CO-ED Service Fraternity
Charters Chapter at Defiance College

Alpha Phi Omega national service fraternity recently announced the chartering of a new chapter at Defiance College. This new coed fraternity will develop leaders by providing community service to the campus and community.

The following 19 students will represent the chapter which will be known within Alpha Phi Omega as the Alpha Zeta Rho Chapter: Jamie Anderson, Montpelier; Breeann Lee, Bellville; Shanna Chuenyane, Columbia, MD; Bethany Linn, Lagrange; Kerstyn Clover, Jonesboro, IL; Jessica Lipstraw, Oak Harbor; Laura Derov, North Olmstead; Kalina Moore, Shelby ; Kristin Goldstein, Rocky Ridge; Elizabeth Petrie, Attica; Brittany Gow, Wellington; Zachariah Polzin, Redford, MI; Lynn Haller, Antwerp; Aubrie Ridinger, North Ridgeville; Samantha Higdon, Waldron, IN ; Aida Rodriguez, North Ridgeville; Elizabeth Huffman, Edwardsburg, MI; Andrew White, Paulding; and Michael Wint, West Bloomfield, MI.

Alpha Zeta Rho joins the existing 363 Alpha Phi Omega chapters across the nation in an effort to develop leaders, promote friendship and provide service to their campus, community and nation.

For more information about Alpha Zeta Rho, please contact Laura Derov, chapter president, by phone at 419-783-2388, or via e-mail at lderov001@defiance.edu.

Alpha Phi Omega is a national coed service fraternity — college students gathered together in an organization based on fraternalism and founded on the principles of the Boy Scouts of America. Since 1925, more than 367,000 students have chosen Alpha Phi Omega, making the fraternity the nation’s largest Greek letter fraternity.

Defiance College, chartered in 1850, is an independent, liberal arts institution in Northwest Ohio offering more than 40 undergraduate majors as well as graduate programs in education and business. Defiance College has received national recognition for its educational experience of engagement. U. S. News & World Report ranks Defiance in the top tier of comprehensive colleges in the Midwest. The college website is www.defiance.edu.

February 23, 2009