Fall 2012 Edition of The Rattle is Now Available Online

Read about what is going on with other chapters around the country and see what is doing with our National fraternity.

Inside this edition:

  • Coverage from the 156th Anniversary Convention in Palm Springs

  • An interview with new National President Dick Elder

  • Brothers lend a helping hand in Kentucky

  • Exploring the history of Norwich University and Theta Chi

  • Got leadership? We interviewed five chapters that do

  • Undergraduate and alumni news briefs

Click here to read the Fall 2012 Rattle online.

Here is the Omega News

Chapter News

On April 24, 2012, the Penn State office of Fraternity and Sorority life held its annual Greek Column Awards Ceremony, where Omega Chapter was named a Chapter of Excellence and IFC Chapter of the Year. Omega also received the Penn State Presidents Cup, recognizing them as the top chapter out of more than 90 Greek organizations in 2012. Chapter Adviser Rich Bartnik ’08 was named Chapter Adviser of the Year

Dave Westol receives NIC Gold Medal 

Past Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer David L. Westol (1973) has been named one of two recipients of the 2012 North-American Interfraternity Conference Gold Medal, the most prestigious honor in the interfraternal world.

Brother Westol is the fourth Theta Chi recipient of the Gold Medal, after George Chapman (Omega/Penn State. 1920). Earl A. Rhodes (Delta/RP1 1921) and Howard R. Alter, Jr. (Omega/Penn State 1941). His prodigious record of service to fraternity and sorority life is well-documented with-in Theta Chi and the greater interfraternal world. 

Chapter Eternal

Francis J. Conte ‘64