2023 Past Events

The Zeta Zeta Chapter at the University of British Columbia will be celebrating their Founder’s Day on Friday, November 24th.

This year, we will be celebrating this milestone for our fraternity at the Metropolitan Hotel located in Downtown Vancouver. Doors will open at 6PM and we will be having a cash bar as well as dinner in the hotels Cristal Ballroom.

Tickets for Founder’s Day will be $100 per alum and can be purchased here.

Our current undergraduate chapter will be hosting an open house on Founder’s Day from 2-4 PM before we celebrate downtown for those interested in visiting their chapter house.

The invite feature for guests is open on this event page so please feel free to invite any alumni, and message any of the organizers in order to be added to the Facebook alumni group page as well as the mailing list to stay updated on newsletters and events in the future.

Details:

Date: Friday, November 24 2023
Location: Metropolitan Hotel
Address: 645 Howe St, Vancouver, BC V6C 2Y9
Doors Open: 6PM
Facebook Event Page
Link to buy tickets

Join brothers from the History and Archives committee and others who are interested in the history of Psi Upsilon and travel to Indianapolis in Sept to work on organizing and cataloging the archives. For those unfamiliar with the archives, they currently occupy several storage units and contain material dating back to the founding of Psi Upsilon. Organizing them is a daunting task, to say the least.

Lodging

Residence Inn Indianapolis Keystone
9450 Counselors Row, Indianapolis, IN 46240

https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/indrn-residence-inn-indianapolis-keystone/overview/?scid=f2ae0541-1279-4f24-b197-a979c79310b0

Save the date as The University of Michigan will be hosting Rutgers on Saturday, September 23rd for Homecoming. We’ll post details of any chapter events as they become available.

Join us for the Psi Upsilon Virtual Speaker Series, live online Thursday Sept. 28th, 6:00pm EDT 

Speaker Series: Tips on Civil Political Discourse: a fireside chat

Our speaker will be Rt. Rev. Mark Beckwith, Gamma ’73 (Amherst)

Live via ZOOM webinar: Register Here

Tips on Civil Political Discourse: a fireside chat with Rt. Rev. Mark Beckwith, Gamma ’73 (Amherst)

The author of Seeing the Unseen: Beyond Prejudices, Paradigms and Party Lines, Mark Beckwith is a co-founder of Bishops United Against Gun Violence, and a leader in Braver Angels, a national movement to depolarize America. He is passionate about helping people move beyyond the confines of their political and religious silos in order to find common ground. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Yale Divinity School. A retired bishop in the Episcopal Church (Diocese of Newark, NJ), he is an avid hiker, tennis player and competitive swimmer. He lives in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. He blogs weekly on markbeckwith.net

He was consecrated as the tenth Bishop of Newark on January 27, 2007, by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori.

Beckwith has appeared in two PBS specials with Jon Meacham, God in New York (2010) and Christians, Muslims, and Jews: Bridging the Divide (2011).

He has also been a featured guest in several interviews and panel discussions on MSNBC’s Morning Joe show.

From 2017-2019, Beckwith co-hosted a television talk show series on NJ PBS titled A Matter of Faith with a Bishop, an Imam and a Rabbi. The show premiered on April 12, 2017 and was hosted by Bishop Mark Beckwith, Imam W. Deen Shariff and Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz, who lead conversations with special invited guests and discussed “headlining news through the lens of faith.” Beckwith’s last day as Bishop was September 22, 2018, when his successor Carlye J. Hughes was consecrated.

Details on the virtual series here: 
To suggest a speaker or topic contact jonathan@psiu.org

179th Psi Upsilon Convention
July 28^th – July 31^st, 2023
Atlanta Sheraton Downtown
Atlanta, GA
Hosted by the Gamma Tau chapter

View full information on our 179th Convention Website.

2023 Phi Beta (College of William & Mary) Homecoming

Founders Day is Host: The Phi Beta Undergraduates and Alumni Association When:  Where: Psi U Phi Beta Undergraduate House: 208 Matoaka Ct Williamsburg, VA 23185 Come join the Phi Beta undergraduates and alumni association for our homecoming tailgate at the undergraduate house at 208 Matoaka Court!

Come back to the Omicron Chapter house at 313 East Armory and cheer on the Illini as they take on Wisconsin at our homecoming celebration! There will be a more formal list of events at a later date, but expect an open house on Friday, an alumni meeting and tailgate on Saturday.

More info and RSVP form can be found here.

Itinerary/Schedule of Events for Psi Upsilon Fraternity Homecoming 2023

Friday, October 20, 2023

3:00 pm               Brothers begin their Homecoming Weekend by meeting up at Illini Inn (901 S 4th St, Champaign, IL 61820).  Don’t forget your “Mug Club” card, even if it is just for storytelling.

7:00 pm               The Omicron Alumni Association will provide complimentary beverages for alumni brothers and their guests back at the chapter house

Saturday, October 21, 2023

9:00 am                The Omicron Alumni Association will provide donuts and coffee for alumni brothers and their guests

9:34 am               The Alumni Association will conduct elections and a board meeting.  All alumni and active brothers are invited to attend

11:00 am             Illinois-Wisconsin Football Game

3:30 pm              Group photograph of alumni and active brothers in the front yard of the chapter house

4:00 pm               The Omicron Alumni Association will provide complimentary beverages and a post-game meal for actives, alumni brothers, and their guests

5:00 pm               Alumni-Actives Bags Tourney

Sunday, October 22, 2023

No formal activities are scheduled for Sunday

The March Challenge is an annual fundraising competition where Psi Upsilon chapters compete against one another to see which has the most number of donors. In 2022 the Gamma Tau Chapter at Georgia Tech came in first place with 46 donors! The other top five chapters were:

Omicron – University of Illinois

Pi – Syracuse University

Eta – Lehigh University

Delta Omicron Provisional – Purdue University

This campaign specifically raises money towards the Annual Fund that helps support the growth and expansion of Psi Upsilon Fraternity and, since we began it in 2020 it has allowed us to do a number of important things to better support our chapters. As a result of past March Challenges, we’ve been able to:

• Hire a Director of Growth, Travis Smith in 2021
• Provide Recruitment Certification Programs to all our chapters
• Redevelop our New Member Education Guide “A Mighty Friendship”

And we’ve seen results – after a 2020 that truly had us nervous about the future of fraternity our chapters were able to rebound and our median chapter size of 55 is actually larger than it has ever been in our past! We’re working hard to support chapters that are still recovering, and trying to restart dormant chapters like the Phi Beta at William & Mary and new chapters like the Delta Omicron Provisional at Purdue.

So please go to this page and help support the Psi Upsilon Annual Fund!

The Theasauristes’ Academy – Wednesday, January 25th from 7 until 9 PM EST

The Theasauristes’ Academy will assist chapter treasurers as they begin, or currently serve, in their respective roles. Led by Psi Upsilon Fraternity Staff via a Zoom meeting the following topics will be covered:

• How to create an effective chapter budget
• Best practices for collecting chapter dues
• The role of fundraising in a chapter
• Federal Tax ID number, and tax filing requirements
• The Assessment Schedule – what fees you are responsible for and what they go towards
• Online resources to assist you

We will also take some time to answer any questions that you have and discuss any challenges that you are facing. We ask that every Chapter Treasurer, and any assistants to the treasurer, be in attendance via computer for this important workshop.

Zoom meeting info:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85951515758?pwd=bElCbDZDektNUVAwLzdZdTBsOUk0dz09

Meeting ID: 859 5151 5758
Passcode: 1833