Pig Dinner last February.

72 under graduate and

graduate brothers were in

attendance at Admiral’s

Grill. We added events

such as a Friday night get-

together downtown and a

house tour on Saturday. I

hope those who came had

a great time and plan to

attend again this year. I

have been working with

Brett Pytel and Arsen

Balukh to make the up-

coming Pig Dinner even

better. Summer Graduate Golf

Outing

The annual Summer Gradu-

ate Golf Outing was held the

weekend of July 21 and we

had a decent showing. There

were four teams mixed with

under graduate and graduate

brothers playing a scramble.

By: Graduate Brother

Chadd Schwartz

Dear Fellow Graduate

Brother,

It has been almost a full

year now since I became

the Purple Legionnaire of

our Upsilon Tau chapter. It

has been an amazing expe-

rience so far. Over the past

year, many things have hap-

pened at the graduate level

that I would like to high-

light.

Fraternity House

If you have not heard al-

ready, the fraternity has

fulfilled a long term goal of

obtaining a house. The four

bedroom, two full bath

house at 1420 Lawnview

was purchased in Novem-

ber 2011 and undergradu-

ate brothers have been

living there since. This is

a great way for the chapter

to start building long term

revenue and now have a

place to call “home” for

years to come. We have

also been doing work to

the house. A work pro-

gram where brothers did

work around the house for

money towards dues was

done last Spring and a

new roof and gutters were

put on the house this Fall.

There will be an open

house before Pig Dinner

in February if you would

like to see it.

11th Annual Pig Dinner

We had a great turn out at

After golf, we went to dinner

at El Vaquero Mexican res-

taurant on Secor and hit the

bars that night. This year, we

will do a better job of organ-

izing and communicating

details for the summer golf

outing so we can hopefully

get more out-of-town gradu-

ate brothers to attend. I will

be working with the BCA on

that this Spring, so keep an

eye out for the details.

Homecoming 2012

Homecoming was a great

success! There were about

15 graduate brothers, both

from in and out of town, who

come to UT for the day. We

started tailgating in the park-

ing lot of Rocket Hall around

10:00am, some watched the

parade, and most people

went to the football game

that afternoon. The under-

Championship Winning Soccer Team

P u r p l e L e g i o n n a i r e U p d a t e

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Purple Legionnaire

Update 1&2

Catching up with Grads 3

The Current Chapter 3

Pictures 4&5

P H I G A M M A D E L T A — U P S I L O N T A U

Purple Rocket

Celebrating 10 years at The University of Toledo

September 20152015

Summer 2012 Graduate Outing

the five values of Phi

Gamma Delta.

RockeTHON was another

huge event for the Upsilon

Tau chapter with the over-

all director of Rock-

eTHON being our own

brother, Chris Sneider.

Chris did a phenome-

nal job at putting eve-

rything together and

raising money through-

out the year. As a

chapter we raised

$7,452, which crushed

our donation goal of

$6,000. 16 members of

our chapter raised over

$100. The top three

members were Jason Clis-

by with $205, Adam Gol-

dammer with $206, and

Mark Parker, who raised

$1,018.48. During the

event, instead of Wax a

FIJI, we ran a jail as our

fundraiser on location.

The fundraiser allowed

participants to make a do-

nation to put a friend in

jail. The fundraiser was a

hit, and we raised $627,

which we donated to

RockeTHON.

The Upsilon Tau chapter of

Phi Gamma Delta did some

pretty big things in the

2014/2015 school year at

the University of Toledo. It

was a great year for intra-

mural sports with winning

the indoor soccer tourna-

ment, taking second place

in cornhole and out-

door soccer, and

third place in bubble

soccer, indoor vol-

leyball, and 4v4 flag

football.

It was also a proud

year for the Upsilon

Tau chapter in UT’s

2015 Songfest. Even

though we did not place top

three, with the direction of

Alex “Dibbers” DiBell we

put a lot of time and dedica-

tion into our routine which

featured songs like Survi-

vor’s “Eye of the Tiger”

and Queen’s “We are the

Champions.” The theme

to our routine was Phi

Gam Fight Night, so nat-

urally there was a lot of

high energy punch danc-

ing. Although we didn’t

place, we were mighty

proud.

At the Greek Awards cer-

emony, we were honored

to receive awards for

third place in community

involvement and second

place in academics. We

were also recognized for

having 100% of our

members involved in a

second organization.

These awards prove that

we are striving to live by

L a s t Y e a r i n U p s i l o n T a u

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

The Current Chapter 1

Meet The Pledges 2

Pictures 3&4

P H I G A M M A D E L T A — U P S I L O N T A U

Purple Rocket Celebrating 10 years at The University of Toledo

Purple Legionnaire, Brock

Burkholder during the an-

nual Ball Run

Logan Curl (left) and

Mitch Hardin (right)

center stage at Song-

fest 2015

September 2015

FRIENDSHIP KNOWLEDGE SERVICE MORALITY EXCELLENCE

Meet the Pledges:

Phi Class Biography Luke Brautigam (not pictured) Class Standing: Sophomore

Major: Chemical Engineering

Sports: Basketball, soccer, and volleyball

Fun Fact: “I’m boring”

David Broker (1) Class Standing: sophomore

Major: Chemical Engineering

Sports: Volleyball and hockey

Fun Fact: Is an Eagle Scout with 4 palms

Chris Fox-Strauss (4) Class Standing: Sophomore

Major: Biology

Fun Fact: He is a blacksmith

Aaron Makselan (2) Class Standing: Sophomore

Major: Bioengineering, Pre-Med

Sports: Volleyball

Fun Fact: Born and raised in Ohio, but a U of M

fan his whole life

Alex McBride (3) Class Standing: Junior

Major: Entrepreneurship

Fun Fact: Played guitar for the 2015 FIJI Songfest

Collin O’Riordon (6) Class Standing: Sophomore

Major: Chemical Business Finance and Professional Sales

Sports: Golf, soccer, and volleyball

Fun Fact: Was on the winning team at the annual FIJI graduate

golf outing

Luke Poston (5) Class Standing: Sophomore

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Sports: Volleyball

Fun Fact: Is a practice player for the UT women’s volleyball team

Bryce Tichenor (7) Class Standing: Sophomore

Major: Chemical Engineering

Sports: Basketball, soccer, and volleyball

Fun Fact: Has freakishly large hands and feet

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4

6

1

3

5

7

“Friendship, the sweetest influence”

Phi Class Spirit

Rock

Miracle Child, Sarah Anne

and Chris Sneider at

RockeTHON

Phi Gam Fight Night

Songfest finale

Intramural Indoor Soccer

Champions

Not For College Days Alone

Graduate Brother, Sherif Abdelsalam

showing that he is mighty proud to be

a FIJI in front of the Great Pyramids