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An Iota’s Worth THE ALUMNI AND PARENTS NEWSLETTER OF THE IOTA CHAPTER OF ZETA BETA TAU OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER 1959 South Columbine Street l Denver l Colorado 80210 l www.duzbt.com l Spring 2017 Iota Chapter #1 Worldwide and 109 Strong! IOTA ADVISORS’ UPDATE As another school year comes to an end we are pleased to report this has been another banner year for IOTA. We end the year with 109 brothers. The chapter recently won seven of the eight chapter awards at DU’s Greek Awards Ceremony. Christopher Nalen, our immediate Past President, was honored as DU’s best fraternity president, a well-deserved honor and freshman Alex Frith was recognized as Best New Brother. With encouragement and guidance from Gregg Grauberger, our Faculty Advisor, our GPA was significantly improved winter quarter. Our new brothers from winter quarter had an average GPA of 3.6, WOW! All 39 of the men that joined IOTA this year have remained members. Our Recruitment Committee, Brotherhood Development Director, Provost and advisor Scott Adams did a great job. We thank the outgoing and incoming officers and chairmen for their efforts. We wish Jake Lotwin our out going House Director all the best. We welcome Cole Caulkins who will be our house director next school year. I would also like to personally thank my fellow advisors and house corporation members for their efforts throughout the school year. A special thanks goes to ZBT staff liaison Evan Skloot for his mentoring. We also thank Lauren Utley and the members of DU’s FSL Office for their guidance and support. As always a big thanks to Don Reisfeld our An Iota's Worth publisher. Also a shout out to Kyle Leigh for his efforts on our website. It was great seeing so many alumni at the Frozen Four in Chicago. It was fun celebrating the 10th anniversary of our re-chartering this past February and we look forward to a big event honoring the 100th anniversary of Iota’s founding at DU in 2020. It is truly great to be a ZBT at DU! C, F & S, Steve Ehrlich Chapter and House Corporation Advisor Gary Berz, Advisor and House Corp., Chris Fettig, House Corp. Scott Adams, Marc Goldenberg, Ben Brentin, Chayce Duncan, Jake Lotwin, Kyle Leigh, Dr. Michael Tracy, Advisor Gregg Grauberger, Faculty Advisor 1 www.DUZBT.com An Iota’s Worth SPRING 2017 THE ALUMNI AND PARENT NEWSLETTER OF THE IOTA CHAPTER OF ZETA BETA TAU OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER Iota wins 7 out of 8 Awards at Does the man make the DU’s Greek Awards Ceremony Fraternity or does the Fraternity make the man? This is a question I often ask our brothers when they are struggling with decisions to make during the recruitment process. The answer is simple: it’s both. Fraternity can make a good man better. It can open opportunities for an individual to gain confidence, learn valuable leadership skills, and grow as a con- tributor to society. Not every man who “walks through our doors” is going to be the best at every- thing. Our job as ZBTs is to help our brothers become the best versions of themselves. As the Executive Director for ZBT, I am always think- At the Fraternity and Sorority Award Ceremony held ing of ways we can fine tune our programming to this past April, ZBT was honored in accepting seven out ensure we are doing our part to make good men of a possible nine chapter awards. Under the leader- better men. Whether it’s through our annual James ship of Chris Nalen, the chapter was recognized for E. Greer, Jr. Presidents’ Leadership Academy, our excellence that includes but is not limited to: anti-Semitism prevention programming with the Academic Achievement, Philanthropy and Community Anti-Defamation League, or our “Safe Smart Dating” Service, Harm Reduction, and Inclusive Excellence. We program with Jewish Women International, our pro- as a chapter would like to congratulate Chris Nalen on grams are geared toward identifying major issues winning President of the Year, and Alex Frith on winning on campus and in the community and preparing New Member of the Year. It’s great to be a Zeeb! our brothers to be part of the solution. Each year, thousands of ZBT undergraduates are exposed to a variety of programming led by our headquarters staff or volunteers. These men and women serve as valuable mentors and role models to our brothers and are often sought out long after a program is over to seek their advice. Volunteers are an integral part of our organization. Without them, we simply wouldn’t achieve the success we’ve seen over our history. Because of these vol- ZBT’s Supreme Council unteers, the Fraternity has achieved incredible milestones when it comes to recruitment, expan- International President Norm sion, innovative programming, alumni engage- Waas pays a visit to Iota Chapter ment, and so much more. If you have an interest in getting involved as a volunteer we’d love the oppor- tunity to tell you about the dozens of ways to get engaged. We have an important job on our hands. Parents, guardians, alumni, and university administrators are looking to us to help them in shaping these men as they progress through one of the most defining times of their lives. Will you join us as we help our chapters become stronger? Without you, our success is limited. With you, the opportunities are endless. C, F & S, Laurence A. Bolotin, M.Ed., CAE, Alpha Zeta (Florida) ‘01 Left to right: Max Michelotti, Davis Klein, Norm Waas, AJ Stowell, Avery Cederstrand, and Steve Ehrlich Executive Director 2 www.DUZBT.com An Iota’s Worth SPRING 2017 THE ALUMNI AND PARENT NEWSLETTER OF THE IOTA CHAPTER OF ZETA BETA TAU OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER IOTA Alumni Attend Frozen Four in Chicago! Denver downs Notre Dame 6-1 in the semi-finals at the United Center. BREAKING: DENVER PIONEERS Advance by Gary Wolfson The Denver Pioneers Hockey squad put on a clinic Thursday night while crushing the (overmatched) Fighting Irish of Notre Dame 6-1 at the iconic United Center in Chicago. Denver dominated the hapless Irish in all phases of the game as they skat- ed freely throughout dictating play from the outset. Notre Dame had a brief chance to score and stop the Pioneers momentum while down only 2-0 but was quickly vanquished by some heady play at the hands of the vaunted Denver defense. After quashing that effort Denver raced to the 3-0 lead and simply never looked back. The heavily favored Pioneers will face Minnesota Duluth for the NCAA championship on Saturday night in Chicago. The team will be represented in the stands by a large contingent of former Zeta Beta Tau fraternity mem- bers once again on Saturday after having been credited with inspiring the Denver triumph in the semi finals. “These guys are legendary and I’m not sure we could have gotten here without them” quelled Pioneers coach Jim Montgomery as the final horn sounded. Denver Pioneers win 8th NCAA championship behind Jarid Lukosevicius, Tanner Jaillet... DU 3 UMD 2 as Lukosevicius nets hat trick. Denver Pioneers defenseman Will Butcher, Hobey Baker Award recipient (4) forward Henrik Borgstrom (5) forward Dylan Gambrell (7) celebrate with goalie Tanner Jaillet, Mike Richter Award recipient (36) after their win over the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs 3-2 in the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship on April 8, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois at the United Center. http://www.denverpost.com/2017/04/08/denver-pioneers-win-ncaa-championship-jarid-lukosevicius-tanner-jaillet/ Dinner at Greek Islands Don Reisfeld, Rob Nadler subbing for brother Richie, Bob Peters, Steve Adler Frozen Four Finals NCAA Championship Game: Denver vs Minnesota Duluth Jimmy Ehrlich ‘77, Don Reisfeld ‘76, Richard Goodman ‘78, Bruce Balonick ‘70, Roger Hueberger ‘74, Blair Zimelis ‘15, Don Zimelis ‘74, Steve Ehrlich ‘70, Gary Berz ‘70 and Gregg Witt ‘77. Wonderful weekend in Chicago to cheer and celebrate DU’s 8th NCAA Jimmy Ehrlich ‘77, Don Reisfeld ‘76, Steve Adler Championship with the best fraternity brothers… for life! ‘76, Bob Peters ‘76, Gregg Witt ‘77, Roger Hueberger ‘74, Gary Berz ‘70, Steve Ehrlich ‘70, See you next year in St. Paul, Minnesota for a repeat performance… Don Zimelis ‘74 semi-finals at the United Center. Back-to-Back Championships. Go Iota... Go DU! 3 www.DUZBT.com An Iota’s Worth SPRING 2017 THE ALUMNI AND PARENT NEWSLETTER OF THE IOTA CHAPTER OF ZETA BETA TAU OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER Iota Alumni Palm Springs 1970 Alumni Golf Reunion Skiing in Vail They played three different golf courses: Day 1 – Desert Willow Day 2 – Marriott Shadow Ridge Day 3 – The Springs Country Club While no records (or bones) were broken, a good time was had by all. Peter Glick, Alan ‘Rabbi’ Rabinowitz, Jim Errant and Bruce Balonick Left to right: Andy Aronson ‘78, Gregg Witt ‘77, Brian Cook ‘79, Keith Frankl ‘ 78, Michael ‘Kappy’ Kaplan ‘74 and Ken Friednash ‘78 Left to right: Ken Friednash ‘78, Michael ‘Kappy’ Kaplan ‘74, Gregg Witt ‘77, Gary Wolfson ‘69, Andy Aronson ‘78, Brian Cook ‘79, Keith Merrill DeWitt ‘68 visiting Iota Chapter Frankl ‘ 78 and a friend of Ken’s. with Steve Ehrlich ‘70 ZBT 28 Years as a Non-pledging, Non-hazing Brotherhood In 1989 the Supreme Council, ZBT’s govern- ing body, took the bold step of eliminating pledging as tradition in the fraternity. A four- year brotherhood development program now known as The Journey has replaced the pledge program.