Join us on Wednesday, August 21st at 5PM Eastern, for a presentation and Q&A session on how we’ll be implementing ASANA Project Management Software this year to help simplify reporting to International Office. This should help all of chapter leadership with delegation, progress tracking, and accountability.
Our target audience are all Chapter Officers. This is software you’ll need to interact with to be successful in your role this fall so come get a jump start!
Join us on Wednesday, August 22nd at 6 PM Eastern, for a discussion about the Psi U Cares Program and how we can best support our member’s mental wellness. We’ll talk about where the program comes from, specific tasks we ask all chapters to take and why they are important, and some of the best ways to get involved on your campus and in your community to create an environment that is supportive of all brothers. We’ll share what a Health and Wellness Chair position can look like and how to best find resources on your campus to partner with.
Our target audience includes the 1st Angelos of every chapter, Health and Wellness Chairs, Service and Philanthropy Chairs and any undergraduate who would like to get more involved.
Your Chapter’s Brand: How to Market your Successes
Join us on Wednesday, August 21 at 7:00PM eastern, for our Summer Leadership Series on Marketing and Communications. This meeting will cover the basics of marketing and communication as a way to show your chapter’s brand to your campus, your friends and family, and to the National Fraternity. This session will prepare you and your chapter to plan and execute a successful marketing plan and better demonstrate the great things your chapters are doing.
Our target audience is intended to be 2nd Angeloi, Secretaries, Social Media/PR Chairs, but anyone with an interest in learning more should attend.
Join us on Wednesday, August 21st at 8 PM Eastern, for an overview of the role of the chapter treasurer: how to create a budget, best practices for collecting chapter dues, the role of fundraising in a chapter and some requirements that chapters may or may not be aware of. We’ll also review the fees and taxes to the International Fraternity, how they are assessed, and what they go towards.
Our target audience includes Chapter Treasurers or anyone who aspires to be in that role.
Join us on Thursday, August 22nd at 6PM Eastern, for a presentation on effective New Member Education. We’ll look at ways to best leverage the Mighty Friendship resources, talk about best practices and success stories, and the purposes and goals of New Member Education.
Our target audience are New Member Educators and 1st Angelos as well as anyone who wants to serve in those roles in the future or positively impact new member education.
Join us on Thursday, August 22nd at 7 PM Eastern, for a discussion about Psi Upsilon’s Ritual: The Gold Book, where our Ritual comes from and how to ensure your members and new members are getting the most from their experience. We’ll share best practices, how best to perform our ceremonies, and ways to discuss the ritual with our members.
Given the topic this session will be closed to only initiated members of Psi Upsilon.
Our target audience includes All Officers of the chapter and any Ritual Chairs.
Join us on Thursday, August 22nd at 8 PM Eastern for Growing your Coed / Gender-Inclusive Chapter. In this enlightening session we explore the best practices for growing a gender-inclusive chapter. Sharing the importance of fostering an inclusive and diverse community, promoting equality and representation within your chapter’s activities and events you will learn how to promote better how your chapter embraces people of all genders, backgrounds, and identities and promotes their active participation to attract more members. This session aims to enhance your recruitment expertise, foster a welcoming environment, and ensure a smooth and successful recruitment experience for potential members and your chapter.
Our target audience includes all members from gender-inclusive chapters, with special emphasis for 2nd Angelos, Recruitment and Marketing/PR Chairs
Psi Upsilon Fraternity is continuing to partner with Phired Up to train members of our chapters to become a Certified Recruiter. This 2-hour program will help teach brothers how to improve their recruitment efforts and drive both the quality and quantity of new members. Every member who is dedicated to helping your chapter attract, select, and secure the right members should become Certified Phired Up Recruiter. Also, upon completion be sure to share this certification on your LinkedIN Profile!
Each lesson is packed with videos and resources to help brothers learn:
The Fundamentals: Dynamic Recruitment Principles and the Fraternity Recruitment Funnel
How to maximize your recruitment efforts with technology
How to market your chapter (including a sample marketing plan)
How to grow your names list and fill your prospect funnel
The art of Social Excellence™ and how to make authentic connections with Potential New Members
How to use values-based selection to find the right members
How to give a bid the right way
How to systematize recruitment for the future (including an example of a successful recruitment plan!)
Chapter Alumni and Advisors who would like to ‘refresh’ their own recruitment skills are also encouraged to take part in the program and become certified as well.
To access the course you can go here (each course usually costs $60, but is free of charge for members of Psi Upsilon if you use this link).
We also have this flyer you can distribute to your chapter members to encourage them to participate:
For more information about our Certified Recruiter Program, or if you are looking for additional recruitment assistance, please contact our Director of Growth, Travis Smith.
This Spring we’ve held several events to help Psi Upsilon Brothers connect with one another in their cities, some of these are standing and regular programs and others were grass roots where alums have offered to organize and manage the gathering. We hope to grow this practice to more areas but need volunteers to help organize – these can be informal like a happy hour or sporting event, or more formal like a dinner or speaking event. We’re happy to help connect you with others in your area to plan, and we can assist with creating registration page and email and social media campaigns to get the word out. If you would like to speak with someone about getting involved in this endeavor, please feel free to reach out to Executive Director Thomas Fox at tfox@psiu.org.
A summary of some of our Spring Events:
June 18th – Washington DC Nationals Game
We had over 25 Psi U’s from eight chapters recently get together at a Washington DC Nationals Game in the hope of creating more regular Psi U events in the Washington DC area. Thank you to David Pitcher, Phi , Bruce Blakeman, Phi , John Hoskins, Eta and Jonathan Colb, Phi Nu for helping organize the event.
June 5th – ATL Celebration of Psi Upsilon Achievement
Brothers from 9 chapters in the Atlanta area gathered to celebrate Psi Upsilon scholarship & graduate scholarship recipients, Social Impact Fellows, and new Foundation board member Jennifer Roper, Gamma Tau ’03. Special thanks to JC Sparking, Chi ’89, for sponsoring! Attendees enjoyed remarks from 2023 FishFund Senior Fellow Alex Hofelich, Gamma Tau ’98 (Georgia Tech), 2023 Gamma Chapter Corporation Senior Fellow Jeremiah Olney, Gamma Tau ’15, and Dr. Tony Kremer, Omicron ’87 Graduate Scholarship recipient Tuna Ergan, Gamma Tau ’23, and Psi U volunteers. It was a pleasure to support these brothers and learn about their achievements and honors.
May 16th – Speaker Series Event at the Chicago Club
Peter Weismantle, Eta ’72 (Lehigh) is the Director of Technical Architecture of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture and helped design the Burj Khalifa (tallest building in the world) and the Jeddah Tower which will be the first 1km tall tower when it is completed! Our Speaker Series program was created by the Psi Upsilon Foundation to create platforms for alums to share their stories. Thanks to generous alums in the Chicago area we were hosted at the Chicago Club and had a wonderful evening.
April 18th – Perfect Pint Happy Hour in New York City
Psi Upsilon has been hosting happy hours at the Perfect Pint in New York City for a number of years now, and it has become a regular Spring event for our alums in the NYC metro region – many of whom now serve as hosts and help with marketing the event.
The Distinguished Alumni Service Award was created at the 155th Convention in 1998 to recognize Alums who go above and beyond and make great contributions to their chapters and the mission and values of Psi Upsilon Fraternity. Since that time 32 alums have received this recognition of achievement.
Recently we have delivered this to two very deserving alums for their lifetime of service to Psi Upsilon and their respective chapters.
Robert Corell, Epsilon Iota ’82
Robert Corell, Epsilon Iota ’82 (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) was recognized at the Epsilon Iota Founder’s Day dinner on April 7. Bob was a founder of the Epsilon Iota Chapter, undergraduate President, has served as a President of the Alumni Association multiple times, and has served on the Executive Council of Psi Upsilon. From his recommendation: “Robert has been a true rock for the fraternity. Collegiate Undergraduate and Alumni associations can famously have short institutional memories as membership and active engagement turn over; Robert’s continuous presence at both business and social events has created persistent stability and a sense of continuous connection between many generations of Epsilon Iota brothers.”
James Cornacchia, Pi ’86
James Cornacchia, Pi ’86 (Syracuse) was recognized at the New York City Perfect Pint event on April 18th. Jim has served on the Pi Trust for over 25 years and has served as an advisor and fundraiser for the chapter – helping organize initiations, senior dinners, homecoming and other events for the Pi. From his recommendation: “Jim Cornacchia should have been given this award every year. He has gone above and beyond for the Pi chapter consistently semester after semester… He has a very unique passion and real enthusiasm for all things Pi and keeps old memories alive through a sheer force of will (for example) Jim found out about the passing of a brother who was a WWII flying ace. He immediately felt the right thing to do was find history and a photo of him and create a lasting tribute for him in the main room of the Pi…”
You can see all past recipients of this award on our recognition page and if you know of an alum who is missing from this list, and has done a lot for your chapter, please take a moment to recommend them to our Awards Committee as we know there are many alums who are doing great things for our chapters and haven’t been recognized yet!
