On September 28- 30, 2012, The Delta Chi Fraternity celebrated it's 40th Anniversary in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary of Phi Delta Psi at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. Phi Delta Psi was second local fraternity founded at UPJ which became the basis of the founding of Delta Chi. The Phi Delta Psi Fraternity was founded in the Winter of 1962 by founding fathers Dawn McKee, Geoffrey Miles and William Miles. It was chartered at UPJ on January 22 1963. On May 15, 1971, Twenty Four (24) brothers of Phi Delta Psi where fully initiated into the Bond of Delta Chi Brotherhood at Penn State University. Each Brother was then assigned a 'Gamma" Number in alphabetical order of initiation until all 24 letter of the Greek Alphabet where used making everyone that has a Gamma Number ending in the number one (1) a Founding Fathers. On December 6, 1971, the brothers of Phi Delta Psi formed an official Delta Chi Colony upon unanimous approval of the InterFraternity Council to become the first National Fraternity on the campus. On October 13, 1972 Delta Chi was chartered at the North Fork Country Club. Delta Chi's 40th Homecoming event was held from Friday September 28th 2012 through Sunday September 30th 2012. Friday night included a reunion dinner and open bar at the Ambrosia Nectar Lounge, beginning at 7:00pm. The dinner started with a cocktail period, a long time Friday tradition at Delta Chi in which members of the UPJ administration, including President Spectar mingled with the Alumni. A group of speakers from the various decades, including Senators John Rafferty and John Wozniak highlighted the significant events of their era. On Saturday Alumnus and their wives attended the annual Delta Chi pig roast starting at 1:00pm plus activities throughout. That evening the undergraduate house hosted a live band that played will into the night. On Sunday there was a brunch hosted at the Ambrosia Nectar Lounge that started at 11:00am.
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The parade is to begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Richland Cinemas entrance and ends at the gazebo.
Following the parade, there are to be inflatable rides and an animal exhibition, the “Pitt-Johnstown Zoo,” is to take place around 2 p.m. at the campus mall. A special concert was added to the events’ list this year. Elenowen, a band that performed on the TV show “The Voice,” is to perform in front of Owen Library 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Students can attend the show for free. An essential part of every Homecoming is, of course, crowning of a queen at the parade’s conclusion. Senior women have been nominated for queen by student organization members. One Homecoming queen nominee is Ashlyn Ahearn, an education major and Alpha Sigma Alpha member. “It is an honor to run for Homecoming queen because my sisters in Alpha Sigma Alpha and the brothers of Delta Chi have been so supportive,” Ahearn said. “I couldn’t ask for a better start to senior year.” Ahearn said she is excited about the upcoming experience. “The best part will be spending time with my sisters, alumni and fellow seniors,” she said. “I am excited to show my UPJ spirit.” Pitt-Johnstown Dance Ensemble nominated biology major Jessica Tardio as their their queen nominee. Tardio said she was humbled and honored. “I was hoping to get a nomination, but not expecting one,” she said. “My friends have been extremely supportive throughout this whole process.” Tardio said she is excited about participating in the parade, her favorite part of the Homecoming festivities. “I’ve been in the parade every year for dance and have been on the float, so to be able to still participate this year, but in a different way, will be pretty cool,” she said. Tardio said she considers it a huge honor to represent the Dance Ensemble. “The group of girls running for queen this year are absolutely great,” she said. “I hope I do Dance Ensemble proud.” A total of 12 nominees are running for queen. They are Ahearn, Lauren Hoover and Leslie Galando; Jessica Repovz, Dedra Totin and Emily Cernic; Megan Girimonti, Morgan Maloney and Tardio; Melody Barkhimer, Katie Sullivan and Sierra Lasko. - See more at: http://www.upj-advocate.com/features/2012/09/26/homecoming-music-lights-and-beauty/#sthash.9jyjhMqd.dpuf Brandon Zeris, Copy Editor
September 28, 2011 Filed under Features Pitt-Johnstown’s Homecoming Weekend gave students multiple ways to celebrate. The weekend kicked off with a carnival Friday and Saturday in the Biddle Hall parking lot. Rides included a Ferris wheel, a giant slide and a carousel. At least one student, Cory Strittmatter, welcomed the carnival. “The carnival is a good thing, it doesn’t get much more legit than that,” he said. “You could go have a kegger in the woods, but this is a (relatively) dry campus, so you take what you can get.” Sherri Rae, Director of Student Life, said that the carnival was better than a concert. “A lot of people who are here for Homecoming are looking to visit with friends and socialize more than dedicate several hours to a concert in the Sports Center,” she said. People who would rather have a concert may get their wish in the future. “We may revisit the concert idea, especially if we could do a smaller, more casual setting, like a lawn show or tent, but we wanted to give the carnival rides one more try as well since we have a larger variety of rides coming this year that may have more appeal.” Friday’s events concluded with a fireworks show choreographed to music provided by Zambelli Fireworks, which has been featured on the Discovery Channel show Mythbusters. The Homecoming parade began at 11 a.m. Saturday where the theme, “Broadway,” was apparent. With a perceived lack of student involvement in choosing the theme, Rae said students, faculty and staff were able to make suggestions about the theme. “We took those suggestions this summer and did a survey via Facebook, for current students, and the LinkedIn alumni group to vote on the possible choices.” She added, “We had 115 people respond to the survey, and it was a close call: the second choice was ‘superheroes,’ so we’ll add that second choice as an option next year again.” Rae said a campus- wide vote, much like the one used to select Homecoming Queen, remains a possibility for the future. The parade traveled from Richland Cinemas to Blackington Hall, where floats were on display. The first place float award went to the American Society of Civil Engineers with their “South Pacific” theme. Shortly after, Pitt-Johnstown President Jem Spectar named Lauren Dziagwa, a senior civil engineering technology major, the 2011 Homecoming Queen. She was sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers. ASCE girls have made winning Homecoming Queen a regular occurrence and Dziagwa wanted to continue the streak. “It feels good. Our girls won the last two years, so I felt like it was my job to win,” she said. Natalie Aikens, a senior biology major, sponsored by Pitt-Johnstown Cheerleaders, was named first runner-up. Leah Sporio, a senior humanities major, sponsored by Delta Chi and the Black Action Society was named second runner-up. Later, Dave Willey, Delta Chi, held a show in which he used laws of physics and humor to wow the crowd for an hour with his stunts. Willey has showcased his talents on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno among other television shows. His final stunt yielded a loud applause from the crowd. Willey, who laid on a bed of nails, had a smaller platform of nails resting on his stomach with a cinder block on top. His assistant crushed the block with a sledgehammer, doing no harm to Willey. Afterwards, the Pitt-Johnstown Zoo was on display in the Cambria Room. A leopard, scorpion and a king toad were shown, among other animals. The weekend wrapped up with a birthday party for former Pitt-Johnstown Dean of Student Life, Lowell Shaffer. - See more at: http://www.upj-advocate.com/features/2011/09/28/homecoming-a-medley-of-happenings/#sthash.pJ02rKsp.dpuf FRAZIER - Pamela L. (Hutzell) "Pam," 39, Stafford, Va., formerly of South Fork, died Feb. 22, 1995, at home, after an extended illness with cancer. Born Nov. 19, 1955, in Johns town, daughter of Alvin and Velma (Stombaugh) Hutzell. Survived by parents, South Fork; husband, Wayne R. Frazier, Stafford, Va., formerly of Alexandria, Ind.; daughters, Janelle and Allison, at home; brother, Barry, Bellefonte; sisters, Sharon, wife of Tom Myers, and Brenda, wife of Paul Webb, both of South Fork; Kathy, wife of Terry. King, Victoria, Texas; and eleven nieces and nephews.
Pam began her em ployment with the U.S. Government in 1977, near Louisville, Ky moved to Washington, D.C., area in 1978, where she continued to work for the govern ment in several positions, culminat ing with Defense Logistics Agency in 1988. From 1993 until her illness, she was employed by the Red Apple Pre school in Stafford, Va. Friends re ceived from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Charles 0. Dimond Funeral Home Inc., South Fork, and from 10 a.m. until the time of-service at 11 a.m. Monday at Mount Hope United Methodist Church, South Fork, the Rev. Larry Rowe. Interment, Mount Hope Cemetery. Memorial contribu tions may be sent to Regester Chapel United Methodist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 697, Stafford,. Va. 22555. Read More at: http://www.pennhighlands.edu/library/Gensoc/Obits/1995%20Obits/Franceschini(France)-Fyock.pdf Pitt-Johnstown's 8th- Annual Homecoming will begin at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27 with a return of "Anything Goes" sports competition. in addition to Pitt-Johnstown and IUP teams, Pitt-Johnstown alumni will also participate in this event, which will be held at the Sports Center. According-to Dean of Student Life Lowell Shaffer, no word has been received from St. Francis and the Altoonacampus of Penn State, who were also invited. The competition will continue for one hour Saturday beginning at 9:30 a.m. . The Homecoming parade, which will begin at the Richland mall at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, will feature 10 high school bands and 11 floats, which will be constructed around this year's theme, "No Man Is An Island.” Area bands‘ scheduled to participate are Bishop McCort, Conemaugh Township Area Junior—Senior High, Conemaugh Valley Senior,‘ Ferndale Area, Forest Hills Senior, Greater Johnstown Central Senior, Greater Johnstown. Area Vo—Tech, Northern Cambria Senior, North Star Senior-Forbes Campus, Portage Area Senior, and the Richland Senior High School bands. The Blue-Gold basketball game will begin at 1:30 pm. in the Sports Center. Returning Pitt-Johnstown Mountain Cats ' Vwill be challenged by freshman squad members. Half-time will feature the announcement of float winners and the crowning of the new homecoming queen by the reigning queen, Cindy Malysko. A luncheon for queen can- didates and theirescorts has been set for 12 noon in the faculty dining room.
An Alumni vs.Varsity basketball game is scheduled for 2 p.m.’at the Vo—Tech field.
A buffet dinner-dance will be held at the Sheraton Inn at 61-30 pm‘. for faculty and alumni. Music will be provided by "Clap Hands Here Comes Charley." Pitt-Johnstown's student .theatre group will present "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" at 8 p.m. Oct. 26, 27, 28 and Nov. 2, 3, and 4 in the Engineering and Science Building. Other possibilities are a concert by Pitt-Johnstown's Jazz Band and a disco-masquerade party. All-in—all, this year's home- coming events promise an interesting and fun-filled time for all. A shower of cancelled activities and a constant rainfall dampened Pitt-]ohnstown’s Homecoming, I September 30 - October 2.
Although the Anything Goes contest successfully kicked off the ' festivities on September 30, the scheduled Las Vegas Night was cancelled. “The Veterans’ Club couldn’t get enough man power to carry off the event,” explained Dean of Student Life Lowell Shaffer. “It got too late to carry it off with help from other organizations.” Amidst a steady downpour, floats representing twelve ' cam- pus organizations paraded from the Richland Mall to the campus on the morning of October 1. A $100 first prize was awarded to the Delta Sigma Chi fraternity ' for their float depicting the advance of air travel. A boat’-float displaying the storms the university has weathered in its fifty years of existence won the Math Club a second place prize of $75. Delta Chi fraternity won a $50 third place prize for a float exhibiting a huge animated mountain cat. “Despite the torrential rainfall,” commented Shaffer, “I think the floats this year were the best I’ve ever seen.” The coronation of Homecoming Queen Cindy Malysko — and the announcement of the Queen’s court —— followed the parade. Malysko was the candidate for Delta Chi fraternity. She is a junior elementary education major from Johnstown. Leah Alfieri, candidate for Delta Sigma Chi, was first runner- up in the contest. Second runner- up was Vicky Triponey, Acacia’s candidate. Ambassador candidate Nancy Salem was the third runner-up. The rain that ‘fell on the parade caused the cancellation of a scheduled baseball game between 'Pitt-Johnstown and St. Francis College, and ended the finals for the Anything Goes ‘contest. Student organization outdoor booths and crafts booths were moved in- doors to the Student Union due to the weather. “The cancellation of the "Pure Prairie League concert was a real dampener,” said Dean Shaffer. Advance ticket sales for the can- celled concert had reached record highs. ‘‘ “The Aces,” a professional Frisbee team, presented a show on October 2 in the Student Union gymnasium to a packed house. “The group was excellent,’ remarked Shaffer. “But I am sure I that they would have drawn even larger crowds if the exhibition could have been held on the soccer field, as was planned.” “Things went off better than I expected,” Shaffer concluded, “taking the weather into account.” On October 2 1976:Anne Uschak, Delta Chi's candidate, is crowned Homecoming Queen. Anne Uschak was later Crowned Miss Central Pennsylvania in 1980 |
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