Alpha Annual Meeting
and
UMD Homecoming

September 27, 2025
UMD / Duluth

We look forward to seeing everyone in Duluth this fall!

Come to Duluth for the day or longer at a beautiful time of year and join Alpha for our annual meeting and homecoming events. Join your Brothers and significant others and meet new members and renew traditions with UMD and Alpha.

Please Join Us For These Events

• Alpha Annual Meeting
  • Alumni Assn and Active Chapter Updates
  • Introduction of this year’s actives and pledges
  • Updates to the Alpha Scholarship fund and scholarship recipients
  • Election of new Officers and Board
• Tailgating and UMD Homecoming Football (Moorhead State)
• Getting to know the active chapter and their pledges 
• Renewing the bonds of brotherhood with your many Brothers

Schedule

Saturday September 27

• Alumni meeting at UMD Griggs Center (2nd floor Kirby or TBD) 10:00 -11:00 AM
• Tailgating in UMD Parking Lot by football field  following the meeting
• Football Game ($15/$11 senior) at Griggs Field  12:00-2:30 PM

Updates will be posted when UMD releases its Homecoming schedule.

Other upcoming UMD Events

Friday, September 5
Chancellor Charles T. Nies Inauguration Ceremony & Campus Celebration
University of Minnesota Duluth
Learn More

Wednesday, September 17
Twin Cities Alumni Social
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Summit Brewing Co. 
Learn More

Alpha 65th Reunion
October 3-6, 2024 
Duluth, MN 

Alpha 65th Reunion Weekend Slideshow

A summary of events:

• Thursday
  • A meet and greet was held Thursday night at the Blacklist Brewing Co. with alumni, actives and pledges attending
• Friday
  • A morning cribbage tournament at the Sheraton Hotel
  • A golf tournament at Enger golf course in the afternoon. 
  • In the evening there were era parties held at various locations.
• Saturday
  • The annual meeting was held at UMD in the Griggs Center on Saturday morning.
  • A catered lunch with a “Seven Wonders of Ancient Duluth” presentation by Al Fahden
  • China Wall in the afternoon.
  • The Reunion Banquet at the Kitchi Gammi Club in the evening 
    • Cocktail hour
    • Dinner
    • Silent auction end
    • Program with Al Fahden emcee
      • Words by Alumni president Jeff Gaylord and Active president Dylan Elliott
      • Recognition of the Founders, Hall of Famers, Blue and White Forever Donors, Reunion sponsors and Alpha Scholarship recipients
      • In Memoriam produced by Greg Hinds and narrated by Les Nelson
      • Sweetheart and Fraternity songs
    • Group Photo
    • Music and dancing with Tim McEvoy and his band
      

Video of the Banquet Program

• Sunday
  • Farewell brunch at the Sheraton Hotel

 

The Annual Meeting –  Griggs Center at UMD

• Status of the active chapter and introduction of the pledges attending by president Dylan Elliot
  • 7 actives
  • 5 pledges
  • Plan to pledge again in the spring
  • No one is graduating this year
  • Focused on academics and service
  • The actives have resolved a Title IX issue to not allow anyone to join the organization by securing a 501c3 status
  • 4 fraternities on campus and 5 sororities
• Alumni Association status presented by president Jeff Gaylord
  • • Focus was on the 65th reunion with a review of the upcoming events
    • The Scholarship Fund sits at about $280k
    • Difficulty with getting information on our scholarship fund with a new Development Officer
      • Infrequent updates on Fund status
      • No information on donors
      • No plaque updates
      • A number of approaches will be made to correct the situation
    • Greg Hinds reviewed the vast amount of work he has done to coordinate the photos collected over the years
      • He has used facial recognition software to log a member’s name to photos in the collection (~4000)
      • Greg is looking for a different site to store our photos because Amazon has changed its structure
      • He has prepared an In Memoriam for the banquet to be conducted by Les Nelson
    • Jason Golde presented the treasurer’s report
      
      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• After the meeting and a catered Chinese lunch, Al Fahden presented a nostalgia program of the things we did in Duluth during our times at UMD.  Click to play the video below.
  
  

  Seven Wonders of Ancient Duluth

  
  
  
• Special thanks for the reunion events go to president Jeff Gaylord for arranging events and conducting our meeting, and to the Reunion Committee and Actives
  • Al Fahden – Creative Planning
  • Jeff Gaylord – Marketing and Leadership
  • Jason Golde – Financial Planning
  • Jordan Herzog – Event App Planning
  • Jim Klang – Promotions and Recruiting
  • Greg Hinds – Artifacts and Photos
  • Tim McEvoy – Golf and Music
  • Ben Staub – Merchandise and Recruitment
  • John Erickson – Recruiting
  • Bryan Kirkes – Recruiting
  • Scott Schnuckle – Recruiting
  • Dave McMillan – Recruiting
  • Isaac Winter – Recruiting
  • Huck Andresen – Banquet Dinner Planning
     
• And a special thank you goes to John Erickson who recruited so many people to come to the reunion and unfortunately could not make it himself 

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Alpha Scholarship Banquet – April 20, 2024 in Duluth

This is a special occasion each year when scholarship recipients selected for their special accomplishments are honored and awarded their scholarships in a formal ceremony and social event open to Alphas and significant others.  The following members were selected this year:

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Ben Churchill singing “God Bless America” at Twins Game

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Michael Dean Memorial Service

Video of Mike Dean’s Memorial Service

 

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