1/27/2016 Newsletter

ALDPES NEWSLETTER
Wednesday, January 27th, 2016

Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma

The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
Hey everyone,
Thanks to everyone who came out to the first meeting! If you weren’t able to make it be sure to bring two donations from the NEW donations list to any office hours to make up for the missed meeting point. Our next meeting will be Wednesday, February 10th, 2016 at 6:00pm in CMA 2.306 (This is the auditorium in the basement of CMA.) 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
Phi Eta Sigma Secretary

Fun Fact of the Week: The weather is going to warm up into the 70s starting tomorrow through next Tuesday! Enjoy is while it lasts!
Points
Points will be updated in a few weeks!

Office Hours

Building 2609 University Avenue (UA9) room 2.112 located right behind SSB

Presidents: Tuesday 3:30-4:30 pm
Liaison/Outreach Coordinators: Monday 12:00-1:00 pm
Vice Presidents: Thursday 11:00-12:00pm
Social Coordinators: Monday 2:15-3:15 pm
Service Coordinators: Wednesday 11:00-12:00pm
Historians: Monday 6:00-7:00 pm
Secretaries: Wednesday 7:00-8:00pm
Treasurers: Thursday 4:00-5:00 pm
Webmasters: Wednesday 4:30-5:30pm
Social Events
Our first social event this semester will be at Starbucks in the Union immediately following the next general meeting on February 10th!

We will have an ice skating social at Chaparral Ice in Northcross Mall on February 20th, we will be sending out a sign-up sheet in the newsletter sent out on the 10th after the next general meeting.

The next social event will be immediately following the general meeting on the 24th of February at Red Mango on Rio Grande in West Campus

Be on the lookout for more information about intramurals for this semester in the coming newsletters!
Service Events

Tutoring
We will be offering long term tutoring opportunities this semester. Stay tuned for more details!

Texas THON
Texas THON is great organization that benefits Dell Children’s Medical of Central Texas! We will be helping them out this semester in a couple of different ways, one of which is by fundraising for the group. Here is a link to register with our team to help raise money!
Other Things

Change to Canned Goods Policy
NEW Cans/GMT Policy: We can no longer accept canned goods. Instead we will be donating items to Global Medical Training!

Missed Meeting Points:
You need to bring 1 bottle of medicine to make up for a missed meeting point.
Or you can bring 2 of the other items (ex. toothbrush, toys, glasses, etc.)

Donation Points (you can only receive up to 5 donation points):
2 Medicines for 1 donation point
Or you can bring 3 of the other items to receive 1 donation point (ex. toothbrush, toys, glasses, etc.)

Items needed:
Medicines- Kids Multivitamins, Adult Multivitamins, Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen, tums, antidiarrheal, children’s motrin, prenatal, vitamin C, iron, b complex,

Other Items- Stickers, small cars, coloring books, Crayons and small toys (cars, barbies, etc). And also eyeglasses (the pre made prescription ones you can buy at any convenient or grocery store), toothbrushes, toothpaste and floss.

By Stander Intervention Training
This is the training module covering bystander intervention that each UT club must complete. Please use the link to view the presentation and send us an email detailing the three most interesting/important facts from the presentation to receive a point.

Study Hours
We will have study hours coming up in February! More details to come.

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! (Points will be awarded the last week of class.)
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: TBD

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 Mary Bea!

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 27th, 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 service point (i.e. you must attend at least one service event)
– 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. GMT DONATION POLICY

• If you miss a meeting, you can bring items from the GMT donation list to OFFICE HOURS to get your missed meeting point.

• You must turn in the items BEFORE the next general meeting.

•Missed Meeting Points:
You need to bring 1 bottle of medicine to make up for a missed meeting point.
Or you can bring 2 of the other items (ex. toothbrush, toys, glasses, etc.)
• Donation Points (you can only receive up to 5 donation points):
2 Medicines for 1 donation point
Or you can bring 3 of the other items to receive 1 donation point (ex. toothbrush, toys, glasses, etc.)

• Items needed:
Medicines- Kids Multivitamins, Adult Multivitamins, Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen, tums, antidiarrheal, children’s motrin, prenatal, vitamin C, iron, b complex,

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.

• Our NEW website:https://sites.utexas.edu/aldpes/

• Facebook Group: Alpha Lambda Delta/Phi Eta Sigma

• Twitter: @UTALDPES

• Instagram: utaldpes