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| 7th Annual Alumni/Undergrad Work Weekend A Success! |
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The 2010 alumni/undergraduate work weekend took place over the weekend of August 13-15th at the Chapter House in Pullman, WA in order to prepare the chapter for the coming school year and help further improve portions of the house. Alumni from the 80’s and 90’s combined forces with the undergrads to complete a significant number of projects, including the following:
1. Wall paneling in upper/lower Jive Halls
2. Carpet removal throughout the house
3. Study Room refurbishment
4. Front of house landscaping
5. Exterior painting
New carpet and toilets are scheduled for installation in late August and early September to round-out the Fall Semester improvements.Special thanks to Bill Hamilton ('95), Kraig Knutzen ('82), Stu Thomas ('83) and Dan Studer ('91) for organizing the weekend, Dave Rowland ('91) for cooking/serving meals throughout the weekend, and Mike Mathy ('80) for his participation and hard work. Additionally, thanks to all the Alumni who contributed financially to the work weekend.
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| Homecoming 2010 |
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Mark you calendars, 2010 Homecoming is scheduled for the weekend of October 9-10, 2010 in Pullman, WA. The Cougars will take on the Ducks from Oregon, and once again the Alumni Association and Undergrads will be sponsoring a pre-game rally at the Chapter House.
In 2009, Gamma Xi Alumni, family and friends joined the undergrads and represenatives from the Gamma Xi Alumni Advisory Board and WSU Greek Alumni Association at the Chapter House in Pullman on the morning of Saturday, October 10th (Homecoming) for pre-game fellowship, refreshments,and an update on the progress being made with our outstanding Gamma Xi Chapter at Washington State University. Thanks to all that attended the event!
 (Patrick Horton, Stu Thomas, Teddy Jachim, Dan Studer)
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| 23rd Annual Golf Tournament |
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The 23rd annual Gamma Xi Alumni Association golf tournament was held on June 26, 2009 at Willows Run Golf Course in Redmond, Washington. Forty-eight golfers competed in the event representing four decades of Gamma Xi Alumni. The foursome of Tony Shumpert ('89), Charlie Galante ('90), Angel Sulivan ('89) and Nelson Fraley ('89) won the best ball competition, and the foursome of Greg Swanson ('79), John Hutchinson ('81), Ed Murphy ('81) and Doug Detwiler (‘82) won the scramble competition.
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| Pike Alumni Dominate CityLeague Ski Racing! |
For the fourth straight year, Gamma Xi Alumni Matt Edwards (’82), Mike Linder (’92), Darren Pickering (’92), Dan Studer (’92) and Gamma Mu Alumni Barry Zamzow (’88) have participated on the championship team of the CityLeague Team Ski Racing on Friday Nights at Alpental, a ski area 50 miles east of Seattle. The Bamboo Bashers, as the team is known, has been in existence since 1985. CityLeague is the country's largest team racing program, comprised of over 115 teams and over 1,300 local skiers, snowboarders and telemarkers.
(Barry Zamzow - Gamma Mu, Matt Edwards '82, Dan Studer '92)
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| Happy Founders Day! |
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On March 1st, 2010, Pi Kappa Alpha celebrated 142 years as the finest fraternal experience in North America! Regardless of when and where you were initiated into Pi Kappa Alpha, March 1st is the day we all come together as brothers in the bonds of phi phi kappa alpha and celebrate the establishment of our great Fraternity. At this special time of year, the Gamma Xi Alumni Association encourages you to remember those who came before us and those who today embody what Pi Kappa Alpha means to you and me. We marvel that the values which mold our brotherhood were so accurately and eloquently captured by men in their late teens and early twenties - and more than a century ago. That they did so, and that this Fraternity not only endures but thrives is evidence of the virtue which was and is at the core of Pi Kappa Alpha. It has flourished on campuses large and small, public and private, in every corner of the continent. And it prospers today because the principles on which we are based remain vibrant in the hearts of brothers across the generations and across the miles. Happy Founders Day!
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| 1st Annual Paul Gilfry Memorial Tailgate Party |
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Over 75 Gamma Xi Alumni, family, friends and undergraduates attended the 1st annual Paul Gilfry (’81) Memorial Tailgater on September 12th at Qwest Field in Seattle prior to the Cougars taking on the Hawaii Warriors. Paul, who passed away earlier this year after a long battle with cancer, loved the game in Seattle and historically organized the association tailgater prior to the game.
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| Lighty Dedication - Homecoming Weekend |
On the morning of September 27th (WSU Homecoming), Undergraduates, Alumni, Memorial Headquarters Staff and WSU faculty gathered at the Chapter House in Pullman, WA, for the dedication of the Alumni Room in honor of Brother Phillip Malcolm Lighty ('38) who passed away in January 2008. Roberta Lighty (daughter-in-law) and Jennifer Lighty (granddaughter) represented the Lighty family at the event. The dedication included comments from Alumni Board and WSU Foundation Member, Doug “Stu” Thomas (’83), Chapter Advisor, Bill Hamilton (’95), Chapter President, Matt Kozial (’06), International Fraternity Foundation Executive Director, Patrick F. Haynes (Delta Theta '81), Gamma Xi Alumni Association President, Dan Studer (’92), WSU President Emeritus, Dr. Samuel H. Smith (’94) and WSU President, Dr. Elson S. Floyd. The dedication was culminated with the unveiling of a bronze plaque which honors brother Lighty and which is now proudly displayed in the Phil Lighty Alumni Room. The Gamma Xi Alumni Association thanks Stu Thomas and family for their financial generosity and commitment of time, which was vital to the success of the Lighty Dedication.
 
Brother Lighty died Sunday, January 20th, just two days shy of his 90th birthday. He is survived by his wife, June, of 64 years. A few of Phil and June's many accomplishments include being named as Laureates by the WSU Foundation (a designation for those who reach the $1 million mark), having the WSU Student Services Building named in their honor, establishing The Lighty Student Leadership Program Fund which provides scholarships for out-of-state students (including several Gamma Xi Alumni), establishing an endowment with the International Fraternity which pays for Gamma Xi Undergraduate Officers to travel to the annual Leadership Forum and being inducted into the 1868 Society, President's Council and Order of West Range by the International Fraternity. Phil founded the California Chapter of WSU's Alumni Association and was the first "President's Associate" and served as a Trustee Ambassador.
Former Executive Director of the WSU AlAssociationction, Keith Lincoln, said of Phil, "If everyone was like Phil, there would be no problems in this world." The Daily Evergreen ran a nice article on Phil on January 24th, which can be accessed via the following link: www.dailyevergreen.com/story/24512.
Thank you Phil for truly living the motto, Once a Pike, Always a Pike!
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