Greetings to the NCD,

The wonderful brothers of the Eta Delta chapter would like to give hopeful wishes to all of their brothers for the spring semester, just as we hope our semester will turn out better than we planned!

At the end of our fall semester we put three candidates through. We were very excited seeing as how they were our first candidates in a year. They made it through the ritual process and still make us proud by attending all the meetings, attending any service projects we may take part in, and even stepping up and running for office. To help make their experience as candidates more brotherly, we had their big brothers house them for the weekend of their third degree. We also made sure to get the ritual dates out early in the semester so other brothers from other chapters could attend, such as Marco and Chris. As for candidates this semester, we already have several prospective candidates and hope to get the word out for even more.

Our chapter has already jumped into the spring semester. At the end of the fall semester we elected our new officers and it was at the first meeting this semester that they were sworn in. We are confident that our new officers will do a terrific job. Also, we are still very proud of our district officers Michelle Wedster and Sarah Newton!

Service wise, the chapter began setting up and tearing down for the Wind Ensemble and Concert Band on the first day of classes, just as we always do. We will continue to do so three days a week. We ended the fall semester by helping during the recording session for the Marching Band and making sure the fall Semi-Formal ran smoothly. We have not yet taken on any other service projects, but now that the new officers are settled in, I see our calendars filling up.

Because we are only two weeks into the spring semester, we have not yet had a chance for social get together either as a chapter or with our Tau Beta Sigma sisters although, we made sure to end the fall semester with a Christmas party/White Elephant for the chapter. There was great food, odd gifts, and Christmas movies. On the other hand, we have had our first meeting of the semester already, and several members of the chapter attended the Leadership conference at Miami.

Amber Phemister
Corresponding Secretary
Eta Delta Chapter
Eastern Illinois University