This last week at AGR saw the beginning of officer elections for the 2011 officer team. Noble Ruler, Risk Management, Recruitment, Finance, and House Operations all had new officers elected with 6 more offices next week. The results of the elections are:
Noble Ruler: Colter Brown
Risk Management: Ethan Schaff
Recruitment: Jim Woodring
Finance: Tyrel Obrecht
House Operations: Ben Lynn
Other happenings at the house include a small get together last saturday as the guys cheered on the Bobcats to victory over the much hated Grizzlies in the 110th brawl of the wild. If you do not know the bobcats have the #4 seed in the 20 team playoffs that begin this weekend. The bobcats may have a bye this weekend, but that has not stopped the guys at the house from getting playoff fever as the majority of the house has already purchased their tickets for December 4th.
Also last Friday the house helped the Montana FFA Foundation put on a spaghetti feed for 800 students who were attending MSU Ag Days. Brothers Neil Mauws, Colter Brown, and Jon Sheehy spent over four hours in the kitchen cooking noodles for the event. Montana FFA Foundation Director Ramey Lunceford extended a special thankyou for the brothers of the house for both their help in cooking and serving at the event.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and if you are driving anywhere, be safe because the roads are looking pretty rough right now.
Fraternally,
VNR Public Relations
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Great Turnout for Ag Appreciation Weekend
This weekend saw Alpha Gamma Rho Alumni from all across the state come to Bozeman to celebrate Montana State University's Ag Appreciation Weekend. This years ag appreciation weekend had special meaning for the brothers of Alpha Delta as they celebrated the 85th Anniversary of the fraternity here at Montana State. On Saturday evening the fraternity celebrated this occasion with a social at the new animal bio-science building. The evening saw a short program emceed by Bill Perry, music done by a local string group, and a social complete with hors d' oeurvres and cocktails.
Also being honored at this social were the brothers of Alpha Delta who donated money for the construction of the new animal bioscience building. In total the brothers of Alpha Delta donated $262,000 to the cause. Brothers and family who donated to the animal bioscience building were:
James and Mary Ross ... Jim Peterson ... Harold and Shirley Tutvedt ... Bruce Tutvedt ... Randy Smith ... Keith Stevenson Family ... Will Staudemeyer ... Ken Walsh ... Sam Phares ... Sky Anderson ... Sheill Anderson ... Taylor Brown ... Reeves Brown ... Lyle Hodgskiss ... Turk Stovall ... Steve Gilpatrick ... Jaye Johnosn ... Don Becker ... Larry Thayer ... Paugh Family ... Ed and Barb Malesich ... Carl and Carol Malesich ... Robert Brekke ... Kevin Curry ... Sam Rose ... Gene Thayer ... Rob Fraser ... Floyd Thompson ... Justin Heupel ... Bruce Glennie ... Leroy Luft ... Scott Seilstad
Thanks to these brothers donations Alpha Delta was awarded the honor of having a room on the first floor of the new building named after the fraternity.
Also being honored at this social were the brothers of Alpha Delta who donated money for the construction of the new animal bioscience building. In total the brothers of Alpha Delta donated $262,000 to the cause. Brothers and family who donated to the animal bioscience building were:
James and Mary Ross ... Jim Peterson ... Harold and Shirley Tutvedt ... Bruce Tutvedt ... Randy Smith ... Keith Stevenson Family ... Will Staudemeyer ... Ken Walsh ... Sam Phares ... Sky Anderson ... Sheill Anderson ... Taylor Brown ... Reeves Brown ... Lyle Hodgskiss ... Turk Stovall ... Steve Gilpatrick ... Jaye Johnosn ... Don Becker ... Larry Thayer ... Paugh Family ... Ed and Barb Malesich ... Carl and Carol Malesich ... Robert Brekke ... Kevin Curry ... Sam Rose ... Gene Thayer ... Rob Fraser ... Floyd Thompson ... Justin Heupel ... Bruce Glennie ... Leroy Luft ... Scott Seilstad
Thanks to these brothers donations Alpha Delta was awarded the honor of having a room on the first floor of the new building named after the fraternity.
People in attendance at the social
A picture of the sign outside of the new AGR Technology Transfer Room
Brothers in attendance who donated to the new animal bio-science building
On a final note, I would to thank Bill Perry, Daniel Gaugler, Neil Mauws, and Jon Sheehy for all of their hard work in organizing the event.
Fraternally,
VNR Public Relations
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Noble Ruler Report
Well it has been a great semester/year here at Alpha Delta. As my term is coming to an end, I would like to review some of the accomplishments we have seen this year.
First off, it was wonderful to have such a great representation of our chapter at the national convention in St. Louis this August. Six Alpha Delta’s, Neil Mauws, Logan Hodgskiss, Colter Brown, Danny Pratt, Jason Pluhar, and David Ratzburg, attended the convention and took full advantage of all the opportunities that it had to offer. One highlight was when Colter Brown and myself got the chance to sit down with the housing committee and discuss issues about how to go about remodeling in the future and how we can get the money to do so. If you attend the Alumni meeting this Sunday, I will explain this more in depth.
Due to the efforts of Alumnus Bill Perry and active members Steve Moodie and myself, we were able to put into effect GreekBill. This helps us to better manage our finances and if the situation is necessary, we have a company to back us if we ever need to collect outstanding bills on anyone. This will help to recover delinquent payments in the future. So far it has been a great asset to the house.
Risk Management has run very smoothly with very few incidents. Logan Hodgskiss has done a great job, and we can’t thank him enough. Due to his good judgment, he has kept us in check and out of trouble.
Cole Johnson has continued to excel at keeping all members focused on grades. Last semester was very successful with our GPA being above 3.0 once again. We hope to continue this again this semester. A new addition for our members to excel with their academics is that any member who’s GPA is below a 2.0 is required to have there professor for each class sign a sheet of paper that says the individual has been coming and talking to them throughout the semester and is making an attempt to increase their grades.
Philanthropy was very successful this fall. Due to a well budgeted Testicle Festival, we profited a great deal more money than the last few years. We are looking for a new vendor to host this event for next year, so if you know of anywhere around Bozeman, please let us know.
Since it has been since 1998 when our chapter constitution was last looked over and amended, we had a committee look over the whole thing and bring it up to speed with our chapter today. This has been an issue of discussion for about four years now, and it is finally done. Thank you to all the brothers that helped with that.
As of activation this fall, we have 40 active members in Alpha Delta. This is the most that we have had in a long time, and hope to continue the trend.
These are just a few of the accomplishments that we have done this year, but hopefully it gives you a good idea of where are chapter is headed in the future.
This year marks the 85th anniversary of Alpha Gamma Rho at Montana State. This weekend, on November 6th, we are having a reception at the newly completed Animal Bioscience Building. We hope that many of you can attend. On Sunday the 7th, we are having our Alumni Meeting as well. We hope to see you there.
Fraternally,
Neil J. Mauws
Noble Ruler
First off, it was wonderful to have such a great representation of our chapter at the national convention in St. Louis this August. Six Alpha Delta’s, Neil Mauws, Logan Hodgskiss, Colter Brown, Danny Pratt, Jason Pluhar, and David Ratzburg, attended the convention and took full advantage of all the opportunities that it had to offer. One highlight was when Colter Brown and myself got the chance to sit down with the housing committee and discuss issues about how to go about remodeling in the future and how we can get the money to do so. If you attend the Alumni meeting this Sunday, I will explain this more in depth.
Due to the efforts of Alumnus Bill Perry and active members Steve Moodie and myself, we were able to put into effect GreekBill. This helps us to better manage our finances and if the situation is necessary, we have a company to back us if we ever need to collect outstanding bills on anyone. This will help to recover delinquent payments in the future. So far it has been a great asset to the house.
Risk Management has run very smoothly with very few incidents. Logan Hodgskiss has done a great job, and we can’t thank him enough. Due to his good judgment, he has kept us in check and out of trouble.
Cole Johnson has continued to excel at keeping all members focused on grades. Last semester was very successful with our GPA being above 3.0 once again. We hope to continue this again this semester. A new addition for our members to excel with their academics is that any member who’s GPA is below a 2.0 is required to have there professor for each class sign a sheet of paper that says the individual has been coming and talking to them throughout the semester and is making an attempt to increase their grades.
Philanthropy was very successful this fall. Due to a well budgeted Testicle Festival, we profited a great deal more money than the last few years. We are looking for a new vendor to host this event for next year, so if you know of anywhere around Bozeman, please let us know.
Since it has been since 1998 when our chapter constitution was last looked over and amended, we had a committee look over the whole thing and bring it up to speed with our chapter today. This has been an issue of discussion for about four years now, and it is finally done. Thank you to all the brothers that helped with that.
As of activation this fall, we have 40 active members in Alpha Delta. This is the most that we have had in a long time, and hope to continue the trend.
These are just a few of the accomplishments that we have done this year, but hopefully it gives you a good idea of where are chapter is headed in the future.
This year marks the 85th anniversary of Alpha Gamma Rho at Montana State. This weekend, on November 6th, we are having a reception at the newly completed Animal Bioscience Building. We hope that many of you can attend. On Sunday the 7th, we are having our Alumni Meeting as well. We hope to see you there.
Fraternally,
Neil J. Mauws
Noble Ruler
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