ALDPES NEWSLETTER
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma
The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
Hey ALDPES-ers,
I hope your week has been going great, you’re halfway to the weekend! A few of our events coming up in the next week include:
- Texas THON Pancake Night : February 8 from 7pm-9pm:
- Mardi Paws : February 10 from 1pm-6pm
Please see below for more details about them! Also, we now have a NEW organization GroupMe for all members that would like join. This serves as way to contact the officers, get quick updates on events, meet new people in the org, and more! If you would like to join, please click here!
Our next meeting for this semester is in two weeks on Wednesday, February 21st at 6:00pm in CPE 2.214! This is in the same room as the previous meetings and will be there all semester. Hope to see you there!
Hook ’em,
Matthew Fawks
Alpha Lambda Delta | Secretary
Previous Guest Speakers
Miracle League – 2/7
Rey Laurencio, our Pillars Coordinator, gave a presentation on Miracle League and the many opportunities associated with it. This organization helps children with disabilities play baseball games on the weekends, and the volunteers are really fantastic people. We will have more information about volunteering with them in later newsletters, but feel free to check them out here if you’re interested in learning more.
Texas THON – 1/24
I want to thank Aleesha Toteja for speaking about Texas Thon! In case you missed it, this awesome group is a student-run philanthropy organization that helps to raise funds and awareness for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals at Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas. They offer many ways to get involved, and have recently surpassed their $1M (yes, a 1 with 6 zeros after it!) benchmark! For more info, please visit txthon.weebly.com or email texasthonstudentorgrecruitment@gmail.com.
Miscellaneous Events
Kung Fu Tea Profit Share – February 15, 5:00-9:00pm
Come enjoy a wide variety of teas and other drinks with your fellow ALDPES members and make sure to show the cashier the flyer attached below! Roger will be there, so be sure and say hello. In order to receive your points, you just need to take a picture of your receipt and email it to the ALDPES account (utaldpes@gmail.com). See you there!
Study Hours
The next study hours is TBD.
Upcoming Workshops
Alex has some great ideas for workshops this semester for professional development including:
- How to Talk About Yourself
- Internships 101
- GRE Prep Course
- Headshots
Points
Points can be accessed here! These will typically be updated on Fridays, but be sure and email us if you see any issues!
Office Hours
Building 2609 University Avenue (UA9) room 2.112 located right behind SSB
Monday 11:00-12:00 pm Media Coordinator
Monday 12:00-1:00 pm Service Coordinators
Monday 3:00-4:00 pm Outreach Coordinators
Tuesday 2:00-3:00 pm Historians
Wednesday 11:30-12:30 pm Pillars Coordinator
Wednesday 1:00-2:00 pm Vice Presidents
Wednesday 2:00-3:00 pm Presidents
Wednesday 4:00-5:00 pm Social Coordinators
Thursday 10:00-11:00 am Liaison
Friday 10:00-11:00 am Secretary
Friday 1:00-2:00 pm Treasurers
Social Events
Texas THON Pancake Night on February 8 from 7pm-9pm:
Texas THON is hosting their semesterly pancake night at Pi Kappa Phi (2411 Longview St.). For $5, you can enjoy as many pancakes as you’d like and help support an amazing cause! If you have friends who participate in THON, you can donate in their name. We’ll be meeting outside of the location at 7pm so that we can eat A L L T H E P A N C A K E S together!!
Lucky Lab Coffee Social on Tuesday, Feb. 13th at 3pm: Enjoy some coffee with ALDPES at Lucky Lab on Tuesday afternoon!
Green Belt Hiking and Picnic on Sunday, Feb. 25 at 11am: “TAKE A HIKE” with ALDPES Sunday morning at the Green Belt and enjoy (maybe) the last few cold days for a while. We’ll be having a picnic somewhere along the way too!
Food Truck Social at 26th and Rio Grande St. on Monday, Feb. 26th at 6pm: On Monday, we’ll be heading out to the food trucks! The food trucks include: Cold Cookie Company, Longhorn Chicken, Brazilian, Korean Komfort, Holy Macaroni, Cajun food, and more! Join us!
Service Events
Mardi Paws
On February 10 from 1pm-6pm, ALDPES will assist Grocery Pup with set up and clean up, and watch the Mardi Gras-esque dog parade in between! Proceeds from this event will benefit Austin Dogs Rescue and Cutie PITooties Pitbull Rescue. ***All our spots for this are now full!***
2018 Austin Marathon
On February 16 from noon-4pm, join ALDPES in handing out packets to Austin marathon runners at Palmer Events Center. A FREE t-shirt and snacks will be provided! Sign up online by Feb 9th hereto volunteer with Austin Marathon AND here so we know who you are.
Girl Day at UT
On February 24, volunteer for Girl Day at UT! Girl Day is about encouraging K-8 girls’ interest in STEM and is open to all. Volunteering will occur throughout the day at the Cockrell School of Engineering, and you will indicate during sign up which activities and at what times you’d like to participate. Sign up here and forward us the email confirmation to earn a service point! Don’t forget to send in pictures for extra points 🙂
Blood donations
Anytime throughout this semester, you can donate blood at any local blood center and earn a service point with some form of proof (ex: non-graphic pic, donor receipt, screenshot of appt confirmation, etc.)
Scholarships
Alex will be giving out scholarships later in the semester, so check back then!
Other Things
Scrapbook
We are always working on the scrapbook for ALDPES. If you attend any event this semester or cherish a specific meeting speaker/ice breaker, email ALDPES your pictures and captions! You will receive one point for sending in either two pictures with a caption or four pictures total.
UTALDPES Follow Train
If you follow @TXALDPES on Twitter you can earn a half point. You can also earn a half point for following txaldpes on Instagram. Put them both together, and you earn yourself a whole point! Just email our account with your usernames during the last few weeks of class.
Retro ALDPES T-shirts
We are still selling red shirts for $10 but only have L and XL left. (Sadly, only treasurers can accept cash, but any officer can take check or credit card.) Wearing a shirt to any event will earn you an extra point, so these help a lot in becoming active.
Graduation Cords
If you’re really ahead of the game, 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
Stop by any of the officer’s office hours to pay by credit card for all your ALDPES purchasing needs. Be warned: there is a convenience fee! Prices (subject to change) 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
- MEETINGS
- Meetings are worth 1 point each.
- If you wear your ALDPES shirt to a meeting you get an additional point.
- DRIVING TO AN EVENT
- Get 1 extra point for volunteering to drive other members who need rides to an event.
- You 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 to show up, you will lose a point!
- EVENT PICTURES
- Earn 1 point for submitting 4 pictures from an event.
- Or, earn 1 point for submitting 2 pictures with a caption from an event!
- 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 secretary within two weeksof the spreadsheet being sent out. After the two-week deadline has passed, no changes can be made to those events/points.
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)
– At least 1 miscellaneous point (we recommend profit shares, study hours, or workshops, but a separate social or service event can count as well)
- Old members need 12 points, new members need 9 points
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
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Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma
The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
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