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TKE Staff Reaches Out, Promotes St. Jude
July 12, 2010 - 12:00amAt 84 degrees with a heat index well into the 90's, Fraters and staff from the Offices of the Grand Chapter went around the city of Indianapolis handing out water and fliers promoting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Tau Kappa Epsilon's primary philanthropic partner, the staff took time out to raise awareness about the great work being accomplished at St. Jude.
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2011 RLC Dates and Locations Selected
July 1, 2010 - 12:00amINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Offices of the Grand Chapter are excited to announce the dates and locations for the 2011 Regional Leadership Conferences. Over the past four years, attendance at the Regional Leadership Conferences has increased dramatically.
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Frater Robert Byrd Passes into Chapter Eternal
June 28, 2010 - 12:00amU.S. Senator Frater Robert Byrd (Alpha-Pi, George Washington Univ.) of West Virginia, a fiery orator versed in the classics and a hard-charging power broker who steered billions of federal dollars to the state of his Depression-era upbringing, died Monday. He was 92.
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Frater Chops the Competition
June 23, 2010 - 12:00amHow would you like $10,000 to put towards a venture you had always hoped for, but never dreamed it when you went college? Frater Paul Yeaple (Sigma-Nu, State Univ. of New York - New Paltz) did this on the popular Food Network's show Chopped.
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The 2010 Northeast Regional Leadership Retreat
June 16, 2010 - 12:00amThe Offices of the Grand Chapter is proud to announce the 2010 Northeast Regional Leadership Retreat. This year's retreat will be in the Beautiful town of Delhi, NY at Camp Shankitunk.
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Starbucks CEO Continues TKE Mission
June 10, 2010 - 12:00amDespite its recent difficulties, Starbucks still spends more money on employee health care than on coffee. Given corporations' tendency to cut costs in tough times - sometimes at the expense of workers' happiness and well-being - CEO Howard Schultz's (Theta-Iota, Northern Michigan Univ.) adherence to the principle that Starbucks baristas should have health-care benefits is cause for applause.
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The 2010 TKE Educational Foundation Scholarships
June 8, 2010 - 12:00amThe TKE Educational Foundation is pleased to announce the top scholarship winners for 2010. After careful review by a committee of five Fraters including four Past Grand Prytani, the Foundation has selected the following winners for TKE's top scholarship awards.
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Surprise Ending Gives Frater Another Victory
June 7, 2010 - 12:00amA little over a month ago, Frater Kenny Troutt (Beta-Chi, Southern Illinois Univ.) and his racing partner Bill Casner were dreaming of winning their first Kentucky Derby. This weekend, the pair took another horse, Drosselmeyer, to victory circle in the Belmont Stakes. The third race in the coveted Triple Crown of horse racing, Frater Kenny won two of the most watched races in the sport.
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Grand Prytanis visits Kansas State
June 1, 2010 - 12:00amDr. Herbert L. Songer, Grand Prytanis visited the Alpha-Lambda chapter at Kansas State on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010. Dr. Songer, accompanied by his wife Sheryl, was welcomed by Frater Will Crooks, Alpha-Lambda Prytanis and Frater Skipp Wefald, Alpha-Lambda Chapter Advisor.
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The Time to Pounce is NOW
May 30, 2010 - 12:00amThere is no chapter in Tau Kappa Epsilon that would not benefit substantially from developing an effective summer recruitment program. In the Midwest and the West, some chapters recruit nearly 80 percent of their new members for the coming year in the summer preceding the fall term and recruit better quality and higher quantity of new members than competitors. In the chapters where summer recruitment is rare or non-existent, any chapter smart enough to seize this opportunity can completely blow the doors off the competition.
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Pi-Omega Takes Challenge in Memory of a Frater
May 25, 2010 - 12:00amFraters from the Pi-Omega Chapter (SUNY-Albany) went on the Oprah Winfrey Show Tuesday pledging to have every member be a part of the "No Phone Zone." Oprah has begun promoting this program as a way to curb cell phone use while driving.
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