Delta Kappa Epsilon

Many thanks to our brothers who generously paid their dues and donated to support the house renovation project in September:

If you’d like to pay your dues or donate to our tax-deductible fund, head on over to our Fundraising page.

The Alumni Association’s first two stadium lot tailgates at the Furman and Georgia Tech games came together successfully, with our next one planned for the coming weekend.

Feedback from alumni was uniformly positive with 15 alumni and guests attending the Furman tailgate and a whopping 39 at the Georgia Tech tailgate, in addition to our active brothers who helped make it happen.

Thanks to everyone who showed up and to those that helped make it happen – especially Theta Bowden and the Active Chapter.

More photos and a full list of attendees are available by clicking below…

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View map of tailgate spot

The first stadium Alumni Tailgate last week went smoothly with attendance of about 15 alumni Dekes and guests – a good start for our first event at a game against a cupcake opponent.

Thanks to Theta Bowden (Fall ‘70) for hosting and to Mickey Hayes (Spring ’62) for supplying the parking space.

It’s time to raise the stakes this weekend against Georgia Tech… VT’s ACC debut and probably the best home game to see this season. We’re aiming to double our turnout. We know many of you will be in town… please join us at 11:00am on Saturday to rekindle old friendships with familiar faces!

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.

We can now accept tax-deductible donations online via credit cards.

All online donations go to our Sigma Alpha Fund within the Rampant Lion Foundation, providing for educational activities and projects concerning our chapter. All donations will be acknowledged with a receipt from the Rampant Lion Foundation.

Please donate – we have detailed plans ready to roll for major first floor renovations to our house. However, all work is on hold until fundraising catches up.

Click here to donate online.

We’ve just finished and sent the latest Alumni newsletter, containing news about the Capital Campaign, house renovation project and other upcoming events. Look for it in your mailbox shortly, or download the PDF.

If you’re not receiving our newsletter, please submit your current contact information using our Update Records form.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 19: We are arranging an Open House/Alumni Association Gathering before and after the VT football Spring Game.

We will be showing off the completed attic and second floor renovations. The contractor and architect will be present along with the House Committee members to give tours and answer questions.

Please take the time to visit for some refreshments, to view the renovation progress and see brothers. Families are welcome. We had a large turnout for the Alumni Meeting last fall and hope to repeat it!

We currently have a lot of missing brothers in our e-mail list. One of our 2008 goals is to increase e-mail communications to reduce expensive print mailings.

This will allow us to refocus funds on priorities like events and house renovations.

We’ve sent two e-mail newsletters thus far and will soon send a third. If you’re not getting these e-mails, please update your records so we have the right e-mail address!

Help us find lost brothers: please tell all brothers you keep in touch with about the newsletter, and ask them to visit this website to update their records using the link at the top.

And don’t forget, any time your contact information changes, please let us know using the Update Records link.

We will be holding an Open House and very brief Alumni Association meeting a couple hours before the Miami football game on November 17. We’d like to invite you to come see all the great work we’ve put into the house. Board members will be on hand along with our contractor and architect to show off the latest renovation efforts, make a few announcements and take questions. If you’re in town we hope you’ll join us for a bite and a drink or two to reconnect with the fraternity.

Open House: 12 noon – whenever
Meeting: 1:00 – 1:30 pm

Charlie Lloyd, our Campaign Chairman, just announced that so far we’ve received over $80,000 in pledges and donations to the 2007-08 Capital Campaign. These have come from about 60 alumni. This is a great start and we are very grateful to all who have recommitted themselves to their fraternity. Click here to see a list of donors.

We still have a long way to go – as you’ll see in the news items below, progress continues but we’re going to have to take a breather until fundraising catches up. Our goal is $200,000, with which we will be able to finish this aggressive and ambitious restoration project.

If you haven’t yet contributed, please visit our Fundraising section to learn more about making a tax-deductible donation. We hope to involve all brothers in this project so all can take credit for the turnaround.