Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity News

on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008, active chapter will be holding a Founder's Day planning meeting at Frie's Cafe at 7pm. All alumni, brothers, advisers, and friends, please attend. Thanks!

James Carlson is our newest brother of Phi Kappa Theta. He was initiated December 7, 2007. We all congratulate and welcome Jim into the bonds of brotherhood.

Congratulations to James Carlson, Nathan Davis, Nana Duffuor, Nick Holroyd, and Nick Shoemaker for making up our Fall 2007 Associate Member class.

Today kicks off the first day of Greek Recruitment week for the University of Cincinnati. Many fraternities, including Phi Kap, will have information tables set up outside of Tangamen (by McMicken Commons) every day from 12-2. Stop by, hang out, and meet the Phi Kaps!

WELCOME WEEK! Welcome in Freshmen! We, the men of Phi Kappa Theta, are happy to see a rejuvenated campus and a large freshmen class of great ladies and gentlemen that will be a great group to form the future leaders of this campus! That said, we will be having an 'Open House' unofficial event on Saturday night (tomorrow); all who would like to attend are welcome. Next, on Monday night (Sept 17), we will be having an, ahem ahem, more official Welcome Week party at the house! Come on over, meet some brothers, and enjoy yourself. If you have any questions, need directions, etc., please e-mail "rush (at) phikap (dot) come" or call the house at (513) 751-4417 Thanks!

EVENTS! Some of the Phi Kaps will be attending the UC football game together this Thursday on August 30th, if you'd like to come along, e-mail us! Also, we'll be having a little open house on Saturday, September 8th, for UFC fight night. If you'd like to come by, just e-mail! rush (at) ucphikap.com

Although classes don’t start for another month, it’s never too early to start checking out Greek Life! Email us with any questions, 'rush AT ucphikap.com'. There are always brothers around the house willing to answer questions, and show you around. Feel free to stop by our house anytime.

Over the next few weeks, our website will be going though some minor, and hopefully major, changes. Sorry in advance for any inconvenience during any down time. If you feel there is a problem, or would like to suggest something, send an email to "PKTwebmaster-at-ucphikap.com"

The brothers of Phi Kappa Theta would all like to welcome its’ newest brothers. Chris Becker and Thomas Lenker were initiated June 1, 2007. Congratulations to our newest brothers.

Congratulations to the new Executive Board for the 2007-2008 school year:
President: Sean Sullivan
President of Internal: Reggie Philpott
President of External: Matthew Doering
Treasurer: Oren Kessler

Today kicks off the beginning of Rush Week! Check out the Rush section for more information on events and contact information.

The brothers of Phi Kappa Theta would all like to welcome its’ newest brothers. Adam Brixey and Ian Greller were initiated March 30, 2007. Congratulations to these two men.

Congratulations to Adam Brixey and Ian Greller for becoming our Associate Members for the winter quarter 2007!

The brothers of Phi Kappa Theta would all like to welcome its’ newest brothers. Josh Gray, Chris Pickleheimer, and Andrew Maurer were initiated January 12, 2007. Congratulations to these three men. Proud to be Greek.

Winter Recruitment:

Welcome back to The University of Cincinnati. Hope you all hade a good holiday break and are glad to be back in class. Beginning of the quarter means time to RUSH PHI KAP! Our Winter Recruitment is from January 15th through January 19th. Our schedule is posted in our 'Rush' section, but if you should have any further questions, please contact our Vice President of Recruitment: Kerry Trombley.

Congratulations to Josh Gray, Chris Pickleheimer, Andrew Maurer, and Brian Murray for becoming our Associate Members for the fall quarter 2006!

Contact Information:

President: Oren Kessler
kessleoz@email.uc.edu
(330) 559-6516

VP of Internal Affairs: Chris Werner
sted03@yahoo.com
(216) 235-1657

VP of External Affairs: Pete Mentrek
pmentrek@yahoo.com
(216) 269-0594

VP of Recruitment: Kerry Trombley
krtcc13@hotmail.com
(513) 305-9597

Fall Recruitment:

The new school year is quickly approaching and with every new year, comes a new class in Phi Kappa Theta. Our Fall Recruitment is from September 27th through October 6th. Our schedule will be posted in our 'Rush' section shortly, but until then, please contact our Vice President of Recruitment Kerry Trombley with any questions or concerns you may have.

Congratulations to the new Executive Board of Phi Kappa Theta for the 2006/2007 school year:

President: Oren Kessler
VP of Internal Affairs: Chris Werner
VP of External Affairs: Pete Mentrek
VP of Finance: Jeremy Fallica
VP of Recruitment: Kerry Trombley
VP of Programming: Danh Vu
House Manager: Joe Hauser

Congratulations to Eddie Porter, Matt Doering, Reggie Philpott, and Sean Sullivan. All four of our Spring Associate Members were initiated as brothers on May 26th.

Sigma Sigma Carnival:

The brothers of Phi Kappa Theta will be hosting an event booth at the 67th annual Sigma Sigma Carnival. The booth is co-sponsored with the sisters of Chi Omega. The event will be held on Saturday May 20th on Campus Green and the Sigma Sigma Commons. Please come and support our efforts.

More information will be posted as it becomes available. If there are questions, please contact Joe Shafer.

Founder's Day Cookout:

The Ohio Omicron Chapter of Phi Kappa Theta will be hosting its annual Founder's Day cookout on Saturday, April 29th. The cookout will begin at 12:00pm, but as always, you may arrive earlier if you wish. The event will be at the Phi Kappa Theta house on 3322 Jefferson Avenue.

Food and beverages will be provided. Expect burgers, brats, metts, and a variety of sides. If you would like to bring anything specific for yourself and/or others, please feel free to do so. If you wish to play sand volleyball, please bring the appropriate gear.

This yearly tradition is open to all alumni and their family members. Also, we encourage everyone to contact any fellow alumni that you would like to see attend. We are currently building a contact list of our alumni, but it is far from complete, and we do not want anyone to be left out.

If there are any questions, please feel free to contact Joe Shafer.

Spring Recruitment:

Spring recruitment has ended successfully. Ohio Omicron now has four new Associate Members for the Spring Quarter. Congratulations to Eddie Porter, Matt Doering, Reggie Philpott, and Sean Sullivan.

Girls of the Gridiron:

The brothers of Phi Kappa Theta are throwing our first annual philanthropy event called Girls of the Gridiron benefiting the Childrens Miracle Network on October 29, 2005 at the UC Soccer Field. This will be a 1-Day flag football tournament putting sororities vs. sororities. Also, in order to raise more money for CMN, we will be raffling off a football signed by ALL the Bengals and a basketball sign by Oscar Robertson. If you would like to know more about this event or donate to CMN, please contact Tom Warburg @ warburtp@email.uc.edu.

The 2005 Homecoming schedule is as follows:

Saturday, October 15th

12:00 pm - Homecoming Parade:
The Phi Kaps will again construct a float with Alpha Phi Omega. The parade will be from Clifton Ave. to Martin Luther King Blvd. Feel free to come and support our efforts.

1:30 pm - Cookout and Tailgaiting at Phi Kap:
All alumni, actives, and family are encouraged to show up for appetizer style foods and a grill out before the football game.

4:00 pm - Homecoming Football Game:
Watch our own Cincinnati Bearcats take on the Huskies from Connecticut at Nippert Stadium.

7:30 pm - Open House at Phi Kap:
Again, all alumni, actives, and family are encouraged to show up and enjoy some food from Montgomery Inn. After the success of last year, we will feature one of our alumni bands.

If any additional information is needed, please contact Joe Shafer.

The brothers of Phi Kappa Theta would like to announce the first annual John F. Kennedy Leadership Scholarship. There will be four (4) scholarships awarded, each valued at $1000. All first year males entering as full-time students are considered to be eligible. Scholarship applications have been mailed out to all incoming male students and are due no later than Friday, August 26th. If you would like to inquire more about the scholarship or if you have any questions please email jfkscholarship@ucphikap.com.

You can also download the application here.

Homecoming will be held Saturday, October 15th.

The Homecoming Parade will begin at 12:00 noon and the football game against Connecticut is at 4:00 pm. Family and alumni are welcome to the house both before and after the game. More details to come.

Congratulations to the new Executive Board of Phi Kappa Theta for the 2005/2006 School year! President Danh Vu, VP of Internal Affairs Kerry Trombley, VP of External Affairs Joe Shafer, VP of Finance Joe Hauser, VP of Recruitment John Kostas, VP of Programming Karl Leckrone, VP of Risk Management Eric Capps, and House Manager Aaron Alexander.

FOUNDERS DAY: All Alumni and actives are invited to celebrate Founders Day on April 30 at the Phi Kap House. There will be Sand Volleyball, cards, cornhole, and much more. This is a family event so please do not hesitate to bring your families. Food and beverages will be provided. Hope to see everyone there.

Our Picture page has been updated including new pictures from our winter formal at A Touch of Elegance. Congratulations to Audra Chadwell for being named the 2005 Phi Kappa Theta sweetheart!

A new alumni mailing list has been set up. This will replace the old alumni mailing list that was no longer updated and which most people did not know know about. If you are an alumni and would like to be added to the mailing list, please email webmaster@ucphikap.com, mojo@ucphikap.com (Mojo), or phikapjames@ucphikap.com (James Whitt). Also email one of the above addresses if you would like to find out what the email address is to for the alumni mailing list (We are not publicly publishing it for a couple reasons).

All recruitment information has been update for the 2004 Fall recruitment period. You can view our full Fall Recruitment schedule here. If any changes are made to the schedule, I will place a notification on the main page.

If you you have any questions concerning Recruitment or Greek Life, send them to here.

Joe Shafer, Recruitment Chair

The mailing list should be updated, and just a reminder that there is a web meeting on Monday the 26th at around 10 p.m. Everyone is welcome to join and share ideas

-Carny

The webpage has been down for a bit due to problems with RoadRunner. A guy will be out to fix the line on Monday, but until then it's going to be up and down.

The mailing lists will be down for a while as we will be moving the website to a new server. They will be back up and working before the winter quarter starts though.