ALDPES NEWSLETTER
Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma
The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
Hey ALDPES members,
Sorry for the mix-up at the meeting today. We thought Texas Kids Read were coming to speak, but it was nice to talk to some of the new members instead! We have lots of service events, socials, and scholarship deadlines coming up soon, and I know you won’t want to miss out on those. As always, make sure to take pictures at events for the end-of-year scrapbook (and easy points)! Your favorite secretaries will be holding study hours from 6:00 – 9:00PM on Thursday, February 23rd in PCL 5.104. Snacks will be provided!
Our next meeting will be two weeks from today, Wednesday February 22nd in WEL 3.502 from 6:00 – 7:00PM. (This will be the time and location for the rest of the semester) Have a great week!
Best,
Alan Stepchinski
Alpha Lambda Delta Secretary
Fun Fact of the Week:
In the tales of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock never actually said “Elementary, my dear Watson”. The line was used in later media of Holmes, but diehard fans (not to be confused with Die Hard fans) argue that these are not canon.
Guest Speaker of the Week
Texas Kids Read
TKR supports reading education in schoolchildren by distributing books to kids who have a lack of literature in their lives. Feel free to check out their website!https://txkidsread.org/
Guests of Speakers Past
Teach for America
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 inequity present in the education system. https://www.teachforamerica.org/
Info for the speaker: Jorge Galan jorge.galan@teachforamerica.org
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 at luketerry@utexas.edu.
Breakthrough Austin Summer Teaching Fellow
This is a 9 week program during the summer to assist with Breakthrough’s academic summer sessions by teaching and mentoring kids striving to first-generation college graduates. Email utaldpes@gmail.com if you’re interested in applying, the deadline is February 23rd!
Chipotle Profit Share
On Friday April 21 from 5-9 pm we’ll be having a Profit Share at Chipotle!!!!!! Chipotle is giving us 50% (you read that right!) of whatever we buy so make sure to put this in your calendar! Get a point (or two), make some money, and eat some food amongst fellow ALDPESers and the like! Invite everyone you know because this is the big one that you won’t want to miss!
Points
Points are here! Direct questions and complaints to Christian.
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 at 6PM.
Red Mango (Profit Share)
We’re having a social/profit share at Red Mango on Rio on February 22 right after the meeting at 2222 Rio Grande St! Come on out, invite your friends, and support us as we raise some money for ALDPES! Remember to say that you’re with ALDPES when you pay. All money that we get goes back to you in the form of scholarships, food, or socials, so you won’t want to miss it! What could be better than getting a couple of points, eating, and getting some money back to us?
Blanton Museum
The Blanton Museum is open and free to UT students, so we will be having a social/tour there on February 26th at 3PM!
IM Dodgeball
ALDPES will have an IM Dodgeball team this semester! Team will play every Monday from 7:00 to 8:30 starting on February 13th. If you’re interested, please fill out thisform.
Service Events
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
DOGS!!! Come walk medium to large dogs at the Austin Animal Center Sunday Feb. 19 from 9-11am. Spots are limited so sign up soon to secure a spot! Dogs are man’s best friend after all. Sign up here!
Bridging the Gap
Come craft with us! We are making decorations for the Bridging the Gap Fundraising event during our office hours on February 20th and 27th from 3-4pm.
Texas Kids Read
The volunteering for TKR was this week, but don’t worry if you missed out! We will be volunteering with them again in April.
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!
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 or 2 of the other items (ex. toothbrush, toys, glasses, etc.) to make up for a missed meeting point.
• Donation Points (you can only receive up to 5 donation points):
2 medicines or 3 of the other items (ex. toothbrush, toys, glasses, etc.) to receive 1 donation point.
• 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