The active chapter is hosting the event this week to help you rekindle old friendships with familiar faces. Kickoff is at 1:30 pm, so we’ll start at 10:30am.

The actives are using the tailgate as a rush function to attract new members and as such we are looking for a large alumni turnout to help demonstrate the strength of the brotherhood and friendships that last for many years past our undergraduate days.

As always (second year in a row at least!), our location is Lot 4, Space 94, located across Spring Drive from the football stadium and just down from the softball field. We’re in the corner, with one side facing Southgate Drive and the other side backing up to the track. See you there.

The Nebraska game is the next week and Alumni Bob Dreelin (Spring ‘71) and Buzz Wainman (Fall ‘74) have graciously offered to be the organizing hosts for the event.  A 3:30 pm kickoff means we will be going by noon with tailgate.  This game is expected to be the largest crowd of the season.

Maryland tailgate in its early stages

We are continuing to attract new believers to the Alumni Tailgate.

A full list of attendees is forthcoming, but we did see Jerry Bryant, Chuck Bradley (Winter ‘76) and Charlie Webb (Spring ‘85) among others, plus an awful lot of active brothers including all 10 Fall ‘08 pledges. Impressive. And, the Hokies might even have an offense. Things are looking up.

On that note we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve come up with a real reason to come to the Duke game on November 22:

THE ANNUAL DKE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEETING
AND OPEN HOUSE

Second Annual Alumni Open House
12:00-1:30pm at the DKE House. See the completely finished attic renovations in person at noon, then stay for…

The Alumni of the Sigma Alpha Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon, Inc.
Annual Meeting (both fun AND required by law!)
1:30-2:00pm. Ask demanding questions of your alumni board. Then join us for the grand old tradition that is the DKE House-Lane Stadium Stumble to…

The Duke Alumni Tailgate
2:30pm until kickoff at 5:30. (Yes, Duke really is a night game!!)

Mark your calendars.

The Hall brothers, active and alumni

Over the summer our new active leadership and our Alumni Board have been working together to position the fraternity for aggressive growth and a busy calendar of events.

As we gear up for fall recruitment, we’d like to invite all new students to come see what makes DKE special. Come visit the house – we’re the big house on the right side of Roanoke Street, with the big white columns. There’s sure to be something going on.

Stay tuned for more information about fall Rush.

• Sam Dibert (Political Science)
• Elliott Fouts (Computer Science)
• Dan Sexton (Biology)

Best of luck!

• Christopher Brice Barrett is an engineering major from Mount Lebanon, PA
• Aleksander Vladimirovich Drozdetski is a physics and mathematics major from Kimry Russia
• Alex James Maier is a computer science major from Rockville, MD
• Anthony Michael Palumbo is in university studies and is from Dillsburg, PA
• Cameron Matthew Percia is a political science major from Orlando, FL
• Samuel Adam Rose is a life sciences major from Fairfax Station, VA
• Jake Alexander Rutstein is a political science major from Burke, VA
• Jason Michael Spooner is a chemical engineering major from Marshfield, MA
• Gabriel Clavijo Williams is an engineering major from Aandale, VA
• John Cox Wood III is a management major from Richmond, VA

We are all extremely proud to have initiated these guys and look forward to their contributions to the fraternity.

More information can be found on our Join DKE page. An introduction to the Fraternity, the Chapter and the brotherhood can be found on our Fraternity and Chapter pages.

With DKE you can develop enduring friendships throughout your college years and beyond. We look forward to meeting you. Email us to learn more.

Rush Chairman Patrick Mellonas (mellonas@vt.edu) with BC Moose.

Coleman Scott Knabe is a freshman from Yorktown, Virginia. He is an Industrial Systems Engineer and is also a member of the Marching Virginians.

Florian Mayer is freshman from Medford, New Jersey; he is originally from Austria. He is currently undecided.

Michael Allen Simenauer is a freshman from Washington D.C. He is a Marketing major.

“We are really excited to become Dekes. We can’t wait to keep having a great time with all the brothers and help the Fraternity out however we can.”- Mike Simenauer