Section 68
News

2000 Feb 5
Lambda Alpha Chapter, East Tennessee State University, is one of ten chapters awarded the Youth Service Grant.
1998 Apr 25
1998 Section 68 Conference attended by two of the three chapters in the section, with guests Jack McKenzie, the National Vice President, and Laura Fowler, Region IV Advisor Liason. The total number of attendees is 60, making this the highest attended conference since we started having them again in 1994. Sectional awards were implemented for the first time at this conference (see the individual awards for a list of recipients). Laura Fowler presented a workshop on Advisors and Iota Alpha presented a workshop on recruiting scouts. Greg Whitfield was reelected as Section 68 Chair, Retha Patton, an Advisor of Lambda Alpha was elected as Section 68 Vice chair and Julie Whitfield was elected as Section 68 Secretary. Lambda Alpha was chosen as the host of the next conference. Overall, it was a fantastic conference!
1997 Dec 6
Iota Alpha Chapter at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville is rechartered with 23 members.
1997 Nov 23
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville application for charter is officially approved by the National Board of Directors.
1997 Oct 29
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville application for charter has been approved by the National Membership and Extension Committee. It has now been submitted to the Section 68 chapters and the National Board of Directors for approval. The ballot results will be known by 19 November.
1997 Oct 06
Greg Whitfield met with Joe Sanfilippo, President of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville Petitioning Group. The progress of the group was reviewed and it looked great. They are trying to submit their Chartering Kit before 20 Oct in order to have Iota Alpha Chapter rechartered on 06 Dec.
1997 Apr 28
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has its initial Petitioning Ceremony conducted by big brother chapter Lambda Alpha from East Tennessee State University. Twenty two members become petitioners. Forms are filled out along with the application for petitioning status.
1997 Apr 24
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville obtains Interest Group status.
1997 Mar 22
Both Chapters and the UTK Prospect Group, along with Region IV Director Mike Nathan attended this year's Section 68 Conference at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City. The theme of the conference was "What's Important: FUN" where the FUN stands for Friendship, Unity, and Nobleness. Three workshops supporting this topic were presented by ETSU faculty and staff members, including Lambda Alpha's Advisory Committee Chair, Retha Patton. The service project was a U.S. Highway 11E cleanup in Jonesborough (Tennessee's oldest town). Lunch was at Poor Richard's Deli near the ETSU campus. At the business meeting, Greg Whitfield was elected to be Section 68 Chair for the next year and the UTK Prospect Group was elected to host the next conference on the weekend of March 28, 1998 (with Xi Sigma acting as the backup location if UTK is unable to do this). Greg Whitfield was also directed by the chapters to recruit and appoint a Vice Chair and a Secretary/Treasurer.
1997 Mar 17
Five members of Lambda Alpha Chapter (East Tennessee State University) and Greg Whitfield visited the UTK Prospect Group in order to do the Pre-Petitioning Group Orientation. Many members of the UTK ProG attended.
1997 Feb 12
Greg and Julie Whitfield met with Johnny Fontan and nine other prospectives at Reese Hall on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Greg explained the steps required to charter a chapter and both answered questions about Alpha Phi Omega. The group still needs a sponsor in the Knoxville area, but it looks like they are eager to get started with the required tasks.
1997 Jan 29
The Section 68 Conference date has been finalized as March 22, 1997. Mike Nathan, Region IV Directory will be attending. This is the first time in recorded history (at least since 1989) that a Region IV Director has attended the Section 68 Conference.

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