On November 8th we went to a pig farm in the town of Moca to work with pigs. We injected supplemental iron, tattooed their ears, castrated and weaned the pigs. It was a great learning experience for both the candidates and the old members because some of them had never worked with pigs. After a hard day of work working with almost 90 pigs we went to eat and shared some of our stories with this year’s candidates.

On Wednesday September 4^th, brothers participated in a school wide involvement fair. This fair was held in the Carmichael gym on the North Carolina State University Campus. The involvement faired aimed to provide students the opportunity to get more involved on campus with various clubs, fraternities/sororities, and various other social or academic groups. The North Carolina Chapter set up a booth with pictures and commentaries about activities and experiences of brothers in hopes of attracting students of CALS and its allied fields to consider rushing for Alpha Zeta. The brothers who participated in the event had the opportunity to communicate with the student body about what interests them and how they could possibly fit into the Alpha Zeta Brotherhood. Overall there was a lot of interest from students which was really exciting to see as brothers.

September 10-12th, the North Carolina Chapter of Alpha Zeta held our information sessions for our prospective new members. Censor Cave gave a wonderful welcome speech each night of rush to the prospective members. Various committee members spoke about the activities they had planned for the semester and a powerpoint was presented as well. On September 10th, we served baked zitti that was made by one of our censor's with a cost. On September 11th, each of the brothers brought a dish for our potluck. We had a lot of great food that night. On September 12th, we had pizza from Little Cesars. Drinks, cups, and plates for the duration of the information sessions was provided by some of the brothers. Over the course of the three days there were quite a lot of people that came out to Rush. The most amount of prospective members came on Wednesday night. At this time applications were given out to those who were seriously considering rushing Alpha Zeta. Brother attendance was very high for the rush events due to the importance of sharing their experiences in hopes that it will interest prospective members into joining this great brotherhood. 

On Sunday September 15th, the brothers of the North Carolina Chapter of Alpha Zeta met to interview our potential candidates.  We all met at Weaver labs at 11am in business professional dress and brought breakfast or brunch items to share.  We started the day by welcoming the potential candidates, showing them a slide show presentation of some of our activities, and singing the AZ friendship song.  These interviews gave us an opportunity to get to know these talented individuals and a time for them to ask us questions.  We interviewed close to twenty potential candidates and extended over fifteen bids! We are very excited about this candidate class and can't wait for them to become brothers of our fraternity.

Alpha Zeta-Cal Epsilon faced a full house on Wednesday, October 9^th, when the chapter welcomed potential new members at our latest meeting. Chancellor Jodi Raley gave a warm, brief, welcome speech and it was business as usual...