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!
Girl Talk at UAB
UAB Blaze Productions presented Girl Talk at the 1120 Nightclub and Lounge in 5 Points last Friday night the 9th. Frater Andrew Stone, the president of Blaze Production, worked long and hard along with many students (which included more of our involved Pi Delta Tekes!) to get Girl Talk and finally, his hard work paid off.
Friday night came, and the event was a huge success. The show sold out with more than 900 attendants, giving UAB the most successful concert it has seen in years. The event lasted until after 12AM and the entire audience was in trance the whole time.
Frater Andrew Stone made TKE and UAB proud , for Girl Talk will not soon be forgotten by the students at UAB.
It is also worth mentioning that we had a group of fraters from Iota Xi at Concord University visit The Pi Delta Tekes and celebrate this great weekend
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)
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.
On Saturday, August 15, the brothers of the Pi Delta chapter helped the incoming freshmen move into Blazer Hall. The day was filled with nervous students, sad parents and and TKEs ready to lend a hand. Moving into a new place can be very difficult, but driving up to your new home with upperclassmen ready to help is a major relief. Over 900 students moved in Saturday and the Pi Delta brothers were one of the few student groups that helped out.
Please check out the clip below from Birmingham’s local ABC 33/40. Look for the men wearing “TKE” near the end of the clip.
