Chi Epsilon

TCNJ XE once again participated in the campus-wide event, TCNJ Holiday on Tuesday 12/3 with mini gingerbread houses.

Sofia Zapata and Hunter Kelly manning the XE table.

On November 26th, 2019, Chi Epsilon held its annual pie eating contest. Winners for the second straight year were Andrew Agresto and Austin Farnum. Representing Theta Tau and coming in second were juniors Axel and John. Finally, coming in third were junior members Hunter Kelly and Robert Dinger. Congratulations to all that won and we look forward to hosting this event again next year.

Bob Dinger and Hunter Kelly

Austin Farnum and Andrew Agresto

Theta Tau team won second place

On November, 23rd, Chi Epsilon had its 2nd Fall Induction Ceremony.  The first part of the ceremony consisted of the student inductees being inducted as student members. These students consisted of Andrew Agresto, John Costello, Robert Dinger, Mark Esposito, Austin Farnum, Alexander Iorio, Hunter Kelly, Amanda Stephenson, John Thompson and Sofia Zapata. Next, the alumni members were inducted. The alumni inducted were Nicholas Izzo (‘13), PE, Jeffrey Laux (‘11), PE, Ashley Napovier (‘14), and Edward Wilkes (‘07), PE. After this, Raymond Mankbadi, PE was inducted as a chapter honor member. Finally, Erin Lafferty (’18) and Lauren Santullo (’17) were both inducted as chapter trustees. Congratulations to all that were inducted. 

After the ceremony, a banquet was held. Chi Epsilon would like to thank the civil engineering faculty, chapter honor members and Dean Scheiner for attending the ceremony and banquet.

Inductees: Ed Wilkes, John Thompson, Andrew Agresto, Ray Mankbadi, Mark Esposito, John Costello, Bob Dinger, Austin Farnum, Amanda Stephenson, Alex Iorio, Sofia Zapata, Hunter Kelly, Nick Izzo, Jeff Laux, Ashley Napovier

Download induction ceremony Program here.

Find information about our honor members here.

On Wednesday, November 13th, Chi Epsilon held E-Board elections for the upcoming pledge class. Listed below is the new E-Board for the class of 2021.

President – Hunter Kelley

Vice President – John Costello

Treasurer – Andrew Agresto

Secretary – Sofia Zapata Echeverr

Marshal – Alexander Iorio

Editor – Mark Esposito

Congratulations to all that won positions.

On Saturday, November 9th, members of Chi Epsilon participated in a community service event at the Watershed Institute in Pennington, NJ. Members were tasked with moving trees to a deer sanctuary. Members also cleared and spread seeds in the forest. This continues Chi Epsilon’s relationship with the Watershed Institute as we have now volunteered with the organization multiple times. In all, Chi Epsilon is proud to give back to the local community once again.

Chi Epsilon would like to thank Michael Baker International and Professor Thomas Carl for their generous donations. Pictured below are Professor Carl and seniors involved with Chi Epsilon.

From left: Brian Rennie, Luke Aboff, Kush Patel, Victor Mazariegoes, Colin O’Hara, Olivia Cleale and Professor Tom Carl.

This past week pledges of Chi Epsilon participated in pledge week. We would like to congratulate all of the pledges that were accepted into our organization! A photo of the Fall 2019 pledge call is included below. Again, congratulations to everyone!

Front Row (from left): Mark Esposito, Bob Dinger, Alex Iorio, Andrew Agresto

Back Row (from left): John Costello, John Thompson, Austin Farnum, Hunter Kelly

Not pictured: Sofia Zapata, Amanda Stephenson

On October 30th, Chi Epsilon and ASCE held a joint event for Halloween. In this event, both groups filled Halloween pumpkin pails with different types of candies and goodies. The pumpkin pails were then given to Highland Park Elementary School in Upper Darby, PA. Chi Epsilon is proud to be able to help the community while taking part in this exciting community service event.

The pictures above include first graders from Highland Park Elementary School receiving their pumpkin pails.

On Friday, October 25th, Chi Epsilon had a social event at the Corn Maze on Howell Living Farms in Hopewell. Participating members were seniors Luke Aboff, Charles Turi, Kush Patel and Dr. Krstic. All participating members successfully made it through the corn maze and had a great bonding experience.

From the left: Luke Aboff, Kush Patel, Dr. Krstic and Charles Turi.