Schedule for Saturday
11am: Alumni and Active meeting at the House Noon: lunch provided by the Alumni Association Softball (weather permitting) until 4pm Field location to be provided by the actives.
Save April 10th for Alumni Weekend
To all Friends and Brothers of Iota – Please save the weekend of April 10, 11 and 12 for the 42nd Annual Iota Alumni Weekend. Full agenda to follow including details for Saturday lunch and active and alumni softball. We hope to see you there!
Homecoming and Reunion Weekend 2014
UPDATE (11/7): There will be an active & alumni meeting at 1pm (after the picnic and before the tailgate). Homecoming and Reunion Weekend is jam-packed with gatherings, reunions, and events. A few to note on Saturday, November 8th: 11:00am – Celebrating Southwestern’s 175th – Alma Thomas Theatre: a short program peppered with exciting announcements, a brief …
August 8 Starts Final Weekend for House Maintenance
It’s August in Texas, what better time to join your alumni and active friends and brothers and put some sweat equity into this summer’s house maintenance? The crew will get started on Friday, August 8 and work through to Sunday. On the to-do list: Parquet floors patching, sanding and finishing Patio stones, laying the base …
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Floors In Focus For Summer Work Weekends, May 31, June 28
Preserving and protecting the parquet floor will be the focus for the first work weekend, beginning this Friday afternoon May 30 and concluding Sunday. Brother Sparks has led this effort and will manage the work. Regarding the floors he writes, “This will be, and should be for all of us given proper future maintenance, the …
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UPDATE: Alumni Weekend 2014 To Take Place April 5th
UPDATE: Planning your Alumni Weekend 2014 Saturday, April 5th 8:30am: coffee and donuts 10:30am: Â active/alumni meeting 11:30am: meet the Spring class Noon-2pm: catered BBQ lunch 2pm: softball (location: Round Rock Memorial Field) 7pm: reservations for up to 45 at Walburg Restaurant 10:30pm: back at the House After that, it’s up to you… Sunday, April 6th …
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What you need to know about Homecoming and Reunion Weekend 2013
UPDATE 10/19/13: The Homecoming weekend football game is against Austin College, not Trinity as previously posted. Thanks for the correction, Brother Tim Stapleton! Watch for the full schedule of chapter-related events in the coming days. Here’s what you can plan for right now: UPDATE: Homecoming and Reunion Weekend is November 1-3. The Iota Alumni Association …
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Pictures and News from Spring 2013 Alumni Weekend
Weekend highlights: A great turnout this year. It was a big surprise. Jeff Allen told the story of the first alumni weekend 40 years ago – way cool and worth retelling. Chapter news: Iota Chapter scholarship report ranks them number one among all fraternities and above the all men’s average. Great work actives! House: The …
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Save the date, April 13th for Iota’s 40th Alumni Weekend
Softball. Grilled meats. Family. Tim. Friends. Brothers. Southwestern. Old stories. Power tools. Russell. Pledges. Musical instruments. Marshal. Green grass. Norwood. Composites. New memories. Pat. The San Gabriel river. Fire. Sausage links. Erik… The tradition continues.
Ben Aderholt Recognized as Outstanding Adjunct from the University of Houston-Downtown
This news item, like so many, comes from Brother David Wilson, who came across an article about Brother Ben Aderholt in the Texas Bar Journal: Ben L. Aderholt, a member in Looper, Reed & McGraw, P.C., received the 2012 Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award from the University of Houston-Downtown. Aderholt has taught a commercial law course …
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Return of the MOD (Masters of Destruction) Squad, July 28
Brothers – We are planning two work weekends to get the house ready for the fall semester. The dates are July 28 and August 18. We have made so much progress. Let’s keep going. The house looks good but there are things that need to be done. Special thanks to Pat who took the time …
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Actives v. Alumni
The alumni scored 25 runs before giving up one run to the actives. The streak continues.
John Tower Tree Dedication
Footage from Homecoming 2011 and the 125th Anniversary Weekend:
Alumni Weekend Schedule
As promised, here’s the schedule of events of this weekend, Iota’s 39th Alumni Weekend. Friday, March 30: 7:00 p.m. – late: Â Alumni and Guests Welcome Gathering at the House Saturday, March 31: 11:00 a.m.: EC Meeting of Active and Alumni 12:00 p.m.: Â Lunch 12:30 p.m. General Meeting 1:30 -4:00 p.m.: Â Softball Game (played again this …
Thomas Randall (“Randy”) Lankford dies at 69
We are saddened to report the passing of Brother Randy Lankford this past Saturday, February 18th, in Galveston, Texas. As reported in the Galveston Daily News, a Memorial Celebration of Life will be held from 2:00 pm until 5:00 pm Saturday, February 25, 2012 at his residence in Galveston. You can find Randy’s full obituary, …
March 30th and 31st Announced for Alumni Weekend 2012
Georgetown, TX – The Active Chapter has announced that Alumni Weekend will be held over the final weekend in March, the 30th and 31st. The schedule for meetings, softball, and other weekend activities will be announced soon. Save the date!
Brother Larry Rydell dies at 75
Brother Larry Rydell, a lifelong resident of Williamson County, died today at the age of 75. Larry was a 1960 graduate of Southwestern. Visitation will be Friday, February 10th from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at Providence Funeral Home in Taylor. Memorial services will be held Saturday, February 11th at 3:00 P.M. at Hutto Lutheran Church …
A plea from struggling Actives
Greetings Iota Brothers, We are Douglas Thayer and Stephen Brown, Iota Fall ’10 pledge class, and we’d like to help you with your next technical project. We’re both artistically as well as very technically inclined: Stephen is a third year computer science major with a background in software development and web-design, and Douglas (a senior) …
Roger Edward Davidson, 1926 – 2011
We learned this week of the recent passing of Brother Roger Davidson. Roger was well known and loved by brothers of every generation. Brother Alan Haworth reflected, “I remember, Roger came down in the summer of ’07 and helped us paint the house. I think he was 83 at the time. Flew down from Colorado to …
Update: 125th Weekend Packages & Costs
Brothers, I hope this letter finds you well on this October 12, 2011, the 125th birthday of The Iota Chapter of Kappa Sigma. We have a grand celebration planned for the weekend of November 4-6. We are getting concerns and complaints that Iota’s Celebration is too expensive. We are adding two categories to the registration …