Ed McNally ’65 Receives Alumni Association Award

Rho Deke Ed McNally ’65 recently received the Greenip Award from the Lafayette College Alumni Association: GREENIP AWARD:  Ed McNally ’65 Recognizes an active alumni chapter officer based on voluntary service achievements over and above the faithful carrying out of regular officer assignments. Honors the memory of William Greenip ’44, former Alumni Association secretary. Congratulations

Homecoming 2013 Recap

On October 4 Lafayette College inaugurated Alison R. Byerly as the 17th President of Lafayette College. If you missed the experience, you can catch up on everything about the inauguration here.

Generations of Rho Dekes returned to campus throughout weekend. Our best count of the alumni back on campus is below the fold. If you have a story or thought from Homecoming, share it here. For those who attended inauguration and appreciated the music, Brother Pete Taggart ’15 was among the students playing at the reception. Brother Taggart is one of the twenty seven students who are part of the College’s Creative and Performing Arts (CaPA) Fellowship program, which was created through the generosity of Bruce ’65 and Jackie P’02 Maggin.

Brother Pete Taggart '15 playing at the inauguration of President Byerly

Brother Pete Taggart ’15 playing at the inauguration of President Byerly

On the morning of October 5 during the Alumni Interfraternity Sorority Board (AISB) meeting, Brother De Lisi was elected to lead AISB as President alongside Vice President Susan Kowalenko ’86 from Pi Beta Phi.

The Rho House Association hosted our annual meeting at the DKE House on Saturday. Attached are the slides in PDF or PPTX format with speaker’s notes. For more information, please contact president@rhodke.org.

Following a successful tailgate and victory over the Bucknell Bison, DKE undergraduates hosted Oktoberfest opening up the bars in the DKE house for the first time. The College supported this party, demonstrating that it is in fact possible to host receptions in fraternity houses with the blessing of the College.

Click to see the Rho Deke alumni around campus for Homecoming.

DKE Coverage in Lafayette Magazine Spring 2013

The Spring 2013 edition of the Lafayette Magazine provides coverage of DKE’s leadership initiatives. You can view the online edition of the Lafayette Magazine here or read the article about DKE directly here. The article includes a quote from Andrew O’Brien ’13 as well as recognizing the contributions of our faculty advisor Richard Shupp ’67,

IAGGL Update Spring 2013

Following the recent Board of Trustees meeting, Annette Diorio, VP of Campus Life and Senior Diversity Officer, recently posted an update on IAGGL’s progress for the campus community. This update contains a link to the implementation grid, which indicates the person with primary responsibility for each implementation item to strengthen Greek Life at Lafayette College.