After the brothers of the Pi Delta chapter were done with Habitat for Humanity, they made their way to the Alpha Xi Delta philanthropy to benefit autism- PuzzlePalooza. This was a tournament in which teams competed to put puzzles together the fastest. There were four rounds to the event with each round’s puzzle harder than the last. Light snacks were served throughout the event. The TKE brothers had 4 teams to enter and they ranked 2nd overall.
All proceeds benefited the Autism Speaks and the Alpha Xi Delta Foundation!
On October 3, 2009, the Pi-Delta chapter of TKE was honored to host the 2009 Alabama Province Education Conference (PEC). Among the list of great facilitators, Past Grand Prytanis Mark C. Romig conducted a session about servant-leadership principals. Besides Pi Delta, about 50 fraters from 5 different chapter were in attendance.
PEC is typically a one day, local area conference that is free to attend for all Tekes in the area. The conference is planned and facilitated by local volunteers. PECs provides a great opportunity for fraters to share ideas with local TKEs, learn skills to make their chapter stronger, develop base leadership skills, and, of course, extend their TKE network! All active and candidate members of every chapter in the province are encouraged to attend.
This year’s workshops included risk management, leadership, social and career success, ritual, and recruitment. The day of sessions was ended with a round-table where the attendants got split into several groups to discuss and share habits and practices that make our chapters successful.
All the attendants finished off the day with a social event in a private venue in downtown Birmingham. Here is a list of all the chapters that were in attandance:
- Pi Delta @ UAB
- Lambda Zeta @ Troy
- Upsilon Alpha @ Spring Hill
- Tau Psi @ The University of West Florida
- Sigma-Psi @ Clemson University
Last but not least, we would like to thank all the volunteers for their great support and life loyal dedication. Their generous donation of time and money is always a source of inspiration and key to the success of the TKE Nation
- James Warren (Alabama Grand Province Adviser and organizer of the conference)
- Mark Romig (Past Grand Prytanis)
- David Adcock (Past Grand Officer)
- Matt Cole (Georgia Province Adviser)
- Jason Meier (Pi Delta Faculty Adviser)
- Charles Thomson (Alabama Province Adviser)
- Matthew Barclift (Nu Mu Chapter Adviser)
On Friday, August 28 many Pi Delta alumni payed the TKE house a visit. The alumni got to see many of their brothers who they had not seen in many years while the new brothers got to hear stories of years past. Alumni are so important to the Pi Delta brothers and all of them thank the ones who were able to come and support the current chapter. The chapter is planning on hosting more alumni based events in the near future, so please be on the look-out for new posts.
Saturday, August 29, the brothers of Pi Delta chapter hosted the legendary Kon-Teke-E party. This party has been hosted by the Pi Delta brothers for decades, and it has always been a huge success. Kon-Teke-E is a luau style party complete with Tiki torches, bamboo, grass skirts, and just about everything else tiki. The brothers worked long and hard to transform the TKE house into a tropical paradise fit for the occasion. The house was covered with bamboo and tiki torches and even a fire-spinner to top it all off. The party-goers also dressed for the occasion with some wearing grass skirts, bathing suites, and others wearing various outfits fit for the beach. One fact, however, that out-did all the rest was the shear number of attendees. The house was literally covered from front to back with people. The pictures can speak for themselves on that fact.
Overall, Kon-Teke-E was a huge success and will go down as one of the best parties of the year.
Pi Delta brothers
The Pi Delta brothers would like to proudly announce the initiation of Jason Meier into the bond TKE. Jason is not only is the Pi Delta’s faculty adviser, but he also is the Assistant Direct for the office of Student Involvement on the UAB campus. Jason oversees University Programs Council, UAB Lecture Series and the Undergraduate Student Government Association Senate and Executive Branch.
Jason graduated from Texas Tech University in 1999 with an undergraduate degree in Advertising. After that, Jason continued his education by obtaining a M. Ed. in Higher Education. He enjoys running, pop culture, iloveuab.com and Mille Bourne.
Jason Meier is a great addition to the Bond of Tau Kappa Epsilon.
