All About Eta Alpha!
Eta Alpha History
In 1980, Dr. Robert Spradling (Florida State University) was hired as the new Director of the Syracuse University Marching Band (SUMB). As a member of Kappa Kappa Psi and an honorary of Tau Beta Sigma, he suggested in 1981 that Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma would be great assets to the band program.
David McCullough, the Assistant Director of Bands at SU, and his wife Kathy had both finished earning degrees at West Virginia University. They arranged for brothers and sisters of West Virginia University’s Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma chapters to talk to interested SU students about the two organizations. The Delta Beta chapter at West Virginia University became the big sister chapter to Eta Alpha.
On December 4, 1982, the Eta Alpha chapter of Tau Beta Sigma and the Eta Phi chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi were established at Syracuse University. Eta Alpha's founding sisters are: Jennifer Beck, Debra Calef, Allison Mau, Heidi Neuffer, Lynda Powell, Gwen Seaholtz, and Lillian Turco.
In 1980, Dr. Robert Spradling (Florida State University) was hired as the new Director of the Syracuse University Marching Band (SUMB). As a member of Kappa Kappa Psi and an honorary of Tau Beta Sigma, he suggested in 1981 that Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma would be great assets to the band program.
David McCullough, the Assistant Director of Bands at SU, and his wife Kathy had both finished earning degrees at West Virginia University. They arranged for brothers and sisters of West Virginia University’s Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma chapters to talk to interested SU students about the two organizations. The Delta Beta chapter at West Virginia University became the big sister chapter to Eta Alpha.
On December 4, 1982, the Eta Alpha chapter of Tau Beta Sigma and the Eta Phi chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi were established at Syracuse University. Eta Alpha's founding sisters are: Jennifer Beck, Debra Calef, Allison Mau, Heidi Neuffer, Lynda Powell, Gwen Seaholtz, and Lillian Turco.
What We Do
Eta Alpha is dedicated to serving the Syracuse University band program as well as the greater Syracuse community. The Brothers of Eta Phi and Sisters of Eta Alpha help coordinate the arrival of rookie and veteran members of the Syracuse University Marching Band at band camp each year, assisting in move-in, uniform distribution, camp dinners, and more. Eta Alpha participates in a number of service projects both on and off campus, hosts receptions after university bands performances, actively fundraises for a number of music-related causes and charities, and awards a scholarship each spring to one graduating high school senior in the Syracuse Community.
Eta Alpha is dedicated to serving the Syracuse University band program as well as the greater Syracuse community. The Brothers of Eta Phi and Sisters of Eta Alpha help coordinate the arrival of rookie and veteran members of the Syracuse University Marching Band at band camp each year, assisting in move-in, uniform distribution, camp dinners, and more. Eta Alpha participates in a number of service projects both on and off campus, hosts receptions after university bands performances, actively fundraises for a number of music-related causes and charities, and awards a scholarship each spring to one graduating high school senior in the Syracuse Community.