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)
With 24 new associate members, the Pi Delta chapter has the largest incoming class in over 10 years and the largest on UAB campus. This is an exciting time for the brothers and the the associate members. All the brothers worked hard at rush and are excited to have such a large class. Here are all the associate members for the Fall of 2009.
| Brent Charles Taylor |
| Cameron Brimer |
| Chase Giles |
| Daniel Stickler |
| Dustin White |
| Eddie Moncrief |
| Eric George |
| Jack Cowan |
| James Mark Lucas |
| Joe Massie |
| Josh Pridgeon |
| Justin Oliver |
| Nathan Vickers |
| Richard Collier |
| Rob Clifton |
| Robert Mann |
| Sam Dawkins |
| Seth Oliver |
| Spencer Watson |
| Spencer Wood |
| Sung Lee |
| Tony Kim |
| Tyler Dozier |
| Tyler Mitchell |
Today, Sept 14, starts the IFC formal recruitment week. This week is designed to give all interested men a chance to meet and interact with each of the fraternities within IFC. The participants visit each of the four fraternity houses the first two nights, and then they are able to choose with house(s) they wish to visit again on the third night. The last night, the fraternities will invite back certain members to their houses so they will be able to get to know the guys even better.
The Pi Delta men have be preparing to make this week memorable for the participants and hope to show the campus what being in a Fraternity is all about.
This week will be fun and interesting for all the men participating.
This past week, August 31- Sept. 3, the good ol’ boys from the Pi Delta chapter showed UAB yet again what they are made of. Picture it; the TKE House, this past week, tons of people, and a have fun attitude. Add them together and you get TKE Week, the week long celebration welcoming everyone back to school and saying good-bye to summer.
The first day, when the sun was shining and a breeze a’blowin, the brothers played football on the Campus Green. On Tuesday night, the ring was set and the bell rang as the UFC Fight Night got underway. Wednesday saw Greek Games and fun times. But the mack-daddy of them all was Casino Night. Blackjack, Poker, and chips galore. The House was yet again decked out and the guest followed suit. At the end of the night, the person with the most chips won received a prize. This year’s prize: a Snuggie!
The week went off without a hitch, and the boys are ready for next year to roll around.
Dr. Dory Curtis, Pi Delta 9, was recently elected to the position of chapter advisor for the Pi Delta chapter. Dr. Curtis is an orthopedic surgeon at Medical West in Bessemer, AL , a UAB affiliate. He has enjoyed great success in his field and wishes to continue on with success as the chapter advisor. The brothers of the chapter gratefully extend their hand in welcoming Dr. Curtis as the chapter advisor.
