Author: samuelhurley

KHK Delta Alumnus, D1238. UW-Madison: BS 2004, MS 2010, PhD 2014. DAA Treasurer, DHC Director

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Over the summer of 2022, our major DHC project was refinishing of the wood floors in the common areas of the Delta Chapter House, including the first floor living and dining rooms, the chapter office, second floor library, and second and third floor hallways. Old carpet was removed in the chapter office, library, and second and third floor hallways. This work was performed by Sergenian’s Floor Coverings, and paid for by DAA through the generous donations from alumni to the House Improvement fund. See below for before and after photos of this work.

Living Room, before
Living Room before
Chapter Office before
Living Room after, new area rugs
Living Room after, new area rugs
Chapter Office after
Third floor back stairwell landing, before
Third floor back stairwell landing, after

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On Saturday, August 20th, 2022, a combined DAA and DHC Membership Meeting was held. For the first time in recent years, the meeting was held in person at Union South, UW-Madison. In attendance were the following (as pictured, left to right):

Pictured left to right are Sam Hurley (D1238), Sean Scannell (D1216), Andy Koch (D1182), Jerry Peplinski (D916), Dwight Swacina (D1179H), and Scott Woods (D823). Also attending was chapter president Parker Jorenby (D1402) (not pictured).

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You are invited to attend the membership meeting in Madison, WI on Saturday, August 20th, 2022.

The meeting will be held in Union South; please check Today in the Union (TITU) for the room location the day of the meeting. For directions, you can call Jerry Peplinski on his cell phone: 608-709-6190.

Very limited parking is available in Lot 80, direclty underneath Union South, entrance on Dayton St. Additional parking can be found in Lot 17, just next to (South of) ECB, entrance on Engineering Drive. This parking ramp is just North of Camp Randall Stadium. Both parking ramps may have fees.

The meeting will start at 1:00 PM and should adjourn by 4:00 PM. An RSVP is not required to attend. You are also invited to meet at 11:00 AM for a complimentary lunch at the SconnieBar pub, 1421 Regent St, Madison.

A meeting agenda is available for download using the following links:

DAA-Agenda-August-20-2022-Draft-2 [pdf] 24 kBDownload
DAA-Agenda-August-20-2022-Draft-2 [doc] 34 kB Download

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You are invited to attend the DAA/DHC Special Membership Meeting on Saturday, February 12th, 2022 at 1 pm Central Time (CST).

A link to the meeting and instructions for how to join was sent out to the DAA alumni e-mail list on January 19th, 2022 and again on February 10th. Please check your e-mail for the link. If you are not currently subscribed to the alumni e-mail list, please use the Update Contact Information form on the site.

The meeting will start at 1:00 PM and should adjourn by 4:00 PM. An RSVP is not required to attend.

A meeting agenda can be downloaded from the following link:

DAA DHC Agenda February 12 2021 Draft3[PDF] Download
DAA DHC Agenda February 12 2021 Draft3[DOC] Download

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You are invited to attend the virtual DAA/DHC membership meeting on Saturday, August 21st, 2021 at 1pm Central Time.

The meeting will be held using the Zoom teleconference platform. Please check your email for a link to the meeting.

The meeting will start at 1:00 pm and should adjourn by 4:00 pm. An RSVP is not required to attend. Reports and other materials (that are typically printed and handed out) will be available as a download link from this web site.

A draft meeting agenda can be downloaded using the following link:

DAA Agenda August 21 2021 Draft 2.docDownload
DAA Agenda August 21 2021 Draft 2.pdfDownload

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Our other major outdoor project involved cleaning and staining the front and back porches of the house. The porches were previously stained eight years ago, in summer of 2013, and were in need of a refresh. Staining the porches was a process over multiple days, involving obtaining stain and other supplies; two days of prep to clean the wood so it would be ready to accept new stain, a day of staining decks and interior railings and posts, a second day staining the exterior surfaces with a ladder, and several visits for inspection and touch-up.

Helping with this massive project were alumni Sam Hurley (D1238), Andy Koch (D1182), Joe Muehlenkamp (D893), Jerry Peplinski (D916), and Roy Rasmussen (D917), as well as members Ethan Amundson (D1364), Bryce Belgarde (D1457), Dewansh Bista (D1372), Samuel Erickson (D1393), Ronald Li (D1403), Abhishek Mhatre (D1404), and Sathwik Pattem (D1378).

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The back parking lot at the house was becoming muddy, with ruts forming in the ground due to car tires driving in and out frequently. A project to resurface the back lot with gravel was undertaken, utilizing the Hamm’s pickupntruck to haul gravel from the supplier over to the house. In total, five tons of gravel were moved over five trips.

Helping out were DAA officers Jerry Peplinski (D916), Roy Rasmussen (D917), and Sam Hurley (D1238), as well as actives Ethan Amundson (D1364), and Bryce Belgarde (D1457).

  • Hamm’s Truck used for hauling gravel
  • Ethan Amundson (left), Roy Rasmussen (center), and Bryce Belgarde (right)
  • Muddy parking lot prior to project.
  • Freshly paved lot after gravel.
  • View from 3rd Fl. rear porch.