ALDPES NEWSLETTER
Wednesday, April 26th, 2017
Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma
The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
Hey ALDPES-ers,
If you are still trying to become active for banquet, make sure you get all your points by 11:59pm on Wednesday, May 3rd. There are TWO more service opportunities and ONLY ONE more chance to get your social point, so make sure to get those if you still need them!
We also wanted to send out a big thank you for all the members who helped make Bridging the Gap and the Chipotle Profit Share successes. We really appreciate all of your support, and we couldn’t do this without ya’ll! =)
Our last meeting will be next Wednesday, May 3rd in WEL 3.502 from 6:00 – 7:00pm. Hope to see you there!
Best,
Alan Stepchinski
Alpha Lambda Delta Secretary
Fun Fact of the Week:
There are opportunities for FREE MONEY within this newsletter. Just check out the scholarships section below! The applications are not difficult, and your chances of getting one are pretty high.
On a related note, the government cannot actually print money. The Federal Reserve has the power to do so, and then the government can borrow money from the Fed. Our money system is complicated.
Upcoming Guest Speakers
Next week – Hopefully therapy dogs!!
Guests of Speakers Past
April 19th – Lang Stuttering Institute Student Leadership Organization
Our very own Heather Grosenbacher talked last week about the Lang Stuttering Institute!! This organization educates people on what stuttering is and what it is like to live with a stutter. Check out their Facebook here or the official webpage here!
April 5th – GMT and Princeton Review
Global Medical Training is an organization with UT that takes medical donations and prepares students to provide healthcare in other countries. If you are interested in finding out more about them, visit their website here!
Also, if you are planning to go to school after undergrad (grad school, med school, law school, etc.) and you want some extra help preparing for tests, check out the Princeton Review here!
Lingering Opportunities: Duckie’s Dreams
General Officer Applications
If you applied to be a general officer for the 2017-2018 school year, don’t forget about your interview on Friday or Sunday! New general officers will be announced at banquet.
Points
Points are here! Please email the account (utaldpes@gmail.com) if you have any questions or concerns.
UTALDPES Follow Train:
We have new handles for Twitter and Instagram! If you followed the old ones, you should still be following ALDPES, but follow these new ones if you haven’t already! If you follow @TXALDPES on Twitter you can earn a half point. And you can also earn a half point for followingtxaldpes on Instagram. So, if you follow both you can earn 1 point! (Points will be awarded the last week of class.)
Office Hours
Building 2609 University Avenue (UA9) room 2.112 located right behind SSB
Monday 9:00-10:00 am Webmaster
Monday 10:00-11:00 am Treasurer
Monday 3:00-4:00 pm Service Coordinators
Tuesday 3:00-4:00 pm Social Coordinators
Wednesday 10:00-11:00 am Vice President
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
Starbucks
If you can never have enough coffee, head to the Union Starbucks after our last meeting on May 3rd to earn your social point! This is also the last opportunity for a social point this semester!
End-of-semester Banquet
We will hold this semester’s banquet on Friday, May 5th at 7:00pm! The banquet will be at Romano’s Macaroni Grill at the Arboretum (9828 Great Hills Trail Austin, TX 78759). Make sure you are active if you want to eat for free! You are also welcome to bring a +1. Dinner for non-active ALDPES members and non-ALDPES members will be $30 each. Sign up here!
(Active status is described at the bottom of the newsletter. To be considered active for banquet, you need to earn your required points by11:59pm on Wednesday, May 3rd.)
Service Events
Longhorn Lights Out
Longhorn Lights Out is on April 28th at 6:00pm. Longhorn Lights Out is a campus-wide event where occupants reduce energy by turning off lights, unplugging unnecessary electronics and powering down computer equipment. Sign up here if you’re interested!
UT Micro Farm
The Micro Farm service event has been rescheduled! Come garden with us on Sunday April 30th from 10:00am – 12:00pm. Sign uphere. This is the last service event of the semester!
Scholarships
As noted on the applications, all scholarships listed below are due by Monday, May 1st at 11:59pm.
Most Humanitarian Scholarship
If you think you’re great at volunteering, apply for this $500 scholarship!
Most Outstanding Member Award
Get rewarded for being active with ALDPES with this $500 scholarship!
Princeton Review
If you plan to take a Princeton Review course, you should definitely apply to this scholarship for a chance at half off one course!
Additionally, 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!
Senior Book Award – not a scholarship
We’re giving out two Senior Book Awards (an actual book, not money) to the two seniors with the highest GPAs in ALDPES. If you are interested in applying for this, please email the account with a screenshot of your GPA from your Grade Report. Heather sent out some info on this a little while ago!
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!
T-shirt special
Note: small and medium shirts are now sold out. 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
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.
5. POINT DEDUCTIONS
• If you sign up for a service event and don’t show up, you will lose a point!
• You can also lose a point by agreeing to drive to an event and failing to show up. Don’t be that person.
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: @TXALDPES
• Instagram: txaldpes