Beta Chi Chapter

Tekes Dominate Bowling Tournament

Grammateus — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:15:59 +0000

On Tuesday December 1st, 2009, Fraters Bill Baber, Tony Cossette, Tom Stoecker, Marcus Randall, and Grant Gale took first place in a campus wide bowling tournament sponsored by the Interfraternity Council to raise money for the American Heart Association. The tournament consisted of five member teams and allowed each bowler to bowl three games. The results were determined by totaling all the scores of each team member. TKE won first place by more than 800 pins. TKE also recorded five of the six highest scores of the day. Frater Baber led the way with scores of 196, 188 and 167, Frater Gale bowled a 189, and Frater Stoecker bowled a 160. Grand Prize included free ad space on one of the bowling pin rakes in the Student Center Bowling alley for 6 months. Our ad is shown above.

Autos 4 Alzheimers

Grammateus — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:20:08 +0000

On Saturday October 17th, the Beta Chi Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon hosted the first “Auto’s 4 Alzheimer’s!” philanthropy Car Show at Southern Illinois University. Despite bad weather the chapter was able to raise a significant amount of money with the help of local sponsorships. The event is the culmination of two years worth of planning of Gavin Gottfried. “After a great turnout and many donations we look forward to hosting the show with twice as many people come April 2010,” said Frater Gottfried. All money raised will be donated to the Ronald and Nancy Reagan Alzheimer’s Foundation. T-shirts can be purchased for $15 plus shipping by emailing Gavin Gottfried at ggavin@siu.edu.

Cossette Elected Homecoming King

Grammateus — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:52:47 +0000

On October 10, 2009, Frater Tony Cossette was elected SIUC Homecoming King. The Beta Chi chapter has had representation on every Homecoming Court since our refounding, with Frater Cossette being the first to be elected King. Amanda Weaver from Sigma Kappa was elected Homecoming Queen. Previous Homecoming King nominees have been Zach Englum (2006), Alex Stojcevski (2007) and Kevin Alves (2008).

Tekes Repair Child Development Lab

Grammateus — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:48:02 +0000

The Child Development Lab (CDL) is an early childhood education daycare/preschool where children from 6 weeks to 6 years of age attend. After the inland hurricane hit Carbondale, the CDL playground lost trees and some of their playground equipment was lost or damaged. The Beta Chi Chapter volunteered the first Saturday before the CDL Fall school year started to help build a new walking path to the playground, helped put new equipment together, and cleaned up the playground. Pictured in this photo are Joe Harkin, Brandon Klekamp, Eric Sorgatz, Carl Miller and Andre Vieyra.

No Chapter meeting- Spring Break

Grammateus — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:00:58 +0000

there will be be no chapter meeting this sunday due to spring break.

Chapter Meeting

Grammateus — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:00:29 +0000

Student Center, 5:00pm.

Frater Kotvis appointed to TKE Collegiate Advisory Council

Grammateus — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:36:42 +0000

Recently, Frater Louis Kotvis (BX 1061) was named to the collegiate advisor committee for the Fraternity. Frater Kotvis has shown great character and leadership in his three semesters as a frater, which was a reason for his selection. Frater Kotvis also attended the TKE Leadership Academy during this past summer, which helped him get a feel for what TKE Nation is about as a whole.

The reason this position is so prestigious is because Frater Kotvis was chosen to be one of only eight undergraduate collegiate advisors. Their job entails being the voice and represenatives of the undergraduate members of TKE. They are also advisors to Grand Council members and leaders at the TKE headquarters in Indianapolis. Recently Frater Kotvis made his first trip to meet with his committee, in Memphis, and share his opinions and ideas with the TKE CEO, Grand Epiprytanis, and the Director of Communications.

Louis Kotvis’ recent achievements have made BX proud, and continue to make our Southern Illinois chapter known by the entire TKE nation. BX will continue to excel on and off campus with the leadership and commitment shown by every Frater of BX.

Autos For Alzheimers Shirt

Grammateus — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:19:32 +0000

Founding Frater Earl “Steve” Hancock passes on to Chapter Eternal

Bill Bruns — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:21:31 +0000

Frater Earl “Steve” Hancock (BX 28), age 86, a longtime resident of Hobart, Indiana passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2008. He grew up in Harrisburg, IL, graduated from Southern Illinois University and was a WWII US Air Force veteran. Steve retired as an Environmental Control Supervisor from US Steel Gary Works with 32 years of service. He was a member of the Supervisors’ Club, the Chorus of the Dunes and the Hoosier Grandpas. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Marjorie; 2 daughters Pamela (Joseph) Duda of Hobart and Pat (Scott) McLeod of Portage; son David B. (Jan) Hancock of Lakeland, FL; 6 grandchildren Meagan, Meredith and Steven McLeod, Jenny Duda and Anna and Steven Hancock. Funeral services were private. There will be no visitation. Contributions may be made to the Alzheimers Foundation, 50 E. 91st Street, Suite 100, Indianapolis, IN 46209.

Executive Board Meeting

Bill Bruns — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:00:03 +0000

TKE House, 8:00 pm.