Alpha Rho Nu Chapter

Alpha Rho Nu Chapter Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society Sunday, January 13, 2008; 4-6:30pm Commons-Forum Room 4230 Membership Meeting Minutes

Attendance: Brieanne Koster, Steve Spiece, Mitch Mulholland, Sorina Dodu, Nicholas Cunningham, Rose Samra, Amber Fierke, Hollis Locke,Comfort Akuh, Ann Lindsay (guest), Natalie Patchell (advisor),

Guest Speaker – David Rozelle from the Gift of Life Michigan organization spoke at the January 13 membership meeting. The Gift of Life Michigan is a non-profit organization that handles the organ donation within the state. Dr. Rozelle was able to share with our members his personal story of receiving a heart transplant. He explained how most family members are unsure about organ donation when a loved one dies because they aren’t sure if that is what the loved one wanted. He told us about an electronic database that the organization runs and the University Challenge Program. Only 12% of Michigan residents are registered with gift of life, however other states in the region have registered around 60%. Our responsibility in the Univeristy Challenge would be to register as many people as possible through February. Universities/Colleges with the highest % of enrollment registered or highest number registered win. Website: thegiftoflifemichigan.org. Our discussion with Dr. Rozelle linked with the honors topic: Gold, Gods, and Glory-Global Dynamics of Power. He explained how in most countries transplant surgeries are not a possibility, as they can only be done in highly advanced medical centers. Although it seems that the procedure is available to whoever is the sickest within the U.S. (regardless of their capability to pay), Dr. Rozelle explained that the post-procedure medications cost about 25K/year.

I. Old Business A. Secretary’s Report December meeting minutes approved. B. Treasurer’s Report- Our treasury currently has a balance of about $4000. C. President’s Report: Hallmark Competition – We established a timeline for the completion of Hallmark essays. As our fourth hallmark essay we’ve decided to do an Outstanding Officer essay on Jane Blohm. D. Scholarship Report- Game night is scheduled for January 24 @ 5:00pm. Due to lack of a leader for this event, it has been tabled at the current time. A movie night and discussion is scheduled for the 24th of February from 5-7 pm. It will be led by Sorina Dodu and we will invite the KCC chapter to the event. Scholarship Reminders: Check KVCC scholarships online and start logging hours for the Coca Cola Scholarship now. Our speaker for the February meeting is Sorina Dodu. She will be speaking on the honors topic. Alternative Spring Break applications are due soon. Contact Natalie Patchell or e-mail [email protected]. Applications are available on the Service Learning bulletin board. Urban Plunge is coming up again at the end of March. Applications and information is available on the Service Learning bulletin board. E. Leadership Report- There are two open officer positions: Recording Secretary and PR/Historian. These positions would run till the end of this semester. Elections will be held at the Feb. membership mtg. F. Service Report- We collected 25 boxes for Better World Books this December. We’ve already begun collection for the spring. Amber Fierke will continue to chair the program this spring. The enhanced membership program changes were approved. Toys for Tots-members assisted in the sorting of toys this December. Coat and Food Drive (Project Graduation) led by Joyce Hayes collected about 50 large boxes of winter wear as well as food and children’s books. The clothes were brought to the Deacon’s Club and the food/books were brought to the Family Homeless Shelter. Alpha Rho Nu Membership Meeting Minutes April 25, 2018

Recycle/Water bottle Project: The logo for the water bottles was approved with a membership vote (given the addition of the chapter and college name). The project will be brought together in February. Volunteers are needed for this project. Mitch needs help soliciting sponsors thereafter. G. Fellowship Report- A fellowship event is scheduled for Thursday, January 30th at Kellogg Community College. Students need to make own travel arrangements to the game. II. New Business A. Scholarship- Game Night- Game night event has been tabled until the next meeting. Film night will be on Sunday, Feb. 24th, from 5-7pm. We will invite the Kellogg chapter to join us. Sorina Dodu will be leading the event. B. Leadership- Power of Forgiveness Project lead by Amber Fierke- Amber plans to show the movie “Paperclips” and lead a discussion amongst high school honor society members. She will be contacting the schools soon to find the best time to hold the event. Members interested in attending International Convention should speak to Natalie Patchell by Feb. 29. The cost is $249 plus food and transportation and takes place April 2-5. Register online at www.ptk.org. C. Service- Kalamazoo Poverty Reduction Initiative will be holding a morning and afternoon simulation at KVCC on Friday, March 28. Please join us to volunteer. Check the calendar on the bulletin board for other dates and times. Gift of Life University Challenge-members voted to make this one of our projects. We will need members to volunteer at tables, meetings, etc. We will discuss this further at the next membership meeting. Pop Tab Project – keep collecting those pop tabs! There are bottles set up in the employee lounge and the Testing Center for collection. Pop tab proceeds go to the Ronald McDonald House charity. D. Fellowship- Basketball game w/Kellogg CC on Jan. 30th at Kellogg, 7:30pm. E-mail [email protected] for more information on attending. E. Upcoming Events- Induction will be on February 10th, at 2 pm. We will need volunteers to be ushers at this event.

Other- 1. Next Meeting: Sunday, Feb. 10th from 4-6 (after Induction) 2. Gospel Mission: Wed, Jan. 16th; 4:45-7 PM