Mu Upsilon News

Congratulations Sigma Xis

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:18:58 -0800

The Sigma Xi Pledge Class became Brothers this past weekend. Adding to the ranks of Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity, Mu Upsilon Chapter: Brother Aleksey Berezovskiy (Brawny),Brother Nicholas DiGiovanni (Dalrymple), Brother John Shakir (Zonday). They are our Brothers; their problems are now our problems and their successes are our success. We open up our arms and accept them as true Brothers and welcome them to the Mu Upsilon Family. FAST & FIRM

BC Academic Initiative Launched

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:46:21 -0700

With the start of the Fall semester, Sigma Alpha Mu has launched an academic initiative to award one Brooklyn College student with a $250 scholarship good towards tuition and books. The scholarship award will be based on a combination of academic as well as extra-curricular factors. The Fraternity already awards a scholarship every academic semester to the Brother that has the highest semester GPA. The academic initiative is among a number of initiatives planned by the Fraternity to promote campus life on Brooklyn College . Fast & Firm

Mu Upsilon Receives Autism Award

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:07:39 -0700

At the recent Autism Speaks Dinner, Brother Dan Montenez accepted the Silver Award on behalf of Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity for the Chapter's 1st Annual Golf Outing undertaken by Brothers and Alumni for Autism Speaks. Both Brother Dan as well as well as one of the Founding Fathers of the Chapter; Franklin Becker have kids within the Autism spectrum. In addition to having tons of fun, Brothers and Alumni raised $3,850 for the charity. Sigma Alpha Mu would like to thank all the organizations that sponsored the event. A 2nd Golf Outing for Autism Speaks is currently in the works for the upcoming year. Fast & Firm

Brother hired by NY Board of Ed

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:44:53 -0700

This past semester, Brother Joseph Youngstein was hired by the New York Board of Eduction. Brother Joseph, whose an education major as well as a professional DJ has been extensively working in children's education over the past couple of years. Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity would like to congratulate Brother Joseph. Fast & Firm

Prior Inducted into DLI

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:32:13 -0700

At this past year's International convention held in Dallas, Texas, Prior Victor was among seven Brothers nation wide to be inducted into the Beta class of the Developing Leaders Initiative. The Developing Leaders Initiative (DLI) is an exclusive program undertaken by the National Office (and funded by the Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation) once every two years that serves to enhance the effectiveness of the International Leadership Conferences as well as develop future leaders. Prerequisite for selection are demonstration of leadership in the chapter, on campus, and in the general community. The Beta class represents the second time the exclusive program was undertaken. This past year's inductees developed a proposal to combat bystander behavior within Chapters. The proposal was ultimately accepted by the Octagon- and was presented by Prior Victor to all the Chapters in attendance at the Business Session. Sigma Alpha Mu continues to be proud of all of Victor's hard work: both at the Chapter and National level. Fast & Firm (Pictured right is Prior Victor with Supreme Prior Phillip Glauben)

Prior Elected IGC President

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:55:41 -0700

With the start of the Fall Semester, Brother Victor began his term as not only Prior (President) of the Fraternity, but President of the Brooklyn College Inter-Greek Council as well: a rare feat that has only been accomplished once before in the long history of the Fraternity. Victor previously served as Secretary of the Inter-Greek Council before being elected to the position of President. As the new President, Victor outlines his goal for the year as twofold: to continue to foster unity among Greeks at Brooklyn College, as well as increasing Greek awareness on Brooklyn College campus through a number of academic and philanthropic initiatives. Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity continues to produce campus leaders on Brooklyn College and is proud of all of Victor's accomplishments. Fast & Firm

Congratulations Sigma Nus

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:36:23 -0800

The Sigma Nu Pledge Class became Brothers this past weekend. Adding to the ranks of Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity, Mu Upsilon Chapter; Brother Thomas Leverich (Buzz Lightyear),Brother Vlad Sheynin (Count Oogway), Brother Jason Hebrans (Syndrome) and Brother Roman Vilnyanskiy (Otter). They are our Brothers; their problems are now our problems and their successes are our success. We open up our arms and accept them as true Brothers and welcome them to the Mu Upsilon Family. FAST & FIRM

Red Cross Honors Dr Brahim Ardolic

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:21:59 -0800

The American Red Cross of Staten Island honored Dr. Brahim Ardolic (Eta Pledge Class) with the Rollanda Cowles Helping Hands Award; on November 21st at its annual Chrysanthemum Ball at the Excelsior Grand in Grant City. The event is held annually to honor distinguished citizens and community organizations that support Staten Island and the Red Cross.

Doctor Ardolic is the Chairman of Emergency Medicine at Staten Island University Hospital.

Dr. Ardolic heads the emergency departments at both of Staten Island University Hospital's campuses, and was a major contributor to the planning of the expanded emergency and trauma center currently under construction on the hospital's Ocean Breeze campus.

As a board member of the New York State Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, he has been active in educating both lay people and local and state officials on how to handle overcrowding in emergency rooms.

The tickets for this posh and exclusive event were $200 per person. Doctor Ardolic was joined at the event by Brother Chris Albanese (Epsilon) and Brother Joseph Puma (Epsilon). At the Event was also the wives of the Brothers in attendence to show support and admiration to Brother Brahim in receiving his well deserved award.

Doctor Ardolic has distinguished himself in the profession of medicine; in educating the public and working for the welfare of the community around him. His accomplishments do credit and honor to Mu Upsilon and to Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity and continue to be a source of pride and admiration on the part of the Brotherhood.

We will work hard to continue to foster and maintain "such ideals that will result in actions worthy of the highest precepts of true manhood democracy and humanity;" the kind of ideals that Brother Brahim Ardolic has clearly had no trouble living up to.

Mu Upsilon as his extended family would like to wish Brother Brahim continued success and prosperity; in all his endeavors, we only expect to see more greatness from him. We are sure that he will continue to honor the ideals of Sigma Alpha Mu with dignity and grace.

FAST AND FIRM

Honored Alumni Distinguished

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:56:04 -0800

Mu Upsilon would like to give our hearty congratulations to Brother Warren Belmar Esq.

Brother Warren is one of our own; a Mu Upsilon Brother who is an attorney and is now serving as Deputy General Counsel for energy policy at the United States Department of Energy. He graduated from Brooklyn College in 1960 and ever since then has distinguished himself as a professional in the field of law and as a public servant.

Warren Belmar has served as the Deputy General Counsel for Energy Policy since June, 2006. He is responsible for coordinating the activities and functions assigned to the Assistant General Counsel for Legislation and Regulatory Law, the Assistant General Counsel for Fossil Energy and Energy Efficiency, the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Interventions and Power Marketing, and the Assistant General Counsel for General Law.

In this role, he acts as principal legal advisor, on behalf of the General Counsel, to the Secretary and senior DOE officials within assigned functional areas, and performs other tasks within and outside of functional responsibility as determined by the General Counsel.

Prior to becoming Deputy General Counsel for Energy Policy, Mr. Belmar’s legal career has been spent in private practice in Washington, D.C., primarily with the law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, from which he retired in 1999 after 22 years as a partner.

In the years immediately prior to joining DOE, Mr. Belmar served as Managing Partner of Capitol Counsel Group, LLC, and as a partner with the law firm of Balch & Bingham LLP. His practice primarily involved providing counsel to clients in the financial services and energy sectors, representing clients in litigation in the Federal courts and before various federal and state departments and agencies, and before the U. S. Congress.

Mr. Belmar received his bachelor’s degree with honors from Brooklyn College in 1963, and his law degree with honors from Columbia Law School in 1966. He served as Court law clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and as an attorney with the Office of Legal Counsel of the U. S. Department of Justice.

He is a former Chair of the Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section of the American Bar Association, a former Chair of the Judicial Review Committee of the Administrative Conference of the United States, a former Senior Counsel of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, and a Life Member of American Law Institute.

Brother Belmar is an exemplary statesman and a distinguished Brother of Sigma Alpha Mu; he does honor to our ideals and we are proud to acknowledge his accomplishments.

Fast & Firm

New Website on the Way

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:35:16 -0800

Mu Upsilon's Technology Committee is currently working on a website redesign to be launched within the next several months. In the mean time the Brotherhood should enjoy the many added features of our current website such as this news section, the new and improved calendar, java enabled pictures, as well as our event updates on the main page. Some upcoming features of the website are expected to include a Brothers Only Section, a wiki for historical information, Brother Profiles, as well a message board, and chat. Thank you to all the Brothers that visit the site regularly.