P.A.X. Banquet

The Epsilon chapter of Pi Alpha Xi, represented at The Ohio State University, met on Thursday, January 31^st2008 to initiate new members into the horticultural honorary. The meeting was held in the basement of the Brazenhead Pub on 5^th Avenue from 7:30 to 9:30 in the evening. Upon arriving members, and candidates were asked to sign in, and the new candidates had a white carnation pinned on. It was a great occasion with everyone sharing in lots of good food and conversation.

The meeting was called to order by Laura Burchfield. Then Hala Zahreddine welcomed the members and friends to the meeting. After this David Metzger presented the candidates for initiation into the society. During the meeting twenty-three new members were initiated. The candidates stood and took a pledge to uphold and promote the ideals of the society. The candidates were then welcomed as full members of the society, and were congratulated by the current members of the organization.

These new members include; Andiru Gladys Anguti, Kristina Arthur, Meghan Blake, Wendy Bowman, Kyle Daniel, Christine Dudgeon, Christopher Fredrick, Karlyn Green, Melinda Hoffman, Jason Keltner, Erika Kemp, Brent Langenkamp, Michael Pfeiffer, Dr. Bill Randle, Michael Reder, Daniel Robarts, Thomas Smith, Ashley Sommers, Regina Vann, Erin Wells, Jared Wong, Misty Wright, and Peter Zale. New initiates were recognized that evening receiving a plaque recognizing their admittance into Pi Alpha Xi, a pin with the organization’s Greek letters, a lotus flower, and a flower planter. After the meeting was concluded everyone was invited to remain and continue to socialize.

 

Written by Brent Langenkamp

Poinsettia Sale Draws University Support

The 30^th Annual PAX Poinsettia Sale was once again a successful event. Pi Alpha Xi offered numerous varieties of Poinsettias during the three day event. Popular varieties included “Jingle Bells”, and “Plum Pudding”. The Landscape and Floriculture Forum also offered centerpieces and decorated wreaths to add variety to the sale. The annual Poinsettia Evaluation was also held during the sale. This allows for patrons to see a sampling of up and coming varieties of Poinsettias and provide their opinion. The event was held in the Howlett Hall Greenhouse.

Pi Alpha Xi introduced its Go “Green” with PAX campaign during the sale. Pi Alpha Xi is promoting more environmentally responsible practices. The paper and mailed advertisements were very limited this year. This created a few snags in advertising but a campus wide email campaign during the sale provided adequate customer traffic. All customers were asked to provide their email addresses to eliminate future paper usage. Pi Alpha Xi collected nearly 1,000 email signatures during the sale. Patrons were also informed that there would be no paper type coupons in the future only emails. Planning for the 31^st Poinsettia Sale is already underway.

Thank you to everyone that assisted with the event. As many of you know there is months of planning involved with the sale. Numerous current members and alumni helped with the event. A special thank you goes to Mary Maloney for all of her hard work and emailing. Also thank you to the faculty members who volunteered and patronized the sale. The overwhelming number of OSU faculty and staff shows how the university supports student organizations such as Pi Alpha Xi.

Written by Christine Dudgeon

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