Jordan Bridgeford - Phi Delta Theta
What motivated you to run for president?
“Prior to the Fall semester, I hadn’t planned on running for the President position because of my busy schedule. However, the connections I have with my brothers grew a lot throughout the Fall Semester, so I wanted to find the best way for me to give back to my fraternity family, which I believed was through this position.”
What does being the president of your chapter mean to you?
“Being President of Phi Delta Theta is my biggest source of pride. This isn’t because I get to flaunt around my leadership position in day-to-day conversation or on my resume. I am very proud to be able to help my brothers and my Chapter grow past what they thought was possible, which is what I am to do every day in this position.”
What are your top goals for yourself and your fraternity this year?
“I want Phi Delta Theta to build its presence on campus. The biggest way we plan to do this is to hold more events where Phi Delta Theta’s name will be able to get out to the campus and Monmouth town community. We have put a huge emphasis in event planning and committee organization this semester to help us accomplish this goal. Shout out to our Krispy Kreme philanthropy!”
How do you plan to strengthen connections with your chapter and collaborate with the campus and local communities?
“When I ran for this position, the first point I presented to my Chapter was that I wanted to prioritize brotherhood. Other groups on campus are organizations, whereas I want Phi Delt to be a family where young men go to become the greatest versions of themselves. I want this feeling of family to extend past our brotherhood and into the community. By holding more events, especially philanthropy and community service events, I hope we can give back to the community and make a gentlemanly name for Phi Delta Theta.”
Kent Huth - Sigma Phi Epsilon
What motivated you to run for president?
“I was motivated to run for President because I thought I was the best guy for the job. But more than that, I’m proud to be a SigEp because of the values we espouse and the men in the chapter are all around great people. I wanted to channel my pride for being a SigEp into a pride for leading SigEp.”
What does being the president of your chapter mean to you?
“Being the President of SigEp, to me, is almost nothing more than a title. Sure, I’m the face of the chapter and the “leader” of all the men in it. But more than that, I work with my Exec Board to get stuff done. Being President means I get to work on important things with some of my closest friends on issues I care about, bringing a positive experience to all who SigEp reaches, inside and outside of the chapter.”
What are your top goals for yourself and your fraternity this year?
“My top goal for this year is to shoot for a Buchanan Cup from SigEp nationals. Of the around 190 undergraduate chapters, only 32 are awarded this honor for outstanding work. I want to lead the Exec Board into making a chapter worthy of the award, while also working on external events for SigEp. I’ll admit, we’ve been pretty reclusive in recent years. We plan to fix that and bring some more events to campus.”
How do you plan to strengthen connections with your chapter and collaborate with the campus and local communities?
“Props to my Exec Board, we have connections in several places because of our wide array of majors and hobbies. Working with these organizations - SigEp’s national philanthropy partner Big Brothers Big Sisters, for example - and also on campus orgs like ASAP to provide a tangible service to our campus will go a long way. Lots of plans are in the works, but as we’re still in the early days of planning with several places I won’t spoil much.”
Collin Heslin - Zeta Beta Tau
What motivated you to run for president?
“What motivated me to run for President was my love for this fraternity and how I wanted to see it grow and become the best fraternity on campus. I felt with myself in the position as president I could guide this fraternity to do just that. I also saw some aspects of brotherhood slipping away and wish to correct it.”
What does being the president of your chapter mean to you?
“Being the president of the chapter means a lot to me. It shows that the people of ZBT here at Monmouth college trust me to lead this fraternity.”
What are your top goals for yourself and your fraternity this year?
“My top goals for my chapter this year is to strengthen our brotherhood. Have good philanthropies and fundraisers and to not have any brothers fall behind academically. For myself my main goal is to make sure no brother doesn’t feel welcome and give everyone a voice when an issue or idea comes about.”
How do you plan to strengthen connections with your chapter and collaborate with the campus and local communities?
“We plan to hold 365 recruitment events once a month to help reach out to people who wish to join ZBT. We will also be having some active philanthropies and fundraisers to hopefully bring the community of Monmouth college together through dodgeball or March madness brackets. We hope to connect with the local community more through having brothers talk on the radio show to help reach the Monmouth community and let them know what we are planning on doing.”
Zack Manley - IFC
What motivated you to run for president?
“I was motivated to run for president after watching the past two presidents of IFC come from my own chapter and win outstanding IFC president. I also have had the passion and drive for this position since becoming an IFC executive member last year. I always looked at IFC and said ‘There is a lot that needs to be changed’. This is why I ran and my speech was enough to get the trust of the rest of IFC to elect me to govern this council.”
What does being the president of your chapter mean to you?
“Being IFC president means more than words can even explain to me. To be in a position that all fraternities have to elect to in means a lot and has a lot of pressure because you have everyone’s trust on you to do a good job which is more pressure than just a group of your closest friends since people will not be as forgiving when you make a mistake. This position means the world and more, and I promise repeatedly to the IFC community I will not let them down and lead by example and set the standard how it should be.”
What are your top goals for yourself and IFC as a whole this year?
“The main goal I have for myself and IFC is to not fall behind on anything. This refers to the new agenda plan that Dean O, and I are working on making sure everyone knows what the meeting will be about before they come to the meeting. This creates a true purpose to show up and learn what is coming up in the next weeks. As for myself, my main goal is to make sure we maintain the connection we have with our President Pat Draves and her husband Jeff Draves. Jeff was in Greek life here at Monmouth when he was a student and has given us some of the best support since stepping on the campus. The relationship with both Pat and Jeff is something I am hoping to continue to grow within the IFC.”
How do you plan to strengthen connections with your chapter and collaborate with the campus and local communities?
“This is an issue I have already started to tackle since being elected. I have a really good connection with a lot of the faculty and staff on this campus, and I now want to bring that connection to IFC. I want us to be more than just a behind the scenes council this year. You will see us around campus doing clean ups and events. This will give us as a council a better image and hopefully inspire more people to go Greek!”