Active Brothers
Currently there are 60 active brothers and counting.
Congratulations to our Spring 2024 class, Gamma Omega Chi, for reaching brotherhood!
Julia Gilbert
WORTHY ARCHITECT, THON CO-CHAIR
5th year Architecture Major and Architectural History Minor
Julia is a fifth-year Architecture major with a minor in Architectural History. She is from Medford, New Jersey. She spends her summers lifeguarding on Long Beach Island, New Jersey, and is an instructor for the Harvey Cedars Lifeguard in Training program. She hopes to move to Long Beach Island full time after she graduates from Penn State and plans on designing summer homes. In her free time, she enjoys surfing, rowing, and skiing. In addition to Alpha Rho Chi, Julia is involved in THON as well as the Penn State snowboard club. Julia is a member of the Beta Iota Gamma pledge class.
Ben Maalej
WORTHY ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT, ACTIVITIES CO-CHAIR
3rd year Psychology Major
Ben is a third year psychology student from Allentown, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Omega Alpha Omega pledge class.
Lauren Reed
WORTHY SCRIBE, ACTIVITIES CO-CHAIR, CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT CO-CHAIR
3rd year Architecture Major
Lauren is a third-year Architecture major from Hershey, PA. She is a member of the Omega Alpha Omega pledge class. She decided to study architecture after growing up playing Minecraft and The Sims. In her free time, Lauren enjoys listening to music. Some of her favorite artists are Harry Styles, Tame Impala, Billie Eilish, and Glass Animals. Lauren also likes to play Just Dance with her friends.
John Murray
WORTHY ESTIMATOR
3rd year Architecture Major
John is a third year majoring in architecture and is from Martinsville, New Jersey. He am a member of the Omega Alpha Omega pledge class. He loves sailing and spending summers with family on the Jersey shore. He has always wanted to be an architect ever since he was a kid and loves watercolor painting. He hopes to do work with historic preservation in the future.
Jeff Snyder
FUNDRAISING CO-CHAIR
4th year Architectural Engineering Major
Jeffrey is a fourth-year majoring in Architectural Engineering at Penn State. He is from Hillsdale, New Jersey and is a part of the Iota Tau Upsilon class here in Alpha Rho Chi. Jeffrey discovered his love for engineering through set designing for musicals at his high school, and further developed this by taking every engineering class that was offered. He also has a love for soccer, playing as long as he can remember.
Dylan Huegel
5th year Architectural Engineering Major
Dylan is a fifth-year Architectural Engineering student from Warrington, PA. He is a part of the Spring 2022 ITY class. Growing up in an engineering household, he always knew he wanted to be an engineer and decided to go to Penn State to be an architectural engineer. In his free time, he enjoys mountain biking, playing sports, especially lacrosse, and quality time with his friends and family.
Esmael Maalej
6th year Architecture Major
Esmael is a sixth-year Architecture major from Allentown, PA. He is a member of the Delta Alpha Pi pledge class. Ever Since he was a young boy, he has loved the idea of design in all aspects of life. This curiosity led him to Architecture at Penn State. Esmael' enjoys cooking, skating around, exploring the natural world, and the simple things in life. He also enjoys reading and listening to soulful music. Esmael hopes to learn as much as he can from his peers and his experiences at Alpha Rho Chi and beyond. “Choose not the shorter or longer path, but rather choose the more scenic route.”
Rich Padula
4th year Architecture Major
Rich is a fourth year architecture major with a minor in architectural history. He is from Scranton PA and a member of the Alpha Iota class. He enjoys snowboarding, paintballing, weightlifting, and spending time with his dog in his free time.
Jared Fiscus
5th year Architecture Major
Jared is a fifth-year Architecture major from Stony Point, NY. He is a member of the Sigma Omega Lambda pledge class. He loved engineering in high school but enjoyed technical drawing/drafting even more. Jared’s favorite things are being with friends, listening to music, going to the gym, and spending time outside.
Connor Hargraves
5th year Architecture Major
Connor is a fifth-year Architecture major from Carlisle PA. He had a strong passion for engineering before choosing Penn State University for architecture. Outside of school, he likes to play basketball and listen to music.
Nicole Morandi
5th year Architecture Major and Italian Minor
Nicole is a fifth-year Architecture major and Italian minor from Long Island, NY. In her free time, she enjoys going to the beach, traveling, hanging out with friends, and creating drawings with marker. She also enjoys listening to her favorite artists, including Kid Cudi, Beach House, the Beatles, and Lana Del Rey.
Natalie Rivoli
WORTHY ADVISOR
5th year Architecture Major and Architectural History Minor
Natalie is a fifth-year Architecture major from Rochester, NY. In addition to her major, she is minoring in Architectural History. She loves photography and visiting big cities. You can find her rewatching the Shrek movies in her free time.
Alana Van Grouw
5th year Architecture Major
Alana is a fifth-year architecture student from Poconos, PA. She is a member of the Sigma Omega Lambda pledge class.
Seth Wienholt
5th year Architecture Major
Seth is a fifth-year Architecture major from Littlestown, a small town in Adams County, PA. Growing up, he always had an interest in art and drawing and decided to major in architecture, with an eventual minor in art history. In his free time, Seth enjoys lifting, listening to music, and playing soccer.
Ian Fernandez
5th year Architecture Major
Ian Fernandez is a fifth-year Architecture student here at Penn State. He is from Long Island, New York. He has joined Alpha Rho Chi as part of the Beta Iota Gamma class. His passion for architecture was apparent from a young age as he knew he wanted to become one since the 1st grade, due to his love for designing and building things. He also has a strong love for traveling the world, which makes pursuing architecture a perfect choice. In his free time, he likes to play soccer, hangout with friends, and listen to music.
Sophie Marks
5th year Architecture Major
Sophie is a fifth-year Architecture student from Chester Springs, PA. She is minoring in architectural history and enjoys model-making. She always knew she wanted to pursue architecture because of her love for design and creating spaces for other people. In her spare time, you can find her playing intramural soccer, hiking, visiting national parks, and taking care of her many houseplants.
Janna Nelson
5th year Architecture Major and Architectural History Minor
Janna is a fifth-year Architecture major with minors in Architectural History and German. She is from Denver, Colorado, and is part of the Beta Iota Gamma class of Alpha Rho Chi. She decided to pursue a career in architecture due to her love of design. In her spare time, she enjoys hanging out with her friends, traveling, music, and spending time outdoors.
Elijah Pfeiffer
5th year Landscape Architecture Major
Elijah (aka Eli, aka Big Cheese) is a fifth-year Landscape Architecture student who came to Penn State from Morgantown, Pa., becoming part of the Beta Iota Gamma pledge class. Growing up in rural Wisconsin, he was always outside either hunting with his father, bombing around on neighborhood ATV trails or hiking to the nearby Mississippi River to go fishing. This interest in the outdoors never left, even after the move to Pennsylvania in 2016, leading him to pursue a field in outdoor design. Elijah enjoys model railroading, working on his Jeep Wrangler, hiking, sketching, and playing Cities: Skylines in his free time.
Piper Snow
4th year Architecture Major
Piper is a fourth-year Architecture student and is a part of the Beta Iota Gamma class. She is from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She has wanted to be an architect from a young age and is interested in restoring older buildings. In her free time, she likes to take pictures, hangout with friends, and paint.
Luke Ciocca
HEALTH & WELLNESS CO-CHAIR
5th year Architecture Major
Luke Ciocca is a fifth-year student majoring in Architecture here at Penn State. He is from Indiana, Pennsylvania. He has joined Alpha Rho Chi with the members of the Iota Tau Upsilon class. His passion for Architecture developed over the course of his life stemming from his love to create and design. He also is an avid outdoorsman and traveler. Along with this, he enjoys playing any kind of sport, hanging with friends, and furthering he creative mediums.
Sam Deorio
5th year Architecture Major
Sam is a fifth-year Architecture major from Fairfield, Connecticut. He has been obsessed with design and always found his creative fix with Legos and Minecraft. Ever since he was a child, he would create houses and other odd creations. Now in his free time, he sketches build ideas, and plays Dungeon and Dragons.
Katie Morgante
5th year Architecture Major
Katherine Morgante is a fifth-year student majoring in Architecture. She is apart of the Iota Tau Upsilon class and is from Monroe, NY. Her love for architecture stemmed through her love of art and design, she hopes to join a design firm in the future and potentially design movie sets in the future. A fun fact about Katherine is that she has lived in New York her whole life, but has always dreamed of living in Colorado in the future.
Justin Reed
4th year Graphic Design Major
Justin is a fourth-year majoring in Graphic Design from Broomall, Pennsylvania. He always had a passion for the arts which is why he chose to major in graphic design. He was part of his high schools marching band, loves the outdoors, and enjoys building computers.
Shubh Savani
5th year Architecture Major
Shubh is a fifth-year student majoring in Architecture. He is from India and he decided to go for a career in Architecture after visiting the La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. He is fond travelled, travelled to almost every country in the world, with the final goal being to travel the whole world. He is also big Soccer fan, enjoying both playing and watching it.
Zach Vontz
FUNDRAISING CO-CHAIR
4th year Architecture Major
Zach is a fourth-year majoring in architecture, from Jacksonville, Florida. He is a member of the Iota Tau Upsilon pledge class. He enjoys playing sports, and all things music. He once watched all three Rush Hour movies in a single sitting.
Anna Zitkus
5th year Architecture Major
Anna is a fifth-year majoring in Architecture from Pottstown, Pennsylvania. She is a part of the Iota Tau Upsilon Class. Anna discovered her love for architecture through her education in classical languages. In her free time, Anna enjoys rowing, reading, listening to music, and spending time with friends and family.
Nevin Disque
4th year Architecture Major
Nevin Disque is a fourth-year Architecture student and is also pursuing a minor in Photography. He is from Carlisle, Pennsylvania and is a part of the Alpha Iota class. He has always been interested in the individuality architecture offers and enjoys anything related to design. In his free time he enjoys playing video games and hanging out with friends, taking photos, and spending time outdoors.
Grace Fallon
NEW MEMBER EDUCATOR
5th year Architecture Major
Grace is a fifth-year Architecture major with a minor in Architectural History. She is from Simsbury, Connecticut, and is part of the Alpha Iota class. She fell in love with architecture at a young age, drawing house plans with her older brother. You can find her playing intramural soccer, hanging out with friends, and listening to music in her free time.
Zack Fitzgerald
4th year Architecture Major
THON CO-CHAIR
Zack is a fourth-year Architecture major from Long Branch, New Jersey. He is part of the Alpha Iota pledge class. He has had a love for design ever since he was a kid and knew he wanted to pursue something creative. In a grade school career presentation he was assigned Architect by chance and stuck with it ever since. In his free time he enjoys going to the beach, hanging out with friends, and watching horror movies.
Kahree James
SUSTAINABILITY CO-CHAIR
4th year Landscape Architecture Major
Kahree is a fourth-year landscape architecture. He is from Philly and has wanted to work in the field of architecture since the fourth grade. In his free time, he enjoys playing sports or playing his guitar.
Josh Peters
HOUSE MANAGER CO-CHAIR
4th year Lanscape Architecture Major
Josh is a fourth year Landscape Architecture Major, he is from Dallas, PA. He is a member of the Alpha Iota pledge class. He grew up loving lego’s and playing cities skylines and that is what eventually led him to Landscape Architecture. In his free time you can catch him playing golf or watching sports.
Matt Ronga
FUNDRAISING CO-CHAIR
4th year Architecture Major
Matt is a fourth-year architecture major from Berkeley Heights, NJ. He joined Alpha Rho Chi as part of the Alpha Iota pledge class. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, playing sports, especially basketball, and quality time with his friends and family.
Nathan Shepard
RECORDS CO-CHAIR
4th year Architecture Major
Nathan is a fourth-year architecture major from Winchester, MA. He joined Alpha Rho Chi as part of the Alpha Iota pledge class. He was introduced to architecture from a young age by his family and has known since 4th grade he wanted to be an architect. He loves landscape photography and in his free time you can find him rock climbing at the IM building and cycling when the weather is good.
Jackie Zheng
5th year Architecture Major
Jackie is a fifth-year Architecture student minoring in Sustainability Leadership from Wallingford, PA. He became a member of Alpha Rho Chi with the Alpha Iota class. Before coming to Penn State, he had a strong passion for Data Science but ultimately chose the path to become an architect focused on sustainability and digital computation. Outside of Architecture, he loves participating in all sorts of activities and learning skills including hiking, cycling, reading books, and musical instruments.
Alex Bowler
4th year Landscape Architecture Major
Alex is from New York City and is majoring in Landscape Architecture with a minor in Architectural Studies. He enjoys traveling, the outdoors, music, and eating at restaurants. He likes all sports but his favorite team to watch is the NY Yankees.
Brendan Bucci
3rd year Landscape Architecture Major
Brendan is a third year majoring in landscape architecture from Charlotte, NC. He is a member of the Omega Alpha Omega pledge class. He always took art as an elective while growing up which drew him to his major. He loves playing the guitar, fishing and hiking.
Emilie Chiofalo
PROFESSIONAL EVENTS CO-CHAIR
4th year Architecture Major
Emilie is a fourth year architecture student from Long Island, New York. She is a member of the Omega Alpha Omega pledge class. She likes cooking, reading, and being creative whenever she can. She was drawn to the architecture major because it was the perfect mix of her two passions art and science. Emilie speaks French and has dual citizenship with France and the United States
Sylvie Crawford
3rd year Landscape Architecture Major
Sylvie is a third year landscape architecture student from West Palm Beach, Florida. She is a member of the Omega Alpha Omega pledge class. Her favorite thing to do is draw and listen to yacht rock. Sylvie attended art high school and majored in the visual arts for four years prior to college. She also loves anything seventies related and it’s fashion.
Jackson Frederick
3rd year Architecture Major
Jackson is a third year architecture student from Erie, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Omega Alpha Omega pledge class.
Gavin Lawrence
HEALTH & WELLNESS CO-CHAIR, CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT CO-CHAIR
3rd year Psychology Major
Gavin is a third-year psychology major with a concentration in neuroscience. Never living in one place for more than 2 years, Gavin has moved over 10 times, most recently North Carolina . He is a member of the Omega Alpha Omega class. HIs passion for psychology pushes him to create a safe place for everyone and hopes to eventually become a clinical psychologist. His favorite things to do in his free time include long boarding, Listening to jazz music, volunteering and gardening.
Maven Martin
3rd year Architecture Major
Maven is a third-year Architecture major from Long Island, New York. She is a member of the Omega Alpha Omega pledge class. She loves to travel and hopes to live abroad in the future. In her free time she enjoys going to the beach in the summers and skiing in the winters, reading, painting/drawing, and is involved with a dance club on campus.
Natasha Meyer
4th year Architecture Major
Natasha is a fourth year architecture student from Rye, New York. She is a member of the Omega Alpha Omega pledge class.
Karlie-Grace O’Hara
3rd year Architecture Major
Karlie is a third-year architecture student from Scranton, PA. She’s a member of the Omega Alpha Omega class. Originally, she wanted to become an engineer but fell in love with the creative design aspect of architecture. In her free time, she could be found listening to music, hanging out with friends, or reading books.
Anushka Ramroop
RECORDS CO-CHAIR
4th year Architecture Major
Anushka is a fourth year architecture student from Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the Omega Alpha Omega pledge class.
Aaron Sedlak
3rd year Architecture Major
Aaron is a third-year majoring in architecture. He is a member of the Omega Alpha Omega pledge class. Legos and Minecraft played significant roles in his decision to pursue architecture. Outside of architecture, he likes to go to athletic events and play the cello.
Owen Trufahnestock
SUSTAINABILITY CO-CHAIR
3rd year International Relations Major with a focus in Homeland Security
Owen is a third year Security and Risk Analysis Major with a Minor in Landscape Architecture. He is from Harrisburg Pennsylvania and is apart of the Omega Alpha Omega class. Owen enjoys spending time outside and occasionally going rock climbing.
Woody Blaine
TECHNOLOGY CHAIR
3rd year Landscape Architecture Major
Woody is a third year Landscape Architecture Major. He is a member of the Sigma Iota Nu pledge class. Woody is a member of the Penn State Blue Band and he loves to spend time outside by snowboarding, riding his Onewheel, and spending time with his fellow brothers.
Tori Hanson
PHILANTHROPY CHAIR
3rd year Landscape Architecture Major
Tori is a third year Landscape Architecture student from Schwenksville, Pennsylvania and a member of the Sigma Iota Nu pledge class. She loves reading outside, going to the gym, and hiking.
Avery Medina
4th year Fine Arts Major
Avery is a fourth year Fine Arts Major. She is a member of the Sigma Iota Nu pledge class.
Catherine Tumbarello
THON CO-CHAIR, PROFESSIONAL EVENTS CO-CHAIR
3rd year Architecture Major
Catherine is a third year Architecture Major. She is a member of the Sigma Iota Nu pledge class.
Timothy Beers
3rd year Landscape Architecture Major
Timothy is a third year Landscape Architecture Major. He is a member of the Gamma Omega Chi pledge class. He is from Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. Tim loves to be outside and enjoys everything nature has to offer.
Samantha Cappello
3rd year Psychology Major
Samantha is a third year Psychology Major. She is a member of the Gamma Omega Chi pledge class.
John Connaghan
2nd year Biology Major
John is a second year Biology Major. He is a member of the Gamma Omega Chi pledge class.
Laura Moyer
2nd year Agribusiness Major
Laura is a second year agribusiness major. She is a member of the Gamma Omega Chi pledge class.
Walker Reiss
2nd year Acting Major
Walker is a second year Acting Major. He is a member of the Gamma Omega Chi pledge class.
Ada Yu
3rd year Landscape Architecture Major
Ada is a third year Landscape Architecture Major. She is a member of the Gamma Omega Chi pledge class.
Paulina Zamora
2nd year Set Design Major
Paulina is a second year Set Design Major. She is a member of the Gamma Omega Chi pledge class.