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This week’s feature is in honor of Earth Day. Nature and the outdoors have always been a profound passion for Matt Duncan (California State University – Fullerton, 2013). His dedication to educating others about our planet led to the creation of The Upcycled Toys Club, a family friendly recycling activity series. This...

To hype up student government voting the following week, one of Brother Danny Siegel‘s (UCLA, 2017) roommates suggested in jest that he ask Myles Jack, then UCLA football player and current linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars, to tackle him in a video endorsement. “He may have been joking, but I saw...

Morris L. Maslia (Georgia Tech, 1976) has developed a passion for bike riding through the Negev desert to Eilat in Israel. His first opportunity to do this was in 2014 with The Israel Ride, a seven-day cycling experience. This adventure was created to fund both the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies as well...

Norman Katz (Northeastern, 1961) is crucial to relaying information about the history of events that took place during the presidential administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He is the youngest of three living Special Agents from the United States Secret Service who served on the day...

Paul Kurtz (Vanderbilt, 1968) has always been a humble individual who has found the simple things important. In a recent interview, he cited his family, his love of education and his devotion to Alpha Epsilon Pi as things which have been central in his life. Born in New York...

Earlier this month, Brother Sam Shapiro (UC San Diego, 2018) was the recipient of the UCSD’s Greek Leader of the Year award. The most prestigious award given by the Greek community, it recognizes a well-rounded individual who has gone above and beyond the duty as it relates to academics, service and...

Born and raised in Freemont, CA, Rajiv Vasudevan (UCSD, 2018) never strayed too far from his home on the peninsula with his parents. So it was not an easy decision to go to the University of California – San Diego—7 hours away—but it’s one he doesn’t regret. Brother Vasudevan was...

Sam Z. Glassenberg (Illinois, 2002) began his career in the video game business. What he didn’t realize was that his skills would one day have profound impact on a completely different industry: healthcare. Glassenberg chose the University of Illinois for its fantastic engineering program and earned his degree in computer...

Brian Horowitz (Ohio State, 2011) and Matt Stahm (Ohio, 2012) are two entrepreneurs who recently started One948: Israel and Jewish-themed Apparel, a store that donates 10 percent of its profits to nonprofit organizations that support Israel. Both Brother Horowitz and Brother Stahm were born and raised in Ohio—just a few miles away from...