ALDPES NEWSLETTER
Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma
The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
Hey ALDPES-ites,
Thanks to everyone who made it to our first meeting of the semester! For those who didn’t come, you missed out on free food. Why would you do that to yourself? Anyways, we have a lot of new info this week, so make sure to check out all the upcoming events and scholarships!
Our next meeting will be two weeks from now, Wednesday February 8th in WEL 3.502 from 6:00 – 7:00PM. (This will be the time and location for the rest of the semester) Hope to see you all there!
Best,
Alan Stepchinski
Alpha Lambda Delta Secretary
Fun Fact of the Week: **Slight spoiler warning for The Flash Season 2**
Even though almost every episode of The Flash starts with Barry saying “I am the fastest man alive”, this is incorrect. In fact, the main villains for the entire series are people faster than him. It’s what creates conflict in the show. Sorry, Barry.
Guest Speaker of the Week
Teach for America
If you weren’t able to make it to the meeting today, this program allows students to work as teachers in low-income schools. Their goal is to both help the kids in these classes and raise awareness for inequalities present in the education system.https://www.teachforamerica.org/
Info for the speaker: Jorge Galan jorge.galan@teachforamerica.org
Guests of Speakers Past
None for now. I suppose there are speakers from last semester and the years before that. It’s not that we don’t care about them anymore, but sometimes you just have to let things go.
Lingering Opportunities: Duckie’s Dreams
Seton Hospital Internship
If you are interested in a full time internship (unpaid…sorry!) at a Seton Hospital this summer that would consist of working with hospital volunteers (great for people interested in community outreach/people management or anyone just looking to get a foot in the door in the medical field), send me an email atluketerry@utexas.edu.
Points
A link to the points will be here once we actually have some events!
Office Hours
Building 2609 University Avenue (UA9) room 2.112 located right behind SSB
Hopefully the new format is more helpful for finding hours you can attend. If this offends you, I am happy to change it back.
Monday 9:00-10:00 am Webmaster
Monday 10:00-11:00 am Treasurer
Monday 1:00-2:00 pm Outreach Coordinator
Monday 3:00-4:00 pm Service Coordinators
Tuesday 12:30-1:30 pm Vice President
Tuesday 3:00-4:00 pm Social Coordinators
Wednesday 3:00-4:00 pm Secretaries
Thursday 12:30-1:30 pm Historian
Thursday 5:00-6:00 pm Liaison
Friday 12:00-1:00 pm Presidents
Social Events
New member social
Come meet the new members and earn a social point at the Union Starbucks on February 16th. Time TBD
Red Mango
We’re having a social at Red Mango on Rio onFebruary 22 right after the meeting at 2222 Rio Grande St!
Blanton Museum
TBD (probably a Sunday)
Service Events
Texas Kids Read
Come volunteer with Texas Kids Read! We will be sorting and packing books for kids on campus at6:30pm on January 31st in WRW 113. Sign up here!
Austin Energy Regional Science Festival
Extended volunteer event: Judging and event volunteering available on Feb. 15-18 for 2-4 hour shifts. More information here:http://www.sciencefest.org/volunteers. Please email us if you are interested in this opportunity.
Austin Animal Center
Come walk dogs at Austin Animal Center Sunday Feb. 19. More info to come. Sign up here!
Scholarships
Princeton Review Scholarship
There will be a scholarship available in the future. For now, all ALDPES members can receive a $200 discount on a Princeton Review package. Don’t miss out on this if you’re planning to use Princeton Review!
Graduate Fellowship
Deadline: 1/31/17 (postmark date)
This scholarship is $3,000-7,500 for students planning to go to graduate school. I know it’s a bit short notice, but it shouldn’t take too long to complete! This scholarship is submitted directly to the national office. The application found attached here and at the link.
http://www.nationalald.org/fellowships/
Stemler Study Abroad Scholarship
Deadline: 2/10/17
Studying abroad? I am very jealous but I can also offer you a chance at $1,000-2,000 for study abroad costs. The application can be found attached here and at the link.
http://www.nationalald.org/stemler/
Phi Eta Sigma Scholarships
Deadline: 2/20/17
One application for all PES scholarships (score!!). Awards ranging from $1,000-10,000. The application is accessed from the link.
https://www.phietasigma.org/scholarship_applications
Jo Anne J. Trow Scholarship-
Deadline: 3/27/17
$1,000-6,000 for members inducted in 2016 (sorry oldtimers). The application can found attached here and at the link.
http://www.nationalald.org/trow/
***DISCLAIMER*** You may notice that the deadlines stated here do not match the deadlines stated on the application links. This is because many of these applications have to go through the officer board and advisers before being submitted to national. Please go by the deadline I’ve given so we have plenty of time to review and select the applications.
Other Things
Scrapbook
We are always working on the scrapbook for ALDPES. If you attend any social or service event this semester or cherish a specific meeting speaker/ice breaker, email ALDPES a two to three sentence quote for half a point! Also, if you send in four quality photos you can receive another half point!
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. For those who struggle with math, that means you can earn 1 point for following both! (Points will be awarded the last week of class.)
T-shirt special
Buy one red shirt for $10! Come by any office hours to purchase shirts. (Remember cash can only be accepted at the Treasurer’s 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!)
Credit Cards
Credit cards are now being accepted! Stop by any of the officer’s office hours to pay by credit card. Be warned: there is a convenience fee! Prices for payment by credit cards are $10.28 per shirt, $13.37 per cord if you’re active, or $26.74 for both cords, and $18.51 per cord if you’re inactive, or $37.02 for both cords.
Point Opportunities
1. MEETINGS
• Meetings are worth 1 point each.
• If you miss a meeting you can make up the point by bringing two GMT Items to office hours BEFORE the next meeting.
• If you wear your ALDPES shirt to a meeting you get an additional 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
• If you sign up to drive and fail spectacularly, you will lose 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.
• Alex has done an amazing job with the scrapbook so far, but it never hurts to have more pictures!
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 (meaning you were induced this semester) 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,
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.
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 website: https://sites.utexas.edu/aldpes/
• Facebook Group: Alpha Lambda Delta/Phi Eta Sigma
• Twitter: @UTALDPES
• Instagram: utaldpes