ALDPES NEWSLETTER
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma
The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
Hey ALDPES-ers,
I hope your week is going well! Our next meeting is next week on Wednesday, April 4th at 6:00pm in CPE 2.214.
Here are the upcoming events for the next week:
· How to Internship Workshop – Thursday (3/29), 1pm in SAC 1.118
· Soup Kitchen – Saturday (3/31), 8:15am-11:30am
· Lucky Lab Coffee Social – Tuesday (4/3), 4pm – 5pm:
Once again, if you would like to join our official ALDPES GroupMe in order to stay completely up to date and in-the-loop, please click here! Also, while our Moojo’s point policy incentive has now passed, there may be more coming in the future, so stay tuned and be active!
Best,
Matthew Fawks
Alpha Lambda Delta | Secretary
Previous Guest Speakers
UT SEEK – 3/21
I want to thank Rebecca for coming and speaking with us about UT SEEK! This is a great organization and focuses on promoting higher education to community youth. If you would like to learn more, please visit their website: utseek.org
Teach For America – 3/7
Jorge Galan, a recruiter from Teach For America, gave an awesome presentation on the organization as well as gave some tips for improving our LinkedIn profiles. Teach For America is an amazing opportunity and I highly recommend you check out their website (click here) and learn more. If you have any questions, feel free to email Jorge at:jorge.galan@teachforamerica.org
Points
Points can be accessed here! These will typically be updated on Fridays, but be sure and email us if you see any issues! (*Please see point correction policy near the end of the newsletter)
Don’t be alarmed if the points are out of date, they will be entered as soon as possible.
Office Hours
Building 2609 University Avenue (UA9) room 2.112 located right behind SSB
Monday 12:00-1:00 pm Service Coordinators
Monday 3:00-4:00 pm Outreach Coordinators
Tuesday 2:00-3:00 pm Historians
Tuesday 4:00-5:00 pm Treasurers
Wednesday 11:30-12:30 pm Pillars Coordinator
Wednesday 1:00-2:00 pm Vice Presidents
Wednesday 2:00-3:00 pm Presidents
Thursday 10:00-11:00 am Liaison & Social Coordinator
Friday 10:00-11:00 am Secretary
Miscellaneous Events
Upcoming Profit Shares:
· Raising Cane’s – Friday, April 13th, 5:00-9:00pm
In order to receive your points, you need to show the cashier the flyer we will provide and then will just need to take a picture of your receipt and email it to the ALDPES account (utaldpes@gmail.com) with the event in the subject line and your name and EID in the email. See you there!
Study Hours
The next study hours are TBA!
Upcoming Workshops
How to Internship Workshop – March 29th, 1pm in SAC 1.118!
Social Events
Lucky Lab Coffee Social on Tuesday, April 3rd from 4pm – 5pm: Grab a coffee and hang out with your ALDPES friends at Lucky Lab on a Tuesday afternoon! If you’re a new member, this is a great opportunity to get to meet other members in ALDPES! Wear your shirt for an extra point!
Dance across Texas on Thursday, April 12th from 8:30pm – 11:30pm: Do you like dancing? And Texas? Do you want to Dance Across Texas? ALDPES will be boot scootin’ boogy-ing at Dance Across Texas. Make sure to bring your student ID for discounted prices. Sign up is here!
Union Underground Bowling on Monday, April 16th from 7pm-9pm: We’ll be bowling in the union. Spots are limited, so sign up while you can! As always, wear your shirt for an extra point. Sign up is here!
Service Events
Soup Kitchen
On Saturday, March 31st from 8:15-11:30am we will be serving brunch to homeless men and women at the University United Methodist Church located on the corner of 24th and Guadalupe! We will be assisting with food preparation, the service line, and clean up. Serving this population will be very rewarding, so please sign up here!
UT Honors Day
On Saturday, April 14th from 12:30-4pm join ALDPES at Frank Erwin Center to volunteer for Honors Day. We are the ONLY honor society at UT that is asked to help out with the ceremony, so please sign up! Don’t forget to fill out BOTH links! Click HERE and HERE.
Lake Day
On Sunday, April 22nd (EARTH DAY!) join ALDPES for a double whammy event! We will start at 11am with trash pick-up around Lady Bird Lake for a service point. After an hour or so, we will partake in lake activities as a social point. Join us for one or both. Either way, it’s sure to be a blast and also the opportunity to earn a service point! Sign up here.
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 appointment confirmation, etc.)
Scholarships
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY!
Phi Eta Sigma Scholarships
One application for ALL the scholarships! You could win up to $10,000!! Apply here by March 31st.
Alpha Lambda Delta Scholarships
Jo Anne J. Trow Undergraduate Scholarship – And member initiated in 2017 is eligible to apply! 36 recipients will get up to $6000!! More info can be found here. Please email me (at utaldpes@gmail.com) if you are interested in this scholarship.
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.
ALDPES GroupMe Group
If you would like to join our official ALDPES GroupMe, please click here! This serves as way to contact the officers, get quick updates on events, meet new people in the org, and more!
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 Policy & Opportunities
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)
Note: Old members need 12 points, new members need 9 points
1. MEETINGS
• Meetings are worth 1 point each.
• 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.
• 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!
3. 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!
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 secretary 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.
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
• GroupMe: (click here)
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The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
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