BETA SIGMA PSI National Lutheran Fraternity
	Marty’s Boys
March 29, 2006	Volume 6, Number 8
In This Issue Marty’s Boys Reaches 2000 Subscriber Mark Delta Chapter Chartering Weekend Announced Beta Sigma Psi Summer Internship Program New Discussion Group to be Started Beta Sigma Psi Enters Electronic Form Age 2006 National Convention Educational Foundation Scholarships Ralph Folkert’s Update NIF Supports Hazing Research Initiative Websites of Interest Important Dates · March 31 – Associate Member Program Reviews Due to National · April 1 – West Lafayette Alumni Chapter Meeting · April 2 – Daylight Savings Time Starts · April 9 – Palm Sunday · April 16 – Easter Sunday · April 17 – Beta Sigma Psi Founders Day · April 18 – National Board of Directors Conference Call · April 23-25 – NIC Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C.) If you have an event that you would like to have posted in Marty’s Boys please contact Chad Pfister.	Marty’s Boys Reaches 2000 Subscriber Mark With the recent addition of e-mail addresses received from the National Fraternity’s Alumni Directory, the subscriber mark for this issue of Marty’s Boys will be well over 2000. This means that almost 1/3 of all Beta Sig’s receive a copy of Marty’s Boys in the Inbox once a month. This is a great accomplishment in such a short period of time. If by chance you receive multiple copies of this issue it is likely that you provided a different e-mail address for the Alumni Directory than what was currently subscribed. You should go to the Marty’s Boys Management page at http://lists.betasigmapsi.org/listinfo.cgi/martysboys-betasigmapsi.org to unsubscribe the appropriate e-mail address. The National Fraternity apologizes for this inconvenience but due to the large number of e-mail addresses which we received, as well as with those already subscribed, it was difficult to determine what was and was not a duplicate. Delta Chapter Chartering Weekend Announced The National Fraternity in conjunction with Delta Colony and the Lincoln Alumni Chapter is pleased to announce that Labor Day Weekend 2006 has been chosen as the Celebration Weekend for the Re-Chartering of Delta Chapter at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. While a formal vote on chartering is not scheduled to occur until the National Convention in August 2006, the National Board of Directors has agreed that it is to the benefit of all parties to set a date to ensure that as many people as possible are able to travel to Lincoln for this great event. No formal schedule has been established yet for the weekend, but the weekend’s events will start on the evening of Friday, September 1 and conclude on Sunday, September 3. As more details become available about the event, it will be released to everyone through Marty’s Boys and the Gold Rose. Beta Sigma Psi Summer Internship Program If you are an undergraduate member of the Fraternity and you are looking for something to do this summer and would be interested in working with the National Fraternity, than the Beta Sigma Psi Internship Program is for you. This summer the National Fraternity will once again sponsor non-paid internship opportunities for its members. This opportunities are excellent way for members to gain real world experience which they can add to their resume. Currently, the National Fraternity is planning to offer two separate intern opportunities. The first opportunity is for those members who are interested in marketing, public relations, and advertising. The second opportunity is for those members interested in computer programming, database management, and website design. More detailed information about each opportunity is included in the application packet. If you have any questions about this program please contact Chad Pfister. The deadline for submission of applications is April 15, 2006. Click here for the Application packet. New Discussion Group to be Started Sometime in the next 7 to 10 days all members of the Marty’s Boys mailing list will be invited to join the Beta Sigma Psi Discussion Group. This Group is designed to be a true discussion group, in that any member will be allowed to post messages to the group. This group will be replacing the group that was created several years ago on Yahoo!. This will be an excellent resource for members and groups to pass along information in a quicker fashion than is currently available. Membership in this Discussion Group is 100% voluntary. Any important announcements that are made in this group will be compiled and included in the next issue of Marty’s Boys. The National Board of Directors will monitor the traffic and content on this group and reserves the right to change the user policy of this Discussion Group. Beta Sigma Psi Enters Electronic Form Age The National Board of Directors is pleased to announce that starting on April 1, 2006 that Beta Sigma Psi will start accepting the large majority of its forms from member groups via the internet. Once the initial bugs are worked out of the system, the National Board plans to eliminate the acceptance of printed forms starting with the 2006 – 2007 school year. This change will allow the National Fraternity to better track the submission of forms, as well as improve the management of the information which is received from these forms. This process was something that many Active and Alumni Chapter Presidents had asked for over the past few months. Everyone involved with forms from the National Leadership Director to the Active Chapters is excited about this new change. Forms will continue to be available via the Members Information page on the National Fraternity’s website at http://www.betasigmapsi.org. 2006 National Convention Registration for the 2006 National Convention to be held from August 3 – 6 at the Seelbach Hilton in Louisville, Kentucky is ongoing. The cost for the 2006 National Convention will be $150 for Collegiate and Alumni Members and $125 for Guests. The Registration form can be found by clicking here. The Registration cost for members will allow entry to the Awards Breakfast on Saturday morning, the Annual Awards Banquet on Saturday night, entrance to all official Beta Sig Receptions, a continental breakfast on Sunday morning, entry to a popular Louisville landmark, and a memento to remember your attendance at the Convention. For collegiate members, there their registration fee will also cover 3 nights’ hotel room at the Seelbach Hilton. The Registration costs for guests will include all of the above except entry to the Awards Breakfast on Saturday morning. Instead, they will have entry to the official Beta Sig Spouse’s Tea that will be held on Saturday morning. In addition to the Spouse’s Tea, spouses will be spending the day together sightseeing around downtown Louisville, taking a guided tour of the historic Seelbach, and other socializing events throughout the day. Hotel Reservations can be made by contacting the Seelbach Hilton at 502-585-3200. The group rate is $109/night plus tax. It is necessary to mention that you are with Beta Sigma Psi when making your reservation to get the group rate, which expires on July 3, 2006. The National Convention is always a great time to interact with old friends and to make new friends. So start making your plans now to attend the 2006 National Convention. More information about the National Convention will be released in upcoming issues of the Gold Rose and Marty’s Boys. In addition, a new website specifically designed for the National Convention will be launched in the next two weeks at http://convention.betasigmapsi.org. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Chad Pfister at president@betasigmapsi.org. Education Foundation Scholarships The Beta Sigma Psi Educational Foundation annually awards scholarships to Beta Sigma Psi Active and Associate Members. Scholarships are awarded in three categories: Scholastic Achievement, Financial Need, and Community Involvement. You may apply in all categories, though no applicant will receive more than one scholarship. The recipients and dollar amounts of the scholarships are determined by the Foundation’s Board of Directors. All applications and letters must be postmarked by April 15, 2006. All applications require the signature of the Active Chapter Treasurer, and either a campus or hometown church pastor. Scholastic Achievement and Community Involvement applications require a letter of reference. Financial Need applications require a pastor or church worker to complete part of the application. Letters of reference must also be postmarked by April 15, 2006 and sent directly by the person submitting the reference. If we do not receive a letter of reference for your application or all signatures are not complete, your application will not be considered. It is your responsibility to ensure that letters of reference are completed and returned. Scholarship recipients will be chosen by May 15th. Recipients will be notified via e-mail. Please include your e-mail address on your application. All scholarship proceeds will be paid directly to your university and applied toward future tuition. You must be current in any payments owed the Fraternity before funds will be awarded. If you have any questions, please contact Jake Allen, Scholarship Chairman, at 317-783-4148. Scholarship forms can be found under the Member’s Information page on the National website or by clicking here. Ralph Folkerts Update Below is the most recent update from their daughter on the condition of Ralph and Shirley Folkerts. This update was received on March 14, 2006. Dad moved to Joan Glancy Rehabilitation Center this morning. It seems like a very nice facility, and it is much closer to our home and my work. I’m glad to have made my last trip to the city of Atlanta for awhile. Dad’s new address is Glancy Rehab. Center, 3215 McClure Bridge Rd, Duluth, GA 30096. [Please e-mail Chad Pfister if you would like Ralph’s room number and/or phone number.] He seems very upbeat and is starting to get more oriented to the real world. He can’t wait to start his real “work” of getting strong enough to go home to finish waiting for his bones to heal. For those of you local, Joan Glancy is very near downtown Duluth. I know Dad would enjoy a visit, but the facility asks that anyone other than immediate family please visit during the hours of 4:00 and 8:00 in the evening. Mom still plans to come home on Thursday of this week. I know she is looking forward to this big step. She’ll sleep better there and will enjoy being in her own surroundings. A couple of the neighbors were nice enough to clean the house for her homecoming. It smells lemony fresh. Thanks ladies!! I continue to seek assistance with her care from anyone who has the time and feels the calling. I really don’t think it will be a difficult job, but she really needs someone’s presence 24 hours (or very close to it) in case she needs the bed pan or needs to get out of the house in an emergency. No heavy lifting (other than plates and bed pans) will be required. As more information about their condition is received it will be updated on the National Board of Director’s blog at http://www.betasigmapsi.org/blog. Please keep Ralph and Shirley in your prayers. NIF Supports Hazing Research Initiative NIF Pledges $50k to University of Maine March 2006 CARMEL, IN (March 2006) — The North American Interfraternal Foundation (NIF) recently presented the University of Maine with a $50,000 check at the recent NASPA Conference Fraternity/Sorority Knowledge Community Interfraternal Luncheon to kick off an ambitious fundraising campaign to raise contributions to support the ground breaking hazing research study already underway by Dr. Elizabeth Allan.  Dr. Allan is one of the foremost national authorities on the subject of hazing and serves as Assistant Professor of Higher Educational Leadership at the University of Maine.  The Pilot Phase of the study, Examining and Transforming Campus Hazing Cultures, has been completed and involved more than 1800 students, faculty and staff at four institutions.  Dr. Allan and Project Director Dr. Mary Madden are now preparing to move to Phase II which will expand data collection to a larger sampling of undergraduate students.  The study will investigate the nature and prevalence of hazing practices across a range of student groups at colleges and universities in the U.S. Results of the study will be used to make recommendations for intervention and prevention for educators, policy-makers and the general public. The NIF pledged $50,000 to leverage support from organizations, institutions and corporations to raise the additional nearly $300,000 needed to complete the study.  “The NIF board of directors feels that this study will provide critical information regarding hazing on college campuses to help us understand the underlying cultural issues and to be proactive in dealing with the issue.  We feel that the project is an excellent investment of our time and resources and look forward to creating additional partnerships to fully support Dr. Allan’s efforts,” noted David M. Coyne, CFRE, president of the NIF. The NIF promotes and supports leadership, educational and research initiatives that advance the North American college fraternal experience.  In addition to Dr. Allan’s study, the NIF also sponsors scholarships for outstanding fraternity and sorority graduate students, and provides grants for educational initiatives positively impacting the fraternal experience.  The NIF maintains an endowment of nearly $1 million with an annual operating budget of $100,000 primarily funded through philanthropic support from national Greek organizations and leaders.  The $50,000 will be used to begin Phase 2 of the project.  “We are extremely appreciative of the NIF’s leadership and support for this research initiative.  Their encouragement has helped to form the coalition of organizations that are working to move this project forward.  The impact of their contributions will reverberate across college and university campuses on a national level, providing critical information that will benefit the health and safety of students,” commented Dr. Elizabeth Allan.  Many organizations have already stepped forward initially as Advisory Board research partners including NASPA, AFA, NCAA, PFA, NIC, NPC and others.  Representatives from these groups form an Advisory Council that meets regularly with Dr. Allan by conference call to provide feedback, guidance and support for her efforts.  For additional information about the issue of hazing, visit www.stophazing.com.  Information about the NIF can be provided by contacting Nancy Frick at 317-848-7829 or visiting www.nif-inc.net. About North American Interfraternal Foundation The North American Interfraternal Foundation (NIF) is a 501 (c) 3 organization dedicated to promote and support leadership, educational, and research initiatives that advance the North American college fraternal experience. Website: http://www.nif-inc.net/ Websites of Interest · The National Board of Director’s blog can be found at http://www.betasigmapsi.org/blog. IT IS BACK UP AND RUNNING · The Marty’s Boys Mailing List Information Page can be found at http://lists.betasigmapsi.org/listinfo.cgi/martysboys-betasigmapsi.org · The Marty’s Boys Home Page can be found at http://publications.betasigmapsi.org · The Lutheran Student Movement Website can be found at http://www.lsm-usa.org. · The Lutheran Student Fellowship Website can be found at http://lutheranstudentfellowship.org. Comments on this publication should be directed to Chad Pfister. If you would like to unsubscribe from this list please click here.
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