Delta Tau Delta
Epsilon Iota-B
Philanthropy Update
Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:30 pm // dgudorf
Delta Tau Delta participated in Kettering University’s Relay for Life event this spring. The Delts have hosted fundraisers over the past year to help raise money for the event. Most recently, a raffle was held to raise money. It was held for a week and a half and tickets were sold at R4L as well. The prizes included a brand new Nintendo Wii, two tickets to a Detroit Tigers game, and two $20 gift cards to Buffalo Wild Wings. The raffle itself brought in a profit of $400. Other fundraisers that raised money for Relay for Life included: ASA’s Linking Together, our annual ugly Christmas sweater sales, returning cans, the Parent’s Day auction, Pie-A-Delt, Groucho Glasses, and online donations from our team members/ families and our beloved alumni. I want to personally thank all of you alumni that donated to our Relay for Life team. You guys really put us over the top and we appreciate the help. With your help we raised a total of $2,082.20 for Relay for Life. This exceeded our goal and was an improvement from last year.
Delta Tau Delta has been participating in Adopt-a-School this Spring term (as always). On top of this, the fraternity purchased soccer goals to install at the elementary school. The installation of the soccer goals at Durant-Tuuri-Mott went exceedingly well. The soccer goals were purchased with money from the Parents’ Day Auction. Members went to the school and worked together to assemble each net, cement them into the ground, and move the bleachers that were currently there to form a soccer field. After this was done, members also took time to play a game of soccer with the children at the school. Delta Tau Delta received news coverage for this philanthropy event on ABC12.
The last item that I want to mention, but certainly not the least, is that Delta Tau Delta raised a total (including Relay for Life) of $5,909.90 this year. This couldn’t have been achieved without all of our members working hard and from the help we received from alumni. Once again, thank you to everyone who helped out over the year to make our success possible. It was an honor being your Philanthropy Chair, and I wish the next one the best of luck.
Fraternally,
Ray Fabiilli
Alumnus of the Week
Mon May 24, 2010 8:51 pm // dgudorf
At the suggestion of Alumnus Nick Ward (Fall 2009), we have begun an "Alumnus of the Week". It will be announced at chapter meetings and included in the minutes. We would like to recognize someone who does something positive for the house, no matter how big or small. Please join me in congratulating our first "AOTW" Nicholas Fioroni (Fall 2009). When no one else would, he went ahead and did the dishes at the house after lunch on Sunday. Nick currently works as a Project Coordinator at Caterpillar in Lafayette, IN. When asked what his hobbies are, he responded, "I am into 1993 F-150's that catch on fire...no, it actually caught on fire".
In his spare time Nick concentrates his efforts on anatomy.
Initiation
Sat May 22, 2010 12:15 pm // dgudorf
This past Delt Development Week has been very busy and eventful for the pledges and members of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. In keeping with tradition, Friday was spent in the Great Court. Pictured are most of the members and pledges. Later that evening, we enjoyed a delicious dinner of Chicken Parmigiana cooked by Deana, our wonderful house mother. Thank you to all the alumni who made it out to Ritual, we certainly enjoyed your presence.
Please join me in welcoming the eleven newest members of chapter Epsilon Iota-B:
- James Brisson
- Alex Brown
- Nathan Hadzinksy
- Kyle Johnson
- Alex Meier
- Nathan Mickelson
- Nate Sall
- Nathan Shaeff
- Kevin Smith
- Bryan Wang
- Sausson Zabetian
Pledge Spotlight: Alex Meier
Mon May 17, 2010 1:04 pm // dgudorf
Hello, my name is Alexander Meier, I am a Mechanical Engineer here at Kettering University. I was born in Paderborn, Germany and moved to Rochester Hills, Michigan when I was 3 years old. I have an older brother, Raphael, who is 21 years old and studying to become a drafter. During high school, I participated in FIRST Robotics and marching band. I also love to play any sports with my friends and go on weekend camping trips. Music is a large part of my life; I’m constantly listening to music and have been the drummer for a metal band for 3 years.
My Co-op job is at Means Industries, Inc. Means Industries developed a one way clutch that has recently been incorporated into automatic transmissions. I am a test technician there and also a part time drafter. At work I test one way mechanical diodes for their durability and life and design them using Unigraphics and ProEngineer. Upon graduation I hope to work in the automotive industry in a high up, but also hands-on, position.
Pledge Spotlight: Nathan Shaeff
Fri May 14, 2010 7:17 pm // dgudorf
My name is Nathan Kenneth Shaeff, I am from Royal Oak, Michigan. My middle name is from my dad, Kenneth, and my first name was my mom, Debbie’s, choice. I have an identical twin named Austin who is, coincidentally, completely different than I am, and a little sister, Sara. I have lived in Royal Oak my entire life, and we have family that is close by. Some of my favorite things to do are to be outside and to play sports. Hockey is my favorite sport to watch, but baseball is my favorite to play. I spend many hours during the summer with family and my friends watching movies, going downtown, and playing disc golf. I love jokes and people who have a sense of humor, because I make good and bad ones, it’s also hard to enjoy things if you’re always mad at someone for something they said, so I say, “Don’t be so serious”.
I went to Kettering because of the co-op program, and because it was a smaller college. I am currently working with Altair Product Design, which is a consulting company for the government and other organizations. I am pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering, and I am thinking of a job in the government sector, military hardware, vehicles, and aircraft.
Athletic Update
Thu May 13, 2010 8:05 pm // dgudorf
There’s been a lot going on in the world of Delt sports this past month. To start, we placed first in the bowling tournament led by the 3 man team of brothers Siler, Koehler, and Dixon. A highlight from the tournament was Siler starting off with seven straight strikes, all with a broken hand—quite impressive. Volleyball and water polo have also been going on this past month.
In water polo, both Delts Gold (A tourney) and Delts Purple (R tourney) made it to the championships. Delts Gold lost to Pikes by a few points, and Delts Purple fell short to the Phi Delts.
In volleyball, Delts Gold placed second--losing to Phi Delts in game three of the championship. Delts Purple beat Delta Chi for a nice third place finish. Both volleyball and water polo were exciting seasons fuelled on by the support of a great brotherhood. The most exciting news is that we have just recently taken the lead in Greek Cup standings with Brother Siler placing first in the Wiffleball Homerun Derby!
With Soccer, Softball and Sand Volleyball tournament still left there is still Greek Cup hopes on all our minds.
Greek Cup Standings: Delts (76.25) | Pikes (76)
Philanthropy Update
Thu May 06, 2010 8:06 am // dgudorf
This spring, Delta Tau Delta Epsilon Iota-B has yet again been striving to lead a life of excellence by being active in the Flint community. Members have been attending Adopt-A-School at Durant Turri Mott and mentoring the children there. Other members have participated in Kettering University’s Prep for Success to show potential students what Kettering has to offer. Delta Tau Delta has also actively participated in Motherly Intercession as well as helping out at the humane society.
This past weekend there were two notable events that Delta Tau Delta attended in an attempt to help out the community. Flint’s neighborhood council held a park clean-up at Cook Park and was asking for volunteers from Kettering University. Members of Delta Tau Delta were at the park bright and early on a Saturday morning raking and bagging leaves, sweeping blacktop, and helping restore the park. A couple of hours were spent at the park clean-up until the neighborhood council actually ran out of compost bags! What was even more exciting was that members of Delta Tau Delta made it on the evening news. Immediately following the Cook Park clean-up, five members ventured to Sharky’s Bar and Grill on Center Road to compete in a volleyball tournament called Spike for a Cure. Each team that attended had to pay an entry fee and all of the money raised at the event was to be donated to Relay for Life. The tournament was actually being held by a fellow fraternity on campus (Pi Kappa Alpha). There were eight teams total in the tournament and the Delt team consisted of: Alex Kluge, Robert Ladner, Raymond Fabiilli, Dalton Matznick, and pledge Nate Hadzinsky. The Delt team performed very well and actually won the entire tournament without losing a match. Congratulations you guys!
The next big events planned for the semester will be Relay for Life, installing new soccer nets for Durant Turri Mott, and a 3-on-3 basketball tournament that has been deemed “Dunkin’ on Cancer”. The basketball tournament will be on May 15th and all of the money raised will go to Relay for Life. Kettering students, faculty, staff, and alumni are welcome to enter the tournament. It is $10 per player and each team must have 3-4 players. The winners of the tournament will receive $40 to Buffalo Wild Wings and four Detroit Tigers tickets.
Pledge Spotlight: James Daniel Brisson
Wed May 05, 2010 6:28 pm // dgudorf
My name is James Daniel Brisson, I am an Electrical Engineer at Kettering University. I am from Macomb, Michigan, and I went to high school at Dakota. I am a triplet and have a brother, Kyle, who goes to Northwood, and a sister, Lindsey, who goes to Michigan State. I played some sports in high school, but what I really enjoyed was Marching Band. I did it for all four years and was section leader for two years. I am pretty nerdy and enjoy playing video games, watching movies, and hanging out with my friends.
I was hired on to DTE Energy a couple weeks into my second co-op term. DTE is a public utility company in charge of electrical and gas distribution in the southeast corner of Michigan. I did a couple different jobs while working there; I was part of team transferring files from one computer system to another. I also had to print out a lot of different documents needed to do my job and for the engineers to see what was going in a certain area. Lastly, I worked on transformer phasing mistakes so that our smart grid system will be up to date and useful.
Pledge Spotlight: Nate Sall
Sat May 01, 2010 4:31 pm // dgudorf
"I am from Holland MI, born and raised there all of my life. I currently have two siblings, Ashlee who is 13 and Jason who is 15. Ashlee is in 8th grade and Jason is a freshman in high school. I am currently a Freshman II at Kettering University and have a co-op at a local company in Holland called Spindance. There I am a basic programmer and am currently redesigning a website for the company to use internally. I love to play sports and will play pretty much any sort of pick-up game. I enjoy lifting weights and hanging out at the Rec center when I have time. When I graduate from Kettering I hope to get my Masters in computer engineering and then have a steady job in west Michigan.
If I am not playing sports, my other favorite thing to do is mess around with computers. This is why I chose computer engineering. I love to modify/rebuild any computer and usually work on my own often. I also love to play videogames. I like to play first person shooters the most but also enjoy strategy games. I also enjoy hanging out with friends and going to the beach. I enjoy going boating and have just picked up wakeboarding this past summer. Someday I hope to have a cottage on Higgins Lake. Other than that I am a pretty easing going guy and who likes hanging around people."
Alumni Weekend -- Spring 2010
Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:39 pm // dgudorf
Once again alumni weekend was a blast - thanks to everyone that made it out. We kicked off the day with the traditional soccer match played indoors due to the colder weather. Although the alumni won the game 6 to 2 you can count the undergrads are going to be planning their revenge. Be sure to come out next fall! All of us here at the house would like to say thanks for making it out and we look forward to seeing you and your family in the near future.
Below is a list of all the alumni that attended. My apologies if your name was not listed.
Kevin Woodward, Yatendra Guru, Mike Kapusky, Darrell Cameron, Michael Kernstock, Nicholas Fioroni, Luke Martin, Jason McKelvey, Steve Auito, Devont Fraenig, Chris Ignatowski, Tim Snyder, Nick Rigney, Bill Papciak, Tim Moyer, Rob Mantinan, CJ King, Lucas Porinsky, Brad Withorn, Ted Pregitzer, Jeff Thueme, Dan Myers, Ian Doran, Jeff Brosnan.