Phi Delta Chi Is Committed to Raising Funds and Awareness for Worthy
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Communication Liaisons: LAMBDA: Arya L Wibisono [email protected] RHO: Dalton Tucker [email protected] Phi Delta Chi is committed to raising funds ALPHA TAU: Jared Sheneman and awareness for worthy causes. One of the [email protected] most notable causes the fraternity is involved ALPHA OMEGA: Haley Nap with is St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. [email protected] BETA BETA: Tyler Vincent In August 2017, the Phi Delta Chi Executive [email protected] Council announced another commitment to St. Jude: $1 million over the next 7 years with BETA ETA: Emily Sprick [email protected] the result being a radiation oncology recovery suite being named after Phi Delta Chi. BETA OMICRON: Felissamaria Farinas Brothers fundraise for St. Jude through the [email protected] online Prescription for Hope and St. Jude Walk/Run to End Childhood Cancer. BETA RHO: Jaimie Nguyen [email protected] GAMMA EPSILON: Cecilia Gonzalez [email protected] GAMMA ETA: Kelly Tran [email protected] GAMMA NU: Natalie Tabet [email protected] DELTA BETA: Ivy Pham DONATE to St. Jude on behalf of your Phi Jennifer Ra Delta Chi Chapter. Enter PDC as the event [email protected] name to find your chapter's page. [email protected] Volume 4 –May Edition LDS POSTPONED Leadership Development Seminar Beta Omicron Facebook LDS has been postponed to 2022 in Arlington, Texas. Alpha Tau Instagram The event is planned to be held in the same venue – but the Delta Beta Facebook new dates have not yet been confirmed. Lambda Facebook Please direct any questions or Beta Eta Instagram concerns about this change to Kenny Walkup Alpha Omega Facebook ([email protected]). Gamma Nu Instagram WHO IS HOSTING REGIONALS NEXT? Beta Rho Facebook Texas Alumni Chapter Website Gamma Epsilon Gamma Eta Facebook will host the Southcentral National PDC Facebook Regional Conference in PDC Travel Network Facebook Group 2022! Southcentral Facebook Group Check out the line up of host Phi Delta Chi Flickr Gallery chapters for the next couple Phi Delta Chi Instagram of years! Volume 4 – May Edition IN THE GLOW OF THE LAMP BLOG Your Executive Council has some great things planned ahead! May 5/1 - Alumni Foundations Program Report due 5/31 - Last day to pay Alumni Dues for credit towards AAAE Campaign August 8/31 - New Deadline for Chapter Publications of the 2021 Thurston Cup Grading December 12/31 - 2020 Travel Grant Video Contest due NEW DEADLINE FOR TRAVEL GRANT VIDEO CONTEST!! The Travel Grant video theme *Recruitment Video* for your chapter has a new submission deadline of December 31st 2020. Due to LDS 2020 being postponed to 2022, this contest will now be applied instead to Grand Council 2021 in Houston, TX. Information regarding video submission is found on the Travel Grant webpage. Please direct any questions to [email protected] Volume 4 – May Edition ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PROGRAM: PUBLICATION CHANGE Chapter Publications are undoubtedly incredible showcases of each Chapter’s efforts throughout the year. The Chapter Publication is the most labor intensive aspect of the Achievement Award Program, but an incredibly rewarding chance for Chapters to publish something with their own unique Chapter flair. Both Collegiate and Alumni Brothers alike look forward to the Chapter Publication coming out every year, and each Chapter’s hard work and dedication to the project has not gone unnoticed. My Goals for Office In giving my election speeches, I made several points very clear. First, I want every Chapter to succeed in the Achievement Award Program. The definition of success for Chapters varies based on their history. For some, 100% on the AAP is a huge accomplishment to be applauded. For others, striving for the Thurston has been woven into the fabric of the Chapter from the beginning. In order to succeed Chapters need a support system and clear objectives, which is another of my goals for office. Chapters that have dominated the Thurston Cup for many years running already have systems in place to keep striving for perfection. However, some Chapters still struggle to know how to improve year to year. I want to provide mechanisms for giving the Chapter feedback to help improve for future years in the form of both qualitative or quantitative feedback based on Thurston Report judging and Chapter rankings. Reasons for Change Due to the increased quality and length of Publications as of late, the report scoring process has become more difficult to complete fairly and efficiently. Many of the top reports run anywhere from 60-90 pages in length, and each report must be combed through for content and errors by each judge. The Publications are scored by all of the Regional Directors for Communications, and the typical turnaround time was around one month from when reports were due to when scores must be submitted in order to order trophies for the summer conference. In order to allow the judges to devote the attention to detail that the Chapter Publications deserve, the due date for Chapter Publication was moved to the August AAP Report from here moving forward in order to give judges nearly a full school year to grade reports. Volume 4 – May Edition ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PROGRAM: PUBLICATION CHANGE This decision was made after careful consideration of alternate solutions. One solution was to have certain judges only grade a few reports each. However, this introduces bias into judging even if specific rubrics are in place. Some judges just inherently score certain components lower, and some score higher. This became apparent to me when I was looking through judging sheets from last year in order to send Chapters their averaged scores. The bottom line that I concluded was that all judges should score all reports in order to reduce bias. Alternate months were also considered for the due date. The concern for moving the due date to April, for example, was that Chapters would not get the “full year picture” in their Publications. For instance, graduations typically take place in May, and pushing the date forward would lose this inclusion. Common Questions and Concerns Q: How will the Publication Award be given out at LDS this summer? A: The Publication Award will unfortunately not be awarded this year. The Chapter Publications due this August will be scored for awards given at Grand Council 2021. Q: How will the Thurston be awarded this year if the Publication is not included? A: Each of the other four Thurston Reports will account for 25% of the total weighted Thurston score for this cycle. Starting for the 2020-21 AAP Cycle, things will resume as normal with each of the 5 reports accounting for 20% of the total weighted score. Q: All of the reports are supposed to contain only activities from the previous calendar year. What about all of the activities lost in the gap between Publications? A: For this year only it is acceptable to include anything not included in your previous Publication, even if it is more than one year ago. Volume 4 – May Edition ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PROGRAM: PUBLICATION CHANGE Q: How will our Publication be finished since we will transition officers in the meantime? A: Your Chapter Publication should be a full year process and should not only be the responsibility of the officer in charge of it. The Chapter Publication (and the AAP in general) is the responsibility of ALL BROTHERS. The change in due date can be seen as an opportunity to have a more thorough officer transition and to have the Publication. Future Directions Moving forward, the Publication will be awarded and graded as normal. In addition to getting more unbiased numerical scores from judges, I will be pushing for written feedback from judges as well. Starting in the fall, each report judge will be responsible for written feedback on just a few reports each. In addition, Regional Correspondents are instructed to provide expert opinion on reports from their Chapters and how to improve. Rubrics for each of the Thurston Reports are currently under construction for release on the Phi Delta Chi website prior to the next AAP cycle beginning. Chapters will now know how they are being scored, how they can improve their operations, and what the numbers associated with each section of grading actually mean. These changes will not only improve AAP reports, but will also lay out clearer expectations for Chapter operations and event planning. Success can only be achieved if Chapters know in which directions they should go! My plan is to lead Chapters to success by providing a framework for this to happen. Thanks very much for reading. If you have additional questions, please reach out to me at any time at [email protected]. AAAE, Anna Brecheisen Beta Iota #571 [email protected] Volume 4 – May Edition 2020 Alumni Professional Development Scholarships GIFTS FOR YOUR GRADUATING BROTHERS Volume 4 – May Edition CONGRATS TO OUR NEW WORTHY OFFICERS 2020-2021 Worthy Officers of the Worthy Officers of the Gamma Epsilon Chapter Gamma Eta Chapter WCC: Gil Jaime WCC: Eric Sorrell WVC (Kingsville): Avery Hlavinka WVC: Donald Nguyen WVC (College Station): Jason Maille WKRS: Maura Shaffer WKRS (Kingsville): Sheridan Pilcher WKF: Eric Kennison WKRS (College Station): Alexandra High WC: Katie Shaffer WC: Vicki La WP: Shantel Thomas WKF: Gerald Jerry Solis WAL: Amber Hackney WMA: Morgan Bailey WMA (Kingsville): Benjamin Garcia WIG: Harshpreet Dhillon WMA (College Station): Cameron Calame WIG (Kingsville): Rachael Dieter and Sarah Dieter Worthy Officers of the WIG (College Station):