On Saturday, 9/17 the Cornell Chapter hosted close to 30 alumni for a lunch. This weekend was also our homecoming weekend so many alumni were in town for events relating to homecoming. The lunch was held at our house. Following lunch, the alumni attended an annual Alumni Chapter meeting to keep up to date on chapter activities and improvements, as well as events happening with the alumni chapter and scholarships...

Because our chef does not cook for our house on Fridays, active Chelsea VanAcker '14 organized a potluck dinner on 9/16. Almost all members were present and brought delicious dishes including a Mexican pie, southwest salad, jello salad, and pesto soup. There were also several alumni present. Overall, everyone had a great time and we are planning on doing an event like this one (possibly international themed!) soon.

The Florida Chapter of Alpha Zeta cleaned up our adopted road trying to catch up from the summer. The members that participated in the clean-up did not mind taking time out of their schedule to put the trash back where it belongs and off the street, one member even found a game controller! The road clean-up was planned for an evening to avoid the heat of the day...

This fundraiser at Coldstone Creamery was a chance for members to come out and meet up with each other outside of lectures and relax. Members were allowed to invite the customers into the store and share a little about Alpha Zeta while they waited on their icecream. A lucky few got to work the line mixing icecream for customers and serenade them for tips! Some of the lyrics went like "Scooby Dooby Doo.. We scoop for you.. We hope you like your icecream.. Money in the jar gives us gas for our car.. So we'd really like to thank you!" We received a portion of the sales made during our shift from 5-8 p.m. A lot of members had a blast helping out and raising money for the chapter. 

 

Intramurals are a fun way to engage in healthy and fun competition between our members and other students in the university. Our social chair, Kaylie Smith put together and intramural indoor soccer team for the Fall semester. Games are co-ed and played every other week on Wednesday...

The first rush event of the Cook Chapter!
Set outside the Cook Campus Center, brothers of AZ mingled with potential pledges of the Fall 2011 semester.  S'mores was a hit!  Who doesn't enjoy some toasty marshmallows, melted chocolate, all smushed together between two glistening sheets of graham crackers?

Every year, Cook/Douglass at Rutgers University hosts a Community Day geared towards getting both old and new students to join organizations affiliated with their major or interests.  Alpha Zeta is well known on our campus and we're always encouraging people to pledge.  At Community Day, we handed out flyers about AZ and a list of upcoming rush events.  We wish the best of luck to all chapters in getting wonderful members this year!

Collegetown, a residential area bordering our campus, looks a little better today after the Greek community spent Sunday morning (9/11) cleaning! Nine members of our chapter assisted other Greeks in cleaning up our campus neighborhood, an event we participate in every semester.

The Cornell Chapter decided to add a new event to our eight week new member education process this semester: an overnight hiking and camping trip. The Pledge Master and Pledge Educator (our two positions in charge of the new member education process), along with one other active, took the seven pledges on an overnight hike from 9/10 to 9/11. They hiked in about a mile and a half, spent the night at a scenic overlook, and then hiked several more miles the following day...

At UF, football seems to be everyone's favorite past time. Saturdays are meant for tailgating and cheering on your favorite team. Members of the Florida Chapter met up on Wednesday to pick up tickets together for the game against the University of Alabama Birmingham. The members were in their seats and reading for the 7p.m. kickoff. They gator chomped and cheered the whole game as the Gators shut out UAB 39-0. Everyone looked forward to the game and the opportunity to bond over an awesome night and a little singing too!