 Calendar of Events
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APRIL
04/22: Good Friday
04/22: Earth Day
04/24: Easter
04/27: Alpha Beta Mu 25th Anniversary
MAY
05/01: Pledge Class Namesake Honoree Nominations Due
05/02: John Mack Scholarship Applications Due
05/02: Spring Youth Service Day Reports Due
05/08: Mother's Day
05/20-22: Membership Academy, Indianapolis, Indiana
05/30: Memorial Day
JUNE
06/01: Graduating Seniors List Due
06/03-05: Membership Academy, Kittery, Maine
06/17-19: Membership Academy, Dulles, Virginia
06/19: Father's Day
06/21: First Day of Summer
06/24-26: APO LEADS Serve, Indianapolis, Indiana
06/25: Board Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico
JULY
07/04: Independence Day
07/15: Membership Academy, Houston, Texas
07/22: Membership Academy, Woodland Hills, California
07/22: APO LEADS Serve, Austin, Texas
07/31: COE & PPOE Application Deadline
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Register for Summer Membership Academies
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Registration is now open for this summer’s Membership
Academy workshops. Membership Academy is a weekend-long skills course that
covers membership topics including recruitment, pledging, and retention. Cost for Membership Academy is
$35, which includes a two-night hotel stay, course materials, all meals on
Saturday, as well as breakfast on Sunday. Dates and locations for the
Membership Academy workshops are:
May 20-22: Indianapolis, Indiana
June 3-5: Kittery, Maine
June 17-19: Dulles, Virginia
July 15-15: Houston, Texas
July 22-24: Woodland Hills, California
For more information follow this link.
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Hours of Operation:
Monday-Friday 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. CST
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Dear Subscriber
Spring Youth Service Day, which took place April 15-17, called countless chapters across the country outdoors to provide service for their communities. Thanks to Youth Service Grants, 26 additional chapters were able to fully participate in this national service event. Thank you to the alumni whose generous donations made this possible!
And although the Spring Youth Service Day is over, be sure to continue taking advantage of this spring weather by planning service events that can be done in the sunshine.
A fun, creative recruitment video from Omicron Iota Chapter is included in this e-newsletter. Be sure to check it out and be thinking of creative videos your chapter can make and potentially be the May Video of the Month winner!
Happy Spring!
Torch Topics Editorial Team
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April Video of the Month: Omicron Iota Chapter at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Omicron Iota Chapter at Worcester Polytechnic Institute put together a fun and entertaining recruitment video, with a guest appearance by the
Alpha Gamma Pi Chapter at the University of Maine at Farmington.Is your chapter working
hard to create fun, informational and educational videos for recruitment,
etc.? Share your efforts with brothers across the nation by nominating
your video for the May Video of the Month. Simply post your video to
YouTube, then send a link to the Torch Topics Editorial Staff at publications@apo.org.
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APO Brother Awarded Truman Scholarship
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Congratulations to Brother Miles Owen, Alpha Zeta Kappa '09 at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, for being one of only 60 students in the nation to receive the prestigious Truman Scholarship, an award given by the Truman Foundation to recognize college juniors with exceptional
leadership potential who are committed to careers in government,
nonprofit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the public
service.
Click here to read more about Brother Owen's accomplishment on Eastern Kentucky University's website...
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APO Chapter Membership Trend Graphs
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Over the past several weeks, your chapter should have received a graph similar to the one above, which indicates your chapter's membership trends for the past ten years. This information is intended to help educate your chapter and help you plan for the next school year.
Click here to learn more about these graphs and how to utilize the information provided to your chapter.
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Planning Ahead For A Strong Semester
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Although the end of the spring semester is almost here, it is important for chapters to make the most of these last few weeks in order to ensure a strong start to the fall semester.
Read on for more information on what your chapter should be doing to wrap up the spring semester...
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SYSD 2011 Project Reports Due By May 2 |
Spring Youth Service Day went off without a hitch last weekend for chapters across the nation. Now that your chapter has completed its project for the year, be sure to share the good news of your project with your campus and community news outlets.
Also, remember that reporting your SYSD project to the Fraternity on www.apo.org is REQUIRED by May 2, 2011. If your chapter did not complete a SYSD project, reporting "no project" is still required in order to remain in "good standing" with the Fraternity.
Click here to report for SYSD...
Click here to see the running totals for SYSD 2011... |
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