{"id":128,"date":"2020-02-19T16:03:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T16:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aig.alumni.virginia.edu\/thetadelt\/?p=128"},"modified":"2020-09-29T16:41:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T16:41:16","slug":"february-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/thetadelt\/2020\/02\/february-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"February Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"

February 19, 2019<\/p>\n

Brothers,<\/p>\n

We are writing to you today to give you an update on how the last few months at 1811 Lambeth Lane have been going! Life has been quite like a rollercoaster for every brother in our beautiful home, but we are so excited to introduce our newest pledge class and to set this fraternity on such a wonderful path forward! This newsletter has a lot of information, so please read carefully and reach out to our new Alumni Chair (who you\u2019ll meet below) at cjm2xy@virginia.edu<\/a> if you have any questions! Let\u2019s begin.<\/p>\n

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Firstly, we have had the most successful year for Rush since I (Robbie) entered this fraternity three years ago. The brotherhood secured a strong, vibrant 18-person pledge class which is comprised of several second years, a transfer from Oklahoma, a bunch of CS prospects and a few pre-Comm students! They have been such a joy to be around over the last few weeks and we are so excited to go through the rest of the semester with them.<\/p>\n

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With such great highs in this fraternity, there are some periods where we encounter very difficult and tragic lows. Every brother in this fraternity, all of the new members, and the surrounding University Community was astonished to learn that one of our newest members, Nick Palatt <\/strong><\/a>, passed away January 31, 2020. It was devastating for the entirety of the brotherhood and we were so grateful to have each other to lean on during this difficult time. If anyone reading this would like to show their support, please contact Ben Webne, the Nu Charge Housing Corporation President at 703-625-7512. The undergraduates are all grieving heavily, but we know that Nick\u2019s love for our fraternity and his high interest in joining should inspire us to move on to our duties for the fraternity.<\/p>\n

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Next, you all are likely aware that over the last two falls we have had our wildly popular Alumni Weekends. We wanted to give you as far ahead of an advance as possible, we are looking to have our Alumni Weekend during the weekend of the Virginia vs. North Carolina football game on October 3, 2020. Since this game is on a Saturday (and the past Alumni Weekends have been during weekends with games on Friday), we will likely have an event during Friday evening, Saturday during the day\/night, and also during the day on Sunday. Please click here <\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to report your interest in the event!<\/p>\n

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While we are starting to look at how our social calendar will look for this semester, we thought some alumni might be interested in attending a tailgate for some Virginia Basketball games, with us! Check out this survey<\/strong><\/a> to learn more about the tailgates which we plan to do at our beautiful home.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019ve read this far, you might as well check out this awesome presentation done by our recently graduated fourth-year,\u00a0Robbie Hodgson<\/strong>\u00a0(the now former alumni chair). Robbie researched Dr. William Lambeth for the last 9-10 months and put together the findings from his research into a presentation to legitimize and preserve Lambeth\u2019s bountiful history and also the history and architectural significance of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity house. Robbie presented his findings to the Colonnade Club on January 15, 2020.\u00a0Click here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to watch the video (it\u2019s long, sorry) and feel free to reach out to Robbie at\u00a0rsh5xe@virginia.edu<\/a>\u00a0if you have any questions about Lambeth or the history of the house!<\/p>\n

Meet our new Alumni Chair,\u00a0Connor McKechnie<\/strong>! Connor is a second-year student majoring in Biomedical Engineering and planning to minor in entrepreneurship. He served as one of our Rush Chairs and is now serving as our Alumni Chair. Back home in Virginia Beach, Connor works as a sales associate for Conte\u2019s Bike Shop. When he isn\u2019t studying for Organic Chemistry exams, you can find him out cycling, as he is also the Vice President of the Cycling Club. This summer, Connor plans to either stay in Charlottesville to do research or to work for a local startup. He is super excited to work with you to tackle the house\u2019s current problems and foster a growing bond between the alumni and undergraduates. Again, feel free to reach out to Connor at cjm2xy@virginia.edu if you have any questions or feel lonely and just want to chat.<\/p>\n

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