Wabash Fraternity Day (April 7, 2013)
Inter-Fraternity Council President Sky King ’15 served as emcee and helped organize the College's first Wabash Fraternity Day: A Celebration of Greek Life.
President Patrick White addressed the gathering of more than 200 fraternity men, alumni advisors, faculty, staff, and trustees.
Wabash Fraternity Advisors' Coordinator Jon Pactor ’71 worked closely with Sky King to develop Wabash Fraternity Day, which Pactor believes the only event of its kind.
Dean of Students Michael Raters ’85 provided remarks and helped Sky King present awards at the event.
Zach Mahone ’15 of Beta Theta Pi talked about his fraternity's commitment to service.
David Gunderman ’15 of Kappa Sigma spoke about the importance of close communication with national fraternity offices.
Wes Zimmerman ’14 of Lambda Chi Alpha talked about his fraternity's associate's program and Lambda Chi's strong stance against freshman hazing.
J.J. Peller ’13 of Phi Delta Theta talked about his chapter's membership problems, and explained how working with alumni advisors and other Greek leaders at Wabash helped set the fraternity on a path to success.
Kevin Downey ’14 of Phi Gamma Delta spoke to the audience about his chapter's commitment to scholarship.
Tyler Andrews ’14 of Phi Kappa Psi discussed budget issues his chapter has faced, and the steps the brothers are taking to resolve finance problems.
Matt Page ’13 of Sigma Chi talked about Delta Chi's long-standing commitment to supporting the Special Olympics of Indiana. The chapter annually hosts a state basketball tournament.
Evan McFarland ’14 of Tau Kappa Epsilon explained how the chapter's grade point average has dropped, and steps the brothers are taking to improve.
Ian Baumgardner ’14 of Theta Delta Chi talked about his fraternity's commitment to service, and the challenges of maintaining strong membership.
Dean of Students Mike Raters and IFC President Sky King presented the freshmen of Phi Gamma Delta with the top Freshman GPA Award.
Dean of Students Mike Raters and IFC President Sky King presented the brothers of Phi Gamma Delta with the overall Campus GPA Award.
IFC President Sky King presents Associate Dean for Advancement Joe Klen a check for $2400 toward of pledge of $3600 for the Annual Fund. The gift was from Greek students at Wabash.
IFC President Sky King presents Phi Gamma Delta President Kevin Downey with the Senior Class Impact Award.
IFC President Sky King presents the freshmen of Kappa Sigma with the Freshman Class Impact Award.
IFC President Sky King and Dean of Students Mike Raters present the men of Theta Delta Chi with the Philanthropy Award.
Jon Pactor said: "We will continue to improve our fraternities. We will continue to give support to each other—academically, ethically, and socially. We will continue to learn how to deal with conflict resolution. We will continue to learn how to compromise and be self-governing. We will continue to learn to be morally courageous in dealing with complex problems. The general society needs fraternity men who hold those values and who can use those skills. Here is my vision for Wabash fraternities, and there is no ambiguity about it. Our fraternities will continue to develop gentlemen and responsible citizens and do it even better than we have."