How Our Chapter Grew

Dr. Brown formed a personalized program for our house. This program hit home with all the brothers, talking about individuals and their struggles and putting those things into perspective as a brotherhood.

Neil Patel
RPI, ‘20
Chapter President

On October 8th, 2018 the New York Sigma Chapter at RPI was extremely honored to hold its first brotherhood retreat with Dr. Michael Brown of DMB Coaching.

Over the course of the last year many brothers have gotten to meet Dr. Michael Brown at the Boysie Bollinger Leadership Academy and IMPACT18.

After each of those events, many non-attending brothers were excited by the ideas and impact Dr. Brown had on their fellow brothers. With all this excitement, it was only right to have Dr. Brown come visit the chapter.

Over the past year the chapter struggled with passivity and ideals, Dr. Brown formed a personalized program for our house. This program hit home with all the brothers, talking about individuals and their struggles and putting those things into perspective as a brotherhood.

The key moment for us was when Dr. Brown had us write down something we are currently struggling with personally. After reading each of those anonymous struggles, many were taken back about how the Fraternity serves as that support system that each of us as individuals need.

Using the strategies taught by Dr. Brown, the Chapter formulated their personal values which allowed us to establish our first recruitment guidelines. These guidelines specifically show who were are as a chapter and why we do the things we do.

The executive board had a meeting with Dr. Brown the following morning. Despite leading a discussion from 10AM to 6PM and hanging out with the brothers from 6PM to 10PM, Dr. Brown was still lively.

He allowed us to ask questions about what we struggle with and how to implement what we talked about as a chapter.

Overall, our Chapter went into the retreat knowing about what it means to be good leaders and an even better brotherhood but being able to still be critical about these things allowed us to be even more efficient in these areas.

Also, being able to talk about tasks we struggle with made everyone more cognizant of where we look to improve!

Neil Patel
RPI, ‘20
Chapter President

Fireside Chats Are Back!

Fireside Chats are back November 11th and 12th with National President Adrian Gonzalez!

In November, Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity is hosting our Fall Fireside Chat, and this year we want to hear from YOU!

To make these discussions more meaningful and personal for you and your chapter, we're opening up a suggestion box! Topics, ideas and discussion points submitted in this form will be gathered and grouped together accordingly to provide a town-hall feel to get your thoughts heard, and ask more great questions.

This year, we're hosting two back-to-back Fireside Chats to suit your Chapter Schedule:

• Sunday November 11th at 9:00pm EST/8:00pm CT

• Monday November 12th at 9:00pm EST/8:00pm CT

Note that both sessions will cover the same topics, the only difference is the time/date!

Georgia Tech Homecoming 2018

Georgia Tech Homecoming is coming up!

Here is a list of the scheduled events:

Friday, October 12 - 7-10 PM

• Cocktail Party at the Phi Kappa Theta House

• 800 Fowler St NW Atlanta, GA 30313

Saturday, October 13, 9 AM - 12:20 PM

• Homecoming Tailgate at the Phi Kappa Theta House

• BYOB

Sunday, October 14

• Actives & Alumni Flag Football game - 9:00 AM

• Meet at the House 15 minutes beforehand or meet at the burger bowl

• Brunch 11:30 AM - 1 PM at the Phi Kappa Theta House

• Alumni Chapter Meeting at 2 PM

The chapter is excited to have an opportunity to meet more Phi Kaps. This will be a great opportunity for everyone to meet the collegiate brothers and network with brothers of Phi Kappa Theta. They hope to see you there!

If you have any questions feel free to email jchua30@gatech.edu.

11.09 Houston Area Alumni Event

Brother Manny González (Texas A&I University, '82) and his wife, Lucy, have graciously opened up their home for what is sure to be a great evening of food, wine, and brotherhood, November 9th, 2018 at 6:30PM CT.

The best part is that registration fees have been reduced to $1.00 per person!

The evening will include updates about Phi Kappa Theta throughout the country and will focus primarily on the growth and activity in Texas.

A highlight of the event is sure to be the wine tasting led by sommelier Lucy González. Lucy is the CEO of Vega San Juan (VSJ). VSJ is the name of the vineyard / wine business in Spain. Lucy and Brother Manny González, are partners in VRS Winery. The wines to be shared that evening have been generously donated by the González family.

Live Entertainment: Pete Scafidi is a singer and song writer and performs as a solo acoustic act with songs that include an upbeat, eclectic mix of covers from Rock/Pop, R&B, Latin, and Country genres, plus some originals.

Raffle Prizes: Attendees names will be written on a card and pulled from a bowl.

• 1 - 2014 Ermita Talanda Magnum (red)

• 1 - 2012 Ermita Talanda (red)

• 1 - 2012 Peñalegre (red)

• 1 - 2014 Ermita Talanda Rueda (white wine)

Muela - Premium Handcrafted Knife - Criollo Model: Muela Knives are custom Spanish hunting knives that have been made by the Muela family for generations, and utilize tough Moly-Vanadium stainless steel. Each Muela Hunting Knife is handsome as well as functional with handle materials that include Red Stag antler, exotic stabilized hardwoods and Pakawood.

Spanish Abanico: The Valencian company Aire Distinto is the brand of fans designed by Lola Blay. Her designs are made with various materials and are hand painted. Her imagination brings us to a cheerful and avant-garde collection with lots of color and patterns of flowers, fruits, animals and images of Las Meninas ("Ladies in Waiting").

We look forward to all area brothers bringing their spouses/significant others.

About VRS Winery (VRSWinery.com)

Since the first days of stepping onto some amazing Spanish vineyards and getting introduced to their wonderful wines, Gina & Ramiro Rodriguez and Lucinda & Manny González decided to spread the delight of these wines to wine lovers in the U.S.

Contact: Robert Riggs, CAE, Executive Director