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Work Weekend 2022

Last summer, more than two dozen alumni from Virginia, Maryland, DC, West Virginia, and North Carolina came back to Charlottesville for two work weekends to help the current actives fix up the house. The work completed included: Structural, plumbing, and wiring repairs in several rooms Installation of several new doors and frames Refinishing most of […]

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Let’s Get Together

We hope to stay in touch with you throughout the year. Please be on the lookout for our newsletters and check out the website for the latest news. If your contact information has changed recently, please take a moment to update our records so we can keep in contact with you. Update Your Information We’d […]

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Recruitment Update, November 2021

November 2021 We are happy to report that the chapter’s recruitment efforts for the year are off to a successful start. The brothers conducted an informal fall rush from mid-September to mid-October. The University prohibits recruitment of first-year students during the fall, so this rush was limited to upperclassmen. Despite that limitation, the actives were […]

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Update on the Annual Campaign, November 2021

November 2021 Earlier this year, we kicked off an annual campaign with the objective of sustaining the chapter through the current academic year and giving the brothers the opportunity to grow the chapter back to a sustainable size. Our initial goal for this campaign was $60,000. We are happy to report that we have now […]

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Update on the House, November 2021

November 2021 We continued improving the house this Fall. Several alumni and actives participated in another work weekend in October, and the AAG hired contractors to complete several important repairs and improvements. The work completed included: Sanding, staining, and sealing the main stairway and the second-floor landing Building a cabinet for the bar sink and […]

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Update on the Annual Campaign, September 2021

September 2021  Earlier this year, we kicked off an annual campaign with the objective of sustaining the chapter through a very challenging time and giving the brothers the opportunity to grow the chapter back to a sustainable size. After evaluating the issues facing the chapter, we established a goal for our 2021-2022 annual campaign of […]

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Recruitment

With the beginning of the new school year, the brotherhood is shifting focus from repairing the house to recruiting new brothers for our chapter. The Alumni Advisory Group is planning a rush workshop with the actives in September to help them kick off a successful recruitment effort. This workshop will focus on a year-round rush […]

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Update on the House, September 2021

September 2021 The Alumni Advisory Group organized two alumni work weekends this summer. More than two dozen alumni from Virginia, Maryland, DC, West Virginia, and North Carolina came back to Charlottesville to help the current actives fix up the house. The work completed included: • Structural, plumbing, and wiring repairs in several rooms • Installation […]

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Get Involved

We intend to stay in touch with all alumni on a regular basis throughout the year.  Our Alumni Advisory Group team is working with the UVA Alumni Association’s Alumni Interest Group (AIG) division to facilitate quarterly messages and create a Phi Sigma Kappa website for our Chapter.  This work is still in progress, but you […]

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Chapter Update: Building the Brotherhood

COVID-19 made the 2020-21 school year difficult, and UVA and Phi Sig were both impacted.  Over 80% of classes were held virtually, fall rush was canceled, and spring rush was greatly limited.  Several athletic events were canceled, and attendance at football and basketball games was limited to the families of the players and coaches.  The […]

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