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Wrapping Up Spring 2011

Where did the semester go?! Spring 2011 started off quickly with recruitment, educated new members at Greek 101, had a great Greek Weekend, plenty of pageants, and a phenome-nal All Greek Step Show. Finals are coming up next week and soon most UCA students will be taking a much needed break. Regardless of how fast time has flown, the UCA Greek communi-ty still stands as a cornerstone of excellence in leadership, service, and academics. Be sure to use these summer months to plan for the future of your organization into the next academic year and beyond because fall 2011 will be here faster than you can blink!

-Scott Isenga

Important Upcoming Dates

May 2-6 – Finals Week

May 7 – Commencement

May 16 – Instruction begins for the May Intersession and the 13 Week Summer Session

May 16 – IFC Exec retreat, meet in 207SC, 12 PM

June 3 – Final examinations for May Intersession classes

June 6 – Instruction begins for the 1st Five Week Summer Session and 10 Week Summer Session classes

June 8 – IFC Exec and delegate retreat, meet in 207SC, 10 AM

July 4 – Independence Day Holiday

July 8 – Final examinations for 1st Five Week Session classes

July 10, 11, 12 – NPC Summer Retreat and Exec/Chair elections

July 11 – Instruction begins for 2nd Five Week Session classes

August 12 –

Final examinations for 13 Week Session, 10 Week Session, and 2nd Five Week Session classes

Summer Commencement

August 11 – Final IFC Exec and dele-gate retreat, meet in 207SC, 10 AM

August 12-13 – Panhellenic Council & Counselors Retreat, 4-H Center

August 15-16 – Greek Summit (President, VP, Social/Risk Manage-ment Chair must attend)

NPHC Neo/Pro-phyte Retreat

On Tuesday, April 19, NPHC hosted its annual retreat for all Neos and Prophytes. During this retreat members of the Divine Nine gath-ered to bond with each other and learn about what is expected from each of them as a NPHC member. In addition, a group of NPHC alumni attended a Q&A session where un-dergraduate members had the oppor-tunity to ask questions about topics ranging from how to settle disputes to what opportunities are available to NPHC alums after graduation. The retreat went very well and by the end, members of the NPHC commu-nity had learned many new things, expressed their expectations to oth-ers, and made connections beyond their own affiliations. A big thank you goes out to all the alumni mem-bers that attended and shared their words of wisdom! Great work to all the members of NPHC!

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August 16 – TOL Retreat

August 17, 18, 20 – SOS Training

August 21-24 – Welcome Week Activi-ties for new freshman and transfer stu-dents

21—Move in day for Freshman/Transfer students

22—Opening Convocation

23—Greek Life Session with Fresh-men, SC Ballroom, 3 PM, only one (1) rep per organization required (please wear lettered shirt)

24—Conway Daze and RSO Fair

Pep Rally – Practice Field 5:30 PM

Basketball Scrimmage 6:00 PM

Estes Stadium 6:45 PM

August 25 – Instruction begins (day and evening classes)

August 26 – NPHC Step Show, Ida Waldran, 7 PM, $5.00 admission

August 27 – Instruction begins for Sat-urday classes

Have a date/event that you would like to see listed? Email them to ucagreeks@gmail.com.

The 12th Annual All Greek Step Show

took place on April 15, 2011 in UCA’s Farris

Center. Members of IFC, IGC, NPC, and

NPHC teamed together to showcase their step-

ping talents with approximately 1,500 mem-

bers of the Conway and UCA communities in

attendance. In between the performances the

event hosts, Amir Rostampour and Desiree

Paulhamus, entertained the crowd and assisted in handing out

Greek Awards. All Greek organi-

zations have the opportunity to ap-

ply for Greek Awards and the win-

ners are recognized in front of the

large crowd at Step Show. After

nearly two hours of amazing per-

formances filled with loud music, Mary Poppins, stomping,

canes, gold boots, Dr. Seuss creatures, and im-

pressive acrobatics, the team of Alpha Sigma

Alpha and Omega Psi Phi claimed victory.

The members of this group are the first to re-

ceive the brand new Step Show Traveling Tro-

phy. This trophy will travel with the first

place winners each year and have their organi-

zation’s names engraved on the main plaque.

The second place winner was the team of Delta

Zeta and Kappa Sigma, while third place went to the team of Al-

pha Sigma Tau, Zeta Phi Beta, Phi

Beta Sigma, Phi Lambda Chi, & Be-

ta Upsilon Chi. Thank you to all

that participated and please be sure

to check out the list of Greek

Awards winners!

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Important Council Information

IFC/IGC

IFC Executive Officer Elections Results

Listed below are the newly elected members of the 2011/2012 IFC Execu-tive Board:

President—Jack Phillips

VP Recruitment—Andrew Reynolds

VP Programming—John Harrington

VP Finance—Sean Ransonette

VP Communication—Matt Knudtson

Congrats to these newly elected indi-viduals!

IFC/IGC Summer Retreats

IFC executive board and delegate members will be meeting at least three times over the summer in order to plan for the 2011-2012 academic year. In addition, the group will start long-term planning in order to better deter-mine the future role(s)/function(s) of IFC. Retreat dates listed in calendar.

IGC is growing as a council and is looking into possibly meeting as a group over the summer. More infor-mation about this growth process will be provided as the council meets and charts their new future.

IFC Fall Recruitment

Informal fall recruitment will begin as soon as school starts. During this peri-od, groups are encouraged to meet potential new members that meet the minimum UCA requirements. Here are important fall recruitment dates:

Sept. 6—IFC Info Session

Sept. 7—IFC ―Open‖ Night

Sept. 8—IFC ―Open‖ Night

Sept. 9—IFC Bid Acceptance

Please direct questions to Andrew Reynolds: ucaifcvprecruit@gmail.com.

Greek Awards Results

Below is a list of Greek Award recipients from All Greek

Step Show. Congrats to all those taking home an award!

Greek Woman

of the Year:

Rachel Whitfield

Greek Man of the Year: Gordon McGuire Outstanding Greek Women: -Meghan Thompson -Kelsey Hutchins -Kel Brooks -Haley Morgan

Outstanding Greek Men: -Kyle Boyd -Dustin Baker -Matt Melton -Issac Morales

Highest Community Service Hours: Panhellenic: Delta Zeta IFC: Phi Lambda Chi NPHC: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc Most Community Service Money Raised : Panhellenic: Delta Zeta IFC: Phi Lambda Chi NPHC: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc Largest Campus Involvement: Panhellenic: Alpha Sigma Alpha IFC: Phi Lambda Chi NPHC: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc

Highest Overall GPA: Panhellenic: Alpha Sigma Alpha IFC: Phi Lambda Chi IGC: Beta Upsilon Chi NPHC: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc Highest Spring 2010 GPA: Panhellenic: Alpha Sigma Alpha IFC: Phi Lambda Chi NPHC: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc Highest Fall 2010 GPA: Panhellenic: Alpha Sigma Alpha IFC: Phi Lambda Chi IGC: Beta Upsilon Chi NPHC: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc Canned Structure Building Competi-tion: Most Creative: Alpha Sigma Alpha & Omega Psi Phi Most Cans Collected: Delta Zeta & Kappa Sigma Greek Picnic Tailgate Winner: Alpha Sigma Alpha & Omega Psi Phi Step Show Banner Competition Win-ner 2011: Delta Zeta & Kappa Sigma

Greek Special Event Committee Awards:

Thanks to each of these people for their hard work: Tara Anglin, Stephen Bender, Grant Blaylock, Emily Bradley, Adrienne

Durham, Tiffany Hoff, Kelsey Hutchins, Lyndsey Ingram, Craig Lee, Gordon McGuire, Katy Morrow, Hillary Nichols, Katherine Price, Jud Shumate, Brandi Starnes, and Tasha Stricklin,.

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NPC

Panhellenic Summer Retreat

Panhellenic Summer Retreat will be taking place from July 10-12. During this time new NPC Exec and Chair positions will be elected. After elec-tions, the new exec and chair members will plan for the upcoming year and participate in team building activities. Event location is forthcoming.

2011-2012 Pi Chi Selection Results

On April 21, Panhellenic chose the following 18 women as new Pi Chi’s for the 2011/2012 academic year:

Abbey Eckert

Abbey Jensen

Abby Halley

Amanda Ray

Ashley Griffith

Jena Harrell

Jenny Gip

Katherine Chaisson

Kristen Robertson

Laura Beth Kordsmeier

Lauren Ragland

Morgan Schaub

Rebecca Leak

Shelby Padgett

Sydney Spradlin

Tasha Stricklin

Tiffany Hoff

Yvon Cobian

Congrats and best of luck to these

newly selected women!

IFC Campus Cleanup

On Thursday, April 21, a small group of IFC fraternity men teamed up to help clean UCA’s campus. Issac Morales (former IFC VP of Programming) organized a ―Campus Clean Up Day‖ with the help of UCA’s Physical Plant. IFC volunteers gathered at the Physical Plant during X Period and were giv-en directions for how and where to clean up. For the remainder of the break, IFC men roamed around campus picking up garbage

and bonding with each other. The event was a great success and the Physical Plant hopes to continue this event a few times each semes-ter. If you have any other service ideas/opportunities for the men or IFC, please contact John Harrington at ucaifcvpprog@gmail.com.

The majority of NPHC groups conducted intake over the spring 2011 semester. After much hard work, probates for many of the NPHC groups took place within the last week. Thir-teen (13) new members of Kappa Alpha Psi came off line about three weeks ago. Over the past weekend 40 more new members came off line within the NPHC com-munity. Fifteen (15) members crossed over into Alpha Kappa Al-pha, eight (8) into Delta Sigma Theta, three (3) into Zeta Phi Beta, and one (1) in Phi Beta Sigma. This has been a huge semester for NPHC in terms of academics, numbers, and service. Congrats to all the amazing mem-bers of the Divine Nine at UCA!

NPHC Intake Results

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NPHC

NPHC Council Election Results

NPHC recently elected their executive

council members for the 2011-2012 aca-

demic year. Here are the results:

President: Ashley Lee

VP: Dazzmin Murry

Treasurer: Katy Morrow

Record. Secretary: Aieruss Duhart

Corresp. Secretary: Billy Jones

Sergeant at Arms: Derrick Rosado

Parliamentarian: Stan Williams

Historian: Cordell Wilson

Chaplain: Chandria Marks

Congratulations to these newly elected

individuals!

Contact and Connect with Us!

Phone

501-450-3137

Email

Wendy Holbrook (NPHC Advisor):

wendyh@uca.edu

Scott Isenga (IFC Advisor):

sisenga@uca.edu

Lindsey Osborne (NPC Advisor):

losborne@uca.edu

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Additional

Here are some additional pictures from 2011 All Greek Step Show. If you want to see more photos, be sure to visit the UCAGreeks Flickr page!

Cinderella’s closet is official-ly closed for the semester. The event started off as a two day drive at Bethlehem Church and exploded into a multi-week event thanks to press coverage in The Log Cabin, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, channel 11 news website, and ―Living Lo-cal‖ television program. After the drive officially ended last week, the women of Panhellenic totaled 63 dresses sold and 300 dollars donated to Bethlehem House! Congratulations to the la-dies of Panhellenic and Lindsey Osborne for their commitment to such a great service event!!

Cinderella’s Closet Results