Sigma Chi - University of Virginia

Psi Chapter of Sigma Chi at the University of Virginia P.O. Box 442100 Lawrence, KS 66044-2100 Address Service Requested 2023 was an excellent year for Psi. In the spring, we initiated a class of 32, the largest class of all 32 fraternity chapters at UVA! Rest assured, this class is high quantity and high quality, and we have enjoyed getting to know them all. In the fall, we continued to comply with a social suspension issued by Nationals, working hard to restore the ritualistic standards set by Sigma Chi. During this time, seven of our Brothers (Luke Lustig '26, Patrick Fox '26, Krish Patel '26, Mason Lewis '26, Dylan Overstreet '26, Shane Clark '26, and Luke Buroker '26) became officially certified as Ritual Peers! These men may now (if called upon) preside over other Chapters' rituals of initiation. As part of the Chapter's reorientation, we have begun work on another long-term goal: expanding beyond Derby Days to support more philanthropic events. We hold Derby Days every spring over a week-long period to raise money for local organizations; last spring's recipient was UVA Children's Hospital. Thanks to the hard work of our new philanthropy chairmen, Joe Hardy '26 and Scott Daley '26, we have expanded into a new mode of charity: collecting soda tabs for the Ronald McDonald House of Charlottesville. RMHC, which houses patients from the children's hospital, collects these tabs because they are denser in aluminum than the rest of the can. We have put up buckets all over the Chapter House to encourage a friendly competition between classes, which has proved to be very successful and popular so far. At the time of writing, we are in the throes of spring recruitment with high hopes of securing another excellent pledge class. We will solidify Psi Chapter as not only the embodiment of the national vision for Sigma Chi, but also an exemplary staple of the culture here at UVA as well. In Hoc, Krish Patel '26 Quaestor Do We Have Your Email? I f you're reading this, we (hopefully) have your correct mailing address! But what about your email? It's important that we can correspond with you quickly and often on changing conditions or upcoming events at the university and in our fraternity. Please send your current email to updatemyrecord@penningtonco.com with "SX Virginia Email" in the subject line. From left: Brothers Adam Rodgers '24, Joe Connors '24, Taylor Aukward '24, Patricio Lopez-Guerra '26, Shaurya Nayyar '25, Ritik Verma '24, and Chris Craft '24 share quality time at a fall 2023 football game. PAVING A NEW PATH PAVING A NEW PATH Psi Works to Do Right by Sigma Chi From left: Brothers Dylan Overstreet '26, Zach Overstreet '25, Shaurya Nayyar '25, and Mike Armentrout '25 celebrate time well spent with their moms at Mother's Weekend this past October. Chapter eternal Malcolm M. Christian '49 – September 6, 2023 Edward H. Schirmer '50 – June 14, 2023 Stewart T. Bowden '56 – March 26, 2023 Donald E. Sours '58 – October 31, 2023 Casey Cummings '70 – May 12, 2023 Read about Don's Sigma Chi legacy on page 1.

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