ALDPES NEWSLETTER
Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma
The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
Hey ALDPES-ers,
We’ve made it to the final week of the semester! Matthew is busy being studious, so I’m taking over the newsletter one last time =)
First, our final event for the semester is our Spring Banquet at the Union this Friday from 6:00-8:00pm. Sign up closes at midnight, so fill out the formhereif you haven’t yet!
If you are a graduating senior looking to buy cords, we have plenty of ALD cords, but we are out of PES cords. We will send out an email as soon as we have those back in stock!
Thank you all so much for making this a fantastic year! It’s been a pleasure to be an officer for this organization, and I hope you non-graduating people will make the most of your time left at UT and with ALDPES. And to all you graduating seniors, congratulations! Let’s go show the world what we’re made of!!
Sincerely,
Alan Stepchinski
Alpha Lambda Delta President
Previous Guest Speakers
Muscular Dystrophy Association – 4/18
Bianca Eubanks gave us a presentation on a really amazing opportunity with the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) during this upcoming summer! The MDA Summer Camp is a weeklong camp that will be held in Burton, Texas this year, and they currently are needing volunteers. Please check out the slides (here) or email Bianca at eubanksbianca@yahoo.com.
Back On My Feet Austin – 4/4
We had Lindsey from Back on My Feet speak to use about her awesome organization here in Austin! They combat homelessness through running, community support, and employment and housing resources. Please visit austin.backonmyfeet.org or email Lindsey at Lindsey.Rose@backonmyfeet.orgfor more information!
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
Points
Points can be accessed here! Let us know tonight if you are inactive and you should be active!!
Office Hours
We will have no more office hours after Friday, May 4th. If you wish to purchase cords after this time, please email the account.
Building 2609 University Avenue (UA9) room 2.112 located right behind SSB
Thursday 10:00-11:00 am Liaison & Social Coordinator
Friday 10:00-11:00 am Secretary
The only things we have left!
Spring Banquet on Friday, May 4th at 6pm in Union Quadrangle Room: Our banquet will be held in at the Union in the Quadrangle room. Banquet is free for active members! $10 for inactive members or +1’s. Please sign up if you will be able to attend, so we can get a proper count! Sign up is here!
Special Request from Muscular Dystrophy Association
The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is holding its annual camp for children with Muscular Dystrophy this summer! Camp is a week-long adventure for kids who don’t have the same opportunities as kids without muscular dystrophy to go to summer camp. We need volunteers who want to help a kid with MD have the best week at summer camp possible. Camp is June 2nd-9th at Camp for All in Burton, Texas. This is a great opportunity to accumulate volunteer hours (~160), have fun, and help a kid have the best week of their year! We are in need of both female and male counselors. For more information please email Peyton Busby at peytonbusby@utexas.edu or visit www.mda.org/volunteer
Scholarships
Alex will announce our scholarship winners at Banquet!
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
For more information, visit http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/aldpes/.