April 24, 2023
On April 22, Epsilon Chi at Wisconsin Eau Claire held their 50th Pig Dinner. Approximately 130 graduate and undergraduate brothers attended the event, including 10 of the original Founding Fathers (pictured).
April 17, 2023
On April 15, the George Washington Provisional Chapter and the National Capital Fijis (Washington, DC) Graduate Chapter celebrated the Fraternity's 175th anniversary at their Pig Dinner. Some of the brothers in attendance included Maryland Chapter Founding Fathers Bob Ramsey (1979), Dale Rickenbach (1981) and George Albamonte (1980), who were great inspirations to the GWU undergraduates.
April 13, 2023
The Beta Rho Chapter won Louisiana State University's Max Gruver Award, created in memory of Max Gruver, a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity who lost his life to hazing and alcohol poisoning.
This award recognizes one chapter in the Greek community that has prioritized their members' overall health and well-being through their organizations values and brotherhood. Beta Rho received the award because of their dedication to their own members, the Chapter’s commitment to brotherhood development and continuous support of one another and the community as a whole. The Chapter has prioritized bystander intervention through all their member education and focuses on taking the time to be there for each of their members.
March 16, 2023
During Lambda Iota at Purdue's Pig Dinner, on March 4, the Chapter awarded Chuck Horner (1951) (left) and Dick Grace (1951) (right) with their Diamond Owl Certificates, which celebrate 75 years of brotherhood. Both brothers have been active in the Lambda Iota House Corporation and the Alpha (Lafayette, Indiana) Graduate Chapter.
March 7, 2023
Early this month, the Gamma Phi Chapter participated in Penn State University's THON, a dance marathon supporting the Four Diamond Foundation (FDF) for fighting childhood cancer. Ethan Lew (2023), Patrick Xander (2023) and Joseph Albert (2023) represented the Chapter, dancing for 46 hours straight. The Chapter raised over $50,000 for FDF, which helped the University set a fundraising record of $15 million.
March 2, 2023
On February 28, the Commonwealth of Kentucky Senate adopted Senate Resolution 34 honoring Jim Tuman (Michigan State 1964) for his lifelong work and service to youth with a unanimous voice vote. Jim has been a youth advocate and motivational speaker for over 40 years, making him one of the first youth speakers to talk with youth about suicide and depression. During his career, he has spoken to more than 2 million students in over 2,000 schools nationwide to help them cope with issues like teen suicide, bullying and mental health. Jim is also the founder of Jimmy's Kids, a nonprofit serving thousands of children across the metropolitan Detroit, Michigan area.
Read the full resolution here.
February 13, 2023
On February 4, Upsilon Alpha at Arizona received 11 awards at the annual Order of Omega Greek Awards Ceremony. They received five chapter awards: Chapter of the Year (2022), Olympian Health & Wellness Award, Outstanding Philanthropic Contributions, Outstanding Academic Success Program and Outstanding Programming Award. Also, brothers also received six individual awards: Tobi Adigun (2024) won Outstanding Campus Involvement, Bryce Michael (2024) received the Outstanding Community Service Award, Connor Campbell (2025) was awarded Outstanding New Initiate, Brooks Fanger (2023) won President of the Year and Trevor Henson (2019) received Young Greek Alumni of the Year and Chapter Advisor of the Year.
February 8, 2023
In December 2022, Jake Wszelaki (Wisconsin Eau Claire 2014) received a call from Be the Match that he was a match with an individual fighting Leukemia. In February, Jake had completed his procedure to donate his stem cells and plasma, and he is hopeful they will help the individual he was matched with.
Jake joined the registry in spring 2017. He encourages others to register with bethematch.org.
January 26, 2023
Tramaine Hawkins (2023) was named Western Kentucky University's first Gilman-McCain Scholar, which is awarded to 100 undergraduate child and spousal dependents of active/activated U.S. military personnel for study abroad per academic year. The John S. McCain International Scholarship for Military Families (Gilman-McCain Scholarship) gifts $5,000 to students for internships or study abroad programs. Tramaine, a health care administration major and business administration minor, will use his scholarship to to study healthcare administration in Tanzania.
December 8, 2022
On December 4, the Rho Phi Chapter volunteered at Rose-Hulman's Bikes4Tykes event by assembling over 250 bicycles for children in the Terre Haute, Indiana area.
November 15, 2022
This semester, Beta Kappa at Colorado planned and participated in several service events. This included cooking and serving breakfast at the Ronald McDonald House, completing two neighborhood clean-up projects (pictured) and assisting with the maintenance of a local park.
November 5, 2022
On November 5, Beta Sigma joined Ball State's Student Voluntary Services Organization for their annual fall leaf raking service event. 25 brothers participated by raking yards for people in need throughout the Muncie, Indiana area.