Press Secretaries

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Part of ExComm. This position became an elected ExComm office in 2006. Press Secretaries take the place of the Rush Chair position in overseeing the tabling in Rush Week. Pres Secretaries took the place of what used to be the PR Chair.

Official Duties

Usually two officers whose duties are:

1. To serve as chairperson of the Publicity committee.

2. To formulate a publicity program for the chapter in order to raise awareness in the public of chapter events.

3. To maintain publicity contacts with campus service organizations, local charitable groups, local media (television, print, radio, and online), and with the national fraternity publicity office.

4. To formulate a listing of publicity contacts and a record of the term's publicity campaign for use for future Press Secretaries.

5. To create and maintain publication and outreach materials in order to facilitate the publicity and Rush campaigns for the new term.

6. To direct letters of appreciation, on chapter stationery, to persons and organizations that have cooperated with chapter projects.

7. Working with the Corresponding Secretaries to submit material to the Torch and Trefoil for Iota Phi.

In Practice

The Press Secretaries organizes handing out flyers, tabling, and general publicity stints.

List of Iota Phi Press Secretaries

List of Iota Phi Public Relations Officers

Prior to 2006, Iota Phi had Public Relations Chairs or Officers.

  • Spring 1991: David Widell, Rob Fabricante, Tim Canio
  • Fall 1990 (Jurvis): Julia Farthing