In this Issue: - Fall Pledge Class Biographies

- Events Updates

- Sweetheart Biography

Homecoming Alumni Reception The undergraduate chapter of Delta Upsilon and

the Alumni Board would like to cordially invite you to the

Georgia Tech Chapter's Homecoming Alumni Banquet

on Friday, October 31st at 7pm. This is great opportunity

for you to catch up with your fellow alumni and meet the

current undergraduate brothers. This year, the banquet

will be held at 5 Seasons in Midtown, Atlanta. The address

to the location is 1000 Marietta St NW #204. Due to a joint

effort between the undergraduate chapter and the

generosity of the Alumni Board, dinner will be served to all

those in attendance, free of charge. In addition, two free

drinks will also be provided to alumni and their guest who

are over 21. Guests are more than welcome, we only ask

that you RSVP here so we have an accurate head count for

dinner.

We also invite you to tailgate at the house November 1st,

prior to the homecoming game. Festivities begin

at 8am with the Wreck Parade (we are nearing completion

of our brand new steam engine powered wreck) which will

be immediately followed by the tailgate at the house

including a barbecue pig, a vast assortment of sides,

Mimosa bar and Bloody Mary bar.

The brothers look forward to seeing you and your family,

dates and guests for another great homecoming!

Fraternally,

Christian Jreige

Alumni Relations Chair

Volume 58 | Issue 1 | 10/28/2014

Fall Pledge Class Biographies

My name is Jude Nifong and I am a second year electrical

engineering major from Winchester, MA right outside of

Boston. I am interested in audio equipment and hope to

possibly pursue a career in that field. My other interests

include hiking, playing guitar, and skiing when I'm back

home in Massachusetts.

I am Chingyeu Andy Leekung. I am a first year computer

science student from Jacksonville, Florida. My favorite

things are penguins and scuba diving. I have seen someone

get bit by a shark and enjoy exploring a culture through

food.

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Fall Pledge Class Biographies

My name is Aaron Craig Ackerman. I am a 3rd year

Electrical Engineering Major from Johns Creek, Georgia. I

enjoy playing video games, hanging out with friends, and

messing around with circuits. In high school and in my first

two years of college I was very active in fencing.

My name is Rohith Ravi, and I am a 1st-year Mechanical

Engineering major from Tampa, Florida. I enjoy

procrastinating and losing at foosball. I was part of the

varsity soccer and tennis teams in high school, and I am

part of the Georgia Tech Model United Nations team.

My name is Zachary Paul Jacob. I am a 1st year Bio-medical

Engineering major. I'm from Jacksonville, FL. I am a Vikings

fan until I die but I also enjoy playing football and soccer. I

have performed on a plethora of instruments for jazz,

classical and marching (including piano, bass, and drums)

and am in a jazz performance class here at Tech.

Fall Pledge Class Biographies

My name is Renato Maues, I am a first-year electrical

engineering student from Brazil, but I have lived the past 4

years in Omaha, Nebraska. I enjoy working with robots,

programming, and playing games while inside; whereas on

the outside I like playing soccer and volleyball.

My name is Cameron Wesley Walker. I am a first year

Biochemistry Major. I am from McDonough, Georgia. I enjoy

spending time with my family and friends, playing ultimate

frisbee, and playing smash bros in my free time. I played

ulimate and soccer when I was in high school at Woodward

Academy.

My name is Matthew Grier Clark. I am a 1st year Bio-

medical Engineer major. I am from Augusta, GA. I enjoy

staying active, playing video games, and just hanging out. I

ran track and cross-country at Lakeside High School.

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Fall Pledge Class Biographies

My name is Joe Lesniak. I am a 1st year Computer Science

major. I am from Falmouth, ME. My hobbies include

downhill skiing, golf, and tennis, all of which I played in

high school. My academic interests are mobile app

development and the stock market/investing.

My name is David Aylward and I'm a freshman

biochemistry major from Augusta, Georgia. I grew up in

Augusta as a Roman Catholic my whole life, and I'm very

excited to be living in Atlanta on a thriving and active

college campus. I'm a diehard Boston Red Sox fan who

loves to talk about and play baseball, golf, and cross

country. I hope to go to grad school for either med school,

a PhD in pharmacy, or a PhD in immunology, after I

graduate from Georgia Tech.

Fall Pledge Class Biographies

My name is Zachariah Davis Swint. I am a 1st year

International Affairs and Modern Language major with a

focus in Chinese. I am a part of the GT Mock trial team. I

enjoy talking about movies or music, the outdoors,

and playing sports.

I’m Alec Blaine Hendrix from Swainsboro, GA, and I’m a 1st

year Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering major. I

participated in multiple public speaking and leadership

competitions for clubs like FFA, FBLA, BETA, and Literary

as well as One-Act and School Council at Emanuel County

Institute. I’m currently involved in Freshmen Activities

Board and the Red Cross Club on campus.

My name is Jacob Cameron Webber. I am a first year

Electrical Engineering major from Wilmington, North

Carolina. I am interested in robotics, circuitry, and in my

spare time I play soccer, hike, or just hang out. I was on the

Varsity Soccer team and was SGA President in high school.

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Fall Pledge Class Biographies

My name is Phillip Reeder from Atlanta and I'm a first year

Computer Engineer. I've always loves computers and

programming but I also played soccer, swam and ran a few

triathlons at Paideia High School.

My name is Chris Nowack. I am a first year Mechanical

Engineering major and would like to potentially work in the

aerospace industry. I live in Acworth, Georgia and played

lacrosse and volleyball at Harrison High School. I enjoy

being active in general, and plan to continue playing sports

at Tech through club and intramural teams along with

activities through ORGT.

Event Update

Philanthropy

Our service and philanthropy efforts have gotten off to a

great start so far this semester. On September 19th, we

helped Atlanta area Alumni Matthew Washburn with the

Hornet Hustle. The Hornet Hustle is a fun run held each fall

at Hawthorne Elementary School. For this event, we arrived

early in the morning and directed kids to their waiting

areas and then ran the race with them. It was a great

success and all present enjoyed themselves .Also on the

agenda for this semester in another bone marrow

registration drive. After holding our first event in the

spring, we feel that we can make this a semesterly event.

This event will take place on October 15th and 16th.

Event Update

Beach Weekend

This year our brotherhood went to Tybee Island for our

annual Beach Weekend. We take this time to relax and get

away from the stresses that Tech brings and to get to know

each other more. Some brothers went fishing and others

went kayaking with their dates around the island. Our

house was near the beach so we were able to just walk to

the beach whenever we wanted and our house was also

close to the pier so our brothers were able to go there for

dinner and the bars.

Scholarship

For the second year in a row our chapter has been able to

offer three scholarships to incoming freshman. We provide

one incoming freshmen with $1000 and two freshmen with

$500 dollar awards based on high school academics, extra-

curricular activities, and a two-staged interview

process. We were fortunate enough to have many qualified

applicants, and ended up giving our awards to three

incredibly qualified young gentleman. Adam Zhang

($1000), Michael Tatum, and Christopher Nowack (a

current associate member) were our award winners this

year. We would like to once again thank the alumni for

their generous donation of $1000 to help fund half of these

scholarships.

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Pledge Date Night

Our new fall associate members associate members from

last spring are having their annual date night this week.

Carlos is cooking a delicious 3 course meal to serve to our

associate members and their dates. Along with the excellent

food, Murphy Greathouse and Hayden Riddiford are setting

tone by adding some smooth jazz by playing the piano and

bass.

Sweetheart Biography

This past spring our current brothers brought back the

tradition of sweetheart. Our current sweetheart is Breanna

Cota. She is a third year ADPi at Tech and she is studying

Mechanical Engineering. She has been dating Brother

Matthew Naugle for over a year now. Bre has influenced

our chapter positively over these past few years. She has

improved our relations with ADPi and helped us win a

philanthropy competition of collecting pop tabs for Ronald

McDonald house which provides a home away from home

for families with hospitalized children. That entitled us to

have dinner with ADPi last spring. She has also introduced a

lot of her sisters to us at events. She was also the

quarterback for our co-rec team and is involved with most

events that we host.

Georgia Tech Football

Due to our great attendance to football games last fall, our

block this semester is located right next to the band in the

lower bowl. Our new block provides a great view of the

game especially in goal line plays. The combination of our

team starting 5-0 and our great block position has led to a

resurgence in fanaticism at DU. It has also provided us with

many great images and memories of game days. The image

below was captured as we stormed the field after our

victory over Miami! We look forward to another great game

against Virginia for Homecoming. Go Jackets!

Our new fall associate members associate members from

last spring are having their annual date night this week.

Carlos is cooking a delicious 3 course meal to serve to our

associate members and their dates. Along with the excellent