Fraternity Foodie Podcast by Greek University

Check out episode # 44 of Fraternity Foodie as we interview perhaps the world's leading expert on the subject of Hazing, Hank Nuwer. Hank is the author of Hazing: Destroying Young Lives, Wrongs of Passage, High School Hazing, and The Hazing Reader. He's now speaking on college campuses all across North America (and the world). We talk about how his mission of hazing prevention started, what is was...

Check out episode #43 of Fraternity Foodie! We interview Dr. Ethan Becker, a Sigma Pi Fraternity alumnus from Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts, and President of The Speech Improvement Company. We talk about why he chose Fitchburg for his undergraduate degree, what was special about being a Founding Father of a fraternity chapter, why he's been so focused on speech communication througho...

Check out episode # 42 of Fraternity Foodie! Today we interview Carl Heer, a Cognitive Science Major at Rutgers University and member of Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity. We met Carl at NGLA 2020 in Baltimore, and he has his own TED talk called "Talk To Strangers, It Will Change Your Life", which has lots of benefit to fraternity and sorority members. We find out why he chose Rutgers, what was special ab...

Check out our town hall on empathy in the time of COVID-19! This is episode # 41 of Fraternity Foodie with Dr. Thea Zunick, a speaker for Greek University and a community engagement manager for the Jed Foundation. Some of the questions that came in include the definition of empathy and what that looks like during the Caronavirus pandemic, social distancing versus physical distancing, why social co...

Welcome to our town hall on Mental Health during the Coronavirus pandemic for fraternity/sorority students and administrators. We will share a ton of resources in this episode, so be ready to take some notes! We have two excellent resources here with us today to guide our conversations and to answer your questions on mental health, so feel free to use the chat box for any questions you would like...

Check out episode number 39 of Fraternity Foodie with Cassie Perry! Cassie is a mom, entrepreneur, ex-cheerleader for the Indianapolis Colts, and most importantly, she is a survivor. We talk about her choice to attend Indiana University in Bloomington after growing up on a farm in Northern Illinois, joining a sorority at IU, her path to becoming an NFL Cheerleader, tips on becoming an entrepreneur...

Dr. Louis Profeta (an award-winning writer and Emergency Physician at St. Vincent Hospital of Indianapolis) discusses the impact of Coronavirus on colleges, universities, and the fraternity/sorority community. We find out if students should be asked/allowed to quarantine in fraternity/sorority houses if they test positive for Coronavirus, how our ritual ceremonies should change going forward, how...

Check out episode # 37 of Fraternity Foodie that was filmed on Valentine's Day with Mike Spitalieri, Co-Founder and CEO of Evolvez (www.evolvez.co), a company set up to help undergraduates find ambassador positions, internships, and full time jobs with dream companies. We find out why he chose the University of Pittsburgh for his undergraduate experience, how Evolvez came about, success stories wi...

Today we interviewed Phil Protomanni, the VP of National Accounts for Crowd Change. We talk to him about his choice to go to college at Western University in Canada, how Crowd Change started, why using technology for philanthropy will help you get better results, working with existing databases of contacts like alumni, administrators, and parents of our students, success stories from all over the...

Check out episode # 35 of Fraternity Foodie with Robert Huffman, Head of University Development for Movember Foundation. We find out why Robert chose Florida Atlantic University, why he joined Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, how that led to other positions at FAU, why he's working for Movember now, student success stories with Movember, how we can end the stigma regarding mental health with men, the s...

Check out episode #34 of Fraternity Foodie where I interview Rich Herrera, a broadcaster, play by play announcer, sports anchor, talk radio entertainer, and so much more. We talk about his experience in Sigma Pi Fraternity at Cal State Bakersfield, why he joined the fraternity, how it has helped his career, diversity in college fraternities, how being Hispanic in sports radio is viewed by outsider...

There are so many exciting things happening with Zach Westerbeck as he speaks on college campuses all over the country, so we decided to catch up with him again on Fraternity Foodie to see what's new! Zach tells us about the issues he is seeing with the students regarding their mental health when he speaks on college campuses like UC San Diego, Penn State, and Georgia Tech, the student takeaways,...

Check out episode #32 of Fraternity Foodie with Sterling Jowers, a tax accountant and alumnus of Beta-Mu chapter of Sigma Pi Fraternity at Ole Miss! We talk about how this chapter was able to recruit so many men into the fraternity, how to manage chapter finances and reduce any possibilities of fraud/theft, what's the right amount of student loan debt, budgeting, financial goals, credit cards, wor...

In our 31st episode of Fraternity Foodie, I interview Michael Angelo Caruso, a communication consultant, author, and speaker. Michael has delivered over 2,000 presentations and keynotes speeches on 5 continents and in 49 of the 50 states (he's speaking in Hawaii shortly to check off the last state). We talk about how he got started as a professional speaker, the 5 steps to amazing presentations, h...

Check out my interview with Dr. Louis Profeta, a nationally recognized, award-winning writer, TED Talk speaker, and Emergency Physician at St. Vincent Hospital of Indianapolis, a level 1 trauma center. He has cared for more than 60,000 patients. We talk about his advice for students thinking about being a doctor, what conversations we should be having now with our parents and grandparents, his Red...

Welcome to episode #29 of Fraternity Foodie! On this episode, we get to speak with Carrie Anton, Chief Wonder Woman at her own company called Wonder: An Idea Studio. We talk to her about her undergraduate experience at University of Wisconsin-Madison, her time as an editor for a big company like American Girl, the different services she offers today at her own company, the book she recently co-aut...

Check out episode #28 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast! We interview Blake Bratcher, a Sigma Pi alumnus from Arkansas Tech who now works in Development for the University of Utah. We ask why he chose Arkansas Tech, what it was like joining a fraternity, should students work while going to school, how fraternity helped after graduation, what it was like getting a Masters Degree, how he transitioned...

Check out my interview today with Kevin Pons, the new Executive Director for NGLA (Northeast Greek Leadership Association). We talk about his choice to attend Johnson & Wales as an undergraduate, being involved as a student leader, his Masters degree from the University of Delaware, working for Sigma Pi Fraternity's headquarters, the family atmosphere at the NGLA conference, why students are so en...

Check out my interview with Ka Baw Say, a first generation college student who is originally from Burma, but now a student at the University of Missouri - Kansas City and an undergraduate member of Phi Gamma Delta. We talk about living in a refugee camp in Thailand, immigrating to the United States without his parents, teaching himself English over the Internet, choosing UMKC for college, joining...

Check out episode # 25 with Doug Allen, Past National President for Theta Chi Fraternity and Founder of Akademia Performance Solutions. We discuss his undergraduate experience at the University of Georgia, why he chose Theta chi, why he volunteers for the fraternity, challenges and opportunities as National President, why academic excellence is so important, the NIC Standard for Academics, the myt...

Check out my interview with Majesty Uwagerikpe, VP of Diversity and Inclusion for the IFC at UPenn! We talk about why he chose UPenn, the value of internships as a student, why he chose Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, what his family thinks of fraternity, why diversity is important within student organizations, how to bring diversity into recruitment for predominantly white organizations, how we can m...

Check out this stellar interview with Joe Thompson, the Assistant Director of Student Development at Stockton University in New Jersey. Joe talks about his start at Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania, choosing Phi Mu Delta Fraternity, the growth of the FSL community at Stockton, the importance of service, engaging first generation students, healthy masculinity, diversity in fraternities and so...

Check out my interview with Dr. Thea Zunick today! We talk about why she chose TCNJ for her undergraduate experience, joining Phi Sigma Sigma sorority, her dissertation at Rutgers on Fraternity housing, working at tech schools and working with STEM students, building meaningful relationships, volunteering as a presenter and facilitator for fraternities, working with new attendees at professional c...

Check out my interview with Edson O'Neale, the Director of Student Activities at Saint Leo University in Florida! We talk about why he chose Saint Leo for his undergraduate degree, why he joined Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, how to get membership for life, his Master's Degree from Nova Southeastern, his role and responsibilities as the Director of Student Activities, how to get develop open and hone...

Check out my interview today with Christy Brooks, Director of LIVEmpowered, an organization that focuses on helping young people with their struggle with self esteem and identity to prevention depression, self injury, eating disorders, substance abuse, and bullying. We talk about her own experiences growing up, starting her nonprofit in 2013, the cause of suicide and warning signs, alternative cop...