Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma are two honor societies at UW-Eau Claire that recognize academic achievement in first-year students. They share the goal of providing an organization for high-achieving freshmen. The document outlines the executive board, upcoming events, and activities of the UW-Eau Claire chapter of these honor societies over the past year, including hosting information sessions, handing out study materials before exams, and winning an award for their website.

1. Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma
are two organizations on the University
of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus that
share a similar objective: To provide
scholarly and deserving first year
students with an organization that
recognizes their academic achievement.

2. UW-Eau Claire Facts
Executive Board
Faculty Advisor – Jodi
Thesing-Ritter
Welcome Back
Blugold Organization Bash
Fall Mixer
Birthday Bowling
ALD National Leadership
Workshop
Caught Studying Bags
Membership Survey
Resume, Cover Letter,
and Interview Skills
Presentation
Scholarship Information
Sessions
Freshmen Finals Bags
Recruitment Information
Sessions
Welcome Night
Induction
Meeting Minutes
Communications
Website

3. Founded: 1916
Accreditation:
Higher Learning
Commission of the North
Central Association of
Colleges and Schools
Chancellor:
Dr. James C. Schmidt
Enrollment:
Undergraduate: 10, 164
Graduate: 525
Total Enrollment: 10, 689
Information from UW-Eau Claire Quick Facts

4. Caitlin Daley, Co-President
Kaitlyn Wilberding, Co-President
Emily Willert, Vice President of
Recruitment (Fall 2014)
Benjamin Hanson, Vice President of
Recruitment (Spring 2015)
Meghan Smith, Vice President of
Induction
Joe Richardson, Treasurer (Fall 2014)
Morgan Freeburg, Secretary
Stephanie Breitzman, Events Chair
Gabriel Jenson, Social Media Chair and
Webmaster
Abigail Cafferty, Historian (Fall 2014)
Kimberly James, Executive Board
Member

5. Position Description:
Create weekly agendas
Run weekly meetings
Oversee projects and events
Create goals and deadlines for
tasks
Maintain organization’s binder
Create master calendar
Caitlin Daley
Hometown: Rochester, MN
Class of 2015
Majors: Organizational
Communication and Spanish
Email: daleyca@uwec.edu

6. Position Description:
Create weekly agendas
Run weekly meetings
Oversee projects and events
Create goals and deadlines for
tasks
Maintain organization’s binder
Create master calendar
Kaitlyn Wilberding
Hometown: Cuba City, WI
Class of 2016
Major: Nursing
Minor: Spanish for the Health
Professions
Email: wilberkm@uwec.edu

7. Position Description:
Plan and organize recruiting
events
Generate ideas for reaching first
year students
Execute PR promotions and
advertising
Emily Willert
Email: willerem@uwec.edu

8. Position Description:
Plan and organize recruiting
events
Generate ideas for reaching first
year students
Execute PR promotions and
advertising
Benjamin Hanson
Hometown: Bloomington, MN
Class of 2017
Major: Marketing
Email: hansoben@uwec.edu

9. Position Description:
Plans and organizes induction ceremony
Reserves location and necessary
equipment for ceremony
Creates ‘Reserved’ signs for inductee’s
chairs
Ensures production/edit of script,
programs, etc.
Helps with (or chairs) selection process for
new officers
Meghan Smith
Hometown: Merrill, WI
Class of 2015
Major: Biology
Minor: Business with Pre-
Veterinary Emphasis
Email: smitmeg@uwec.edu

10. Position Description:
Manages account balances while
making budgets and forecasts for
upcoming events
Evaluates the financial strength of
the organization, while looking
for opportunities for the
organization to be more efficient.
Makes necessary transactions
and reimbursements
Joe Richardson
Hometown: Lino Lakes, MN
Class of 2015
Majors: Accounting and Finance
Email: richarjt@uwec.edu

11. Position Description:
Record minutes for every
meeting and send to fellow
executive members
Respond to all emails from
members
Send out mass emails to
members and potentials
Manage email account
Morgan Freeburg
Hometown: Burnsville, MN
Class of 2016
Major: Biology
Minor: Spanish
Email: freebum@uwec.edu

12. Position Description:
Plan event logistics
Organize event details
Brainstorm new event ideas
Stephanie Breitzman
Hometown: Menomonie, WI
Class of 2016
Major: Nursing
Email: breitzs@uwec.edu

13. Position Description:
Manages and updates all social media accounts
Updates website regularly
Uses social media effectively to reach members as
well as potentials
Retrieves and records necessary information and
photos for updated online profiles
Gabriel Jenson
Hometown: Eau Claire, WI
Class of 2016
Major: Computer Science - Software Engineering
Minor: Information Systems
Website: http://jensongm.blogspot.com/
Email: jensongm@uwec.edu

14. Position Description:
Takes pictures at events
Works closely with Social media
& Webmaster to update online
photos
Maintains picture file on shared
drive
Abigail Cafferty
Email: cafferam@uwec.edu

15. Position Description:
Participates in group discussions
and decision making
Readily available to take on tasks
and responsibilities for future
events and projects
Assists other members in projects
and events
Contributes ideas for events and
advertising for the group
Kimberly James
Class of 2017
Major: Psychology
Minor: History
Email: jameskf@uwec.edu

16. This is Jodi's second year as the UW-Eau Claire ALD-PES
advisor. She is looking forward to working with the
members to continue the strong tradition of recognizing
and honoring academic achievement at UW-Eau Claire. She
has loved her second year working with the officer team
and getting to know more about the amazing organization.
She enjoys the strong commitment to scholarship and the
strong work ethic of the officer team. They are building an
active organization at UW-Eau Claire.
University Position: Associate Dean of Students
Website: Dean of Students Office
Email: thesinjm@uwec.edu
Jodi has worked at UW-Eau Claire for twenty-one years
Jodi is an honorary member of ALD and PES, she was
inducted in 2008

17. ALD-PES Members

18. B.O.B. is an event held each semester for students to get to know
the campus organizations. We had information for incoming
freshmen and requested that they sign up for an email list to
receive information about upcoming ALD-PES events and for a
special invitation to our Freshman Study Bags event in December.
Left to Right: Benjamin Hanson, Morgan Freeburg, and Caitlin Daley

19. We held a Welcome Back to School Fall Mixer this
year where we ate nachos and played outdoor
games. One of the games we played was Kubb. Eau
Claire is the Kubb capital of North America and the
game is becoming very popular both in the
community and on our campus so we thought this
would be the perfect opportunity to combine a piece
of the community with our organization on campus.
We also played bean bags and listened to music
while we discussed upcoming events for the year.

21. Abigail, Caitlin, Emily, and Gabriel attended the
Alpha Lambda Delta National Leadership Workshop
in Minneapolis this Fall. This year we broke record
numbers by sending four representatives from
UW-Eau Claire to Minneapolis, two attendees, one
Order of the Torch representative and one National
Council member. Everyone had a great time at the
workshops and spending the afternoon at the Mall
of America before the banquet.
Left to Right: Emily Willert, Gabriel Jenson, Caitlin Daley, Abigail Cafferty

22. A long-standing UW-Eau Claire ALD-PES tradition, we
planned our annual Caught Studying Bags for the Fall
semester mid-terms. We made 200 bags, which include
organization information, candy and study tips for
other students to use and are passed out in the library
and dorms on campus.

23. This was the first year we completed
a membership survey. This survey
asked our members what they were
interested in and what events they
wanted to take part in whether they
were more social, volunteer, or
educational related. This helped us
better serve our members as an
executive board.

24. We had 15 people in attendance at our
Resume, Cover Letter, Interview Skills
presentation.

26. For the past three years, we have given out study
bags to freshmen before their first round of
college finals. They include a variety of treats and
tips for studying. We made 300+ bags to hand
out for freshmen and handed out all of them!
Left to Right: Kimberly James, Kaitlyn Wilberding,
Morgan Freeburg, Meghan Smith, Benjamin Hanson

27. Each year we hold at least two
information sessions for new
members to come see what
ALD-PES is all about at
UW-Eau Claire. These sessions have a
short presentation and offer a lot of
time for inductees to ask questions.

29. The above image was emailed
to all new inductees.

30. Adams, Ashley
Alderman, Jennifer
Anderson, Jennifer
Apold, Hannah
Arndt, Zachary
Bambery, Liam
Barr, Michael
Baschky, Duncan
Beiersdorf, Jaclyn
Berryman, Sarah
Bowman, Kristan
Brunner, Lucas
Burton, McKenzie
Calametti, Cecelia
Catura, Katelyn
Charneski, Emily
Clarksen, Brianna
Conom, Jenna
Esselman, Rachel
Even, Christopher
Falk, Brittany
Foth, Brett
Frederick, Timothy
Frenn, Emma
Gruber, Elizabeth
Gyorog, Emily
Hancock, Hallie
Hedeman, Brianna
Houchin, Nicholas
Hussain, Leila
Huston, Emmaleigh
Jensen, Kaylin
Johnson, Tyler
Joswick, Sierra
Keller, Ryan
Kelly, Meaghan
Kim, Eung Jin
Kleutsch, Katelyn
Kreider, Nicole
Kysely, Taylor
Lindner, Sydney
Lobermeier, Kayla
Mailey, Sari
Maly, Brennan
Mazurek, Haley
Meicher, Sarah
Peercy, Nicole
Pergolski, Matthew
Ramaker, Ashley
Reisner, Maxwell
Richardson, Lauren
Rigden, Gabrielle
Rust, Andrew
Schmidt, Brae
Schoeberle, Sydney
Schultz, Emily
Sink, Adam
Treankler, Katherine
Treuthardt, Jessica
Vesely, Amaris
Walczak, Savannah
Weber, Meghan
Weltzien, Matthew
Congratulations!

32. We created a web page in honor of
winning the Order of The Torch Award.
Left to Right: Gabriel Jenson, Morgan Freeburg,
Meghan Smith, Caitlin Daley, and Michelle Gross
(National ALD Council Member at Large)
This year marked our first Order of
the Torch! We were so excited to
receive this award which was
presented to us by Michelle Gross
from Milwaukee Institute of Art &
Design (MIAD) during our Spring
induction ceremony.

34. Email
Website
Facebook
Twitter
Google+
YouTube
Instagram
Communication with our members and
within our executive board has been one of
our biggest strengths. We look at a number
of ways to communicate with members and
try to find the way to best fit their needs.

35. This year, we competed against other
student organizations on
UW-Eau Claire’s campus for “Best
Website Design” using OrgSync and
we WON first place in the first annual
BluSync Madness!
Facts about our website:
• Live Statistics (updated daily)
• +1,200 Unique Views
• Hosted by OrgSync
• Created by: Gabriel M. Jenson, Webmaster
Our website assists us in communication
with current and future members. We
have received emails from our contact
form from parents and prospective
members. Our website has been a
valuable resource in induction of
prospective members.

38. Created by: Gabriel Jenson, UW-Eau Claire ALD-PES Social Media Chair and Webmaster