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A Message from the Chief Greetings Tribe Members! On behalf of the officers and myself, we welcome you back for the start of the 2017-2018 academic year. While you were gone enjoying your summer, earning internship experience, starting a new job or traveling the globe, lots of very exciting things happened at UM! President Julio Frenk named Dr. Jeffrey L. Duerk as the new executive vice president and provost, Dr. Patricia Whitely brought the esteemed Dr. Ryan Holmes to UM as the next Associate Vice President and Dean of Students, John Quelch was named the Dean of the School of Business and construction began on the new student housing and Photo by JC Ridley, IA ’02 school of architecture studio! With many great new faces and buildings joining our campus this coming year, it is only fitting that the The US News and World Report ranked the as the 44th best University in the nation, giving UM back its rightful place as the number one school in the state of 2017-2018 OFFICERS . As the University continues to grow and flourish, we understand the importance of Iron Arrow following suite while nurturing our legacy as the guardians of the University’s traditions and ideals. Owen D. Berry We are very pleased to announce that on Tuesday, September 12th, 2017, Iron Arrow will be hosting a Chief dialogue on Cultural Appropriation. The officers, the Council of Elders and others have worked tirelessly 941.662.6332 throughout this Summer to plan a colloquium of sorts that will give members the opportunity to learn [email protected] and better understand exactly cultural appropriation is, what role cultural appropriation plays within Iron Arrow and discuss current practices one by one. We believe that having a meeting dedicated solely to Adrian Z. Nuñez the topic of cultural appropriation is incredibly important. Iron Arrow is the greatest symbol of leadership Son of Chief 786.863-0258 on our campus, but for the tribe as a whole to continue to be the leaders of tomorrow, it is vital that we [email protected] reevaluate our current practices and educate our members on the thoughts, concerns and ideas of the society that we live in. Kayla A. Derby Medicine Man Want to find out more about our plans for the dialogue on Cultural Appropriation? Be sure to attend our th 954.790.7998 very first Business meeting of the Fall Semester, scheduled for Tuesday, August 29 , 2017 at 8pm in the [email protected] Iron Arrow Room. Pencil it in your schedules, add an event to your email calendar, tell Siri to create an event in your phone, whatever you have to do to remind yourself that you’re busy that night, make it happen! We will be discussing a handful of important topics in addition to the cultural appropriation dialogue, including changes to selections and voting procedures, initiation and many other things! We COUNCIL OF ELDERS truly look forward to hearing your thoughts and feedback as well as any JOHANN A. ALI new and innovative ideas you may have! JARET L. DAVIS CHRISTIAN DIEZ As we continue to plan for this upcoming year, feel free to contact us DAVID McDONALD, Sr. with any thoughts or ideas you may have! Do not hesitate to contact ELIZABETH M. RODRIGUEZ us, no matter how small you may think the issue or idea may be! We’re MICHELLE A. WILLIAMS here to serve you, the tribe and the University of Miami. We look C. RHEA WARREN forward to seeing everyone at the Business meeting on Tuesday, August 29th at 8pm and be sure to enjoy the rest of your Summer! FACULTY ADVISOR GO CANES! ANN M. HELMERS Yours in the Arrow, Owen D. Berry SPONSOR 2017-2018 Chief JULIO JOSÉ FRENK

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Iron Arrow Honor Society - Fall 2017 Calendar Fall 2017 Cane Kickoff Freshman Orientation Program Fall 2017 Tapping Luncheon Wednesday, August 16, 2017 Thursday, November 2, 2017 6:00 PM 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Shalala Student Center Ballrooms, 3rd Floor 1245 Dauer Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146 1330 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146 YOU MUST WEAR YOUR JACKET TO PARTICIPATE! Fall 2017 Kickoff Business Meeting RSVP by October 27, 2017 to pay $35. After October 27, 2017 - $40 Tuesday, August 29, 2017 Fall 2017 Drum Ritual 8:00 PM Thursday, November 2, 2017 - Friday, November 3, 2017 Iron Arrow Room, Shalala Student Center 4:00 PM to 4:00 PM (November 4) 1330 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Iron Arrow Mound 1306 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Cultural Appropriation Dialogue - MEMBERS ONLY!! Tuesday, September 12, 2017 You MUST wear your jacket to interact with new tappees on the mound. NO ONE OTHER THAN IRON ARROW MEMBERS ARE PERMITTED ON THE MOUND DURING 7:00 PM THE DRUM RITUAL! NO EXCEPTIONS!!! Senate Room, Shalala Student Center 1330 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Fall 2017 Homecoming Parade Lead-Off, Pep Rally & Boat Burning Friday, November 3, 2017 Fall 2017 Recommendations from Non-members Due 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Monday, October 9, 2017 Meeting Location TBA 5:00 PM Iron Arrow Email - [email protected] Fall 2017 Homecoming Honor Court UM vs. Saturday, November 4, 2017 Fall 2017 Nominations from Members Due *Time To Be Announced by UM Athletics* Monday, October 16, 2017 5:00 PM 347 Don Shula Drive Iron Arrow Email - [email protected] Miami Gardens, FL 33056

Fall 2017 Pre-Selections/Mock Selections Meeting *Line-up one hour prior to kickoff -you MUST wear your jacket and have your Tuesday, October 17, 2017 own game ticket!! 8:00 PM This is a privilege and honor extended to all current Tribe Members and new Tappees. Activities Room South: Shalala Student Center In accordance with the procedures and protocols of the University of Miami Athletic 1330 Miller Drive, 3rd Floor Department and Sun Life Stadium, you MUST wear your jacket in order to be allowed Coral Gables, FL 33146 on the field. Enter through gate E and meet at the Stadium Entrance at gate E no later than ONE Fall 2017 Selections HOUR prior to game time with your jacket AND tickets to the game. Sunday, October 22, 2017 8:00 AM For students, please enter through the student gate at gate B and walk over to gate E Iron Arrow Room: Shalala Student Center through the 100 level of the stadium. 1330 Miller Drive, 3rd Floor DO NOT bring any non-members with you onto the field. This includes children and Coral Gables, FL 33146 ANYONE wearing another member's jacket, as they will not be allowed to go onto the field, and the member may be subject to disciplinary action. Fall 2017 MANDATORY Sponsor & Initiation Volunteer Meeting YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE FIELD IF YOU ARE NOT WEARING YOUR Thursday, October 26, 2017 JACKET AND IN POSSESSION OF YOUR TICKET!! 8:00 AM Activities Room South: Shalala Student Center 1330 Miller Drive, 3rd Floor Fall 2017 New Tappee & Member Social Coral Gables, FL 33146 Thursday, November 9, 2017 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Fall 2017 RSMAS Campus Tappings Location TBA Monday, October 30, 2017 9:00 AM Fall 2017 Initiation RSMAS Campus, FRIDAY, November 10, 2017*** 6:00 p.m. - Everglades Fall 2017 Medical Campus Tappings Wednesday, November 1, 2017 Fall 2017 Initiation Breakfast 7:00 AM Medical Campus Mound, Schöninger Research Quad SATURDAY, November 11, 2017*** Miller School of Medicine 8:00 a.m. UM Faculty Club 1350 Miller Road Fall 2017 Coral Gables Campus Tappings Coral Gables, FL 33146 Thursday, November 2, 2017 RSVP by November 3, 2017 to pay $25; after November 3, 2017 - $40 7:00 AM Iron Arrow Mound 1306 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Fall 2017 Initiation Debrief & Business Meeting Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Initiation Debrief 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.; Business Meeting starts at 8:00 pm Fall 2017 Tribal Portrait Iron Arrow Room: Shalala Student Center Thursday, November 2, 2017 1330 Miller Drive, 3rd Floor 11:30 AM to 11:45 AM Coral Gables, FL 33146 Iron Arrow Mound 1306 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146 Fall 2017 Family Day YOU MUST WEAR YOUR JACKET TO PARTICIPATE! Date & Time TBA Tribal Grounds MM 35 , FL 33194

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Iron Arrow Honor Society Sponsor (n) \ˈspän(t)-sər\ : one who assumes responsibility for some other person or thing MERRIAM WEBSTER DICTIONARY

The role of the sponsor within Iron Arrow serves as an incredible opportunity for you as a member of the tribe to give back to the campus community by nominating a student, faculty member, staff member or alumnus who exemplify the five qualities of Iron Arrow. With this Fall's nomination deadline approaching quickly (Submission by email on Monday, October 16th, 2017 by 5:00 PM) we wanted to take the opportunity to break down the role of the sponsor throughout the entire selections, tapping and initiation process. As noted above, as a sponsor, you are assuming responsibility for the individual you are nominating. What does that mean exactly? Glad you asked. As officers, the most helpful act a tribe member can do to ensure that we continue to grow and better the tribe each and every year, is to be a dedicated sponsor for their nominee. We believe that it is integral to the prosperity of the tribe that each and every nominee, tappee and initiate has the greatest and most informative tapping week necessary, but we need your help to do that.

Selections, where it all starts:

When deciding if you are going to nominate an individual, a member usually goes through a mental checklist of the person, ensuring that they believe that the 'Cane is worthy of the highest honor one can attain at the U. When running through this list, each and every potential sponsor is different, but what remains constant among us all should be a formal review of the Responsibilities of the Nominator/Sponsor attached to the nomination form. Can you attend the pre-selections meeting scheduled on Tuesday, October 17th at 8pm? Can you attend selections on Sunday, October 22nd, 2017? Can you attend the MANDATORY sponsor and initiation volunteer meeting on Tuesday, October 24th at 7pm? Can you attend tapping day? Are you willing to provide information to your tappee about the tribe and meet with them throughout the initiation week to ensure that they are learning the core principles and values of the tribe? Can you attend initiation on Friday, November 10th?

Tapping Day, November 2nd, we're halfway there: The wait is finally over. Today is the day that we’ve all been waiting for since last Spring when we welcomed our newest members into the tribe. Tapping day is by far one of the most memorable experiences for any member in Iron Arrow. To many, what makes it so special is the surprise shock of the grabbers arms around theirs, the exhilarating feeling as you walk arm in arm through our beautiful campus and that moment of pure silence before the Chief says “Congratulations!” The role of the sponsor is incredibly important on this day. Tappees begin a lifelong journey that they didn’t anticipate, and it is you who is at the wheel, guiding them through the next week. Some key things to keep in mind as a sponsor on tapping day are: 1. Schedule your tappee’s tapping with the Son of Chief as early as possible. If you can’t make it to tapping day, be sure to appoint someone to take your place. 2. Come early, help set up, talk with members of the tribe and stay for as long as you can. Members who participate in tappings other than their own help to facilitate a memorable tapping for the rest of the new tappees. 3. Participate in the hymns and chants of our tribe and begin to educate the new tappees on the history and symbolism of Iron Arrow.

I-Week and Initiation, an educational journey through the history of Iron Arrow: Every part of our Iron Arrow traditions is incredibly important, but many would say that the week(s) leading up to initiation top the charts. When your tappee has had the chance to settle in and the excitement of Tapping Day is behind them, it is now that your role as a sponsor grows immensely. Iron Arrow and the University of Miami have such rich histories that it is important to educate your tappee on as much as you can. We encourage you to pass along any packets, guides or words of advice that you received during your initiation week, as well as reach out to the Son of Chief for any help on guiding your tappee down the path to initiation. If you can’t answer a question that your tappee may have, just reach out and a member of Iron Arrow will be there for you. As we enter the weekend of Initiation, keep in mind that this year it is on Friday, November 10th. If you can’t make it to Initiation, be sure to appoint someone on your behalf to guide your tappee through the night. We require all sponsors to volunteer or appoint someone to volunteer during initiation as there are many moving parts throughout the night to ensure its’ success and the more help we have, the more successful the initiation for your tappee. We encourage everyone to sponsor a member of the ’Cane community throughout this next academic year. The role of a sponsor is an incredibly rewarding experience that we hope every member has the opportunity to go through. If its your first time sponsoring someone or you have any questions, always feel free to reach out to any officer, we are here to help you succeed.

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Iron Arrow Honor Society Congratulations to our Spring 2017 Initiates! Suzanne Aldahan —Articles and Comments Editor, University of Miami Law Review; Vice Founder, UMiami Scientifica; Mentor, InspireU Academy; CGIU Resolution Fellow; Medical President, John T. Gaubatz Competition - Charles C. Papy, Jr. Moot Court Board; Chair & Co-Chair, Scholars Program; Ronald A. Hammond Scholar; Da Vinci Scholar; Foote Fellow; ODK; Mortar Dean’s Cup; Ambassador, Miami Law Student Ambassador Program; Society of Bar and Gavel; Board. Dean’s Certificate of Achievement Award in Legal Research & Writing I; Books & Buddies Program; Megan Lipsky — Vice-President & Chair of Engagement, UM Hillel; Co-Chair, Religious Diversity Intern, U.S. District Court – The Honorable Edwin G. Torres Working Group; Founder, Student Interfaith Council; First Year Fellow; Student Ambassador, UM Norman Altman — Founder & Director, Division of Comparative Pathology; Director, Sylvester Women’s Commission; Intern, David Project; First Year U Coordinator Cancer Center; Vice Provost for Research, Associate Dean & Ombudsman, UM Miller School of Gerard Loisel — President, University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame; Past President, Hurricane Medicine; Chair, Medical Faculty Council; Director, UM Self-Study - SACS Re-Accreditation & Club; University of Miami Alumni Council Representative; 9-time Walt Kichefski Award recipient; NCAA Re-Accreditation Nova University College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Teacher of the Year; Owner, Gerard Susana Alvarez-Diaz — Director of Entrepreneurship, UM School of Business; Founding Advisor, Loisel’s Marine Biology Camp EPIC; Founding Advisor, KAIROS; Founding Advisor, Women in Business Club; Faculty Advisor, Karyn Meshbane — Gold Humanism Society Inductee; Project Manager, DOCS Light of the World Kappa Sigma Fraternity Health Fair; RMC SG Paff Award Ceremony Coordinator; Physician Liaison and Logistics Christa Anderson — Chair, Black Student Concerns Working Group; Resident Assistant; Vice Coordinator, Lotus House Wellness Clinic; Counselor, Groove Nutritional Program Camp; Health Chair, Unity Roundtable; Vice President, National Association of Black Accountants; Horizons Pre- Ambassador, ROSE Program; Recipient, Springboard Grant Orientation Coordinator; Ronald A. Hammond Scholar, Foote Fellow Nidhi Patel — Founder, JumpStart Community Service Organization; President, Undergraduate Mary Balise —President & Events Programming Chair, SpectrUM; DragOut 2016 and 2017 Honor Council; Religion and Diversity Co-Chair, Standing Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Coordinator; Co-founder, oSTEM; Transfer Assistant & Orientation Leader, Department of Inclusion; Asia Night Chair, Council of International Students and Organizations; Honors Program in Orientation; 2017 Homecoming Executive Committee; UM Standing Committee for Diversity, Medicine; Sponsorship Chair, Women’s Leadership Symposium Equity, and Inclusio; TEDx University of Miami Event Management Committee Coleman Reardon — Vice President, Executive-At-Large Internal and Freshman Leadership Nathan Bates — Peer Educator, PIER 21 Sandler Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Education; Council Project Coordinator, Student Government; Resident Assistant, Hecht Residential College; Project Lead for Ecuador and Public Health Committee Liaison, Engineers Without Borders; Co-Chair, Senior Send-Off Committee; Alma Mater/Spirit Tree Co-Chair and Opening Ceremonies Student Member, President’s Commission on Alcohol and Other Drugs Education; Undergraduate Co-Chair, Homecoming Executive Committee; Tour Captain & Student Ambassador, President’s Researcher, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute; Athlete and Safety Officer, University of Miami Club 100; Intern, United States House Representatives Volleyball; Omicron Delta Kappa National Honor Society; Mortar Board National Honor Society; Robert Renfro — Executive Chair, Hurricane Productions; Executive-at-Large External & Treasurer, Outstanding Project Team Member, Engineers Without Borders; Foote Fellow Student Government; Chair, Canes Night Live; Student Government Delegate & Sophomore Jacob Beck — Treasurer, Hyperion Council; Chair, Recycle Mania; Hecht Residential Assistant; Delegate, SAFAC; Conference Planning Committee Member, National Association for Campus First Year U Program Facilitator; Beta Gamma Sigma; Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) Activities; Opening Ceremonies Co-Chair, Homecoming Executive Committee; Intern, YES Braxton Berrios — Standout Member, UM Football Team; Football Leadership Council; UM Sports Institute; Treasurer, Eaton College Council Hall of Fame Unsung Hero Award; All-ACC Academic Conference; Mortar Board; Omega Delta Nigel Richardson — Resident Assistant, Eaton Residential College and Hecht Residential College; Kappa Honor Solidarity Liaison, Freshman Council Member, MLK Week Committee, and Black Awareness Month Alexandra Bicki — Program Evaluator, Community Health Center of West Palm Beach; Adolescent Committee, United Black Students; Public Relations Chair, Vice President, and Musical Director, Medicine Curriculum Developer, Regional Medical Campus (RMC) Pediatrics Clerkship; Treasurer, Hammond Butler Inspirational Concert Choir; Alma Mater/Spirit Tree Co-Chair, Homecoming RMC Student Government; Co-Founder & Treasurer, UM Chapter - Primary Care Progress; Executive Committee; Visual Media Director, TEDxUMiami; Student Org Liaison, Tunnel of Research & Quality Improvement Assistant, DOCS; Quantum Foundation Springboard Grant. Oppression Adam Bright — Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honorary; Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honorary; Arrix Ryce — Student Member, UM Executive Vice President and Provost National Search President, Florida Orthopedic Society; President, Sarasota County Medical Society; Chief of Committee; Investigator, UM Honor Council; Facilitator, IMPACT Leadership Retreat; Ronald A. Surgery, Sarasota Memorial Hospital; Oral Examiner, American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons; Hammond Scholar; Foote Fellow; Gorgas Science Scholar; Provost’s Honor Roll; Dean’s List Team Physician, North Port, Riverview High Schools & Sarasota Ballet Amanda Saab —Chief Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Services, University Miami Megan Brown — UM Cross Country team; Executive Board, Student Athlete Advisory Committee Miller School Medicine/Holtz Children’s Hospital; Medical Director, Pediatric Sedation and (SAAC); Conference Representative, ACC-SAAC; Senator, Phi Delta Epsilon; ACC Top Six for Procedure Room; UM Professional Evaluation Committee; UM School Medicine Admissions Service Award; ACC Academic Honor Roll Committee; Academic Faculty Mentor; Airway Compromise Response Team, UM Football Team Paul DiMare — Executive Committee, Investment Committee Chair, Visiting Committees for (since 2012), Volunteer, Miami Meow Mobile School of Education & Department of Athletics; Momentum2 Fund-Raising Campaign Past Vice Jacqueline “Jackie” Safstrom — Program Coordinator, Orientation Leader, and Orientation Chair, Medical Affairs Committee Past Member, University of Miami Board of Trustees; Founder, Fellow, Orientation and Commuter Student Involvement; Steering Committee Chair and Counselor, DiMare Medical Scholars; Founder, DiMare Athletics Scholars Great Start; Vice Chair and Day Service Committee, Homecoming Executive Committee; Michael Gittelman — Chief Administrator, Ann Bates Leach Eye Hospital, Vice Chair, Bascom Commuter Senator and Freshman Leadership Council Member, Student Government; Social Media Palmer Eye Institute; Interim Chief Administrator, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Institute; Chief Committee Member, Department Sociology; Steering Committee, Tunnel Oppression; Whitehead Administrator, University of Miami Hospital Nursing Scholarship; Masters Public Health Plus One Program; Intern, Florida Department Health Avisha Gopalakrishna — International Week Chair, Vice President Internal, Public Relations Chair Alessandria San Roman — Student Bar Association (SBA) President-elect; SBA Secretary; Inter- & International Representative, COISO (Council of International Students and Organizations); Club Council President; University Miami Business Law Review; HOPE Day Service Executive Director of Communications, Student Government; Graphic Design Intern, Student Activities and Board; Society Bar and Gavel; Chair, Evening with Esquires Student Organizations & Toppel Career Center; Marketing Chair, Homecoming Executive Jennifer Shiorky — Director, UMMSM Regional Medical Campus DOCS; Director of Community Committee; Communications Intern, HOPE - Student Health Center; PhilADthropy; Marketing Partners & Outreach, CBPR Initiative, Guatemalan-Mayan Community; Project Manager, DOCS Committee Member, Miss UM South Dade Health Fair & Light of the World Health Clinic Health Expo; Student Representative, Peri Green — Leadership Programs Coordinator, Butler Center for Volunteer Services; Vice-Chair, Palm Beach County Medical Society; Founder, UMMSM Ethics Journal Club Committee on Student Organizations (COSO); Vice-Chair, Black Female Development Circle; Yash Soni — Chair, Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee; Founding member, Late Night Coordinator, IMPACT Freshmen Leadership Retreat; Student Government Liaison, U Dept. of Programming Grant Committee; Treasurer, UM Chapter - Habitat for Humanity; Site Leader, Parking and Transportation; Bill and Melinda Gates Scholar National Gandhi Day of Service; Student Center Complex Advisory Council; UM Swaggeraas Valerie Halstead — White House “It’s On Us” 2016 Champion of Change; Coordinator, It’s On Us Cultural Dance Team Campus Resource Fair; President’s Campus Coalition on Sexual Violence Prevention and David Steinberg — Director, UDebate; Co-author, leading collegiate textbook on Argumentation Education; Futures Without Violence Campus Leadership Fellow; Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar; and Debate; President, Cross Examination Debate Association; Nationally Recongized expert, Florence Bayuk Nursing Educational Trust Fund Scholar; Sigma Theta Tau Dissertation Research political debates and campaigns, argumentation and rhetoric, and speeches Award; UM Graduate Student Association Senator; Graduate Activity Fee Allocation Committee Linet Suarez —HOPE Summer Public Interest Fellow, Florida Legal Services; Legal Intern, Health Demetrius Jackson — 3- year member, University of Miami Football Team; Highest Community Rights Clinic; HOPE Fellow, NASA legal honors program; Editor-in-Chief, Inter-American Law Service Hours of UM Football Team; 5000 Roles Models; Big Brother to Little Brother; Big Brothers/ Review; Vice President, Society Bar and Gavel; Walt Disney Hispanic Scholarship Recipient; Miami Big Sisters of Miami Dade County; UM Football Community Service Man of the Year; ACC Top Six Public Interest Scholar; Books and Buddies for Service Awards; ACC Autonomy Student Athlete Committee Representative Stephen Symes — Assistant Dean - Diversity & Multicultural Affairs, UM Miller School of Medicine; Lee Kaplan — Director, UHealth Sports Performance & Wellness Institute; Chief, UHealth Sports Program Director, Jay Weiss Residency in Global Health & Social Medicine; Graduate Medical Medicine; Medical Director/ Head Team Physician, UM Athletic Department; Medical Director, Education Committee; Former Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Jackson Miami Marlins Baseball Team; American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine; Herodicus Memorial Hospital; Selection Committee, William J. Harrington Latin American Training Program Society; American College of Sports Medicine; American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Kay Tatum — School Business Administration Representative, Faculty Senate; Board Member, Natalie Laboy — Band Major, “”; President, Gamma American Institute of CPAs Auditing Standards; Women Corporate Directors; Public Company Epsilon Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma, the National Band Honorary Service Sorority; CaneBuddy Accounting Oversight Board Standing Advisory Group; The CPA Journal’s Max Block Distinguished Mentor; Media Delegate, UM Committee on Student Organizations Article Award; UM Excellence in Teaching Four-time Award Winner; UM Commencement Grand James “Jim” Joseph Larrañaga — Two NCAA Sweet 16 appearances, 2012-13 and 2015-16; Marshal; UM Banner Marshal; UM Faculty Marshal National Coach of the Year by four separate awarding organizations, 2012-13; Atlantic Coast Phallon Tullis-Joyce — Starting Goalie, UM Women’s Soccer team; Vice President, Student Conference Coach of the Year, 2012-13 and 2015-16; Led UM to No. 2 National Ranking; ACC Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC); Conference Representative, ACC-SAAC; InspireU Mentor regular season and ACC Tournament titles; No. 2 seed in NCAA Tournament, 2012-13 program; Rho Rho Rho: Marine & Atmospheric Honor Society; Hammond Scholar; UM Foot Fellow; Chiara Lazzereschi — VP of Communications, Panhellenic Association; Campus Department ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week Liaison, Orange Festival; Conference Coordinator, Southeastern Panhellenic Conference; Vice Andrea Vorlicek — Recruitment Chair, Counseling Outreach Peer Education; VP Professional President, Gamma Sigma Alpha; Alumni Relations Chair, Chi Omega Fraternity; Secretary, Art for Development and Administrative Director, Alpha Kappa Psi; President, Alpha Lambda Delta; Kids; Event Planner Intern, PhilADthropy; Mentee, NASPA Undergraduate Fellow Program; Lorraine Professional Development & Scholarship Chair, National Association Black Accountants; Horizons Miller Award for Customer Service Pre-Orientation Program Counselor, Dept. of Multicultural Student Affairs; Site Leader, National Rick Lin — President, Vice President External, Homecoming Chair & Cabinet Member, COISO; Gandhi Day of Service; Student Ambassador, Toppel Career Center First Year Yellow, First Year U Facilitator; Library Liaison, Student Government; Recruitment Officer, UConnect; Research Assistant, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and Sylvester Cancer Center; Co-

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Iron Arrow Honor Society Financial Responsibility Please remember, it is the responsibility of each Member to help Officer Profiles maintain the Tribe’s financial security. Your annual dues help to We welcome and congratulate the incoming officers for the fund all Tribal activities. 2017-2018 term: In addition, please consider supporting the Iron Arrow Room in the Owen D. Berry - Chief new Student Activities Center. Adrian Z. Nuñez - Son of Chief Kayla A. Derby - Medicine Man Help keep the Tribe strong by paying your annual dues. Along with each level of giving, contributing members will be recognized with a designated lapel pin, along with a letter of appreciation. Chief Owen Berry, born in Doncaster, England, moved to Sarasota, Florida just over 14 years ago. Giving levels are as follows: Owen came to UM in the Fall of 2013 to study Wheel of Life: $500+ architecture in the school’s 5-year professional Gold Arrow: $250-$499.99 bachelor’s program. Tapped in the Fall of 2015, Owen’s involvements spread across the entire Silver Arrow: $100-$249.99 campus community, from Greek Life, to Bronze Arrow: $50-$99.99 Homecoming, and to the School of Architecture. Contributions to the Iron Arrow Gift Account count towards your Entering his 5th and final year at school, Owen saw level of giving for the University of Miami. For more information, the role of Chief of Iron Arrow as one of his last please email us at [email protected]. opportunities to give back to UM as a student before graduating and becoming a lifelong Cane.

Son of Chief Adrian Nuñez was born and raised in Miami, Florida. Tapped in Fall 2016, Adrian is entering his senior year as a 'Cane, majoring in Management and Political Science, with aspirations of going to graduate school for Student Affairs. In his time at UM, Adrian has worked in several areas across campus, from Admissions to Donor Honor Roll Commuter Student Involvement. Currently, he serves as the Student Government President, The Tribe is deeply grateful to the following members for Program Coordinator for Orientation, and a their faithful generosity in the past year: member of the Homecoming Executive Committee, alongside his role as Son of Chief. Wheel of Life Silver Arrow (cont’d) Johann A. Ali David McDonald Medicine Man Kayla (Kay) Derby BS ’17 is a Plus Norman H. Altman David Roth One Senior serving her second consecutive term James B. Blasingame Stanley Stahl as Medicine Woman. Kay has prepared herself to Adam L. Blomberg James Trice undertake this role with the various on campus Christian Diez David T. Tse responsibilities she juggled. She served as a Michael J. Kelley Program Coordinator for the Office of Orientation Paul B. Sygall and Commuter Student Involvement where she Bronze Arrow dedicated a lot of her passions towards Kendall W. Allen acclimating students to this University that we call Gold Arrow Steven J. Brodie home. Her love for first year students did not stop Arnold Grevior Jaret Davis there as she was the First Year Engagement Mark L. Lampl Jack M. Gibbons Coordinator for the Butler Center for Service and Ted N. Tiemeyer Theodore Hendricks Leadership and is a President’s 100 student ambassador. Kay not only Allan M. & Patricia M. Herbert served as the Vice President for the Organization of Jamaican Unity and but is also a current and active member of the Mortar Board Honor Society. Dennis R. & Gail M. Lingle Silver Arrow She’s studying Microbiology and Immunology with a minor in Chemistry in Ryan Madanick the hopes of attending law school in the near future. Charles N. Allen Clayton L. Randall William J. & Sandra Brickman Richard Ridenour Patricia M. Byers Nancy E. Seiler The tribe thanks Owen, Adrian and Kayla for their leadership and Steven Chavoustie Harry Bernard Smith service as they take the reins to help write the latest exciting Merle Jacobs Kravetz Nigel Stuke chapter in the history and tradition of the tribe and the University. Barbara S. Levenson Edward J. Marko

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Iron Arrow Honor Society Fall 2017 Luncheon Speaker: Deon LeCointe Deon LeCointe is the Senior Manager for Sports and IP Technology Solutions in the Solutions of North America division at Sony Electronics. In this role, Deon oversees sales, marketing, and technology development for the audio and video acquisition products used by sports production professionals in North America.

Deon was born on the island of St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands. He is the last of 4 children to parents who emigrated from the island of Nevis in the West Indies. Even though he grew up in paradise, Deon longed for a life on the mainland. He has fond memories of watching the ball drop in Times Square on New Years Eve and dreamed of someday being able to enjoy a life in New York City. Growing up, he always had a knack for electronics. This interest likely developed because Deon also had a knack for breaking electronics. Over time, he turned his destructive interests into a real skill, and eventually into a hobby fixing VCRs, televisions, and computers for neighbors and friends.

After graduating high school in 2002, Deon was accepted to the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Following his passion for electronics, he pursued a degree Electrical Engineering with the hopes that he would someday design and build the next-generation of electronic devices and technology. During his time at the University, Deon became heavily involved in a number of student organizations and initiatives. These included the National Society of Black Engineers, the Caribbean Students Association, the Council of International Student Organizations, the Virgin Islands Student Association, the Homecoming Committee, the Brothers Overcoming Negativity and Destruction, and the Committee on Student Organizations. He was tapped into Iron Arrow, “the highest honor attained at the University of Miami” in the spring of 2005, and later served as Medicine Man and then Chief of the organization. That same semester, hoping to get an edge on a very competitive marketplace, Deon was accepted into the highly selective 5-year Dual Degree program at the College of Engineering. In 2007, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Deon joined Sony in 2007 and was accepted into the first ever Associate Sales Support Engineer Rotational Training program. In this program, he traveled the country for 2 years learning the technologies and techniques used by film and broadcast television professionals. With this training as a foundation, Deon was catapulted into an industry he didn't even know existed. Before his current role, he has worked in a number of roles related to post-production workflow technologies, video codecs and compression, IP Video transmission, 4K live production, and content management systems for broadcast and news.

Deon currently resides in New York City, but can often be found traveling to sporting events around the US and Canada in an effort to keep his finger on the pulse of the next trends in sports video production technology.

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Item Quantity Price (each) Total Annual Package (Dues, Lunches & Breakfasts for Fall 2017 and Spring 2018) $150.00 $ Semester Package (Dues, Lunches & Breakfasts for Fall 2017) $100.00 $ Annual Dues - Academic Year Fall 2017 - Spring 2018 $50.00 $ Please note, Dues are payable in the Fall of each year, regardless of semester tapped/initiated Fall 2017 Tapping Luncheon (November 2, 2017) $35.00 $ Please note, that the Luncheon Ticket will be $40 after October 27, 2017 Fall 2017 Initiation Breakfast (November 12, 2017) $25.00 $ Please note, that the Breakfast Ticket will be $40 after November 3, 2017 Iron Arrow Medallion $20.00 $ Iron Arrow Lapel Pin $10.00 $ Iron Arrow: A History Book $25.00 $ Leather Bound Limited Edition Book $75.00 $ Operating Expense Contribution $ Endowment Fund $ (all donations go towards the Iron Arrow Sophomore Leadership Award made payable by separate check to: University of Miami - IA Endowment)

Please include this page along with the following information in your return envelope: 1. Check Number ______for $______for the above items. 2. Check Number ______for $______towards the Endowment Fund. Some contributions may be tax deductible. Please check with your financial advisor. Make checks payable to University of Miami - Iron Arrow.

Iron Arrow • PO Box 249006 • Coral Gables, FL 33124 • 305.284.IRON • [email protected] • www.ironarrow.com Iron Arrow Honor Society

In Memoriam The Tribe wishes to acknowledge, recognize, honor and celebrate our fellow Iron Arrows whom we have been notified passed on since the last newsletter. Our Tribe and the University of Miami community mourn their passing. We reach out together as a Tribe to support their families and reflect on their amazing legacies. They will be forever missed, forever and forever Iron Arrows. Please visit the Iron Arrow website’s “News” section for additional information on these remarkable members. Members are listed in order of passing from most recent to most distant. Robert N. Ginsberg (1934-2017) - Foremost Pioneer, Carbonate Geology; Professor, Marine Geology & Geophysics; Chairman, Program Development Committee, Global Sedimentary Geology Program; Chair, Commission on Global Sedimentary Geology, IUGS. Iron Arrow since 2006.

Michael S. Gordon (1937-2017) - Creator of Harvey, the world’s first cardiopulmonary patient simulator, and UMedic; founder and director emeritus of the Michael S. Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education Iron Arrow since 1991.

Fritz Richter (1930-2017) - President, UM Student Government 1952; Chair, 1952 UM Junior-Senior Prom; UM Football Team. Iron Arrow since 1953.

Arthur Hertz (1934-2017) - Community Giant; Former UM Trustee; CEO & Chairman of the Board, Wometco Enterprises; CEO, Mitchell Wolfson Foundation; President, Committee; Chairman, Public Health Trust; Chairman, City of Miami Parking Authority; Vice Chair, Florida Tourism Commission; Board Member, Jackson Health Foundation. Iron Arrow since 1975.

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