The March Challenge is an annual fundraising competition in which Psi Upsilon chapters compete against one another to see which has the most donors. The money raised goes specifically towards the growth initiatives of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity and beacuse of the support from prior Challenges we’ve been able to:
- Hire a Director of Growth in 2021, the first time Psi Upsilon has been able to support an employee specifically tasked with the Expansion and Growth of Psi Upsilon.
- Provide an online Recruitment Certification Program available to all members of Psi Upsilon. Since its beginning Psi Upsilon has developed over 150 certified recruiters.
- Redevelop our New Member Education Program “A Mighty Friendship”
- Created an Owl Club at Columbia University to restart our Lambda Chapter and the Delta Omicron Chapter at Purdue will be Installed this Fall and become our 50th Chapter!
- We also have upcoming growth opportunities, including an interest group at Kenyon College considering restarting the Iota Chapter, an invitation to restart the Mu at the University of Minnesota this Fall of 2025, returning to Trinity College and restarting the Beta Beta Chapter in Fall 2025 and potential opportunities to restart the Rho at Wisconsin, Delta Nu at Keene State, Phi Nu at Christopher Newport Universityand our first chapter, the Theta at Union College.
- Last year Psi Upsilon initiated 392 New Members and has already initiated 240 New Members, putting us on pace to surpass last year!
In 2024, 166 alums from 26 chapters helped us raise over $31,000 for the Psi Upsilon Annual Fund! The Gamma Tau Chapter at Georgia Tech came in first place followed by the Omicron (Illinois), Phi Delta (Mary Washington), Eta (Lehigh) and Omega (Chicago) and Epsilon Iota (RPI) tied for 5th place. Help us surpass this total in 2025 and help Psi U continue to grow!
Research shows that the fraternity experience matters on today’s college campuses: It supports positive mental health, serves as a success accelerator for students and engenders loyalty and connecting among alumni creating lifelong connection to one’s campus, community and peers. At Psi U we are proud of the work we do to assist our chapters and The March Challenge is pivotal to our cause – to ensure our chapters survive and thrive so that students have the opportunity we did.
We hope to raise enough funds in the 2025 March Challenge to hire a Growth Coordinator to work with Psi Upsilon full-time, provide in person support, and help new and existing chapters with recruitment.
In addition to accepting monetary gifts to the March Challenge, in 2025 those who are willing to volunteer their time with Psi Upsilon will also get credit towards the challenge and be counted in their chapter’s total. If you are interested in helping us with an alumni club in your region, advising a chapter or expansion group, or creating content for our publications, we have matchers who are willing to donate $25 to your chapter’s total for the March Challenge, and count you in the donor total to your chapter. More information and the form to fill out can be found here.
We’d like to thank the following Psi U alums who were generous to make matching gifts in 2025:
Jake Schmidt, Chi Delta (Duke) – $5,000
Larry Rakers, Omicron (Illinois) – $5,000
Thomas Fox, Omicron ’00 (Illinois) – $1,000
David Hollis, Gamma Tau ’11 (Georgia Tech) – $1,000
Jim Platner, Phi Delta ’10 (Mary Washington) – $1,000
Jon Szynkowski, Epsilon Nu ’06 (Michigan State) – $1,000
Evan Terry, Epsilon Phi ’93 (McGill) – $1,000
Timothy Zepp, Chi Delta ’08 (Duke) – $1,000
Will Appleman, Phi Delta ’16 (Mary Washington) – $500
Joshua Lee, Theta Theta ’22 (Washington) – $500
Alex Senchak, Eta ’06 (Lehigh) – $500
We invite you to contribute to the success of the 2025 March Challenge by making a donation and helping advance the mission and vision of our beloved Psi Upsilon!