Congratulations fall 2009 paddle recipients

- Photo by Francesca Cardillo, ΔΨ

Rhoda and Herchen worked as co-chairs this semester to get the brothers an inexpensive, classy banquet in the Frangipani room at the IMU. Musmanno provided the paddles in her final semester as Alumni Secretary including the addition of hand-painted crests by brother Courtney Grayson ΔΨ. from left: Juliana Musmanno ΔΤ, Drew Rhoda ΔΥ, Annelise Herchen ΔΧ.

Juliana Musmanno ΔΤ joined AZ her first semester here at IU. Since then, she has had the pleasure of being elected to three offices on exec and serving two of them. In spring 2009 she received the award of Outstanding Brother from the chapter. Originally a music education major (euphonium), Juliana had the honor to work as a band librarian. She marched four seasons as a sousaphone with the Hundred. Her best memories from Psi and band include the adventures of the Sousy Gnome and getting to know and work with so many diverse personalities. She graduated on December 19 with a B.A in journalism and a minor in academic music. Post graduation she moved back to her hometown of Pittsburgh to look for employment and see where life takes her next. AEA.

Drew Rhoda ΔΥ became a brother of Kappa Kappa Psi in the fall of 2006 in the Delta Psi class under the guiding leadership of Andrea Kopp and Father Juliana Musmanno. Drew was lucky enough to become bass drum section leader for the Marching Hundred, bass drummer for the Crabb Band, played drum set in the Big Red Basketball Band and was a section member of the Indiana University Wind Ensemble. A music education major, Drew is currently student teaching at Paoli High School with Bill Laughlin and will graduate in the Summer of 2010 with a Bachelors of Music Education from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. In addition to being a brother of Kappa Kappa Psi Drew is also a member of the Percussive Arts Society and MENC: the National Association for Music Education.

Annelise Herchen ΔΧ is a 2006 graduate of Duxbury High School from Massachusetts. She is currently a senior at Indiana University studying music education. In high school, she was active in the Honors Society, president of both the Wind and String Ensemble, an AP Scholar and private flute teacher. An avid participant in the music program at DHS, she now studies music education and plans on becoming a music teacher. She plays the piccolo, flute, tenor saxophone, and cello. She has had the privilege of being one of two librarians for the band department at IU - working with and learning from world renown professors.

At IU she was a member of the piccolo section of the Marching Hundred for three years, an Undergraduate Staff member for three years and a drum major for one. She has been the principle flutist for both the Concert and Symphonic Bands and received numerous awards in both the marching and concert bands. She joined Psi in the spring semester of her freshman year and remained active until graduating at the end of the fall semester of 2009.