THE WOLFCALL

The newsletter for alumni and friends of the Epsilon Chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity • Fall 2019

PRIDE IN OUR PAST, FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE

CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP HONORARY CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN Donald Fites ’53

CAMPAIGN CO CHAIRMAN Jamie Acton ’88

CAMPAIGN CO CHAIRMAN Ben Nicol ’00

FINANCIAL LEAD Brent Clark ’01

CLASS CAPTAIN LEAD Zach Albers ’04 LEGAL LEAD DEAR BROTHERS David Adams ’95 In the last issue of The WolfCall we excitedly Indiana Epsilon’s future in our Alumni Spotlight HOUSE CORPORATION PRESIDENT announced the Pride in our Past, Foundation on page 4. Scott Rodseth ’04 for the Future campaign, uniquely designed to build a place where past, current and future While we have made progress, we still have more HOUSE CORPORATION VICE PRESIDENT Indiana Epsilon brothers can gather. A place to work to do. In a few short weeks we will begin Matt Solak ’05 call home. Today we are honored to share that the construction to build our new home and we are well on our way to making this new, need your support now more than ever. We urge HOUSE CORPORATION TREASURER modern chapter house for Indiana Epsilon a you to join us in this quest to secure our beloved Chris Ciupke ’01 reality. chapter’s future. Think about the impact Indiana Epsilon has had on your life, and how you can share that with future generations of Phi Psi CAMPAIGN UPDATE brothers. CLASS CAPTAINS As of 08/27/2019 Learn more about Indiana Epsilon’s new home 1960s CAMPAIGN GOAL and ways to nancially support our campaign John Ruck ’62 $2,750,000 by visiting the Phi Psi Foundation’s website at https://pkpfoundation.org/indianaepsilon. LATE 70s - EARLY 80s CASH AND PLEDGES Doug Rigoni ’79 $1,816,000 In the Bond, MID TO LATE 80s LOYAL DONORS Brian LeFevre ’88 47 1990s Ben Nicol ’00 Jason Ferreri ’94 Campaign Co-Chairman Through the support of 47 brothers to date, [email protected] EARLY 2000s we’ve secured $1,816,000 in pledges and gifts Zach Albers ’04 towards our $2,750,000 goal. 2009 - 2013 A true testament to the role that Indiana Epsilon Andrew Denecke ’11 has played in each of our lives, brothers of all ages have pledged their support to the campaign. Jamie Acton ’88 2015 AND LATER Brothers like John Ruck, a 1962 Phi Psi Initiate, Campaign Co-Chairman Sam Fisher ’15 who shares his inspiration for supporting [email protected] THE WOLFCALL 02 PRIDE IN OUR PAST, FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE NEW CHAPTER HOUSE Indiana Epsilon alumni and undergraduates frequently share stories of their most cherished fraternal memories, many of which include their experiences while living in either the Wolf Den or 801 Mound Street. A facility has played an important role in the success of the hapter and our members’ collegiate years. It is our chapter house that augments the basic fraternal experience and facilitates an environment for competitive recruitment and a place where camaraderie ourishes. However, and even more importantly, our chapter home allows today's collegians access to the best technology, equipment, tools and resources for studying, healthy living and long-term scholastic success. Our home serves as a proud symbol of our shared values and goals.

Valpo’s campus, anchored by the Chapel of the CHAPTER HOUSE HIGHLIGHTS Resurrection, has seen sweeping changes. The new Harre Union, Christopher Center Library, This project is signi cant and larger than any effort previously undertaken by the Indiana Fites Engineering Innovation Center and Center Epsilon alumni. Below is a list of highlights of the new chapter house. for the Sciences have changed Valpo’s landscape signi cantly over the last decade. Today, the • Premier campus location. • Central dining room with seating for sororities also have a new home, the Sorority • 12,367 square feet of living space. brothers and guests. Housing Complex, and campus residence halls • Dedicated gathering spaces for social and • Various study/bedroom con gurations with have been overhauled. The standard for student scholastic activities including group and capacity to sleep 39. living at Valpo has changed, and we must change individual study areas. • First oor House Director suite. with it. • Outdoor entertaining areas including a • Second oor laundry and kitchenette. covered front porch. • Large second oor bathroom complete with The new chapter house will be located on the • Commercial kitchen which includes a individual showers and private lockers. lot which previously housed the radio station buffet-style serving area and night kitchen. • Energy-saving, green innovation to minimize and recently the VUPD of ce. The site is located • Exterior recreation areas and equipment operational costs and maintenance. across from the Sorority Housing Complex, storage including bike storage. • Parking lot for members, alumni and guests. steps from the Athletics-Recreation Center and within what is positioned as an expanding Greek row. The Warren G. Hoger Track To Downtown Valpo North Entrance Lincolnway Linc oln wa Brown St Valparaiso Promenade y University West Police Dept. Sturdy Rd LeBien Uptown East Promenade Roosevelt Rd

Phi Mu Gar eld Ave Annex B Apartments East SR 2 Interlink

Indiana Ave LaPorte Ave University Dr Alpha LeBien LeBien Hall Annex A College of Nursing & Clyde H. McMillan Hall Health Professions Innovation Hub Beacon Hall Counseling Center for Services Athletics – Diaconal Ministry Tennis/Softball Domke Club House Center Monroe St Recreation Scheele Brown Field Alumni

University Park Ave Hall Football Stadium Softball Tennis Hall Brandt Center Field 6 Complex Hall The Warren G. Hoger Track Sigma Pi Wehrenberg Sorority College St Hall

Greenwich St Brown St Neils Phi Sigma Victory Science Housing Center Bell Alpha Kappa Sturdy Rd/SR 2 Kallay-Christopher Athletics – Fitness

McIntyre Ct Hall Recreation Center Harre Union 4 Union St University Park Ave Center 6 Center for Sorority the Arts Phi Sigma Greenwich St Victory University Housing Schnabel Kappa Bell Guest House 4 Union St Hall Campus Dr East Gellersen Engineering & Memorial Mathematics Center Entrance Hall Intramural Kroencke Hall College of Engineering College of Arts & Martin Dr Kroencke Hall Fields Heidbrink Intramural Guild Sciences 5 Hall Center for the Sciences: Hall Locust St Brandt Chemistry & Biochemistry Fields Freeman St 2 Campanile Heidbrink Mueller Hall 5 Hall 3 1 Loke Christ College— Hall The Honors College Christopher Center for Founders Art & Library & Information See Inset Map Rock Psychology Services Buiding Meier Hall O.P. Kretzmann Freeman St 2 Observatory Hall Confucius Institute Kade-Duesenberg German House & Cultural Center Historic Linwood Ave Linwood Student House Bridge Warbler Dr

Bull Pen Valparaiso 3 1 Sturdy Rd/SR 2 University Mail Center Main Entrance Founders Art & Rock Psychology US Highway 30/SR2 Buiding Facilities Management 1. Current Phi Psi Chapter House 2. Site for New Phi Psi Chapter House Kade-Duesenberg 3. Current Sig Ep Chapter House German House & Cultural Center 4. Proposed Site for New Sig Ep Chapter House 5. Proposed Site for Chapter House 6. Sorority Housing Complex Bull Pen 03 THE WOLFCALL PRIDE IN OUR PAST, FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE THANK YOU WAYS TO GIVE We are so grateful to the following Indiana Epsilon brothers who have committed over $1.8 Million to the Pride in Our Past, Foundation for the Future campaign. With your gift, you join chapter broth- TAX DEDUCTIBILITY ers across the nation in celebrating Phi Psi’s strong history at Valpo and our even greater future. This All gifts to the campaign are 100% tax campaign brings with it a unique opportunity – one that will propel our chapter to the next level. deductible through the Phi Kappa Psi Together, we are ensuring that the young men who follow in our footsteps in Indiana Epsilon have Foundation and designated to the Indiana a state of the art chapter facility to learn in, lead in and call home. We have moved the needle, but Epsilon Housing Fund. additional commitments are needed to accomplish our campaign goal of $2,750,000. ONLINE RED & GREEN SOCIETY Giving with your credit card online at GIVING LEVELS , TO , https://pkpfoundation.org/indianaepsilon Recognizing investments in Indiana Epsilon is a quick and secure way to make an invest- Ryan A. Acosta Valparaiso ’13 ment in our Indiana Epsilon project. Online, 1953 LEAGUE Andrew J. Denecke Valparaiso '11 you can make a one-time gift or establish a ,, AND ABOVE Timothy Krentz Valparaiso '13 recurring gift in monthly, quarterly or yearly Cody S. Shumaker Valparaiso ’05 increments. Donald V. Fites Valparaiso ’53 Corey J. Peart Valparaiso ’05 Michael K. Schallhorn Valparaiso ’04 BY MAIL FOUNDERS TRUST Todd A. Lighty Valparaiso ’87 , TO , You can mail a check or credit card gift for Matthew C. Fitzpatrick Valparaiso ’14 our Indiana Epsilon project to the Phi Psi Mark F. Hagerman Valparaiso ’65 Bonnie Goebbert Foundation at Phi Kappa Psi Foundation, Mark R. Howard Valparaiso ’88 5395 Emerson Way, , IN PHI DELTA PSI CIRCLE Kyle F. Jordan Valparaiso ’97 46226. Please be certain to indicate Indiana , TO , Patrick J. O'Connell Valparaiso ’02 Epsilon Housing Fund in the memo section William L. Steinbrecher Valparaiso ’53 of the check. WOLF DEN SOCIETY , TO , PHI PSI SOCIETY ESTATE GIFTS Dennis J. Schwartz Purdue ’60  TO  The Phi Psi Foundation staff, our fundrais- Drew B. Turro Valparaiso ’09 ing counsel, will work with you and your MOUND STREET ASSOCIATES Richard A. Vollmer Valparaiso ’54 estate planner in designing a planned gift , TO , Ryan J. Walsh Valparaiso ’13 that meets your short and long-term nan- Matthew W. Davies Valparaiso ’04 cial goals and ultimately bene ts our Indi- INDIANA EPSILON CLUB Gustave J. Dolmanisth Valparaiso ’53 ana Epsilon Chapter. Planned gifts include , TO , James M. Messerschmidt Valparaiso ’79 but are not limited to cash, bonds, stock, Raymond F. Widmer Valparaiso ’59 securities, personal property, retirement Mark S. Lecy Valparaiso ’87 Jay R. Loschky Valparaiso ’02 plan assets and insurance policies. Christopher J. Ciupke Valparaiso ’01 Robert E. Burfeind Valparaiso ’55 Kenneth M. Reali Valparaiso ’86 Robert D. Richards Valparaiso ’60 APPRECIATED STOCK/SECURITIES Edward W. Tornberg Valparaiso ’53 Multiple bene ts are realized when using If an error has been made in recording you appreciated stock as a means for giving. The  FORUM Phi Psi Foundation staff, our fundraising , TO , gift, or your name has been mistakenly omitted or listed improperly, we sincerely counsel, can work with your nancial James M. Acton Valparaiso ’88 apologize. Please advise our campaign team advisor to ensure your stock gift maximizes Benjamin S. M. Nicol Valparaiso ’00 at the Phi Kappa Psi Foundation by calling charitable tax bene ts, while also making a Douglas R.Rigoni Valparaiso ’81 317.275.3400 or emailing Lee Fuller at direct impact on Indiana Epsilon. [email protected]. BROTHERHOOD SOCIETY MATCHING GIFTS , TO , Numerous companies match an employee’s John C. Ruck Valparaiso ’62 personal donation to non-pro t, tax Matthew G. Solak Valparaiso ’05 exempt foundations. Ask if your employer John J. Kacmar Valparaiso ’01 participates in a gift-matching program. Scott M. Rodseth Valparaiso ’04 Brent A. Clark Valparaiso ’01 CONTACT US Jason P. Ferreri Valparaiso ’94 For more information or assistance about giving to bene t Indiana Epsilon, please AMICI CIRCLE SUPPORT OUR contact a member of the Indiana Epsilon , TO , House Corporation or the Phi Kappa Psi CAMPAIGN Foundation staff team at 317.275.3400 or Zachary M. Albers Valparaiso ’04 [email protected]. Samuel J. Fisher Valparaiso '15 Make an online gift by visiting Mark R. Flora Valparaiso ’99 https://pkpfoundation.org/indianaepsilon Gregory S. Grossart Valparaiso ’93 Zachary T. Longwell Ashland ’09 Timothy J. Ressmeyer Valparaiso ’79 THE WOLFCALL 04 PRIDE IN OUR PAST, FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE FEATURED PHI PSI: JOHN RUCK VALPARAISO ’62 home for a year or two. It was hard to attract new brothers without a place to meet, a place to live and be together.”

The chapter house is recognized as a transcen- dent symbol of the shared values and goals of those who live there. It seems no coincidence that Indiana Epsilon has enjoyed decades of exemplary service, academic achievement, and leadership excellence.

As an undergraduate and beyond, John has worked to mirror in his own life the Phi Psi LETTER FROM THE values that mean most to him: hard work, UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT integrity, curiosity, trustworthiness, and a rm foundation in Christian ethics. He recalls a The importance of expanding and upgrading quotation by former British Prime Minister Fraternity and Sorority Harold Macmillan, which he says summarizes Housing experience has been part of our campus his view of Phi Kappa Psi: “It is a great thing planning for many years. The construction of the at some time in your life to be associated with Sorority Housing project and now, the progress something which is quite rst class.” we see toward the launch of the Phi Kappa Psi 814 Union Street project shows how vision His rst-class fraternal experience catapulted becomes reality at Valpo. The longterm bene ts him forward to law school following his gradua- of this project align with the Valparaiso Universi- tion from Valpo. He practiced law in Muskegon, ty Strategic Plan as well as our Campus Master “Without a house,” John Ruck ’62 says, “there Michigan for 28 years. In 1996, he was appoint- Plan and will ensure a welcoming and inclusive is no real bonding. A fraternity becomes just ed by the governor to ll a vacant seat on the environment, provide outstanding experiences another campus organization.” local circuit court and retired from the bench in for student success, and support the long-term 2013. sustainability of our beloved University. That belief, coupled with the conviction that brothers have an obligation to strengthen that For John, the decision to give back at both the The new Phi Kappa Psi house will have a foundation during both their active and alumni chapter and national level makes sense. “We tremendously positive impact on all the young years, led John to say “yes” when asked to help all build on the foundation of those who have men who will bene t from a safe and conducive our chapter secure a new house. gone before us even though the contributions environment in which to learn, to socialize, and of individuals who are personally unknown expand their knowledge of themselves and the Thanks to generous alumni and with help from to us might not be readily apparent. Most world. This facility will allow each man who the Phi Kappa Psi Foundation, the chapter’s of my brothers didn’t come from well-to-do crosses through the front door a home away house corporation has reached two thirds of backgrounds. But for those of us who have from home, a place where he is embraced as his its $2.75 million fundraising goal within a now been blessed with some degree of nancial true and authentic self. Our total commitment remarkably short time. security, modest though it may be, we owe it to to these men drives our strong support of this our undergraduate brothers to assist them and project, as we rmly believe that it will help each “Since our chapter became part of Phi Psi in the fraternity at large when we are able to do and every one of these young men reach their 1953, the houses (aka the Wolf Den and 801 so. Supporting the Phi Psis at Valpo as well as full potential. This will be a beautiful addition Mound) have always been a focal point of the national organization and its Foundation to campus that will engage students in co-curric- brotherhood. When they were constructing the are the means to ensuring their future success, ular experiences that allow them to pursue their current house in 1969, they were without a as well as that of Phi Kappa Psi.” passions while nding their purpose.

This impressive project will bene t Phi Kappa Psi and Valparaiso University, and I consider myself blessed to be a small part of making it a reality. Thank you for your enduring commit- ment to the University and, in particular, for your steadfast commitment to the undergradu- ate men of Phi Kappa Psi. And thank you for PRIDE IN OUR PAST, helping to ensure a healthy and safe future for FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE fraternity men at Valparaiso University. Blessings, Learn more about our campaign by visiting https://pkpfoundation.org/indianaepsilon

Mark A. Heckler. Ph.D. President, Valparaiso University 05 THE WOLFCALL PRIDE IN OUR PAST, FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE

2019 EXECUTIVE BOARD PRESIDENT Austin Cintron ’17 [email protected]

VICE PRESIDENT Brad Van Wagoner ’17 [email protected]

RECORDING SECRETARY Tom Groth ’18 [email protected]

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Cameron Hoyt ’18 [email protected]

TREASURER Ethan Uysaloglu ’17 [email protected]

HISTORIAN Brendan Miller ’17 UPDATE FROM THE CHAPTER [email protected] The spring 2019 semester was a busy time on Week on campus. The men of Phi Psi took rst CHAPLAIN Harrison Jenny ’17 Valparaiso’s campus. Our chapter was able to place! [email protected] participate in many great campus community activities over the last few months. Additionally, brothers participated in the Polar Plunge and the yearly Dance Marathon. Dance MESSENGER Vincent Rus ’17 The semester started strong with Phi Psi's Marathon is always a campus favorite! Students [email protected] Annual Chili Cook-Off to celebrate Founders’ "dance for those who can't" in a campus-wide Day. As in years past, contestants from Greek philanthropy event bene ting Lurie Children's and other student organizations came to Hospital. This year the campus community SERGEANT AT ARMS Dan DiMaggio ’18 compete in our yearly charity fundraiser by raised $72,000 during the course of the event. [email protected] bringing their best bowl of chili to share. We have to celebrate the women of The Songfest tradition lives on! For 98 years for taking the top spot for the second year in a students have marked the end of the year with row! the themed song and dance competition, with this year's teams channeling famous boy bands CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS Living Phi Psi’s motto, “The Great Joy of and girl groups in their performances. Serving Others,” Indiana Epsilon participated SPRING  ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: in a number of service and philanthropy events We are also excited to report that Brother 3.184 GPA over the course of the semester. Matthew D'Alessandro won Fraternity Man of the Year. The Chapter wants to thank everyone NEW MEMBER CLASS ACADEMIC Our chapter took part in A Walk in Our Shoes, a who made this last semester a success and we PERFORMANCE: relay race aimed at raising awareness for sexual look forward to being back on campus for a 3.038 assault held during Women’s Empowerment new academic year in August. NUMBER OF NEW MEMBERS RECRUITED: 12 @valpophipsi STAY CONNECTED TOTAL SERVICE HOURS  : Keep up-to-date with Indiana Epsilon @valpophipsi 2,221.5 happenings by following us on our social PERCENTAGE OF MEMBERS INVOLVED media channels and checking in with us on @valpopkp our newly updated website. You can also IN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS: nd information related to our “Pride in our 91% www.linkedin.com/groups/43049 Past, Foundation for the Future” campaign by visiting the Foundation’s Indiana Epsilon webpage. www.valpophipsi.org

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The Phi Kappa Psi Chapter & House Corporation invite you and your guests to join us to celebrate

Come home to Valparaiso and your Phi Psi brothers for the last Homecoming at 801 Mound Street. Saturday, September 28, 2019

ALUMNI WELCOME/HONORS BREAKFAST & CAMPAIGN UPDATE 9 AM – 10:30 AM | Helge Center Multipurpose Room

ALUMNI BBQ 11 AM – 1 PM | 801 Mound Street

ALUMNI RECEPTION & 3RD ANNUAL CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT 4:45 PM – 7 PM | 801 Mound Street

To view the full schedule of events and to register, please visit: www.valpophipsi.org/homecoming2019 Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 25