ALDPES NEWSLETTER
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma
The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
Hey Members,
I hope you all are enjoying “fall” so far! If you weren’t able to make it to the meeting last week, swing by office hours with two canned goods so you can make up for the missed meeting point! Our next meeting will be Wednesday, October 21st at 6:00pm in PHR 2.108 and we will be taking a yearbook picture, so be sure to wear your ALDPES shirt! If you bring $10 you can buy one of our awesome shirts, which get you an extra point every time you attend a meeting or an event while wearing it! Also, every member of ALDPES is given a certificate for being inducted into the club, so come by any office hours to pick up your certificate(s).
Best,
Peyton Busby
PES Secretary
Fun Fact of the Week: Today is National Dessert Day, so enjoy some dessert today!
Points
Are here! If your points don’t look correct let us know within the next week.
Office Hours
Building 2609 University Avenue (UA9) room 2.112 located right behind SSB
Presidents: Monday 1-2pm
Outreach Coordinator: Wednesday 4-5pm
Liaison: Thursday 4-5pm
Vice Presidents: Tuesday 2-3pm
Social Coordinators: Monday 5-6pm
Service Coordinators: Tuesday 4:30-5:30pm
Historians: Tuesday 12:30-1:30 pm
Secretaries: Wednesday 7:15-8:15pm
Treasurers: Monday 3-4pm
Webmasters: Thursday 9:30-10:30am
Social Events
This semester ALDPES has an Intramural Volleyball team! We will play on Sundays at 3:00 pm on the second floor of the REC Center. Wear your ALDPES shirt and come support your fellow ALDPES members as we go for gold (and earn a social point)!
*** IM Team Members: Remember to check the FB group for updates about team colors before the games!
We will be having a profit share at RED MANGO on Wednesday, October 21st from 7:30-9:00pm (after the meeting). Come out and enjoy Fro-Yo with ALDPES Peeps and help us raise money for ALDPES!
We will also have a profit share on Thursday, October 29 from 6:00pm-8:00pm at Moojo. Come out and try this great new ice cream-sandwich shop with all your friends from ALDPES!
Service Events
St. Elias
We will be helping St. Elias on Friday, October 16th and Saturday, October 17th with a Mediterranean festival. The link to sign up to be a volunteer is here.
Texas THON
Texas THON is great organization that we are going to be helping out! Here is a link to register with our team! On October 22nd there will be a pancake fundraiser starting at 7:00pm at the Pike House to help our team raise money. Be sure to let them know you are with ALDPES when you arrive to get points! There is also another opportunity to get points by participating in a fundraiser to help raise money for Texas THON (more information to come at the next meeting)!
Other Things
New Member Info Sessions
We will be having two more new member info sessions next week:
Wednesday, October 21st from 5:00-6:00pm in BUR 106
Thursday, October 22nd from 5:00-6:00pm in UTC 4.112
UTALDPES Follow Train:
If you follow @UTALDPES on Twitter you can earn a half point. And you can also earn a half point for following utaldpes on Instagram. So, if you follow both you can earn 1 point!
Study Hours
We will be having study hours on October 27th from 7:00-10:00pm in the PCL. We will be on the 5th floor with cookies, so be sure to come study with us!
Princeton Review Half Scholarships:
We are giving away 2 Princeton Review Half Scholarships that can be used on any class!
Please email Mary Bea at mary.bea.carstens@utexas.edu for the application!
Deadline: November 20th
Also, ALL ALDPES members automatically receive $200 off a course. To get the discount, you must register for the class in person at the Dobie office. The Princeton Review staff will verify your member status with me!
Spring Study Abroad Scholarship:
If you are studying abroad in the spring, apply for a $500 scholarship!
Deadline: October 30th
If you want to apply, please email mary.bea.carstens@utexas.edu for the application!
ALD Scholarships
Graduate Student Fellowship Scholarship
Each year National Alpha Lambda Delta awards one $7,500 fellowship, eight $5,000 fellowships and fourteen $3,000 fellowships. These fellowships have been established to help qualified members obtain graduate or professional degrees.
Deadline: January 2016
More details and info: http://www.nationalald.org/index.cfm/scholarships/graduate-fellowships/graduate-fellowship-application/
Jo Anne J. Trow Scholarship
Each year, National Alpha Lambda Delta awards 36 scholarships to outstanding undergraduate members. Only sophomores (by hours) can apply.
Deadline: March 2016
More details and info:
http://www.nationalald.org/index.cfm/scholarships/trow-scholarships/jo-anne-j-trow-scholarship-application/
PES Scholarships
Deadline: February 2016
There are multiple undergraduate and graduate scholarships available.
More details and info:
https://www.phietasigma.org/how_to_apply
T-shirt special: Buy one red shirt for $10, get a blue shirt for $5! Come by any office hours to purchase shirts (remember cash can only be accepted at the Treasurers’ office hours though!)
Graduation Cords: Cords are $26 for active members and $36 for inactive members(This is for both ALD and PES; individually cords are $13 for active members and $18 for inactive members). Come by any office hours to purchase (remember cash can only be accepted at the Treasurers’ office hours though!)
Point Opportunities
1. MEETINGS
• Meetings are worth 1 point each
• If you miss a meeting you can make up the point by bringing two canned goods to office hours BEFORE the next meeting.
•If you wear your ALDPES shirt to a meeting you get an additionl point.
2. DRIVING TO AN EVENT
• Get 1 extra point for volunteering to drive other members who need rides to an event
• Must tell the officer in charge if you can drive BEFORE the event to get a point
3. EVENT PICTURES
• You may receive 1 point for turning in 8 quality photos for each service and/or social event you attend.
• You can choose to turn in a total of 16 quality photos for a maximum of 2 points per event.
4. POINT CORRECTIONS
• An updated points list will be sent out on a regular basis, to give ALDPES members a chance to check that all their points have been counted correctly. Any discrepancies or mistakes must be reported to the secretaries within two weeks of the spreadsheet being sent out. After the two-week deadline has passed, no changes can be made to those events/points.
Important Policies
1. POINT POLICY
• Of your points, in order to be considered an active member, you must have the following:
– At least 1 social point (i.e. you must attend at least one social event)
– No more than 5 donation points
• Old members need 12 points, new members need 9 points
2. CANNED GOODS POLICY
• If you miss a meeting, you can bring 2 CANNED GOODS to OFFICE HOURS to get your missed meeting point.
• You must turn in the canned goods BEFORE the next general meeting.
3. WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
• Instead of getting a ridiculous number of emails for sign-ups and meeting reminders, we will be sending out a weekly newsletter every Wednesday!
• Sign-ups and everything else you used to get weekly will be linked in the weekly emails.
Contact Us:
• E-mail address: utaldpes@gmail.com
• Our NEW website:https://sites.utexas.edu/aldpes/
• Facebook Group: Alpha Lambda Delta/Phi Eta Sigma
• Twitter: @UTALDPES
• Instagram: utaldpes