The Brothers Of Mu Upsilon
Class of 2015
Eric Eschliman u Hometown: Gahanna, OH u Class: Senior u GPA: 3.4 u Major: Finance; Minor: Management & Leadership u Target Career/Field: Investment Banking u Academic Honors: Dean’s List u Internship Experience: Summer 2014 I interned at a Private Equity Hotel
Investment Firm, assisWng the asset management team in analyzing financial statement metrics for operaWons across 107 assets in seven total funds with a capitalizaWon of $2.25 billion
u Oxford Community AcWviWes: I volunteered at Kramer Elementary School my sophomore year
u Campus AcWviWes: I parWcipated in the William Blair Investment Banking Case CompeWWon
u FIJI AcWviWes: I bowl in our FIJI bowling league u FIJI Offices: My sophomore year I served as one of our social chairs. Aaer
involving myself in the fraternity I chose to go on a leadership conference during the summer called the Undergraduate Interfraternity InsWtute (UIFI). Then during the spring semester of my junior year and fall semester of my senior year I served on our ExecuWve Cabinet as our Treasurer.
u Favorite memory of the old house: One of my fondest memories of living at 130 E High was sidng out on the balcony on a warm night and listening to the buzz on High Street.
u What 130 E High means to me: To me, 130 E High shows how far our fraternity has come. I'm not sure any other group of guys would be able to bounce back and overcome these past few years the way we have.
u What Being a Miami FIJI means to me: I think it is very hard to describe what a Miami FIJI is. Our group of guys is the most eclecWc groups at Miami. We all come from different backgrounds from all over the U.S. There is no cookie cuger Miami FIJI and that is why I'm proud to be.
Benjamin Nesdore u Hometown: Dublin, OH u Class: Senior u GPA: 3.0 u Major: AccounWng; Minor: Business AnalyWcs, Decision Sciences u Target Career/Field: Assurance – Audit u Internship Experience: I was an AccounWng intern at Bruner
CorporaWon, central Ohio’s largest mechanical contracWng company u Oxford Community AcWviWes: I helped with the Oxford community
canned food drive u Campus AcWviWes: I am involved in Nourish InternaWonal, helping to
set up ventures to raise money for impoverished children in third world countries
u FIJI Offices: Greek Week Chair u Favorite Memory of the old house: My favorite memory of 130 E High
are the fine gentlemen that I lived with. Living with 35 of your closest friends is an experience I will never forget
u What being a Miami FIJI means to me: The support I have received from being a Miami FIJI is overwhelming. The fraternity has donated over $1,000 to the Leukemia foundaWon in support of my Mom who balled with ALL (Acute LymphoblasWc Leukemia). I am forever in debt and grateful to Miami FIJI and brothers with whom I share an unbreakable bond
Zach Ross u Hometown: Cleveland, OH u Class: Senior u GPA: 3.35 u Major: AccounWng u Target Career/Field: Audit u Internship Experience: I had an internship with
KPMG u Campus AcWviWes: I am a member of Nourish
InternaWonal and the Global Buddies Program u FIJI acWviWes: Bowling and Greek Week u Favorite Memory of 130 E High: Sidng on the
porch or balcony with my brothers hanging out u What 130 E High Means to Me: It’s the place that
brought all of the classes together and united the chapter
Brian Ballard u Hometown: Chatham, NJ u Class: Senior u GPA: 3.4 u Major: Finance u Target Career/Field: Financial Services u Academic Honors:
u Dean’s List u RedHawk Excellence Scholarship
u Internship experience: u ICAP plc, Global Broking Intern, Jersey City, NJ u Private Advisor Group, FInancial Advisory Intern, Morristown, NJ
u Oxford Community AcWviWes u Kramer Elementary Annual Carnival u Oxford Community Day
u Campus acWviWes: Former VP of Finance for IFC u FIJI Offices:
u House Manager and Philanthropy Commigee u What 130 E High means to me: Being the last class to
live in 130, it’ll always be a memory I look back on while living with 32 brothers and something I hope to talk about in 20 years
Jack Schirmer u Hometown: Dublin, OH u Class: Senior u GPA: 3.67 u Major: Chemistry u Target Career/Field: Physician u Academic Honors: President’s List and Dean’s List u Internship Experience: Last summer I was a Research
Aid in the Department of Radiology at NaWonwide Children’s Hospital
u FIJI AcWviWes: I did community service with the fraternity through Kappa Dog Night, as well as fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
u What 130 E High means to me: It represents our strength as a fraternity. Even though the house burnt down, it is sWll standing, just like we all have aaer this terrible event.
u What being Miami FIJI means to me: We have stuck together and made each other stronger throughout our college careers. The everlasWng bonds we have made will never be broken
Mag Smith u Hometown: Dublin, OH u Class: Senior u GPA: 3.1 u Major: Finance; Minor: Double Major in Business AnalyWcs and Decision
Sciences u Target Career/Field: Financial Services u Academic Honors: RedHawk Excellence Scholarship and the Dean’s List u Internship Experience: Abercrombie & Fitch, Financial Analyst Intern, Real
Estate -‐ Columbus, OH u Oxford Community AcWviWes: I volunteered at the Kramer Elementary
Carnival, and hosted an Oxford Fire Department CAP presentaWon u Campus AcWviWes: I am a member of Miami’s Asset Management Club u FIJI AcWviWes: Kappa Dog Night, Monday Night Football, Canned Food
Drive, Nourish InternaWonal Coolers for a Cause u FIJI Offices: My sophomore year I was the T-‐shirt chair and just finished my
term on Exec as recording secretary u Favorite memory of the old house: Living with over 30 of my closest
friends under one roof, there were countless memories made. I will never forget waking up at 130, sidng on the balcony in my robe, and understanding that there was no beger place I could be in Oxford.
u What 130 E High Means to Me: 130 E High to me is a symbol of the bond we all share in brotherhood. It was the place where I decided to join FIJI, made countless memories and formed some of the strongest friendships I will ever have.
Scog Levy u Hometown: Solon, OH u Class: Senior u GPA: 3.25 u Major: AccounWng; Minor: Business AnalyWcs & Decision Sciences u Target Career: I will be working for Grant Thornton – AudiWng u Academic Honors: Dean’s List u Oxford Community AcWviWes: I volunteered at the annual Kramer
Carnival. I also worked in the Farmer School of Business academic advising office, helping students to register for classes
u Campus AcWviWes: Member of the Asset Management Club u FIJI AcWviWes: I volunteered at the Kramer Elementary Carnival and
play for the chapter’s intramural soccer team u FIJI Offices: I was the treasurer for the summer term of 2013, and
was also the Pig Dinner Chair, planning that year’s alumni Pig Dinner
u Favorite Memory of the Old House: The Saturday when my pledge brothers and I painted the interior of the house
u What 130 E High means to me: It was a home for my family (brothers) and a place I was proud to call my home
u What Being a Miami FIJI means to me: I couldn’t have gogen to where I am today without the unique brotherhood of our fraternity. Each brother always has your back – there is no separaWon between pledge classes
Ross Chaifetz u Hometown: Lake Forest, IL u Class: Senior u GPA: 3.0 u Major: Entrepreneurship u Target Career/Field: Equity Research u Internship Experience: I have interned as a summer associate for
Chaifetz Group, a Chicago-‐based private equity firm dedicated to providing capital for entrepreneurs and management teams
u Campus AcWviWes: I am a member of the MU Student Venture Fund, a student-‐run fund dedicated to funding business founded by Miami undergrad and graduate students
u FIJI AcWviWes: As a member of FIJI I have parWcipated in many intramural sports and greek week events like football, bowling, etc.
u FIJI Offices: Rush Chairman u Favorite memory of the old house: My favorite memory of living in
130 was hosWng recruitment cookouts in the back of the house and gedng to meet all the potenWal new members
u What 130 E High means to me: To me 130 is an icon of uptown. It represents both physically and metaphorically the pinnacle of Oxford and gives a beauWful representaWon of the brotherhood we pride ourselves on.
u What being a Miami FIJI means to me: To me, being a FIJI means represenWng the Phi Gam brand in the most posiWve and beneficial way possible whether in or outside of the classroom
Andrew Bell u Hometown: Cleveland, OH u Class: Senior u GPA: 3.36 u Major: Management InformaWon Systems; Minor: Business AnalyWcs, Decision Sciences u Target Career/Field: Financial Services ConsulWng u Special RecogniWon: SAS CerWficaWon – Data Mining u Internship Experience: Ernst & Young LLP u Oxford Community AcWviWes: I have enjoyed working throughout my Wme at Miami
University not only to make an impact on campus but also in the Oxford community. Some rewarding experiences include volunteering at the Kramer Elementary School Carnival, Spring cleaning at Peffer Park and acWvely parWcipaWng in canned food drives for the Oxford Food Bank.
u Campus AcWviWes: I serve as an integral member on the Interfraternity Council and parWcipate in the Miami Asset Management Club.
u FIJI AcWviWes: Throughout my Wme as a FIJI I have maintained acWve parWcipaWon in many of the chapter's operaWons. These include compleWon of the Community Advancement Program (CAP), Monday Night Flag Football Philanthropy, Greek Week, intramural soccer and hockey, canned food drives and Mom's weekend silent aucWons among others.
u FIJI Offices: I just recently finished my term as chapter President and was the Treasurer prior to that
u Favorite memory of the old house: My favorite memory of 130 E. High was the day I was iniWated. It was at that point I knew I had found my home at Miami University and was able to idenWfy with the group of brothers who would act as my support network in college and the future.
u What 130 E High means to me: 130 E. High represents the proud tradiWon that FIJI is at Miami University; the rebuild symbolizes a new era for the undergraduate as well as our alumni.
u What being a Miami FiJI means to me: Being a Miami FIJI means conWnually "pressing on" to advance the chapter, your brothers and yourself and to be a part of something bigger, making a lasWng impact in Oxford, Ohio.
Timothy Porter u Hometown: Chagrin Falls, OH u Class: Senior u GPA: 3.05 u Major: AccounWng and Business AnalyWcs u Target Career: AccounWng u Academic Honors: SAS Data Mining CerWficaWon u Internship Experience: I was an accounWng intern with Snavely Building Company in Chagrin falls in the
summer of 2013, followed by an internship with Koda Minod CPAs in Cleveland this past summer. u Oxford Community AcWviWes: I have parWcipated in the Oxford Community Clean up the past three years.
Every fall the community comes together on a Saturday to rake leaves and pick up trash around the uptown area. I have found it to be a rewarding way to get some fresh air, help the community and meet new people.
u Oxford Community Offices: I have been a member of the MUVolunteers Community Engagement for three years now. This is a good way to get other Fiji brothers involved in the community and help them get service hours.
u Campus AcWviWes: My sophomore year a fellow brother and I started a club called Miami Mudders. It was a club that trained together for the Mainsfield Tough Mudder in May
u FIJI AcWviWes: I have been to a vast amount of Thursday evening speakers for the CAP requirements. The One that sWcks out the most was a woman who came to speak about sexual assault in 2012. She was elderly and she came to speak about her daughters experience. You could have imagined how emoWonal it was for her to speak about her daughter being raped and commidng suicide over Thanksgiving break aaer her freshmen year of college.
u FIJI Offices: I was the Philanthropy chair my sophomore year in the fraternity. I helped organize the Monday Night Football flag football tournament we now host each spring. This past year was the most compeWWve. I also helped establish the Fiji and Kappa dog night. In this event we rented a dunk tank and brought a grill to the end of slant walk. We grilled hotdogs from 5pm unWl 3am and sold them for a dollar. we also encouraged bypassers to toss a soaball at the target and dunk the person on the plarorm in the dunk tank. Thank God we lived right across the street. The night we did the event had a high of 36 degrees. once you got dunked you could run across the street and warm up in the house at 130 E High.
u Favorite memory of the old house: My favorite memory at 130 E High was the house decoraWng compeWWon for homecoming 2012. A brother and I spent around three days decoraWng the front of 130 in red streamers, balloons, and a big sheet sign. The house was in a great locaWon as the homecoming parade ended on High Street and we were the last fraternity house they saw.
u What 130 E High means to me: 130 is home to me. It is where some of the best days of my life were spent and where I became brothers with the gentlemen I call Phi Gams.
Daniel Goetz u Hometown: Cleveland, OH u Class: Senior u GPA: 3.2 u Major: MarkeWng u Minor: Management u Target Career/Field: MarkeWng/Sales u Internship Experience: This past summer I had a markeWng internship
with the Cleveland Clinic u Oxford Community AcWviWes: At Kramer Elementary I volunteered with
other fraternity brothers to assist in running a carnival. I managed two separate carnival games for 100 elementary students
u FIJI Offices: Brotherhood Chairman u Favorite memory of the old house: Hanging out on the balcony with
other brothers u What 130 E High means to me: It is the foundaWon of our fraternity.
We have come a long way since I have been at Miami and we will conWnue to grow and flourish as a chapter once the new house is built
u What being a Miami FIJI means to me: I love the fact that I have 80+ brothers that I can talk to whenever I have a problem and whom I feel comfortable with
Gunther Poth u Hometown: Arlington, VA u Class: Senior u GPA: 3.3 u Major: Early Childhood EducaWon; Minor: General Business u Target Career/Field: AdministraWon side of EducaWon u Academic Honors: Dean’s list, Spring 2014 u Internship Experience: Freedom Capital Investment Management LL u Oxford Community AcWviWes: AcWvely tutor twice per week at Kramer Elementary School, creaWng lesson
plans based around improving children’s literacy skills u FIJI AcWviWes: Oxford Food Drive volunteer, worked at staWon at Kroger grocery store and helped raise
over 1,000 lbs of donated food for the local food pantry u FIJI Offices: New Member Educator, Spring 2012. Brotherhood Chair, Fall/Spring 2014 u Favorite memory of the old house: Waking up in Hut 1 on the weekends to walk out onto the balcony and
listen to great music, enjoy great weather and catch up on all the previous night's shenanigans with other brothers.
u What 130 E High means to you: I was here for summer class when the fire happened, living in 130 the whole year prior. I will also be returning in the fall for an extra semester fiah year. As a older member of the chapter, it means everything to me that we reestablish the house and honor its tradiWons. With the possibility of living in the house next year, I will do everything I can to share my knowledge and memories with the younger members of the chapter who have been deprived of the opportunity to experience a year in 130 E High. While the physical structure of 130 may have been damaged or destroyed, the memories that I have made will last me well beyond my years at Miami.
u What being a Miami FIJI means to you: When I have something that is bothering me and need to share it with someone, I know that I can go to any brother in our chapter and trust them with what I say. SomeWmes we can not tell our parents or family certain things and need support in other ways. When we got word of the fire and watched the flames consume 130 right in front of our eyes, I could not see any way that I could recover. This incident made us even stronger and showed me that the toughest of Wmes in my life, I can rely on any one of my brothers to support me and comfort me uncondiWonally.
Corey Nixdorf u Hometown: Canton, OH u Class: Senior u GPA: 2.7 u Major: Economics; Minor: Finance u Target Career/Field: Sales u Internship Experience: PCC Airfoils, LLC. / Minerva, OH / I took on several
roles and responsibiliWes during my Wme here and worked with sales, finance, layout, manufacturing, and logisWcs.
u FIJI AcWviWes: I parWcipate in all the philanthropy events u FIJI Offices: Brotherhood Chair u Favorite memory of the old house: My favorite memory of 130 was being
able to wake up and see my 30 best friends everyday. Living in 130 was one of the greatest experiences I have ever had. Miss it everyday.
u What 130 E High means to me: 130 E High means Brotherhood to me. The house burning down was a tragic event and broke all of our hearts, but it also made us come together and realize how special of a connecWon all of us share with each other and that no mager how detrimental an event may be, I always know my Phi Gam brothers will be there to support me.
u What being a Miami FIJI means to me: When I visited Miami my senior year of high school, I was fortunate enough to get to tour through the Fiji House. The moment I stepped in the house I knew I wanted to be a Fiji. Being a Fiji at Miami is almost an accomplishment for me. The connecWons I have made and life long brothers I have now are so important to me. I can't imagine being in any other fraternity at Miami.
Jake Buehler u Hometown: Dublin, OH u Class: 5-‐Year + u GPA: 3.14 u Major: EducaWon u Target Career/Field: Teacher/Coach u Internship Experience: Teaching internship at William
Henry Harrison High School u FIJI AcWviWes: 2013, 2014 host of the Phi Gamma Delta
Gammies Awards u FIJI Offices: Pledge educator for the 2012 pledge class u Favorite memory of the old house: My favorite memory
of 130 East High was having movie nights in the Barr room with my pledge brothers
u What 130 E High means to you: 130 E High was my home away from home for three years. When it burnt down it was like losing a friend
u What being a Miami FIJI means to me: Being a Miami FIJI was the most important decision I have made in my life to this date. I love all the kids here like family
Charles Jones u Hometown: Palo Alto, CA u Class: Senior u GPA: 3.51 u Major: AccounWng; Minor: ISA – QuanWtaWve Methods u Target Career/Field: IT Risk Assurance u Academic Honors: Fall 2013 Dean’s List u Internship Experience: San Francisco 49ers (2011), Boingo Wireless Inc (2013),
PricewaterhouseCoopers (2014) u Campus AcWviWes: Co-‐Founder/Treasurer of Miami Mudders Student OrganizaWon u FIJI Offices: 2013 Philanthropy Chair. Established two annual philanthropies for
chapter (Kappa Dog Night, and Monday Night Football). Raised nearly 3,000 for Bright Side of the Road, a Cleveland-‐based ALS Research FoundaWon. Also raised $1,150 through a Mom’s Weekend aucWon which was donated to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
u Favorite memory of the old house: Living in the Jungle Room. This was a room with an extremely elaborate painWng of a jungle on 3 of the walls which to me was just one (of many) intricate piece of character that made 130 so special to live in.
u What 130 E High mean to me: Brotherhood. No mager what age you were, or what day of the week it was, a majority of the chapter could always be found inside the house hanging out even if you didn't live there.
u What being a Miami FIJI means to me: The house on the corner of campus and high means everything to me. So many people have put their blood, sweat, and tears into gedng us back into it and I am extremely proud to say we were able to accomplish it.
Dylan Mannion u Hometown: Cleveland, OH u Class: 5-‐year+ u GPA: 2.7 u Major: Economics u Target Career/Field: Financial ConsulWng u Internship Experience: Over the summer of 2014, I worked
at Gabriel Partners, a compliance and financial consulWng firm in Cleveland. Some responsibiliWes I was engaged with include working with cash flow models and leading a team of transacWon monitors to meet certain deadlines.
u FIJI AcWviWes: Engaged in philanthropy u Favorite memory of the old house: My favorite memory of
130 has to be the library/war room u What 130 E High means to me: 130 is a legacy. It means
everything to me. I spent 2 years of my college career in that house and was one of the last individuals to live there. It wasn't JUST a chapter house, it was my house.
u What being a Miami FIJI means to me: Persistence
Bobby Bodner u Hometown: Cleveland, OH u Class: Senior u GPA: 3.76 u Major: Finance | Business AnalyWcs u Target Career/Field: Real Estate u Academic Honors/Special RecogniWon: Dean’s list every semester at Miami. Business Leader of the
Year Award from Chagrin Valley Chamber of Commerce u Internship Experience:
u MBA ConstrucWon LLC./Real Estate Development. Indianapolis, IN. u CLS Facility Services, East Lake, OH
u Campus AcWviWes u Nourish InternaWonal Non-‐Profit Business OrganizaWon u Phi Sigma Pi NaWonal Honor Fraternity u NaWonal Society of Collegiate Scholars u Golden Key InternaWonal Honor Society
u Campus Offices: Profit Business OrganizaWon: Finance Chair 2014-‐15, Recruitment Chair 2013-‐14, Philanthropy Commigee Leader 2012-‐13, Projects Commigee Leader, 2012-‐13
u FIJI AcWviWes: Help fulfill philanthropy CAP requirements for the chapter u FIJI Offices: Philanthropy Commigee – heading Coolers for a Cause for second year which will be
largest philanthropy for chapter u Favorite memory of the old house: My best memory from 130 E High would have to be the
comradery that occurred on the front balcony anyWme the weather permiged u What 130 E High means to me: 130 E High is more than just a historic building. It’s a place where kids
form any background can be welcomed with open arms into a brotherhood that lasts a lifeWme u What being a Miami FIJI means to me: Being a FIJI at Miami has been nothing but a blessing and
privilege. Because of the great experience I had, I will conWnue to do anything possible to ensure that our new chapter house becomes complete to pass the torch of FIJI onto those who next deserve the honorable duty.
Michael DePrima u Hometown: Ridgefield, CT u Class: 5-‐year + u GPA: 2.5 u Major: Economics; Minor u Target Career/Field: Sales/MarkeWng u Internship Experience: Merrill Lynch, Summit, NJ u Oxford Community AcWviWes: Canned food drive u FIJI AcWviWes: Helped collect canned food, FIJI hockey u FIJI Offices: Greek Week Chair, Intramural Sports Chair u Favorite memory of the old house: Hanging out with
brothers on the balcony on a sunny day u What 130 E High means to you: 130 was a symbol of
the bond I formed with my fellow brothers u What being a Miami FIJI means to me: It means I have a
lifelong brotherhood that helped me become who I am today
Andrew Clendenen u Hometown: Wellesley, MA u Class: Senior u GPA: 2.4 u Major: Public AdministraWon u Target Career/Field: Business Management u Academic Honors: Freshman year I won the Farmer School of Business WriWng Award for my excellence in
business wriWng u Internship Experience: Over the past two summers I interned in Quincy, MA with Arbella Insurance Group in
commercial underwriWng. During the internship I worked with Microsoa Excel, Word, and Powerpoint documenWng instrucWons for SmartBoard use. In addiWon, I worked in Excel consolidaWng and formadng commercial lines insurance policies.
u Oxford Community AcWviWes: Freshmen year I worked at the Goggin Ice Center as a refree and a volunteer coach for a mite hockey team. Those were not the only acWviWes I parWcipated in at Goggin, I also play for the FIJI ice hockey team in a compeWWve advanced level league.
u FIJI AcWviWes: My sophomore year I helped set up and run a carnival at a local elementary school. I built events and games in addiWon to making sure the kids were safe and having fun. This past fall, several brothers and I, raked leaves and cleaned out a garden at the local Oxford Art Center.
u FIJI Offices: My sophomore year I was elected Recruitment Chair along with one other brother. Together we conducted recruitment events and conWnuously were meeWng new potenWal members while represenWng FIJI in the right way.
u Favorite memory of the old house: My favorite memory of the old house would definitely have to be in the spring hanging out on the balcony. It made the house, and us, unique and its something that I really appreciated having during my Wme as a FIJI.
u What 130 E High means to me: The house atop slant-‐walk was probably my favorite experience in all of college. The whole year. Living with not only my pledge class, but with other brothers in different grades made the house a good mix of leadership and friendship. I made memories and friends in that house that I will never forget.
u What being a Miami FIJI means to me: Being a FIJI at Miami is something I can say with my head held high when I graduate. We have been through so much to get to where we are and I am proud to call these guys my brothers and greatly impressed with what we, as a whole, were able to accomplish. A lot of people put so much hard work in to put FIJI in a good light on this campus and I believe that it will only get brighter from here.