Registration is open for the 167th Psi Upsilon Convention and 2010 Leadership Institute. This year's meeting will be held in Champaign, Illinois June 25-28 in conjunction with the Centennial celebration of the Omicron chapter.

The votes have been counted and it's official - the 47th chapter of Psi Upsilon is the Phi Nu chapter at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. Installation of the chapter will be in September.

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The Psi Upsilon Foundation is pleased to announce the scholarship recipients for 2010-2011.

Twenty brothers from twelve chapters were awarded grants ranging from $500 for merit based awards to $1,980 for need based awards. These brothers showed outstanding character in their pursuit of moral, intellectual and social excellence.

Recipients will be recognized at the 167th Psi Upsilon Convention at the University of Illinois next month.

Here's the list of this year's recipients.

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Sophomore Lambros Theofanidis helped the Tau chapter secure a Green Fund Grant from Penn that will pay up to $50,000 in energy efficient improvements to the chapter house. Improvements, which include re-insulation of the house, replacement of the steam controls and installation of new efficient lighting sensors, will save the chapter up to 50% in current energy costs.

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Brothers of the Phi Delta chapter (Mary Washington) spent their spring break in New Orleans repairing Lower Ninth Ward homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Not to be outdone, the Phi Delta alumni raised over $1,100 dollars for the Make it Right Nola Foundation, they were the largest contributor the Autreat autism organization (a summer camp for children and families with autism), and raised more than $1,000 for the American Cancer Society.

A Bowling Without Borders event was held in Downingtown, PA to raise money for Doctors without Borders and their efforts in Haiti. In June they will be hosting their annual golf tournament and will be working with Autreat again for this event. Later this year, they will be hosting an event in cooperation with the Pennsylvania SPCA.

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The Sigma Phi Chapter at St. Francis University has started a new tradition of sponsoring a last lecture series by retiring professors.

This year, Dr. Larry Rager, professor of accounting, shared his thoughts on 40 years of teaching. The chapter presented him with a plaque and shared a transcript of his lecture with the campus and Internet community.

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Hesperian Society president, Bob Dorigo-Jones, Epsilon Nu '85 (MSU) shared this story about the Epsilon Nu's latest improvement:

"We had a dead oak tree standing in the front yard that needed to be cut down, so one of our Brothers who lives in the Lansing area and who has a son who is an Active in the chapter now decided to do the job and have this beautiful carving created out of the stump.

John Chamberlain, '71, arranged to have a chain saw artist he knows carve a Psi U owl perched on a branch, and he also created a place where the Epsilon Nu emblem was painted below the owl. He did this all at no cost to the chapter.

We believe the Psi U owl carving will become as famous in the MSU Greek system as the statue known as Sparty is to the entire college."

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Donald-Brian Johnson, Epsilon Omega '72, (Northwestern) is the co-author of Deco Decor: Porcelain, Glass & Metal Furnishings for the Home. This is his twelfth book on aspects of mid-twentieth century decor. DBJ's syndicated column, Smack Dab in the Middle: Design Trends of the Mid-Twentieth Century, appears monthly in antique publications nationwide.

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Past archon of the Tau chapter (Penn), Jeff Fronek was named an Outstanding Greek Leader.

Jeff built a strong relationship with the University administration by helping to address concerns over the safety of chapter houses and implementing a five-year action plan for the Greek system. With the help of other rmembers of the Greek community, he drafted a proposal to the University to develop a new regulatory strategy for fraternities.

Jeff was also an instrumental participant of the Judicial Inquiry Board, the student-run judicial branch of the Interfraternity Council.

In the words of Robin Marcenac, current archon of the Tau, "Jeff is a model of what every Greek leader...should aspire to ."

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The Bill family came dressed for the Great Lakes Founders Day in style with their garnet and gold ties. All five Bills are brothers of the Phi chapter at the University of Michigan.

Left: Gary, '73; his son, Chris '12; Pete, '77, Pete's sons Mike '07 and Alex '09.

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A special memorial fund honoring William "Bruce" Nickerson, Zeta '64 (Dartmouth) who died in combat in the Vietnam war has been set up at Cape Cod Community College, prompting this reminence by Dewey Crawford, Zeta '63 when he visited the Vietnam War Memorial:

"It was much more moving than I had anticipated and, although I had several names of individuals I had known while in Vietnam who had come back in caskets, the name I gravitated to was Bruce Nickerson's.

It brought back a flood of memories of the Psi U house and Bruce. He was a serious individual, well liked and much respected, who was headed for a career of public service. What struck me then and now, is how so many lives have been cut short because of the ravages of war."

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-Tribute to Dick Horstmann '57
-WWII Memorial Composite
-Update on renovation of the Pi cupola

In The Whippoorwill of the Eta :
-Pledge introductions
-Upcoming events
-Alumni news

In PSInews:
-Chapter report
-Alumni News

If you are wondering why there is no news of your chapter, submit your news now.

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Psi U's fiscal year end (June 30) is approaching and we have reached 77% of our goal as of May 5.

Do your part to give Psi U the resources it needs to support our chapters and look for new opportunities for expansion.

Last year, the average Annual Fund gift size was $231, but a gift of any amount will help us reach the goal.

You can give online via credit card or snail mail a check to:

Psi Upsilon
3003 East 96th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46240-1357

Contact Mariann Williams if you would like to donate appreciated stock or include Psi U in your will.

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With sore and stricken hearts, we mourn...

To report the passing of a brother, please send the date of death and a copy of the obituary to intl_ofc@psiu.org or snail mail it to:

Psi Upsilon Fraternity
3003 East 96th Street
Indianapolis, IN  46240

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