October Newsletter 2015

OCTOBER 2015
VOLUME IX
Whitney Family Endowed Scholarship
Awarded at 2015 Homecoming Festivities
Super Bowl 50 is set for Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, home of the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, February 7, 2016, and we have your raffle tickets for the big game! The Alpha Psi Education, Scholarship, and Leadership Foundation, in collaboration with the Community Foundation of San Joaquin, are selling raffle tickets for Super Bowl 50. Prizes to include 6 By Tina Le pairs o
f tickets, cash prizes, and much more! Alpha Psi hosted the 59th Anniversary Homecoming Dinner at Contact Michael Connor Rowland Hall on October 17th. The APES&L Foundation was present to (Email: mikeshawnconnor@gmail.com) or any announce this year's Whitney Family Endowed California Scholarship board member for more information. winner. A plaque and $2,500 scholarship is awarded to a pharmacy student committed to independent pharmacy practice after graduation. Like us on Facebook
This year's recipient was Brother Katelyn Fischer (2017), who is currently the Chapter's Worthy Alumni Liaison and has previously served as Worthy Social Chair and Worthy Assistant Correspondent. Photo: Katelyn is pictured above with Directors Ed Larimer and Gary DeGuire Photo Credit: Ed Larimer Visit our website: www.alphapsifoundation.net Super Bowl Raffle Kick-Off Party with the Actives
Photo: actives from both chapters pictured above Photo courtesy of Ralph Saroyan By Cynthia Liu Alpha Psi and Gamma Iota brothers hosted the Super Bowl Raffle Kick-­‐off Party at Al The Wop’s on Friday, October 9th. Al The Wop’s is a very old school bar that proudly boasts a photo of Ralph on its wall and is famous for its steaks served with peanut butter. The event began with brothers catching up over drinks and meeting new brothers from the other chapter. Many active brothers were in attendance, as well as recent alumni, Erika Cho (2014) and Dr. Alex Van Zuiden (2015). Ed Larimer (1969) announced the first-­‐ever friendly competition between Alpha Psi and Gamma Iota to see who can sell the most Super Bowl raffle tickets. The winning chapter will win a party hosted by Ralph Saroyan (1964) and Michael Conner (2012). Following the announcement was an arm wrestling competition to establish the “stronger” chapter. Brother Claire said that she got to “meet a lot of new GI brothers and thought [Al The Wop's] was a great place to meet between the two schools.” The Kick-­‐off Party was a success and we’re all excited to see who will sell the most tickets this year! Helen Rowland Memorial Scholarship Awarded to Khoa Luong In Memoriam Wayne Gohl (Aug. 13, 1941-­‐Aug. 25, 2015) This foundation would like to remember and thank Wayne Gohl for his contribution to this organization. Wayne’s knowledge and dedication to help make this organization what it is today will always be appreciated. Congratulations to Khoa Luong on being awarded the 2015 Helen Rowland Memorial Scholarship. This award was established in 1994 in memory of Helen Rowland, wife of our chapter’s founder Ivan W. Rowland. This scholarship is presented to a graduating senior who has demonstrated above and beyond service and leadership within the school of pharmacy. This is open to any graduating Pacific senior, but we are delighted to announce that this year’s award was presented to one of our brothers. Khoa is from the Fresno area and was active within the school of pharmacy and served in the student leadership association. He’s also one of the newest contributors to the foundation. (Photo: Khoa is pictured above with Director Gary DeGuire) New Contributors to our Foundation Gold ($5,000 or More) Laparan, Niko (2015) Shah, Chintan (2013) Silver ($1,000 or More) Andrada, Irene (2015) Balallo, Maria (2015) Brassfield, Bryan (2015) Chavez, Sonia ( 2015) Chung,Gilbert (2015) Clauser, Michael (1976) Hoang, Anthony (2015) Lim, William (2015) Luong, Khoa (2015) Manzana, Keoni (2015) Saqueton, Matt (2015) Shimada, Megan (2015) Shin, Andrew (2015) Stearns, Nicholas (2015) Tai, Krystal (2015) Van Zuiden, Alex (2015) Did you make a pledge to the APES&L Foundation? Don’t forget to send in your donations. If you have shopping to do this holiday season, you have a way of giving back to the Foundation when shopping at Amazon Smile. AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop at AmazonSmile (http://smile.amazon.com) , the AmazonSmile Foundation donates 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charitable organization ( Alpha Psi Education, Scholarship & Leadership Foundation in Stockton) selected by you. Happy Shopping! Memorial Wall The APES&L Foundation has started the Alpha Psi Foundation Memorial program to allow individuals to contribute to the Foundation in memory of a lost loved one. Donations can be made by visiting the Memorials tab on our website. The following gifts have been made as part of this Memorial program: Ed Larimer in memory of Andy Stout (Alpha Nu) Duane Isetti & Linda Philipp in memory of Charlotte Saroyan (mother of Ralph Saroyan) Ed Larimer, Jack Schlegel, Sandy Greenwood, & Ralph Saroyan in memory of Wayne Gohl (1964)
Do you have an idea for the Foundation or our quarterly newsletter? Send us your ideas! Angie Vu (angelavvu@yahoo.com) & to our incoming editor, Tina Le (vyvytina@gmail.com) Save the Date!
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Annual Foundation
Board of Directors Meeting &
Alpha Psi Chapter Rush Dinner October 14-­‐15, 2016 60th Diamond Jubilee Celebration