Dear Fraternities and Sororities, 

The always exciting Greek Week event has just passed.  Everyone had a lot of fun and it brought everyone together.  Remember these times of healthy competition to motivate yourself in all walks of life.

Relay for Life

     Relay for Life this year will take place on March 28, 2008 starting at 6:00 PM and will conclude mid-day on March 29, 2008.  Relay for Life is a national event held in multiple locations all year round.  It is part of the American Cancer Society with a purpose to raise money to help fight the battle against cancer and to give hope to those who are.  Please go to the FIT Relay for Life website to join a team, start a team, or join as an individual.  Donate some money to the ACS, and get out there and collect!

American Heart Association 2008 Start! Heart Walk

     Become a team leader at this year's Heart Walk.  The responsibilities include:

• Recruit 10-15 fundraising walkers, such as co-workers, family members, and friends to represent Florida Tech
• Set your team's total and individual goals
• Last year's average per walker was $179
• Register your team online and monitor their success at http://brevardheartwalk.kintera.org
• Encourage all walkers to raise money
• Dollars = Lives Saved!
• Recruit at least one Top Walker raising $1,000
• Motivate, support and follow up regularly with your walkers
• AHA staff Member Sonia Rivera will provide support along the way
• Walk as a team on September 27, 2008 at the Space Coast Stadium and encourage healthy living

     Heart disease is the number one killer of Americans.  Through awareness, prevention, and promoting active, healthy lifestyles we can save lives.  Last year, over $100,000 was raised for research and awareness programs that will directly affect Brevard County.  Do it for yourself, for your loved ones and for your community!

Greek Week

     Greek Week this year took place from Friday, March 14, 2008 to Saturday, March 22, 2008.  The week was exciting with every event meaning something.  All organizations gave it their all, but more importantly, everybody had fun.  The sorority lead changed hands almost everyday, but Alpha Phi pulled it out at the end.  Also, Alpha Tau Omega made a valiant effort in their first year as a fraternity, and even though Pi Kappa Alpha won in the end, they showed the Florida Tech Fraternity and Sorority community that they can compete.  After all, the week came down to the last event, chariot races, to see who would win.

Campus Clean-up

     Come out and clean up your Florida Tech campus!  Earn campus service hours while making your college campus a nice place to travel about.   The event will take place on Saturday March 29, 2008 from 9 AM to 1 PM.  The requirement for participation in this event is 40% of each organization.  This is the same weekend as Relay for Life.

Order of Omega
     The deadline to apply for membership into Order of Omega is fast approaching.  The applications will be due on Monday, April 7, 2008 by 5 PM.  They can either be placed in the Order of Omega Box or emailed to espinney@fit.edu by that time.  Click here to view the application.  Don't miss your chance to join Florida Tech's only Fraternity and Sorority Honor Society!

New Advertising Opportunities

     The Office of Student Life has two new advertising opportunities for organizations and groups. Both can be reserved in the Student Life Office.

     First, organizations or departments may reserve space in the trophy case on a weekly basis with Student Life.  Multiple weeks may be reserved if the demand is low.  The case will be reserved on a first come first served basis.  Organizations or departments are responsible for removing their display at the conclusion of the reserved time.  Student Life is not responsible for the items in the display.

     Second, two windows in the Denius Student Center are approved locations for window painting.  Windows not approved as window painting locations shall not be painted.  Paintings must abide by the following guidelines:

                A. Windows must be reserved by the organization through the student life office for a week at a time on a first come first served basis. 

                B. Organization must check out approved window paint

                C. The painting must follow the posting policy guidelines

                D. A Student Life Representative will approve finished painting.

                E. Organization is responsible for cleaning the window upon the conclusion of the reserved slot.

Pike University Announces Selections for 2008 True Pike Challenge

     Pike University, one of North America's leading providers of undergraduate leadership development education and a program of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, is proud to announce the candidates for the annual True Pike Challenge.  The True Pike Challenge will take place June 15-21, 2008, at the Boulder Outdoor Survival School in Boulder, Utah.  The Boulder Outdoor Survival School is the oldest and largest survival school in the world.  Tuition for The True Pike Challenge is being completely funded by the International Fraternity.

     Congratulations to William Rogers, a brother of the Zeta Sigma Chapter here at Florida Tech.  William has shown extraordinary leadership skills in his fraternity and is one of eighteen brothers nationwide attending the True Pike Challenge.  These men will represent the third group to take part in True Pike Challenge and the BOSS program.  Previous participants have gone on to further their leadership roles on their campus and the International Fraternity.  Several have become members of the Fraternity's governing board (Supreme Council), professional staff and volunteer corps.

     The Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, originally founded at the University of Virginia in 1868, has grown to an international brotherhood composed of more than 220,000 initiated members, 213 chapters and colonies, and 120 alumni associations.  Pi Kappa Alpha annually sponsors educational and leadership development programs attended by more than 2,000 undergraduates and alumni (via the Pike University program), maintains the largest fraternity housing loan program in the world and benefits from the generous support of its alumni through their tax-deductible support of the organization's affiliated fundraising arm, the Pi Kappa Alpha Educational Foundation.

Some Important Reminders!!!

     Student leader awards will be on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 from 6 PM to 8 PM.

     Please update your civic hours on the Civic Engagement website.  This is also important in order to increase your and your organization's chances to receive awards.

     Please submit any information for next month's newsletter as soon as possible.

     There will be an alumni housing presentation on Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 6:30 PM in Skurla A106.

     The next FSL Housing Committee Meeting will be Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 6:30 PM in Skurla A106.

     The next Council of Presidents meeting will be Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 8 PM in the FSL Conference Room.

     Thank you.

Fraternity & Sorority Life

E-Mail: fsl@fit.edu