~Leadership & Membership Development~
Active Member Incentive Raffle
Each time a member attends a meeting or an event, they earn a raffle ticket. At the end of each semester, we raffle off prizes, including SPSEA t-shirts, Pitt-Greensburg gear, and a lottery/gift card tree.
This incentive program encourages members to attend meetings and therefore increases member participation.
Rowan Alexander
with the bag of Pitt
goodies she won
Dr. Jeanne Burth picking the winning tickets out of a bowl
Activities Fair
Participating Members:
(those who helped at the table)
Brittani Malik
Francesca DeCarlo
Allison Popelas
Jenna Aleski
Frank Laspin
Andrew McDonald
Each fall, the Student Government Association sponsors an Activities Fair at which every club on campus can request a table to share information, recruit members, and welcome back old members.
The UPG SPSEA Chapter gave away mini-post-it-note pads with a reminder about our Kick-Off meeting, sold raffles for a Parking Pass and a PITT Basket to benefit PACE , and handed out SPSEA Activity calendars to anyone and everyone in education.
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Trip to DC
There is no better way to bond than to go on a road trip together! This year, 21 UPG SPSEA members drove with their advisors to Washington, DC for a fun-filled, many-miles walked trip. Leaving at 7am on Saturday, we went to the Holocaust Museum, Arlington National Cemetery, toured the monuments at night, saw some Smithsonian Museums, and met up with three ex-SPSEA members living/teaching near Washington, DC.
Participating Members:
Marcus Trincia
Cameron Collins
Matt Boyer
McKenzie Brooks
Sarah Raptosh
Angela Schwartz
Allison Popelas
Jenna Aleski
Katelyn Zanotti
Summer Lash
Shirley Petropoulos
Kendra Moxon
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Jessica Williams
Lucinda Wracher
Alainah Early
Kerigan Fabery
Courtney Cambal
Kaylee White
Rowan Alexander
Alyssa Sadler
Haley Stonebraker
Slippery Rock State Conference
Participating Members:
Brittani Malik
Derian Quarles
Kendra Moxon
Allison Popelas
Alyssa Sadler
Lucinda Wracher
Lindsey Wittkopp
Our student members LOVE going places together: out to dinner, to class, to study -- and to professional development activities! Our members left really early on a Saturday morning to join with SPSEA members from all over western Pennsylvania to attend the conference at Slippery Rock. Tons of fun and learning was to be had by all!
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Everyone loves Chipotle! The Pitt-Greensburg SPSEA held a fundraiser at our local Chipotle on November 15 and raised $130 in one afternoon. The money is used for a variety of chapter events.
Participating Members: (in spreading the word)
Lucinda Wracher Brittani Malik
Allison Popelas Jenna Aleski
Amanda Sepp Alyssa Frye
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Fundraiser at Chipotle
Facebook page
Finding a way to share information is a challenge for a group of people of any size. When a group is as large and diverse as the Pitt-Greensburg SPSEA, we needed an easy and popular platform through which to share upcoming events, employment opportunities, photos from our latest events, and general information.
Not only are our current members on the UPG SPSEA Facebook page (a by-permission-only page), but previous members can share opportunities and check in, too!
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Kick-off meeting
Lucas Ali
Jenna Aleski
Eric Baer
Andrew Barnhart
Abigail Bechtell
Matthew Boyer
Maura Carr
Leta Cirigliano
Peyton Clark
Cameron Collins
Brandon Cross
Chyna Cunningham
Francesca DeCarlo
Randall Duke
Alainah Early
Jenny Espinoza
Kerigan Fabery
Alexa Fetterman
Carly Franks
Alyssa Fry
Matthew Grayo
Alexis Helpler
Kendra Hudachek
Hunter Humenik
Mackenzie Janda
Megan Kirkpatrick
Olivia Larson
Summer Lash
Frank Laspin
Amber Lukcik
Brittani Malik
Latoshia Maurer
In order to start the year off right, the UPG SPSEA chapter holds an annual Kick-Off Meeting. At this meeting, officers and chairs are introduced. The ideas of "why become an active member" and "what SPSEA offers" are introduced. Our semester calendar is shared. Mostly, students are introduced to each other over a meal, in this case lunch, which our chapter pays for.
Andrew McDonald
Kendra Moxon
Lydia Myers
Cheyenne O'Bradovich
Jeff Pauch
Gavin Pasqualino
Brittany Peddicord
Shirley Petropoulos
Jeffrey Phillips
Alex Poellnitz
Allison Popelas
Derian Quarles
Alexa Queer
Madison Ramsdancer
Sarah Raptosh
Mioni Robb
Alyssa Sadler
Amanda Sepp
Megan Schmucker
Angela Schwartz
Shannon Speed
Amanda Stein
Haley Stonebraker
Marcus Trincia
Matti Tyskewicz
Tori Ventrosco
Mina Waldron
Kaylee White
Jessica Williams
Lucinda Wracher
Katelyn Zanotti
Participating Members:
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Shirt sale
Jenna Aleski
Rowan Alexander
Lucas Ali
Miranda Anker
Andrew Barnhart
Abby Bechtell
Ashley Brantley
Amber Bright
Maura Carr
Leta Cirigliano
Samantha Cook
Randy Duke
Luke Falbo
Carly Franks
Alyssa Fry
Matt Grayo
Kendra Hudachek
Hunter Humenik
Tori Jackson
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Each year, our SPSEA chapter creates new t-shirts. Using an on-line program, members can design shirts and, after the deadline, each club member can vote for a winning design. Seven designs were submitted this year with Amanda Stein's being the winning shirt. Having these shirts showsoff SPSEA pride and creates a sense of belonging.
John Kerlicker
Olivia Larson
Brittani Malik
Emily Monahan
Kendra Moxon
Mindy Olive
Shirley Petroupolus
Allison Popelas
Nicola Queer
Natalie Sarnese
Amanda Sepp
Molly Staszak
Amanda Stein
Tori Ventrosco
Kaylee White
Jessica Williams
Lindsey Wittkopp
Gina Wojtowicz
Lucinda Wracher
Members who bought T-shirts:
Participating Members:
Allison Popelas
Lindsey Wittkopp
Lucy Wracher
Luke Falbo
Kendra Moxon
Andrew Barnhart
Amanda Stein
Jessica Williams
Britanni Malik
Natalie Sarnese
Maura Carr
Carly Franks
Molly Staszak
Shirley Petropolous
We want all of our members to have the chance to attend the SPSEA Statewide conference if they want to attend. However, sometimes the cost can make that difficult. This fundraiser allows members to fund their trip to the conference by selling pepperoni rolls. (The profits from anyone who sells but doesn't attend the conference benefit the chapter as a whole).
Pepperoni rolls to fund travel to state conference
Welcome back meeting
Participating Members:
Lucas Ali
Ashley Brantley
Maura Carr
Leta Cirgliano
Brandon Cross
Kerigan Faberty
Luke Falbo
Alexa Fetterman
Carly Franks
Alyssa Fry
Faith Greenfield
Allie Grimm
Haley Hulbert
Hunter Humenik
Kendra Moxon
Sarah Raptosh
Amanda Sepp
Amanda Stein
Marcus Trincio
Jessica Williams
Lucinda Wracher
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In January, when students return to the university, we want to get them excited for the new semester. At this welcome back meeting, SPSEA not only paid for lunch, but we shared important information abut what the semester was going to hold. New calendars were given out, sign up sheets were passed around, and a video about the SPSEA conference was shown.
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SPSEA Induction Ceremony
Although buying the membership and getting a membership number is really "all" members need to belong to SPSEA, our chapter has an Induction Ceremony each year. At this ceremony, we allow members to invite people special to them (parents, families, significant others) for a full dinner, speakers, certificates, and celebrations. For the 2018 Induction, we had 25 students newly inducted with four previously inducted members being recognized.
Olivia Larson
Andrew McDonald
Emily Monahan
Kendra Moxon
Nicholas Papson
Shirley Petropoulos
Nicola Queer
Mioni Robb
Alyssa Sadler
Mauricio Trejo-Garcia
Gina Wojtowicz
Newly Inducted Members:
Lucas Ali
Rowan Alexander
Andrew Barnhart
Abby Bechtell
Ashley Brantley
Amber Bright
Kelsey Butler
Courtney Cambal
Maura Carr
Leta Cirigliano
Luke Falbo
Carly Franks
Hunter Humenik
Tori Jackson
Previously Inducted Members:
Jenna Aleski Brittani Malik
Matthew Grayo Allison Popelas
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End of the year picnic and senior
send-off
Participating Members:
Danielle
Peyton Clark
Samantha Cook
Francesca DeCarlo
Paul "PJ" Dumnich
Michelle Etling
Luke Falbo
Alyssa Gavron
Jaymee Humbert
Andrew McDonald
Mindy Olive
Allison Popelas
Jessica Williams
Lucinda Wracher
Our SPSEA Chapter is a family. When the seniors leave, we're happy for them -- but really sad for us. Our End of the Year Picnic is one last chance to connect, celebrate the year, and wish our graduating seniors goodbye.
Our Picnic is always during exam week, so our photos and names are from the April 2017 picnic.
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Chapter Meetings
Lucas Ali
Jenna Aleski
Rowan Alexander
Lucas Ali
Miranda Anker
Eric Baer
Ashley Brantley
Kelsey Butler
Maura Carr
Leta Cirigliano
Brandon Cross
Luke Falbo
Carly Franks
Alyssa Fry
Matthew Grayo
Faith Greenfield
Allie Grimm
Hunter Humenik
Tori Jackson
Olivia Larson
Brittani Malik
Andrew McDonald
Nick Papson
Shirley Petroupolos
Alex Poellenitz
Allison Popelas
Kimberly Ruffner
Angela Schwartz Natalie Sarnese
Amanda Sepp
Amanda Stein
Marcus Trincio
Tori Ventrosco
Kaylee White
Jessica Williams
Gina Wojtowicz
Lucinda Wracher
We hold chapter meetings twice per month. Usually, the meetings are held the first Wednesday of the month and the third Tuesday in order to accommodate members' schedules. For every meeting, the President provides an agenda and the Secretary takes notes. These notes are then sent via email to all members as a reminder of if they could not be at the meeting.
In order to encourage attendance at meetings, attending members get a raffle ticket for our end-of-the-semester raffles of lottery/gift card tree, SPSEA Swag, and other prizes.
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Members at various meetings:
Pi Lambda Theta education honors
society fundraiser
Participating Members:
Jenna Aleski
Katherine Andrews
Kelsey Cambell
Hannah Cerk
Brittani Malik
Allison Popelas
Gabrielle Revenis
Amanda Sepp
Lucinda Wracher
Pi Lambda Theta is the Honor Society for Education at Pitt-Greensburg. To be inducted, one must hold at least a 3.5 overall GPA and have no negative dispositions over the years at Pitt-Greensburg. Our SPSEA chapter, which is where members are drawn from, helps support Pi Lambda Theta through a huge fundraiser: selling Chik-Fil-A calendars. More than $1000 worth of calendars were sold this year.
This induction ceremony occurs the week after the SPSEA conference each year, so we have included the Induction from 2017 in this year's APEX book.
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