Author: inzax01

Good Evening brothers!

Below is the most recent list of brothers we’re aware of that have joined the Catamount Club or made donations that count toward the Greek Challenge & specified Lambda Chi to get credit. If you joined but don’t see your name, PLEASE let me know so I can get you added.

If you haven’t joined, please consider doing so; using this link: https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/21052/donations/new

Thank you!

Aaron B. King

Alan Duckett

Andrew Passarrello

Anthony Pesta

Benjamin A. Comm

Brady Geddes

Brody J. Martin

Cale Johnson

Cameron Martin

Camp Garland

Carlon G. Hutchinson

Carson Priest

Carsn Reeves

Carson Seagraves

Carter Page

Coleman Frady

David L. Dills

David M. Stephens

Derron C. Cloud

Eddie Glasscock

Edwin B. Jagger

Ethan Hutchinson

Forrest T. Hoppes

Gary Dills

Gary A. Griffin

Harry D. Satterfield

James L Ford

James B. McDonald

James L. Medlin

James R. Cleaveland

James T. Miller

Jason E. Young

Jason R. Rawald

Jeffery J. Blanton

Jeffrey A. Gordon

Jeffrey S. Nevins

Jeffrey S. Rush

John C. Andrews

John C. McArthur

John M. Griffin

Joseph T. Cleary

Joseph Guy

Josh Duckett

Josh Williams

Justin Williams

Karl H. Giles

Keith M. Ramsey

Khaleal Henson

Kurt T. Krueger

Lawrence G. Arbaugh

Mark A. Benge

Mark Ethridge

Mark Lane

Max Buchanan

Matthew C. Harnad

Matt Norris

Michael D. Jones

Michael D. Neal

Michael E. McKinney

Michael K. Waddell

Mitchell R. Treadaway

Missy Cleary

Patrick C Anderson

Patrick Dillingham

Patrick R. Watson

Paul J. Zytnik

Ralph C. Shelley

Reid Johnson

Richard E. Freeman

Riley May

Robert H. Neill

Robert L. Sabin

Robert S. Williams

Rodney F. Jessup

Roland H. Johnson

Romulus L. Teague

Ronald B. Sink

Ryan S. Duckett

Ryan Thomas

Scott T. Dill

Simon Schrift

Spencer Gilbert

Steele Moore

Stephan W. Miesiaszek

Stevens G Jones

Ted H. Fowlkes

Thomas M. Patton

Timothy E. Gillespie

Todd W. Cates

Tom Lynch

Tony L. Ashley

Vance A. Cook

W. W. Hopkins

William T Grattan

William B. Greene

Wilson Boyd

Hello Brothers,

As of today our rank for the 2025 GREEK CHALLENGE should be as follows:

TOTAL DONORS = 99 (first place)

NEW DONORS = 50 (first place)

DOLLARS RAISED = $190,000-ish (second place)

OVERALL = FIRST PLACE

This is ASSUMING that neither the KA’s or Pikes have added any new donors since 6/18 which is NOT a safe assumption.

If you haven’t joined yet, PLEASE consider doing so by clicking here https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/21052/donations/new

WE’RE VERY CLOSE TO WINNING THIS!

Why do we want to win so bad this year? This year is a bigger deal than usual because of the improvements that are being made to Whitmire Stadium. It’s a BIG DEAL!

Who wants to do a yell on the field at half time at homecoming???

Brothers,

The 2025 Greek Challenge ends in 11 days. We’re still in 2nd place overall. Updated scoreboard is below. We can still win but WE NEED YOUR HELP. If we move into 1st place in Total Donors and New Donors, we will be the overall winners even if we’re in 2nd place for Total $$ Raised.

The alumni organization is working on getting us to at least 90 total donors and 48 new donors. To get us “over the top”, we need 6 more alumni brothers to join in the next 11 days.

If you haven’t joined the Catamount Club, please consider doing so. Here’s a link https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/21052/donations/new

ALSO – IF YOU’VE JOINED IN THE LAST YEAR BUT YOUR NAME IS NOT ON THE LIST BELOW, YOU MUST TO CALL GABBY FRANKLIN AT 980-522-4022 TO GET IT STRAIGHTENED OUT. I joined, but when my name wasn’t on the list. Credit for my membership was being given to my daughter who got her masters at Western. I know at least two brothers who are in a similar situation. They joined, but Lambda Chi isn’t getting credit. PLEASE CALL GABBY IF YOUR NAME ISN’T ON THE LIST.

5/5/2025 Aaron B. King

3/28/2025 Benjamin A. Comm

5/6/2025 Brody J. Martin

6/5/2025 Carlon G. Hutchinson

12/6/2024 David L. Dills

3/25/2025 David M. Stephens

1/23/2025 Derron C. Cloud

5/12/2025 Edwin B. Jagger

9/19/2024 Forrest T. Hoppes

4/25/2025 Gary A. Griffin

2/4/2025 Harry D. Satterfield

1/28/2025 James B. McDonald

4/3/2025 James L. Medlin

8/28/2024 James R. Cleaveland

6/4/2025 James T. Miller

3/28/2025 Jason E. Young

11/20/2024 Jason R. Rawald

7/10/2024 Jeffery J. Blanton

5/27/2025 Jeffrey A. Gordon

4/14/2025 Jeffrey S. Nevins

11/4/2024 Jeffrey S. Rush

3/17/2025 John C. Andrews

3/28/2025 John C. McArthur

3/31/2025 John M. Griffin

4/8/2025 Joseph T. Cleary

12/5/2024 Karl H. Giles

12/6/2024 Keith M. Ramsey

5/20/2025 Kurt T. Krueger

5/29/2025 Lawrence G. Arbaugh

3/22/2025 Mark A. Benge

4/30/2025 Mark Ethridge

12/5/2024 Matthew C. Harnad

3/28/2025 Michael D. Jones

5/21/2025 Michael D. Neal

6/3/2025 Michael E. McKinney

3/17/2025 Michael K. Waddell

3/27/2025 Mitchell R. Treadaway

1/22/2025 Patrick C. Anderson

2/26/2025 Patrick R. Watson

4/30/2025 Paul J. Zytnik

12/6/2024 Ralph C. Shelley

3/28/2025 Richard E. Freeman

5/29/2025 Robert H. Neill

5/14/2025 Robert L. Sabin

3/28/2025 Robert S. Williams

4/22/2025 Rodney F. Jessup

12/5/2024 Roland H. Johnson

2/27/2025 Romulus L. Teague

3/28/2025 Ronald B. Sink

12/5/2024 Ryan S. Duckett

11/1/2024 Scott T. Dill

3/26/2025 Stephan W. Miesiaszek

10/30/2024 Ted H. Fowlkes

9/4/2024 Thomas M. Patton

12/6/2024 Timothy E. Gillespie

5/15/2025 Todd W. Cates

8/16/2024 Tony L. Ashley

12/11/2024 Vance A. Cook

5/20/2025 W. W. Hopkins

4/16/2025 William B. Greene

Hello Brothers,

Every year in the Catamount Club Greek Challenge, we lead in total $$ given.

Because of the way the scoring is done we come in second place to the Pikes or KA’s because they sign up more new Catamount Club members from their alumni than we do.

We want to put a stop to that.

Our goal is to have 15 alumni join the Catamount Club by the end of June. We believe that will give us an unbeatable lead. If you haven’t joined in over a year, please consider doing so. You can do it for as little as $100.

We’re looking into ways to incentivize brothers to join. Maybe a free t-shirt to everyone who joins this month or put everyone who joins in a raffle to pay for one persons homecoming golf tournament fees. I’ll do another post with details about that soon.

To prevent the KA or Pikes from doing “last minute” memberships to win, you may want to consider waiting until the end of the month to join. We’re talking to the Catamount Club about to find out more about that & will have more details in the next post.

Here’s where you go to join: https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/21052/donations/new

Most recent “scoreboard” is below.

Call me with questions. Pat Watson 909-992-9806

Good Evening Brothers!

I hope you are all safe and well.

Joseph D Hooker (Jody), BZ 398, owner of Southern Custom Shutters in High Point is organizing an effort to deliver essential supplies to our neighbors in Western NC who have been impacted by Hurricane Helene.

Jody will be using several of his business vehicles to carry water, food and other essential supplies from the Triad area to the relief agencies with the boots on the ground to deliver it to those who need it most.

If you would like to contribute, the easiest way is to visit BZ-Alumni.com & use any of the payment methods listed under “How do I pay my dues”. Please specify that your contribution is for WNC Relief and we’ll get it to Jody. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Jody at Jdhscs@gmail.com or (336) 905-0266.

ZAX

Hi brothers, for alumni who are on the WCU Alumni Association mailing list, an email went out today about how to RSVP for the post-homecoming parade alumni party in Sylva.

This is the same party that we emailed about earlier where brothers Tim Queen, Mike Gillespie, Tim Gillespie and others will be playing in the band. If you want to donate to the band, you can do so on Venmo at “Wcu HC Jam Band”. Let me know if you need a link.

We wanted to forward the info that was in the Alumni Association email so everyone can RSVP if they want to. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work to copy & paste the link, so here’s what you do:

Go to http://www.wcu.edu

Click on “Alumni” at the top

Scroll down & click on “Homecoming”

Scroll down to Friday, November 1st

The second event listed is the post parade party.

Under the event is a button that says “RSVP Now!”.

This is what it will look like.

It’s $5 to RSVP. The first 500 people get a commemorative cup.

I went ahead & did both… donated to the band & RSVP’d. For $5, why not…

If you’re playing in the alumni golf event / the cocktail party afterward, know that you won’t be able to make it in time for the start of the party in Sylva, but… last year, many of the golfers wives went to the party & the golfers showed up when we were done. It was a blast. I’m definitely going again this year. It says 6pm to 9pm but last year it went a lot later than that.

ZAX,

Pat

Hello fellow Chops,

Tim Queen here!

I’m following up on Pat’s recent email about the Homecoming festivities and I wanted to share some additional details about the awesome new format for this event!

The parade will start around 5:00 p.m., but we need all our Chop fraternity brothers to be in downtown Sylva by 4:30 p.m., ideally at Martha’s Place (formerly the Papermill).

Martha will be serving dinner with limited menu items and, of course, drinks will be available as well.

Additionally, there will likely be a gathering for ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s alumni at Innovation Dillsboro from noon until 4:00 p.m. the same day. It’s always a great time, and I encourage you to attend. This is a big Greek event, so you’ll see lots of old friends and maybe even some independents.

The 25th Anniversary Jam will feature a lot of the Homecoming Musician’s that have played at various WCU HC venues in the past. These talented cats have been jamming over the last 25-30 years.

Stacy Miller (WCU alumni gal who took over from Marty Ramsey) is coordinating many of the invitations, which will go out via email for events at the various Main Street venues. This years HC event is a start on downtown Sylva becoming a huge main street festival including:

Matt Stillwell @ Mad Batter: 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Chop Jam @ Martha’s Place: 6:30 p.m. – late

Duo @ Balsam Falls: Time TBD

Acoustic @ Innovation near the end of town: Time TBD

One of the alumni contacts mentioned to Tim Gillespie a couple weeks ago that there wasn’t enough$ in this year’s budget to pay for the typical Homecoming band, The Sophisticats. After discussing with the band members, I decided we would try to raise enough money to bring in a band by having the Chop alumni contribute to the musicians.

Mr. Tad Grattan will be the primary supporter for this event, stepping in to cover any financial shortfall once we determine the amount needed.

The plan is to have a main four-piece rhythm and blues group, providing the rocksteady foundation: bass, drums, and two guitarists, including John Luzzi, who many of you know from previous Homecoming gigs. This group plays regularly at the casino and other venues, so they know a ton of tunes to jam on.

The event will highlight all the jammers from past Homecoming bands, including:

Yours truly on mind melting guitar!

Tim Gillespie on trumpet, harmonica, vocals, and acoustic guitar!

His evil twin brother, Mike Gillespie, on Bass!

Steve Goulas on drums!

My sister, Terri Lynn, on vocals!

Mike Byers (WCU CFO and lifelong best friend) on drums!

Steve Crawford (Sig Ep) on drums!

Isaac (WCU Marching Band member) on drums!

Mike Neal on acoustic guitar (He may not be able to attend, but let’s give him some friendly pressure to join the Jam!)

Come on Nealo you and Pam get up to HC.!

Other performers:

Forrest Todd Hoppes on acoustic guitar!

Pat Anderson and Rick Hill on the pan flute (AKA the Zamfirs)!

Greg Hutchinson, Vic Cope, and Greg Hamer on cowbell and tambourines. (LOL)!

Scott Baker on guitar!

Tommy Dennison on guitar!

My cousin, Marni Queen, on vocals and acoustic guitar!

Along with many others!!!!

Also all donation names will be highlighted on a large banner @ the event.

BTW: if anyone on this link is a musician and wants to Jam at HC please reach out to me @::

tqguitarz@gmail.com.

I will have a rough set list here in a couple of weeks.

Here is the donation link to help pay the band:

https://www.venmo.com/u/wcujam

Me and all of the musicians performing at the gig really appreciate the financial support from the best Lambda Chi Alpha Chapter Ever!!! We are gonna Rock and it’s gonna be EPIC!!!

Naught Without Jamzzz!!!

In Zax,

Tim Queen

BZ: 285….

Rock On!!

Brothers

As of today, we’re at 110% of 2023 in terms of dues.

Chris Sweeney is the 100th alumni brother who has paid dues so far in 2024.

To me, that’s both a good milestone and a challenging one.

It’s good because thanks mainly to the hard work of Cale Johnson we have a lot more alumni engaged today than in the past.

It’s challenging because with around 900 alumni brothers, we’re only reaching around 11%.

Although we’ve expressed our long term goals in terms of having “a place of our own”, the most meaningful goal will always be to re-engage alumni brothers with what for most of us is one of the most important things we’ve ever done and outside of our families are the most important relationships we’ll ever have.

Here’s something to think about… If you know an alumni brother who would benefit from getting re-engaged, please think about reaching out to them…

Here’s a breakdown of dues payments by BZ number so far in 2024:

0-100 6

100-200 6

200-300 19

300-400 20

400-500 18

500-600 18

600-700 4

700-800 3

800-900 6