Society Blog

Delegates to the 2009 Alpha Delta Phi Society Convention and Leadership Training Conference passed a series of resolutions about Society operations. Under the Society's Constitution, the Convention is the supreme legislative body of our organization.

The Alpha Delta Phi Society is given the opportunity to publish a page once a year in the Fraternity's Xaipe newsletter. This option exists pursuant to the negotiated agreement that resulted in the separation of the Alpha Delta Phi Society from The Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity in 1992.

The Society's page is included below in pdf format. To read the entire Fraternity Xaipe newsletter, click here to go to the Fraternity's Xaipe archive.

Michael Roth, Middletown 1978, reviews Geoffrey Nunberg's latest book, The Years of Talking Dangerously, in the June 16, 2009, edition of the San Francisco Chronicle.

Ilana Wind Newell, Middletown 1994, has been elected to the Wesleyan University Board of Trustees. Click here to learn more.

To celebrate Spring and the end of our New England hibernation, the Boston Area Regional Graduate Organization is having a Month of Games.
This April, there's a game night happening every weekend!

Sat. 4/5 1-4pm: Parlor Games (Taboo, Balderdash, Apples-to-Apples, etc.) in Arlington with Jen
Sun. 4/13 6-10pm: Under-an-hour Board Games (Clue, Carcassonne, Fluxx, etc) in Cambridge with Anna
Mon. 4/21 2-10pm: All-Afternoon Games (Settlers of Catan, Buffy the Game, etc) in Somerville with Andrea & Corey

There's a brand-new group on flickr.com for ADPS-related photos to all gather in one place - a group called Alpha Delta Phi Society. If you've been using flickr to post photos of ADPhi events or get-togethers, please join the group and include your (PG-13, non-secret) photos.

The url for the group is http://www.flickr.com/groups/alphadeltaphisociety
You do not have to be a member of the group to see the photos in the group's "pool", but you do have to be signed in to Flickr/Yahoo.

It was an exciting weekend at the Middletown Chapter House at 185 High Street in Middletown, Connecticut. Just 16 hours after pledging twenty-three members of the Wesleyan University community, the chapter hosted the first initiation ceremony for the Granite Affiliate Chapter, based at the University of New Hampshire.

The UNH campus paper, "The New Hampshire" has an article about our new affiliate!
Here is a link to the article in the paper.
Affiliate President/Pledge Meredith Lee and Affiliate Pledge Ashley Auger are quoted in the article, as are Brother Pledgemaster Kristen Soule Brn '99 and Expansion Chair Thomas Clark Bdn '99.
The article was not written by one of our pledges, but Pledge Lee is a graphics designer for the paper.

It is my honor to welcome the Granite Affiliate at the University of New Hampshire to the Alpha Delta Phi Society.

The Society has made expansion its top priority, and I am pleased an exceptional group of students has taken this step to affiliate with the Alpha Delta Phi Society.

Earlier this month, Michael Roth, Middletown 1978, was inaugurated as Wesleyan's 16th president.

Earlier this year, the Wesleyan Argus published an article about Roth that discussed his undergraduate years, including his term as president of the Middletown Chapter during an important time in the coeducational history of the Alpha Delta Phi Society.

For a story about Roth's inauguration, please click here. You can also learn more about Roth and watch his inauguration ceremony by visiting this web page.