This year’s conference in Cincinnati, Ohio was once again very fun and productive. It provided our attending members with many training sessions on leadership, risk management, and career development skills. There were over 300 undergraduates in attendance this year representing various chapters around the Northern Division.

Once again, we made our presence known by taking home six awards, which include the exceeding of our recruitment goals, holding the IFC president position, and excellence in the Adopt-a-School program. The John E. Blake Website Award was also presented to our chapter for having the best chapter website in the nation, which is an achievement we should all be proud of.  Another award – Showcasing the Delt Spirit – was given to our chapter, recognizing our outstanding image and leadership involvement on campus. Finally, we were pleased to receive the Court of Honor distinction, recognizing our chapter as being one of the top 20 chapters out of the 127 in the world. We all did a great job this year, and it wouldn’t have been possible without the contributions made by every member. Thank you for all of the hard work, and let’s look forward to another successful year at the 2011 conference in Chicago!

Article written by James Slemons..

At the end of last summer, I received a great honor.  Jim Selzer, the international president of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, appointed me to the Undergraduate Council (UGC) for the Fraternity.  The UGC has two biannual meetings with the Arch Chapter each year.  The Arch Chapter is made up of the leaders of the Fraternity and includes the President, Executive Vice Presidents, and the five Division Presidents.

The first of those meetings occurred January 7-9, 2010 in Washington D.C.  As members of the UGC, it is our responsibility to become informed of the Fraternity on the national level.  One important issue that the Fraternity must confront is the subject of hazing.  Dr. Elizabeth Allan, an associate professor at the University of Maine, gave an in-depth presentation on the topic and equipped us with tools to combat the problem.

Other business included reviewing finances, addressing changes to the Fraternity’s bi-laws, and updating our strategic plan for the next five years.  The trip wasn’t all business, however.  We attended an alumni gathering with Delts from around the area.  And we also had the opportunity to walk the streets of Washington D.C.

Article written by Adam Koehler..

Once again, the members of Delta Tau Delta Epsilon Iota-B prove their commitment to lives of excellence at the annual IFC Awards Banquet. We won four awards: Chapter of the Year, Chapter President of the Year (Andrew Wayward), Ritual Award (Adam Koehler), and Faculty Advisor of the Year (Prof. Basem Alzahabi).

Let's give everybody involved a solid round of applause for once again proving that we are indeed men of distinction.

Pictured: Delt Awesomeness


"Article" written by Dan Gudorf..

Another night full of unforgettable memories has been documented in the minds of every EI-B member. Delta Tau Delta held its bi-annual semiformal on December 5th. The night started off with Secret Santa gift exchange early on in the day. We had our very own Jeff Brosnan taking the role of Santa Clause. After Secret Santa, we loaded three charter busses which took us to Indianwood Golf & Country Club in Lake Orion, MI. The night consisted of a terrific dinner, followed by awards being handed out, and then the dance floor caught on fire, figuratively. All the members were excited about the turnout. We had 10 of our 19 bid acceptors attend, as well as a good number of our alumni. The alumni to attend were Greg Semrau, Luke Martin, Josh Fritsch, and Andrew Westrick. Matt Bobzien also made an appearance at the end of the night to hang out with everyone at the house. We thank all of you for coming out. The hype for our spring semiformal can now begin. Alumni, please try to keep your schedule open on June 5, 2010 for the next semiformal.

Article written by Mujadded Qureshi..

As many know, the past two terms have been difficult. We have had many obstacles placed in our way of expanding. Despite the odds, this term has gone amazingly in terms of recruitment. We have brought some new ideas to the table, and we added an event or two, while keeping some of the recent successful ones from past terms.

This year we hosted our own mini-golf night at the house. Every room throughout the house built their own hole. New students came over and toured our shelter in a fun and unique way.

Along with this event we kept Casino Night, the Flint Generals' game, and Sports Night at the Rec Center with formal recruitment being shorter this term, we had to take a stronger approach to informal recruitment.

Informal recruitment gave us a way to get to know freshman better. This made it easier to decide who was, and who was not a potential Delt. Several members were able to accompany the incoming students to Adopt-a-School, dinner, sporting events, and the other activities that we take part in.

Overall recruitment was successful! Please join me in congratulating the twenty bid acceptors of Fall 2009, and all others planning on accepting their bid to join Delta Tau Delta EI-B.

Article written by Josh Sheppard..

For those who haven't heard, my godmother--Valerie Hatfield--has been in a desperate situation for the past couple weeks. Even having dealt with lymphoma for the past ten years, she's managed to be a mother, wife, maintain a household, and hold a full-time job--always putting others ahead of herself, even when it came to chemotherapy. Unfortunately, my godmom has hit an especially rough patch with this latest recurrence of the disease, and her chest cavity was full of massive tumors pressing on her heart and lungs.

However, these past few weeks have shown me how truly important Faith in your brothers really is. We've received donations from many, many alumni and several current members, and I would like to recognize those who have donated and express my most sincere thanks for all of you.

Dan "Dexter" Vanderbilt
Mike Fontana
Nick Rigney
Ryan Fecho
Shane Finneran
Marko Markovic
Devin Marshall
Dave Fontana
Mike Gessler
Shawn Lim

I will continue to update the list as time goes on..

Special Thanks Also Go To...

Alpha Sigma Alpha for the money they've raised by (and this was unbeknownst to me until a couple days ago) organizing a bake sale for my godmom.

Upcoming Events...

Chapter EI-B will be doing a "guest-grilling" event 10th Tuesday (next Tuesday) at BD's Mongolian Barbeque, and we encourage you all to come out and visit!

We've currently raised $2450 out of the $4500 necessary for the bone marrow transplant which should save her life. Even though she is heavily sedated while they continue the chemotherapy and treatment for her pneumonia, I know that God is smiling on her, and I know that He will get her through this dark time.

If you would like to donate to her cause, please send me a message or call me at (602)206-9402. We can accept checks, PayPal, and cash.

Thank you and God bless,

Dan Gudorf

Article written by Dan Gudorf..

Congratulations! to Adam Koehler, Dave Fontana, and Joe Benyi for placing in the racquetball tournament this weekend.  In singles, the Delts destroyed the competition with Joe Benyi placing first, Dave Fontana second, and Adam Koehler third. An excellent effort was made by Nick Fioroni and Michael Kernstock.  In doubles, Dave Fontana and Adam Koehler placed first defeating Joe Benyi and his partner.  With these two first place finishes, another six points were given to the good team and we now are in the lead for the GREEK CUP. GO DELTS!

   

Athlete of the Week: Jozsef A. Benyi

Greek Cup Standings: Delts (28) | Pikes (23)

Its been a while since Alumni Weekend, and we wanted to keep you informed about a couple things. First off, we want to let everyone know that the Winter 2009 issue of the Purple and Gold is available for download here. Also want to remind you all that the next Alumni Weekend will be at the beginning of April. Again we will keep you all informed on the details as the date nears. Last but not least, semi-formal is only two weeks away, it will be on Saturday, December 5th at the Indianwood Golf and Country Club in Lake Orion, MI. For more information on semi-formal contact Mujadded Qureshi, at qure2163@kettering.edu.

As you all know alumni are a huge part of our house, without you guys we would not be where we are today. On that note I would like to thank brother Timothy Pistole for his donation to the house. The money is to go towards a brotherhood event for the house and will be greatly appreciated, thank you. If you guys have any ideas for things that you would like to have changed feel free to shoot me an email at matz8326@kettering.edu, and like always your donations to the house would be greatly appreciated.

The playoffs for Flag Football and Indoor Soccer are finally over.  This play-off run was super intense as usual and filled with emotion and adrenaline.  It started last Thursday with Delts Gold facing Pikes A for the A-Tourney Championship in Flag Football.  During the season our team did not make it through an entire game without losing by mercy.  This was not the case on Thursday night as every player on the team brought their A-game.  At half time the score was 0-0 as the Delt defense made 2 red zone stands against the Pikes. In the second half, the ball was back and forth still no touchdowns with 30 seconds left in the game.  Unfortunately, Pikes A scored with 26 seconds remaining with a final score of 0-7.   

The championship flag football game was followed by a DTD FC semi-final indoor soccer game against the Germans.  This was a very aggressive, hard fought game that involved some very unhappy Germans.  One German player was forced to leave the game by security as he could not control his anger towards Andrew “Eggs” Eggebroten. The final score was a disappointment as we lost 0-1.  DTD FC took 3rd place overall as Phi Delta Theta forfeited the game for 3rd place. 

Delts Purple showed up to play in the play-offs as they beat Pikes for a 3rd place finish in R-Tourney with a final score of 2-1.  The table tennis tournament is this weekend and the Delt competitors are ready to score some more Greek Cup points.

Athlete of the Week: Chris “Iggy Skuz” Ignatowski

Greek Cup Standings: Delts (20) | Pikes (23)

With a little bit of digging around the Delt lounge area a 1976 edition of The Reflector can be found. It was recently discovered that Henry Juszkiewicz, who graduated from Kettering University in 1976, is the current CEO of Gibson Guitars Co. and is an Epsilon Iota alumnus. Kettering features a short biography on him on their website (see below), but from reading the senior directory of The Reflector you can see that he had a passion for music and leadership. Some of the activities he is involved in include: Delta Tau Delta, Last Stand Goodtime Band, GMTE Band, FM radio club, Streak of Madness Band, Management Honor Society, Robots, GMTE, Activities Council, Tau Beta Pi, AREC, SAC, numerous intramurals, Ex-Of-Ficio, Material Science Faculty Relations Communicator (Reflector A-Section pg.67). If anyone knows anything else about him, like what positions he may have held in the house, it would be very interesting to know. For those that live in, I suggest you look through some old yearbooks or Delt photo albums and see what you can find.

Henry Juszkiewicz
Class of 1976
Kettering University
Mechanical Engineering

Henry Juszkiewicz, chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitar Co. of Nashville, Tenn., helped save a piece of American rock 'n roll. Juszkiewicz and his partner, David Berryman, acquired Gibson Guitar as it was on the brink of closing and turned the company around by focusing on innovative marketing techniques. Today, Gibson enjoys worldwide respect among music industry leaders, and boasts a 20 percent annual growth over the last decade. He earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at Kettering/GMI in 1976 and an MBA at Harvard University. During his career, he served as a product manager for GM's Delco Products division and later joined the New York firm of Neiderhoffer, Cross and Zeckhauser Inc., a pioneer in middle-market deals. He left in 1981 and with two former Harvard classmates acquired Phi Technologies of Oklahoma City and turned Phi into a highly profitable company. He and his partner acquired Gibson Guitar in 1986.

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