Announcing the 2025 Chapter Roundtable Discussions

In an exciting initiative to support our undergraduate leaders as they transition back to campus this winter, we’re thrilled to announce the renewal of our online Roundtable discussions! Our Chapter Services staff has pinpointed 9 key areas to explore, and each session will specifically invite relevant officers and chairs to ensure a focused and productive experience. This tailored approach will prevent overwhelming our leaders while providing role-specific guidance.

These sessions are designed to be a platform for chapter leaders to exchange best practices, tackle current challenges, and seek valuable advice. Most importantly, this is a wonderful opportunity for leaders to connect and network with one another, fostering a sense of community and collaboration.

Alongside the Roundtables, we’re also hosting a Thesauristes (Treasurers) Academy on Wednesday, January 22nd, and you can find additional details below. The topics and times for each session are outlined, and you can click on a session for more descriptive information about the audience and Zoom access. All times are listed in Eastern Time. We can’t wait to see you there!:

Since the Covid-19 Pandemic we’ve greatly redesigned our Chapter Leadership Program, some by necessity and some due to lessons learned from a remote workplace. Specifically we’ve been focused on doing a better job of measuring chapter performance and improving our online support to meet the specific needs of chapters.
These changes include:
In 2020 we improved our online education by moving to the Tightrope Risk Management Program, introduced the Inclusive Practices Cultural Competency Program for New Members, Adopted the Phired Up Recruitment Certification Program for chapters and moved our support model to increased virtual meetings and started having monthly Town Hall meetings for Chapter Archons and Alumni Presidents and Advisors to better connect these cohorts as well as first introduced programming like our Summer Leadership Series.
In 2021 our staff was able to grow in size so we were able to return to in person visits while keeping our regular virtual meetings. We also began the Psi U Cares Program to better encourage ways our chapter members could support one another’s mental wellness as well as introduced the Treasurers Academy to compliment the Archons Academy.
In 2022 we began building our Chapter Classification Program, where we improved measuring our chapters performance and providing that feedback to Alumni Presidents, Advisors and Chapter Presidents so they can better understand their chapter’s performance over time and in relation to other Psi Upsilon Chapters.
In 2023 we introduced Spring Roundtables to our virtual meetings, focused on chair positions that were sometimes being overlooked by our traditional programming and introduced our new Project Management tool Asana to our chapters, to help them delegate tasks to other officers.
In 2024 we continued to build out our Asana Projects to include videos like Summer Leadership Series and Officer Introductions so chapter leaders can receive training on their own schedules.
In 2025 we’re introducing an additional component to our online educations – Aboveboard for Chapter Officers which will focus on running meetings, committee work, and goal setting.