Farm is the conclusion of New Member Education Week!  This semester, Frank Scott and his family shared their farm with us for the night.  When everyone arrived, we ate a home cooked dinner of pork, green beans, baked beans, potatoes, and dessert.  Then we played Ag-Olympics, which included an egg toss, tug-of-war, three-legged race, and dizzy bat.  Alphas and Zetas generally compete against each other in these games, and they are a lot of fun.  The “Branding Ceremony” followed the ...

       New Member Education Week is held every semester after candidates are chosen.  The week began on the Sunday after our Retreat.   On Sunday, the candidates worked together to paint the Free Expression Tunnel on campus.  They were responsible for painting all of the names of each current AZ Brother, and Brothers painted the names of all of the candidates.  Afterwards, candidates receive binders with information of all active Brothers and learn that they must answer different questions ...

       The Friday following Roundtable interviews, Brothers and new candidates attended an overnight retreat at Roanoke Christian Service Camp.  It is a traditional way to start the week, as candidates become introduced to the principles behind Alpha Zeta, as well as the Brothers.  New members also got to know each other over dinner, which was pizza from Domino’s.  After dinner, Brothers and candidates participated in a trust walk.  Each Brother brought an agricultural commodity that they ...

Roundtable interviews were held the Sunday before our Retreat in our chapter’s meeting room.  Applicants with valid reasons for not being able to attend the interviews were invited to interview on the following Wednesday, when we have our regular business meetings.  These interviews are the next step in the North Carolina Chapter’s recruitment process for new brothers.  Everyone who came out to Rush events was invited to come on Sunday for a formal interview in front of the Brotherhood.  A ...

We successfully held our first Rush events of the year, and this year we decided to do some things differently!  Normally, Rush events are held indoors where potential candidates can meet us, watch a slideshow, and receive applications.  This year, however, we held our events outdoors in the Court of Carolina on campus.  The weather was beautiful, and we were able to get the potential candidates involved with volleyball and cornhole games with the Brothers!  The first night was outdoors, ...

On September 24 we had our second fundraiser of the semester in our Agricultural Sciences building from 8:30am to 2:00pm. We were experimenting with this type of sale because our Chapter had never done it before and we didn't know if it was going to be successful, so we didn't want to buy to much product and then be unable to sell it. The sale was successful we made a total of $100, since we sold everything next time we know that there will be more demand.

On September 27, the Florida Chapter had its first service event of the semester at the Alachua County Humane Society.  Because we've had great experiences working with the ACHS in the past, we decided to volunteer with them three times this semester to allow as many brothers as possible to participate.  Although the morning consisted of hard work cleaning cages and bathing dogs, we had a great time playing with all of the animals and showing them some love!

For the past few years the Townshend Chapter of Alpha Zeta has held a 5k in memory of two of our alumni. The profits from the 5k go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help support disease research. This year the "Be the Match" representative was unfortunately not able to come and speak to the participants, but Gabby Ruble, our member who was in charge of organizing the event, told the group about the opportunity to become a bone marrow donor.  Planning has to start in the summer to try ...

The second of our new member orientation events went very well this past week. This event is always a favorite among actives and new members as we get to sample delicious pizza from local restaurants in Ithaca. Our new members learned even more about the history and traditions of Alpha Zeta with guidance from our current actives throughout the pizza hunt. At the end of the night, they voted on their class pizza. The winner is: Napoli Pizzeria located in downtown Ithaca! 

On October 2, 2014, the Cornell Chapter hosted our first Faculty BBQ event. On a beautiful fall evening, we invited professors and faculty to come down to our house to enjoy a delicious meal cooked by our chef. We sat in our front yard enjoying the tasty barbecue dinner, each other's company, and the nice weather. It was a great networking event for our members to meet and speak with faculty on Cornell's campus from all academic areas. Even more than that, it was a time when we could ...