Worthy Brothers,
Thank you for taking the time to read my speech and for considering me as a recipient for the 2018 Chapter Balfour Award. Truth be told I was a little disappointed that more Seniors did not choose to run, however I know both Maxx and myself will represent the senior class well.
Looking back on my time in Sigma Chi, I never thought I would ever be in the place to even be considered for this award. I remember specifically at one moment my freshman year when I had a conversation with now alumni Ryan McQueeney. In this conversation, I addressed the RBC and stated that “In the fraternity there is a role for everyone, but my role will forever be the Club aspect of Sigma Chi.” This mentality was something that I prided myself on …show more content…
What has Brian Grover done in his term to make not only the Lambda Omega Chapter better, but also others, as well as himself? To first address the least important part of this I will touch on myself. Outside of Sigma Chi I have actively involved myself in a lot of different ventures outside of Sigma Chi. The past two years I have spent my time serving as a Egenius for the Business Communications as I recommended by our Faculty Advisor Joel Whalen. Additionally, I have spent my time working with the DePaul Sales Leadership Program as an ambassador and just as as a mentor for a handful of new students who entered the Program. Furthermore, I have applied myself outside of the classroom by working for the DePaul Bookstore for two years, Umpiring for two years at Live to Support Chicago, as well as two internships at Live to Support Chicago and PepsiCo. All of these ventures have been made possible by the multitude of skills I have learned as being a member of Sigma Chi. Sigma Chi has allowed/forced me to improve my public speaking skills, leadership skills, as well as working with an array of different personalities. While these are all skills I am always looking to improve, because as we all know we are always looking for the White Cross, I know that I am directly able to my ‘successes’ as a direct result of the help I have received from Sigma Chi these past 3 ½ …show more content…
In my time in Sigma Chi I have held two official positions, and I would say one other position unofficially official with two other members; Austin Reed & Chris Philipps. The first unofficial positon I “held” was PR Chairman. This came about as going in the Summer of my Junior year to be blunt, I was incredibly displeased with our presence or rather lack there of on our social media platforms. At the time we only had 236 followers on Instagram and roughly 670 Facebook followers. I reached out to Austin Reed and that summer I hounded the groupme almost daily for photos and other ideas to allow us to find success on our platforms. By the end of the summer our Instagram following grew above 550 members, and our Facebook grew to over 850 members. This turn around was something that required persistence and consistent posting and I owe a lot of this to Austin Reed and Chris Philipps, but from that time on the precedent was changed from PR being a blow off position, to a highly coveted position in the Lambda Omega Chapter. The next position I held was this past Winter & Fall Terms as our Recruitment Chair. In this role I was a productive member of e-board in a period where we had a lot of turmoil and perhaps the ‘slipperiest slope’ of our chapter. As Recruitment Chair I planned two Recruitments that had very few hiccups with all events/items being taken care of days/weeks before the events began. While I was very lucky to
Thank you for taking the time to read my speech and for considering me as a recipient for the 2018 Chapter Balfour Award. Truth be told I was a little disappointed that more Seniors did not choose to run, however I know both Maxx and myself will represent the senior class well.
Looking back on my time in Sigma Chi, I never thought I would ever be in the place to even be considered for this award. I remember specifically at one moment my freshman year when I had a conversation with now alumni Ryan McQueeney. In this conversation, I addressed the RBC and stated that “In the fraternity there is a role for everyone, but my role will forever be the Club aspect of Sigma Chi.” This mentality was something that I prided myself on …show more content…
What has Brian Grover done in his term to make not only the Lambda Omega Chapter better, but also others, as well as himself? To first address the least important part of this I will touch on myself. Outside of Sigma Chi I have actively involved myself in a lot of different ventures outside of Sigma Chi. The past two years I have spent my time serving as a Egenius for the Business Communications as I recommended by our Faculty Advisor Joel Whalen. Additionally, I have spent my time working with the DePaul Sales Leadership Program as an ambassador and just as as a mentor for a handful of new students who entered the Program. Furthermore, I have applied myself outside of the classroom by working for the DePaul Bookstore for two years, Umpiring for two years at Live to Support Chicago, as well as two internships at Live to Support Chicago and PepsiCo. All of these ventures have been made possible by the multitude of skills I have learned as being a member of Sigma Chi. Sigma Chi has allowed/forced me to improve my public speaking skills, leadership skills, as well as working with an array of different personalities. While these are all skills I am always looking to improve, because as we all know we are always looking for the White Cross, I know that I am directly able to my ‘successes’ as a direct result of the help I have received from Sigma Chi these past 3 ½ …show more content…
In my time in Sigma Chi I have held two official positions, and I would say one other position unofficially official with two other members; Austin Reed & Chris Philipps. The first unofficial positon I “held” was PR Chairman. This came about as going in the Summer of my Junior year to be blunt, I was incredibly displeased with our presence or rather lack there of on our social media platforms. At the time we only had 236 followers on Instagram and roughly 670 Facebook followers. I reached out to Austin Reed and that summer I hounded the groupme almost daily for photos and other ideas to allow us to find success on our platforms. By the end of the summer our Instagram following grew above 550 members, and our Facebook grew to over 850 members. This turn around was something that required persistence and consistent posting and I owe a lot of this to Austin Reed and Chris Philipps, but from that time on the precedent was changed from PR being a blow off position, to a highly coveted position in the Lambda Omega Chapter. The next position I held was this past Winter & Fall Terms as our Recruitment Chair. In this role I was a productive member of e-board in a period where we had a lot of turmoil and perhaps the ‘slipperiest slope’ of our chapter. As Recruitment Chair I planned two Recruitments that had very few hiccups with all events/items being taken care of days/weeks before the events began. While I was very lucky to