Using Summer to Jump-start Recruitment

Using Summer to Jump-start Recruitment By: Chris Buck, Associate Director of Expansion Summer break is quickly approaching and many of us have vacation, summer jobs and internship opportunities to look forward to, but don’t forget to save room for some recruiting, too.  Many chapters and colonies miss the opportunity to recruit in the summer to […]

Buffalo Brother Plans to Bike Across America

Buffalo Brother Plans to Bike Across America Photo above courtesy of Nicholas Pham Summer is right around the corner, and while many students are more than eager to check out from their responsibilities at school and relax, one brother is making preparations for the trip to remember. Nicholas Pham of the University at Buffalo has […]

Leadership Profile: Turner Altman, Georgetown College (Kentucky)

Leadership Profile: Turner Altman, Georgetown College (Kentucky)  From a young age, Turner Altman remembers watching his father day after day enter the business world to do what he loved.  Altman knew he wanted a sliver of that life.  The question he had to answer for himself, though, was how he would make his mark; what […]

C&C 2017 Spring- 1st Quarter Issue

C&C 2017 Spring- 1st Quarter Issue  From the Editor Welcome to our first Cross & Crescent quarterly edition for 2017! I am very excited to be working as the new editor of the Cross & Crescent.  As a recent journalism graduate from Indiana University, I have served in many reporting positions.  I look forward to […]

Lambda Chi Alpha Welcomes New Chapter Conduct Coordinator

Lambda Chi Alpha Welcomes New Chapter Conduct Coordinator  Lambda Chi Alpha International Headquarters is pleased to welcome Mickey Simmons as the new Chapter Conduct Coordinator (CCC). Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, Simmons started her journey in higher education while attending Florida State University.  She is affiliated with Alpha Phi and served as the Vice President of […]

NYU Brother Paving the Way in Agriculture Industry

NYU Brother Paving the Way in Agriculture Industry    Video courtesy of NBC News When we take that first crunchy bite of our salad, what do we think? Maybe ‘This could use a touch more dressing’ or ‘What is a salad without some cheese’. The thought that probably doesn’t cross our minds is what kind […]

Camp Kesem: Living, Breathing Love

Camp Kesem: Living, Breathing Love The 14-year-old boy towered over the rest of the kids, a mighty tree among saplings.  With a 6 foot 4 frame, most at the summer camp would imagine him to own the basketball court, maybe put some younger kids in their place, but not Cole.  The boy was a gentle […]

Bounce4Kay: NC State Brothers Bouncing for a Reason

Bounce4Kay: NC State Brothers Bouncing for a Reason On March 26, the Gamma-Upsilon chapter at North Carolina State University hosted their annual Bounce4Kay 3 v 3 basketball tournament.  Though the brothers and attendees were able to jump into the March Madness state of mind, the cause they played for went far beyond any one member. […]

Dancing For a Cure

Dancing For a Cure   Video courtesy of THON Organization If you ask any Lambda Chi member at Penn State University what their favorite philanthropic event is, they would all, without hesitation, tell you the same thing: THON. For most of us, though, THON is nothing more than a made-up word. But for the participants, […]

March Madness Bracket Challenge Results

March Madness Bracket Challenge Results The most wonderful time of the year for those college hoops fanatics has come to an end.  While our own Bill Farkas may have topped the pack, we were rooting for the undergrads the entire way (again, don’t tell him we said that)! Congratulations to our top three undergraduate brothers: […]