With the help and support of their alumni, a brand new house has been constructed - We are proud to announce that Iota Beta Chapter has moved into its new chapter house and has been getting settled in its new home.
Iota Beta Chapter received their occupancy permit for their new Chapter house on Aug. 2, 2013. Members began moving in on Aug. 9., and furniture was delivered Aug. 14. The chapter's current President, Taylor Homeyer, who lived at the chapter's previous location, currently resides in the new chapter house and shared some facts about the chapter's new home.
"The house holds 40 men and is full for the 2013-2014 school year;" said Homeyer. "We upgraded from about 31/32 (residents) at our previous location. Each room holds two brothers." he continued.
This was the first move that Iota Beta had made since 2003. The new chapter house has four floors and is also easily accessible for members and guests with disabilities.
"The four floors include: a basement with a large living area and three bedrooms, the first floor has a smaller "parlor room", chapter room, ritual closet/office and three bedrooms, the second and third floors each have seven bedrooms each and two study areas with a "sky box" that overlooks the university's intramural fields," said Homeyer.
"I love the new house," said Homeyer. "It has been a huge upgrade for our chapter and definitely mirrors the quality of work that our chapter has produced at the local and national level compared to our previous location," he said. "During recruitment, it has definitely been used as a tool to show brothers the great brotherhood and successes that our chapter has had since joining campus in 1999; that being said, we have not relied on the new house to recruit the men for us," he added. "I'm very excited to be one of the first brothers to live in this house and excited to visit the chapter in the future to share some of the first stories and memories that were created in the house," said Hoemeyer.
Congratulations to Iota Beta - and a huge Thank You to all of the alumni for their support!