Thursday, August 25, 2011

2011 Annual Campaign Page

Trying to register for the 2011 Alumni Golf and Dinner? CLICK HERE!

Brothers, welcome to the homepage of the 2011 Michigan Alpha Annual Campaign. Your donations directly fund undergraduate leadership development programming, publication of our alumni newsletter, alumni and parent events, our housing project, and much more. Please click below to support the continuing legacy of brotherhood!










The success of our undergraduate and alumni programming relies on your generous support. Thank you to the following brothers without whom our culture of excellence would not be possible:

1912 Council
$100.00 - $249.00

Allen, David ’06
Brooks, Victor L. ’53
Burns, Phillip W. ’91
Bush, Kenneth J. ’47
Crain, William ’61
deGoa, Damian ’00
Dunbar, David H. ’86
Eastman, James M. ’58
Garlick, Ralph ’59
Glaspie, Zachary J. ’05
Hammond, Timothy ’07
Herron, Ross W. ’50
Hodgson, Thom J. ’60
Ilgenfritz, Douglas H. ’83
Monroe, Jonathan A. ’05
Porter, Stuart D. ’87
Schmuldt, Dustin ’06
Schoettley, F. Jay ’56
Sills, John D. ’56
Steudel, Richard A. ’41
Stinson, MD, David J. ’54
Widener, Adam ’07

Red Door Circle
$50.00 - $99.00
Barber, Jim
Brimmer, Clarence ’44
Cameron, David G. ’65
Fey, Albert E. ’55
Hanley, Donald L. ’55
Johnson, Craig ’57
Jones, Christopher R. ’04
Monaghan, John B. ’64
Schauer, Francis M. ’66
Woods, Joshua J. ’93

SigEp Supporter
$25.00 - $49.00
Benda, Bruce ’84
Blair, David L. ’60
Couch, John C. ’61
Deutscher, Brett J. ’92
Dugan, Richard A. ’46
Dulzo, Jeffrey J. ’81
Garfinkel, Samuel A. ’08
Graves, Larry L. ’66
Heenan, R. D. ’51
Jones, Dan ’04
Mangona, Jerry '01
Lawrence, Marc S. ’91
Oldani, Robert E.’80
Thomassen, Pieter G.Y. ’54
Viera, John ’84
Wild, Ian C. ’84

(note: this page will be updated monthly)

Thursday, August 4, 2011

2011 Alumni Weekend - REGISTER NOW!

Alumni of Michigan Alpha,

You are invited to attend the second annual Sigma Phi Epsilon Michigan Alpha Alumni Dinner. The dinner will take place on Friday, September9th at Pizza House Bar & Grill (located at 618 Church Street, AnnArbor, MI 48104-3002). For reference, this is the Friday of theMichigan/Notre Dame football game the first night game in the history
of Michigan Stadium. Please join us to meet some of the current undergraduates, the Alumni board and reconnect with other Michigan Alpha alumni.

The undergraduates had another incredible year in 2010-2011. Highlights include:

  • Recruiting 41 new members, bringing the chapter to a total of 122 men, making Michigan Alpha the largest fraternity on campus.

  • Raising over $25,000 for the St. Baldrick's Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation. This figured more than double last year's earnings. Ninety-one brothers shaved their heads in a show of solidarity for pediatric cancer patients.

  • Finishing the 2010-2011 academic year with the fourth highest GPA on campus (3.382) among thirty chapters.

  • Winning seven of eight IFC awards given at the Go Greek Awards. Former Undergraduate President Rick Stepanovic and active Alumni Board President Jerry Mangona also both won awards for their categories.

  • Hosting another Balanced Man Scholarship dinner with over 100 attendees; the 2010 keynote speaker was Lloyd Carr. The 2011 keynote speaker is John Falk, Head Equipment Manager of the Varsity Football program, whose tenure dates all the way back to the Bo Schembechler era

  • Winning the yearlong fraternity intramural sports championship, defending their 2009-2010 championship.

Dinner will take place on September 9th from 7:00-9:00 PM at Pizza House. A buffet dinner including salad, pizza, breadsticks, and soft drinks will be provided at a cost of $20 per person. We have a private room and a cash bar will be available. For those interested in continuing the evening in Ann Arbor after dinner, Pizza House is located in the heart of the bar and restaurant district on central campus.

If you are a golfer, we are also organizing a golf outing at the University of Michigan Course (The “M” Course) on Friday afternoon. We have secured a block of 8 tee times from 1:00 PM until 2:10, and will proceed to dinner after golf. The rate for greens fees is $55 (cart included).

Both golf and dinner reservations are limited by space constraints. Please register right away if you are planning to join us.

Summary:

Golf: 1:00-7:00 PM, M Course, Cost- $55
Dinner: 7:00-9:00 PM, Pizza House, Cost- $20

If you’re interested, please RSVP to Rich Nemesi (rnemesi@gmail.com)and make your payment via the link below. Please include your graduation year in your response. We will issue more information on the golf outing (tee times, etc.) as we get closer to September 9th.






2011 Alumni Dinner and Golf Package










2011 Alumni Dinner (No Golf)







Alternatively, you may pay by check if you RSVP to rnemesi@gmail.com and send a check to:

Sigma Phi Epsilon MI Alpha
c/o: 21641 Bedford Drive
Northville, MI 48167

We look forward to celebrating our recent success and reconnecting
with generations of brothers.

HFF,

Rich Nemesi
rnemesi@gmail.com

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

July 2011 Wolverine - Learning from Our Past

[Editor's note: at the time the Wolverine went to press, the editorial board mistakenly approved an unedited version of the newsletter to the publisher for print. Consequently, several errors were printed on the version sent to your mailbox, and our front page interview with former AVC President Doug Buczak '71 was inaccurate. An excerpt of the corrected version appears in the online version below, and the remainder of the corrected newsletter can be found by clicking the link that follows. The editors express their sincerest apologies to Brother Buczak for the mistake.]

Brothers and friends, I'm happy to present to you our most recent issue of the SigEp Wolverine. This special issue is our first experiment with a new, expanded format, with more articles, photos, and content. Many of you received it in the mail, but we are now publishing the issues online as well for quick reference and mass distribution. An online archive page will be built as well so that you can find them all at a glance. Special thanks to Alex Prosperi '10, as well as the many volunteers without whom we could not bring the Wolverine to publication.

Lastly, the year-long hype regarding Alumni Weekend 2011 is coming to reality. Later this week we will have instructions to pay and register online. Make sure to mark your calendar and join us for golf and dinner on Friday, September 9 before we take on the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame on Saturday night. See you there!

HFF,

Jerry Mangona - uofmsigep@gmail.com
President, Michigan Alpha Alumni Association


Learning From Our Past: An Interview with Doug Buczak
“You don’t know where you should be going until you know where you’ve been.”

The SigEp Wolverine recently talked with SigEp Doug Buczak, a 1971 graduate of the University of Michigan. Mr. Buczak helped recolonize the undergraduate chapter in 1975 and served as AVC President from 1984-1993. He has recently dedicated his time back to the chapter to help with the new housing project...


See the rest of this article and much, much more by clicking on the July 2011 Wolverine.

(...and if you haven't already, REGISTER NOW for the 2011 Alumni Weekend!)