Wyoming Alpha brothers Andrew Wilson and Brandon Krempels were elected to the Associated Students of the University of Wyoming this week. Wilson, a junior, was elected in the College of Business, while Krempels, a sophomore, was tabbed for the College of Engineering.
Freshman Teige Corcoran missed his bid for the College of Arts & Sciences by a mere eight votes.
Wyoming Alpha alumnus Warren H. Capellen, 91, more commonly known as “Cappie,” passed away Feb. 10. Cappie is one of just two men to letter in four sports at the University of Wyoming. Cappie lettered in football, basketball, baseball and track. A full obituary can be found by clicking here.
The Wyoming Alpha chapter recently made more than $33,000 in improvements to its house at 1621 E. Fraternity Row. The improvements were funded by the WYAL Housing Corporation and donations from several generous alumni.
“The improvements look terrific and were long overdue,” Eminent Archon Nick Vaughn said. “We can not stress enough how much we appreciate all the alumni that made this possible.”
“The new look to the house really has boosted morale with the brothers and has them motivated for this next year.”
There’s even money left in the budget to purchase some new furniture for the main floor. The chapter advisors currently are exploring affordable options that will withstand the wear and tear of a fraternity house.
Pictures of the renovations can be seen by clicking here.
Wyoming Alpha took home a chapter achievement award at the 75th John O. Mosley Leadership School. That means it is among the top 20 SAE chapters in the nation. Congratulations, gentlemen!
Wyoming Alpha will have a tent in Tailgate Park prior to the Oct. 16 homecoming game against Utah. Tailgate park opens at 1:30 p.m. for the 4 p.m. kickoff.
Look for the SAE flag, stop by, re-connect with the fraternity and enjoy some free grub.
Annual pig roast and cocktails at the chapter house after the game.
The event is open to all SAE alums – and their families – regardless of chapter affiliation.
The inaugural Phoenix Open is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 28 at Jacoby Golf Course in Laramie with a post tournament grill at the Wyoming Alpha chapter house. Cost is $100 per player.
Cocktail party at the chapter house Friday, Aug. 27.
For more information, contact Tom Phelan at wyosaealumns@gmail.com.
Wyoming Alpha senior Matt Haigler was featured in a story the Laramie Boomerang did about three Wyoming graduates. In addition to serving as student body president this year, Hailger also was WYAL’s eminent archon from Jan. to Dec. 2009. The portion of the story about Haigler is quoted below:
Matt Haigler has the next two-and-a-half years fairly well planned out. Graduating from UW with a degree in energy systems engineering, he’ll soon go to Duncan, Okla., where he begins Halliburton’s supply chain management program.
“For two-and-a-half years, I’ll change jobs every six months or so and I’ll be doing manufacturing and logistics,” Haigler said. “They give you projects and you have six months to complete them, they can be anything from rearranging a manufacturing facility to implementing an organizational process.”
During his five years at UW, Haigler has developed a fascination with and interest in seeing how policy implementation can affect those with their proverbial boots on the ground. Over the past year, he’s served as an ex-officio member of the UW board of trustees and as ASUW president.
“I have an interest in policy and I’ve gotten to experience that here on the board of trustees; I’ve really enjoyed that. It’s neat to see kind of how high-level decisions effect things actually on the ground and that’s what I was interested in,” Haigler said. Sometimes you don’t know how the decisions that are made are going to actually effect the people that are doing the work, and I think understanding that is beneficial.”
A lifetime Laramie resident, Haigler said that he wanted to find a career that would continue his involvement in policy implementation. Although staying in Laramie or Wyoming would certainly have been ideal, Haigler explained that there just wasn’t an opportunity in the Cowboy State that fit his interests.
“I’d love to come back to Wyoming. Part of the problem is I couldn’t find a job here that I felt like fit what I wanted to do and would use my degree. I didn’t really want to be standing in June, looking around and having no idea what I was going to do,” Haigler said. “To be honest, when I was looking, there weren’t that many opportunities in Laramie or the surrounding area for jobs that I wanted to do. Frankly, there weren’t that many anywhere.”
That’s why he’ll be moving out of state after graduation; but Haigler added that he’d like to come back to Wyoming and be closer to UW — the institution that presented him with the opportunities that have shaped him into the person he is today: his membership of fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon, his study-abroad experiences in Peru and Guatemala, his volunteer work through Engineers Without Borders, his work with the UW trustees and ASUW, his Cowboy pride.
“UW has so many opportunities that you have to take advantage of them; you only get one chance at college, you might think you have all the time in the world or that it’s just college, ‘everyone does it,’ but UW really has some great opportunities for students to do different things,” Haigler said. “You just have to find the things you want to do and take advantage of that.”
Eight Wyoming Alpha senior either graduated or opted to continue their educations elsewhere Saturday. Here’s a rundown of where those young men are headed. Andrew Bradfield and Tracy Montanez didn’t return an e-mail asking about their plans.
Patrick Faden of Kimball, Neb., got his degree in communications with an emphasis in advertising. He’s going to continue his studies in China in August. Faden previously did a semester abroad in China.
Ryan Foristal of Centennial, Colo., got his bachelor of science in business adminstration. He doesn’t have a job lined up yet, but plans to return to the Denver area.
Matt Haigler of Laramie got his degree in energy systems engineering and will be employed by Halliburton in its supply chain management program.
Doug Romoth of Parker, Colo., earned his degree in mechanical engineering and will either be getting an engineering job or joining the United States Marine Corps. For the time being, he’s returning to the Denver area.
Kurt Rumold of Holyoke, Colo., was admitted to the pharmacy school at the University of Colorado at Denver.
Jesse Taylor of Kaycee, Wyo., graduated with his degree in physical anthropology and is pursuing his teaching licensure. He plans to run for Albany County Coroner this year.
Wyoming Alpha pledge Tyler Kirby of Parker, Colo., played in five games for the UW club lacrosse team this spring. The attackman out of Ponderosa High scored four goals and picked up 17 groundballs for the Cowboys who went 2-7. He scored a season-high three goals in UW’s 13-10 home win over Western State College.
Kirby was the first recipient of Wyoming Alpha’s True Gentleman Scholarship and was recently elected brotherhood chairman.
Kirby comes to Laramie after one semester at Fontbonne University an NCAA Div. III school in St. Louis where he was part of the Griffins’ varsity lacrosse team.
Wyoming Alpha brothers Kyle Depew and Nick Vaughn were recently initiated into Order of Omega, an honor society for the top 3 percent of UW fraternity and sorority members. The candidates were judged on grade-point average, involvement on campus, involvement in the fraternity and sorority community and in their chapter.
There were only 15 students inducted into Order of Omega this spring.
