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Make A Difference Day brought millions of people together on October 26, 2013 to help better our communities. All Golden Key chapters in the United States and Canada were encouraged to participate in this day of service. Golden Key chapters participated in 101 Make A Difference Day events that ranged from community cleanups to raising breast cancer awareness to providing dental screenings to underprivileged citizens in the area and more. Participating chapters were eligible to apply for our Make A Difference Day Chapter Awards for their outstanding service initiatives. Upon reviewing all the submissions, we are excited to announce the winners of these awards!
First place goes to the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayaguez chapter who are awarded $500! The second and third place winners, receiving $250 each, are the chapters at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Simon Fraser University. Congratulations to these three chapters!
The Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (UPRM) chapter’s Make A Difference Day project was an all-day event that involved four different projects. The projects were focused on: animal care, environmental impact, care for the homeless, and care for the elderly. 
In the animal care project, the participants helped to keep clean, fed and give love to the animals. The difference was made not only to the animals that live in the place but also to the people that work there every day. During the environmental project, participants cleaned and moistened the areas where the planting was going to take place, gathered compost into several buckets and transferred it to the planting areas. Once the planting was completed, the look of the volunteers and community leaders was one of satisfaction. 
In the care for the homeless project, they delivered meals and first aid products. 
A professor from the university also gave a motivational speech. Finally, members made an impact at “Hogar Brisas de Amor”, a senior home in Mayaguez. During this activity, they shared their time and happiness with the participants from this center. In total, 61 people participated in these four Make A Difference Day service events (32 Golden Key members, 2 honorary members, and 27 friends and family members in the community). Congratulations UPRM chapter on all your hard work and success!
Check out this awesome video the chapter made to commemorate their project: http://youtu.be/jFbt_7xXg38
More photos of the project can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/ld9y5cn
For Make a Difference Day in the Indiana community, the Indiana University of Pennsylvania chapter participated in a fund/food-raiser for the Indiana County Food Bank. Along with other clubs and organizations from both IUP and the Indiana community, 14 members of the Golden Key chapter assisted in raising more 800 pounds of food and $2000 in donations for the food bank! The day was a huge success for the chapter, as those representing Golden Key were the biggest group participating in the Indiana County Make A Difference Day event.
The chapter at Simon Fraser University worked with the Parent Support Services Society of BC, a non-profit in British Columbia, Canada.One of the things this organization specializes in is assisting grandparents who are responsible for the care and guardianship of their grandchildren. Considering their limited income, often-failing health, and special needs children, the chapter decided to hold a fair for the kids at the Burnaby Public Library. The fair gave the grandparents a chance to unwind and allowed the children to have fun. Around 50 children showed up with their relatives and enjoyed a fun Saturday afternoon. All the volunteers made an effort to make this a successful and entertaining event for everyone.
More photos of the project can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/m5sqkno
Congratulations to our three winning chapters and a BIG thank you to all of our chapters that participated in Make A Difference Day!
Back in 1988, Golden Key Board of Directors member Peter Veruki was contacted by the then Owen Graduate School of Management dean Marty Geisel to come work at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. The two met when Veruki was recruiting and training MBAs on Wall […]
Golden Key’s latest Virtual Graduate School Fair was held on October 22, 2013. The fair brought members together for the opportunity to interact online with graduate school representatives. More than 1,600 Golden Key members participated in the virtual event! These members represented more than 150 […]
Cincinnati Bell, the leading telecommunications company in the city of Cincinnati, OH, has announced that, as of October 1, 2013, Leigh R. Fox has assumed the position of chief financial officer for the company. Fox, a Golden Key honorary member and member of the Board of Directors, has been with the company since July 2001 and has held numerous roles in finance and accounting in the fields of network and operations, six sigma process improvement and product development.
The newly appointed CFO held the position of vice president of finance for Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions, the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, where he played a major role in the advancement of Cincinnati Bell’s former data center business, and he served as the company’s senior vice president of finance prior to the announcement of his new role. “‘Leigh brings not only a strong financial background but also broad strategic and operational experience to this role,’ said Ted Torbeck, Cincinnati Bell President and CEO. ‘His collaborative approach helps bring a variety of perspectives to the table and drives positive outcomes for our shareholders, customers and employees.'”
Congratulations to Board of Directors member Leigh Fox for his professional advancement, and we wish him the best in his new position at Cincinnati Bell!
For our final post on our 2012-2013 Key Chapter winners, we would like to highlight Concordia University for being bestowed this honor. During the 2012-2013 academic year, the Concordia University chapter hosted numerous events that pertained to academics, leadership and service. For the fall, the […]
We would like to highlight the University of California, Los Angeles chapter for being named a 2012-2013 Key Chapter winner. Throughout the 2012-2013 academic year, the University of California, Los Angeles chapter held a wide array of events to benefit both their chapter and their […]
Golden Key International Honour Society is proud to announce that the Mississippi State University chapter officer, Donald Brown, and Wake Forest University chapter alumni, James O’Connell, were named Rhodes Scholars on November 24, 2013! Both of these members will have the privilege to attend the prestigious Oxford University in England to study for two to three years on scholarships that will cover the complete cost of attendance. Brown and O’Connell are part of the thirty other winners who were selected from 857 applicants this year.
Donald “Field” Brown, a senior at Mississippi State University
and the second Rhodes Scholar at the university and the first since 1911, is an English and philosophy double major who hopes to eventually attain a doctorate in African-American literature. The Vicksburg, Mississippi native plans on attaining dual master’s degrees in American and English literature at Oxford University. While attending Mississippi State University, Brown served as the Golden Key chapter president, president of the Philosophy and Religion Club and a member of the school’s Roadrunner team, which recruits prospective students to the university. Brown also co-founded “The Streetcar”, a literary magazine on the Mississippi State campus.
Golden Key alumni James O’Connell recently graduated summa cum laude from Wake Forest University this past May with a bachelor of arts in politics and international affairs. While working towards his undergraduate degree, O’Connell was a member of the university’s Board of Trustees, chair of the Honor Council, wrote a feature length screenplay, wrote three short plays and hosted a radio show on film and culture.
He will be the 13th Wake Forest University student to be named a Rhodes Scholar in the past 27 years. Since his graduation, James has been working on a one-year assignment in the university president’s office, and he plans to obtain a master’s degree in public policy.
Congratulations to Donald Brown and James O’Connell on being bestowed such an incredible honor, and we wish you the best in the upcoming years!
We would like to spotlight the South Dakota State University Golden Key chapter for being named a 2012-2013 Key Chapter. The South Dakota State University Golden Key chapter held a plethora of events, many were related to the pillar of service. For one initiative, the […]
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