On February 26th, 21 pledges, the Censor and the Sergeant in Arms made their way out to the Meadows to hold the New Member Retreat. There the pledges got to hang out with their mommy and daddy while coloring and going over the history of Alpha Zeta. They were soon joined by our amazing Chancellor and Pledge Committee who brought with them a variety of different types of pizza and soda for lunch. Pledge Committee then played "Who's story is it?" with the pledges, which involved the pledges anonymously writing down an embarrassing or funny story that they were ok with sharing on a piece of paper. Then the Chair of Pledge Committee read out loud the story and everyone had to guess whose story it was. Both the Censor and the Sergeant in Arms also played. Once the game was over Scholarship Committee arrived and met with the pledges individually to help them write their debate papers, which is one of the requirements for pledging the Cook Chapter of Alpha Zeta.

On February 19th, 49 brothers, 25 alumni, and 21 pledges made their way out to what is one of the most important nights of every semester, New Member Ritual Night. This was held at the Meadows and is a joyous occasion in which brothers get to meet up with alumni who graduated from as little as the semester before to much much longer ago...

After the pledge meeting on February 16th, 33 brothers and 10 pledges carpooled out to the Applebees off of Ryders lane. There everyone enjoyed the half priced appetizers and some great conversation while getting to know everyone around you. This even is particularly important for the brothers who want to be bigs since it is the last mingling even before the New Member Ritual Night. The semesterly tradition of going to Applebees has been the reason for many of the big/ little pairings over the past couple of semesters.

On February 10th, 2 pledges, 2 alumni, and 14 brothers made their way to one of the some of the brothers' off campus house to watch a Happy Gilmore. This was a fun, relaxing way to spend a Thursday night instead of doing homework and allowed for the pledges and brothers to get to know each other better. It also allowed for the brothers to get to hang out with some of the alumni that we all dearly miss and wish could make it back to more of our chapter events.

On February 9th, 26 potential pledges and 54 brothers made there way to the 202s on the second floor of the Cook Campus Center for fun and games, and most importantly for the prospective pledge, mingling. The event was planned by Pledge Committee who set up a number of different games that would encourage this prospective Rho class to meet the current brothers that they would be joining at initiation...

On February 9th, the Cook Chapter hosted a slideshow for the potential pledges to better get to know what Alpha Zeta is all about. There were a total of 26 prospective pledges that came out for the slideshow and of course our amazing e-board was there to present the slideshow. The event was held in the Cook Campus Center and after the potential pledges learned more about what our Chapter was all about they were invited to join the brothers at a mixer that was also held in the Cook Campus Center. This even was a very informative event and allowed for the pledges to get a better feel for whether or not they were really passionate about pledging Alpha Zeta and if they met the requirements for pledging. It was quite successful since we now have a potential pledge class of 22 amazing and dedicated pledges.

From February 7th to February 9th, Pledge Committee chalked various areas on campus in order to raise awareness for our AZ Slideshow and Mixer that was to be held on February 9th. Pledge Committee consists of seven of the brothers who are dedicated to helping recruit new pledges, as well as planning various pledge events. The areas that were chalked were places where a large number of people would see...

We had a potluck social at one of our fellow pledge's house for a Spring 2011 pledge class social. Kimberly Sweeny is the spring '11 pledge class social chair. Nine of the pledges got together in order to get to know each other and form friendships within their pledge class.

On Friday March 18th, nine brothers of the North Carolina Chapter of Alpha Zeta met at the Raleigh Iceplex for an evening of ice skating.  We had a great time laughing at each other.  Many of us fell multiple times and had bruises to show for it.  It was a great time to let loose and enjoy each others company.

On March 18th, four brothers participated in an open house hosted by the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus. The activity was performed with the intention to guide high school students and promote our university and programs. Alpha Zeta set up a table in order to promote our chapter to visitors. Using pictures and answering questions our goal was to draw attention to the students about our agricultural programs.