for their own employees.
This past year, we have had 30 members in the mentorship program. This program has continued to prove successful for our graduating seniors by helping them network and gain access to the professional world. On behalf of the Beta Phi chapter, I would like to thank our alumni for their continuing enthusiastic support and contributions to our chapter. We look forward to an exciting future here in Tucson with our great alumni support, outstanding school relations, and quality undergraduate members. We have had a good measure of success this past year and we look forward to another successful
year!
