February 5, 2014
GRΣΣK NOTES
Welcome Back, Greeks!
Good Luck with Rush! UGC Update
Theta Phi Alpha’s Installation Brunch is
Sunday, February 16 at 11:00 A.M. Each
chapter has been invited, but you must RSVP
to Rachel Lester at
[email protected].
Congratulations, Theta Phi Alpha!
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Thursday, February 6
CPR Event: Open Mic Night – 7:00 P.M. – Pioneer
Haus, MPSC
Friday, February 7
Stop the Hate: Hate Groups, Hate Symbols, Hate
Music Session – 12:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M. –
Wisconsin Room, MPSC
Saturday, February 8
NRHH Dance Marathon to support the Children’s
Miracle Network – 6:00 P.M. – Velzy Commons
Greek Summit went well last weekend.
Almost every Chapter President and Big 5
Monday, February 10
Executive Board member attended, and a lot
Buy a Crush for your Crush – 10-noon – Doudna
of great ideas and plans came out of the
Hall
weekend.
* One can of soda is $1.00; all proceeds go to
WalkMS 2014
The spring Meet and Greek will likely be
Flash for SOUL session on Marketing Leadership
cancelled from now on. We will focus on
Skills – 4:00 P.M. – Mississippi Room, MPSC
making the fall Meet and Greek a bigger
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event with door prizes and incentives to
come. This was because of lack of
attendance at the previous spring Meet and
Greeks.
Lots of volunteer opportunities available:
Adopt-a-trail – sign up at
www.uwplatt.edu/transportation/adopt-­‐a-­‐trail or
contact Amy Seeboth
Saint Jude Hospice (contact Ashley Bostwick
at 608-819-6655)
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Monday
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, February 11
Buy a Crush for your Crush – 11:00-2:00 – Doudna
Hall
Stop the Hate: Bullying – Noon and 6:00 P.M. –
Wisconsin Room, MPSC
Wednesday, February 12
Buy a Crush for your Crush – 11:00-2:00 – Doudna
Hall
Flash for SOUL session on Marketing Leadership
Skills – 12:00 P.M. – Mississippi Room, MPSC
Tuesday
Wednesday
IFC @ 7:00 PM,
Mound Room
GAMMA @ 5:00 PM
WGC @ 5:30 PM, Mining Room
UGC @ 7:00 PM, MPSC
Thursday
Friday
February 12, 2014
GRΣΣK NOTES
Congratulations
on your
installment, Theta
Phi Alpha!
UGC Update
• Revisions to the Greek Life Policy document
were approved.
• Clarification on the Bear’s Den computer
removal petition: Approximately 10 computers
will be removed while the Bear’s Den is
remodeled to add the Student Affairs office.
Computers will be replaced once the
remodeling is done.
• Delta Sigma Phi is looking for chapters to
participate and host booths at Delta Fest.
Contact Andy Hayes if you are interested.
• Reps will be sworn in next week.
Monday
Upcoming Events
Thursday, February 13 and Friday, February 14
The Horticulture Club’s Valentine’s Day Plant
Sale – 10:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. – Wisconsin Room,
MPSC
Thursday, February 13
Buy a Crush for your Crush – 11:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M.
– Doudna Hall
* Buy a can of crush soda for $1
Poetry Ready and Music – 4:00-5:00 P.M. – Berry
Yo
Friday, February 14
Flash for SOUL: Marketing Leadership Skills – 3:30
P.M. – Bear’s Den Computer Conference Room
1 Billion Rising for Justice – 4:00-6:00 P.M. – Nohr
Gallery, Ullsvik
Saturday, February 15
Track and Field UW-Platteville Invitational – 11:00
A.M. – Williams Fieldhouse
Men’s Basketball vs UW-Stout – 7:00 P.M.
Sunday, February 16
Theta Phi Alpha Installment Brunch – 11:00 A.M.
Tuesday, February 18
Flash for SOUL: Collaborating with a Twist – 4:00
P.M. – Mississippi Room, MPSC
Wellness Tuesdays: Yoga – 4:00 P.M. – Bridgeway
Commons Multipurpose room
Tuesday
Wednesday
IFC @ 7:00 PM
GAMMA @ 5:00 P.M., University North
WGC @ 5:30 P.M., Mound Room
UGC @ 7:00 P.M.
Order of Omega @ 8:30 P.M.,
Mississippi Room
Thursday
Friday
February 19, 2014
GRΣΣK NOTES
Upcoming Events
Friday, February 21
Monday, February 24
Flash for SOUL: Collaborating with a Twist – Stomp Out Stigma Mov e Night: Silv er Linings
3:30 P.M. - Mississippi Room
Playbook – 6:30 P.M. – Doudna 103
Ebony Weekend Events
February 21
7:00-8:30 P.M. Keynote Speaker Stan
Pearson (Univ ersity Room)
February 22
10:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M. Break Out Sessions
1:00-2:00 P.M. Conference Speaker
Vanessa German (Univ ersity Rooms)
7:00-8:00 P.M. Featured Speaker Dr. Joy
DeGruy
8:00 P.M. XCLUSIVE Performance (StandUp Saturday)
10:00 P.M.-2:00 A.M. Party with Music By DJ
INFOTEK
February 23
11:00 A.M.-Noon Presentation by Audera
Cox (Univ ersity Rooms)
Monday, February 24
Flash for SOUL: Building a Stronger
Relationship with your Adv isor – 4:00 P.M. –
Mississippi Rooms
Monday
Tuesday, February 25-Thursday, February 27
RHA/NRHH Spring Blood Driv e – 11:00 A.M.5:00 P.M. – Velzy Commons
Tuesday, February 25
W ellness Tuesdays: Mindfullness Meditation –
4:00 P.M. – Bridgeway Commons3
Have a
great
week,
Greeks!
Tuesday
Wednesday
IFC @ 7:00 PM
Order of Omega @ 4:30 P.M.,
Mississippi Room
GAMMA @ 5:00 P.M., Univ ersity North
WGC @ 5:30 P.M., Mound Room
UGC @ 7:00 P.M., v aries
Thursday
Friday
March 5, 2014
GRΣΣK NOTES
Upcoming Events
• Friday, March 7, 3:00 PM, Mississippi Room
Flash for SOUL: Exchanging Ideas
• Friday, March 7, 4:00 PM, Williams Fieldhouse
UW-Platteville Track Meet – “Last Chance
Meet”
• Saturday, March 8, 8:00 AM-1:00 PM, First
English Lutheran Church
FarmHouse Pancake Breakfast
• Saturday, March 8, 8:00 PM, Pioneer Crossing
Stand-Up Saturday: Emily Galati
• Sunday, March 9, 7:00 PM, Velzy Commons
United We Stand: Ariel Luckey
UGC Update
• Beginning this week, UGC will nominate Greek
Chapters every week as the “Greek Chapter of
the Week” in order to recognize chapters doing
great things on campus or in the community.
This week’s nominations were FarmHouse
Fraternity for their Pancake Breakfast and
Sigma Phi Epsilon for their Vigil for Venezuela on
Tuesday.
• Next week’s meeting will be in University South.
• UGC Meetings will be Wednesdays at 7:00 PM
in University North next year. The rooms have
been booked.
• Applications for UGC President/Vice President
are due April 4.
• Monday, March 10, 6:00 PM, Oasis (320 Brigham
Hall)
• If you are interested in joining Studnt Senate or
Café International
SUFAC, applications are now available and are
due March 26 at 7:00 PM.
• Monday, March 10, 7:00 PM, Doudna 103
The Women’s and Gender Program presents
• Distinguished Lecturer is Wednesday, April 2.
The World Before Her (facilitated by Dr. Rosalyn Classes are cancelled from 10:00-Noon.
Broussard)
• Leadership Awards are Friday, April 11.
• Tuesday, March 11, 12:00 PM, Wisconsin Room
Stop the Hate: Attraction of Hate and Hate
Motivators
• Tuesday, March 11, 4:00 PM, Bridgeway
Commons Multipurpose Room
Wellness Tuesdays - Yoga
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
IFC @ 7:00 PM
GAMMA @ 5:00 P.M., University North
WGC @ 5:30 P.M., Mound Room
UGC @ 7:00 P.M.
Order of Omega @ 8:30 P.M.,
Mississippi Room
Thursday
Friday
March 12, 2014
GRΣΣK NOTES
Have a fun and safe Spring Break, Greeks! Upcoming Events
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March 15-23 - Spring Break
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March 19 – Sign up for 10,000 Steps Program
ends. Walking begins March 24. Sign-up
online!
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Tuesday, March 25 at 4:00 PM
Wellness Tuesdays: Mindfulness Meditation
Bridgeway Commons
Greek Chapter of the
Week:
FarmHouse
UGC Update
Greek Week is MARCH 24-28
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Monday – Football at 5:00 (Harrison Park)
Tuesday – Trivia Night at 6:00 (Doudna 136)
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Wednesday – GAMMA Speaker at 7:30
(Pioneer Crossing)
Thursday – Tug-of-War at 5:00 (Harrison Park)
Friday – Pie in the Face at 5:00 (Harrison Park)
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Tuesday, April 1 at 4:00 PM
Wellness Tuesdays: Stress Reduction
Workshop
Bridgeway Commons
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Wednesday, April 2 at 10:00 AM
Distinguished Lecturer
Bo Ryan Court
* Wear your Greek letters!
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No UGC Meeting on March 26 due to
Greek Week.
FarmHouse is this week’s Greek Chapter of
the Week. Phi Mu Alpha was elected for the
week following Spring Break.
Action Plans from Greek Summit were
revisited and discussed. A recruitment chair
meeting will take place April 10 tentatively,
an academic council is being formed, and
the Greeks will be planning a Block Party for
the fall.
UGC President/Vice President Applications
are due April 4.
Friday, April 11 at 7:00 PM
Leadership Awards
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
IFC @ 7:00 PM
GAMMA @ 5:00 P.M., University North
WGC @ 5:30 P.M., Mound Room
UGC @ 7:00 P.M.
Order of Omega @ 8:30 P.M.,
Mississippi Room
Thursday
Friday
February 12, 2014
GRΣΣK NOTES
Greek Chapter of the Week:
Theta Phi Alpha
Upcoming Events
Saturday, April 5
2:00 PM and 7:30 PM – Godspell Spring Musical –
CFA Brodbeck Concert Hall
Sunday, April 6
2:00 PM – Godspell Spring Musical – CFA
Brodbeck Concert Hall
Tuesday, April 8
6:00 PM – Stop the Hate Standard Session
Wednesday, April 9
7:00 PM - Porter Hall’s A Night in Vegas – Porter
Hall
UGC Update
• If you are looking for community service
opportunities, Gary Olson from the Platteville
Food Pantry and Farmer’s Market voucher
program is asking for donations to help the
voucher program in Platteville. Contact him at
[email protected] or 608-732-8625.
• UGC Meeting next week, April 9, will include a
Q&A session for the candidates running for
United Greek Council President/Vice President.
Elections will be Thursday, April 10 and Friday,
April 11. The winning ticket will be sworn in April
16.
• UGC Executive Board position nominations
Thursday, April 10
5:00 PM – Greek Life Recruitment Meeting –
open April 16 and a vote will take place April
Mississippi Room
23.
* Please have at least one rep from your chapter
• Ceres is selling cookie dough for a fundraiser.
come
Talk to a member of Ceres if you’re interested in
Friday, April 11
purchasing any!
7:00 – Leadership Awards
• Congratulations to Phi Mu Alpha and Sigma
Saturday, April 26
Alpha Iota on raising enough money to
10:00 AM - Melcher Madness 3-on-3 Basketball
purchase the 5-scale marimba!
Tournament - Memorial Park
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
IFC @ 7:00 PM
GAMMA @ 5:00 P.M., University North
WGC @ 5:30 P.M., Mound Room
UGC @ 7:00 P.M.
Order of Omega @ 8:30 P.M.,
Mississippi Room
Thursday
Friday
April 9, 2014
GRΣΣK NOTES
UGC Update
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, April 9-Friday, April 11 (6:00 PM)
Student Governance Elections open online – VOTE at
www.uwplatt.edu/vote
Thursday, April 10
11:00 AM – ZBX & TKE Annual Teeter-Totter-A-Thon at
the ZBX house
Friday, April 11
5:00-8:00 PM – Sigma Alpha Iota Spaghetti Dinner at
First English Lutheran Church
6:00 PM – CPR Pioneer Feud in Doudna 136
8:30 PM – Sigma Phi Epsilon’s Burning Heart Ceremony
• NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR UGC
EXECUTIVE BOARD POSITIONS
Current Nomations:
Public Relations Coordinator – Kayla Steffel
Risk Manager/Financial Coordinator – Michael
Long
* Elections will be April 23
• Ceres will be selling cookie dough for a
fundraiser until April 18. Contact a member if
you are interested.
Saturday, April 12
8:00 PM – CPR Stand-Up Saturday in the Pioneer
Crossing
• This month Alpha Gamma Rho, Delta Psi Chi,
FarmHouse, and Sigma Alpha have already or
will be celebrating their Founder’s Days!
Sunday, April 13
2:00 PM – Sigma Alpha Iota quartet recital with three
of its members at First English Lutheran Church (free
event)
• Delta Fest is set for Friday, April 25
Monday, April 14
5:00-8:00 PM – Pizza Hut Fundraiser for Sigma Pi
Wednesday, April 16
11:00 AM – Snakes Alive! outside of the MPSC
Saturday, May 3
7:00 PM – Chancellor’s Office sponsored Charity
Basketball Game in the William’s Fieldhouse on Bo
Ryan Court
* Contact Emily Gartland if you would like to volunteer!
• UGC Constitution Amendments will be voted
on next week in meeting
• All Greek Social will be April 29 at the AGR
House
• INDIVIDUAL Greek Snapshot is due April 17!
Make sure your members complete this!
Greek Chapter of the Week: Sigma Alpha Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
IFC @ 7:00 PM
GAMMA @ 5:00 P.M., University North
WGC @ 5:30 P.M., Mound Room
UGC @ 7:00 P.M.
Order of Omega @ 8:30 P.M.,
Mississippi Room
Thursday
Friday
April 16, 2014
GRΣΣK NOTES
Upcoming Events
Thursday, April 17
11:00 AM-2:00 PM – Sigma Pi/Gamma Phi Beta
Cotton Candy Fundraiser – Outside of Boebel
Hall
Tuesday, April 22 and Wednesday, April 23
11:00 AM-2:00 PM – Kappa Delta Pi Brat Sale –
Outside of Boebel Hall
Thursday, April 24
11:00 AM-1:00 PM – CAC Bake Sale – Outside of
Boebel Hall
Friday, April 25
5:00 PM – Delta Fest
Saturday, April 26-Sunday, April 27
6:00 PM-8:00 AM – Relay for Life 2014 – Williams
Fieldhouse
UGC Update
• NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR UGC
EXECUTIVE BOARD POSITIONS
Current Nominations:
Public Relations Coordinator – Lenny Ballosh,
Shelia Retzke, Kayla Steffel
Risk Manager/Financial Coordinator – Tyler
Dornink, Michael Long, Steve Syler
* Elections will be April 23
• Ceres will be selling cookie dough for a
fundraiser until April 18. Contact a member if
you are interested.
• Kappa Alpha Sigma will be selling cancer
ribbons next week from 11:00-2:00 in Heritage
Hall
• Delta Fest is set for Friday, April 25
Monday, April 28
CPR Dollar Movie Night
• UGC Constitution Amendments were approved
this week week in meeting
Saturday, May 3
7:00 PM – Chancellor’s Office sponsored
Charity Basketball Game in the William’s
Fieldhouse on Bo Ryan Court
* Contact Emily Gartland if you would like to
volunteer!
• All Greek Social will be April 29 at the AGR
House
• INDIVIDUAL Greek Snapshot is due April 17!
Make sure your members complete this!
Greek Chapter of the Week: Delta Psi Chi Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
IFC @ 7:00 PM
GAMMA @ 5:00 P.M., University North
WGC @ 5:30 P.M., Mound Room
UGC @ 7:00 P.M.
Order of Omega @ 8:30 P.M.,
Mississippi Room
Thursday
Friday