Alpha Zeta Cal Epsilon welcomed back its members on August 28th, for the first meeting of the year. Amid the welcome back, the new officers were introduced with Jodi Raley serving as Chancellor, Brittany Hitchcock serving as Censor, Nicole Borba serving as Scribe, Toushulong Vang serving as Treasurer, Adam Jacobo serving as Sergeant at Arms and Beatriz Rodriguez serving as Chronicler.  Students took part in a brief mixer, where members had the opportunity to enjoy M&M's and sharing different facts, stories or information based on the color of M&M the pulled from the bag...

Seminar 1's purpose was to develop the leadership skills of our new members, allow them to bond and grow as a team, and learn about their personal character. This seminar is a vital part of bringing new members into our chapter and is essential to the personal development of our incoming members. In order to put on this event time and funds had to be reserved to rent rooms at a camp, activities had to be planned, speakers lined up and informational packets had to be put together for the members.

The Cornell Chapter of AZ had our semester pinning on the evening of September 12th. Pinning is the event where we begin our new member education program, and find out who our new members will be. It is a very exciting and fun event to welcome our new members. This semester we welcomed 10 new members. During the next 6 weeks, they will be learning the history of the house as well as getting to know all of our members...

Last September 5, 2013 the Alpha Zeta Chapter of Puerto Rico had a dinner at Romano's Macaroni and Grill in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. In this dinner the old directive of 2012 with Yehokhanan Lugo as the chancellor, Axel Ambertas the sensor and Rafael Sierra as the historian, gave the welcome to the new directive 2013 members which consists of Magdiel Miranda as the chancellor, Charluz Arocho as the sensor, Kriza Martínez as the secretary, Roxanna González as the treasurer and the new four historians Rosiel Grajales, Bryan de la Torre, Mónica Galván and Natalie Vázquez...

In September, the College of Agriculture at Chico State University held a New Student BBQ for freshman and transfer students. At this event, Alpha Zeta Eta was able to present all of the upcoming opportunities to get students involved in the agriculture community. The barbeque had a wonderful turn out and AZE was able to talk to numerous freshmen and transfer students about what the fraternity has to offer as well as the recruitment process. We are excited about all of the new students who are showing enthusiasm for Alpha Zeta!

Alpha Zeta Partners participated in the 2013 College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences "Back 2 School Bash" which is an annual event to welcome students back to the college. AZP had a booth at the event to teach new students in the college about the organization. Additionally, eight members of the chapter participated in a kickball tournament against other student organizations within the college. This event was beneficial to the chapter because members were able to talk to many students about the purpose and activities of the chapter...

Last weekend, we volunteered at the Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary. It was really cool to see the different types of monkeys—they all have such distinct personalities! We worked hard to create a fun and safe new home for them in one of the cages. We all had a great time getting to know each other better, too! It was inspiring to see how much the workers loved and cared for the monkeys, and I can't wait to go back and help some more!

From August 26th to September 7th the Cornell Chapter of AZ had many social activities to recruit new members. The members, friends of the house, and our potential new members had a lot of fun with activities such as a hiking trip, a tour through the Cornell Plantations, trivia night, a BBQ, and bowling, as well as dinners open to everyone each evening.

On the evening of September 10th, brothers of the Wilson Chapter came together for the first meeting of the semester. We began with a grill out consisting of hot dogs, chips, ISU themed cookies, and lemonade. After socializing, we had a brief meeting, where officer reports were given and committees met. NALC 2014 preparation is underway, and our next meeting will be held on October 1^st. It’s going to be busy semester!!

In September 4, 2013 Puerto Rico chapter did a donuts sale until moon for fundraising. We sold a box with four different types of donuts: sugar, glazed, cream filled, and with frosty. We also had in the menu different types of juices and soda. We sold them separately or in a combo.