New pictures have been added to the Work Weekend Gallery. The pictures do little to capture the progress nor the Kappa Sigma spirit displayed by brothers who have transformed the House yet again with skill, love and care. Many emails have been exchanged commenting on what’s been accomplished this summer. Here’s an excerpt from Brother …
Ths weekend, August 17-19, Brothers will gather again at the House to continue working on a number of projects. Here’s a sampling of what we’ll tackle: Carpeting Insulation Bathroom walls, fixture, sinks, plumbing and finishing Bathroom toilet partitions Shower doors Parquet floor repair and conditioning Outdoor painting Sandblasting Door repair (main doors) Old log removal Landscaping …
This weekend, July 28-29: Leading the charge will be Joe Abel and Alan Haworth On the to do list: – Clearing out remaining old junk (the World Book Encyclopedia from 1982, etc) – Painting, downstairs, kitchen, etc – Doing sheetrock repairs – Fixing busted doors Tons going on at the House – join in. All …
Brothers, We have made significant House upgrades this summer including new bathrooms, installing a new stove, repainting the entire inside, and making numerous other improvements. We would like to thank our recent contributors and especially thank our Jackson’s Men donors (click here for a full list) who have each donated more than $1,000 and without …
See, work weekends are fun too!
Saturday, August 18th at 10 am at Marshal’s house in Walburg. Contact GM Ben Ramirez at ramirezb@southwestern.edu or Alumni Advisor Marshal Crenshaw at marshal_crenshaw@hotmail.com. All actives and alumni are welcome!
Brothers – Keep up the great work! I am trapped in WI’s North Woods right now, so I hope some cash can help in my absence. I can’t wait to see the House when I am back in town. AEKDB Matt Barnes Brothers – I was looking at my phone today and it appears I …
Dear Heather, Thank you for all of your help this past weekend painting, cleaning, and just participating in our work weekend. We’re humbled and grateful that you came. Thanks for sharing your story about what Iota meant to you while at school and what it continues to mean today. We hope to see you again …
Neil Ormond in from California and pledge brother Paul Bakouris working at the first work weekend at the Sig house.
Friends and Brothers, We wanted to share the news of the passing of Brother Matt Jones, who died after a lengthy battle with cancer. Below is an excerpt from and a link to the obituary from the “The Daily Sentinel” of Nacogdoches. Matthew Kenneth Jones was born in St. Louis, Missouri on Sept. 21, 1967 …
Brothers, The brothers of Iota are heading to the fraternity house for back-to-back work weekends, July 7th and 14th. Our beloved house needs help. Among our intended goals are: 1) Floor repair, along with sealing 2) Prime and paint staircase 3) Paint ALL interior walls including all upstairs bedrooms 4) Install laminates on bathroom walls …
A note from Brother Erik Harpst: How long has it been since you have lifted a paint brush or swung a hammer for Kappa Sigma? Well that’s too long!! We have planned a face lift of the Iota Chapter’s beloved Sig House to complete the 2007 renovations. On July 7 and July 14, alumni and …
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What better way to spend a Central Texas summertime weekend than by grabbing those dusty coveralls, picking up your PB or local Iota brother in the SUV and heading on over to G-town to spend a weekend with Alums and Actives getting sweaty and knocking out some much needed work on the House? Committees are …
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A Weekend of Brotherhood and Softball! Agenda: Friday: March 30th: Brotherhood gathering and games Saturday March 31st: 1:00 pm Softball game Saturday March 31st: 6:00 pm Dinner
The bonfire has been cancelled. Let me know if you have any questions, sorry for the inconvenience. ramirezb@southwestern.edu
The Iota Chapter’s annual costume party/Valentine’s Day celebration will be this weekend, February 17th. Same party time, same party place.
I think I can speak for everybody when I say that Jeff has done a fantastic job with the new site, so Jeff, thank you very much. I will start spreading the word about it and getting people to register, so if you’re reading this and you have not yet registered, do so, it takes …
An excerpt from the Fall Alumni Newsletter: Alumni dues are akin to SU’s annual giving, or a public radio fundraising campaign, and like every other non-profit, the Iota Alumni Association fundraising goes to support operating costs for our fraternity, of which we all still derive great benefit. Operating costs pay for the following in priority …
Dear Brothers, Many of you have supported the Iota Chapter and Southwestern University in many ways over the years. As your Alumni Association President, I am pleased to report the fruits of our effort and the first Southwestern Greek endowed scholarship fund. Through the effort of Friends and Brothers, the fund was initiated in the …
Read more “Scholarship Report: Alumni Association President Blake Stanford”
Over 108 brothers attended this year’s Homecoming and the celebration of our 120th anniversary making it the most well attended Iota gathering since Centennial. Brothers came from as far away as California (Neil Ormond, Tim Stapleton and Thad Davis) to Colorado (Roger Davidson) to D.C. (Tyson Hinds) to Montana (Bob Blair) and from all around …