This year during Blue and White Weekend, April 12-14, we have an exciting and one-of-a-kind ceremony being held for a quintessentially resolute man.

Br. James (Jim) Stalder ’62 has been conferred the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Grand Chapter, which recognizes “alumnus members for exceptional professional accomplishments, career achievements, and community or public service.” This is a truly noteworthy achievement, as evidenced by the attendance at our forthcoming ceremony of a Grand Chapter officer.

Dress: Business Casual

• 12:00-1:00 - Br. Alan Copeland (Grand Chapter/ International Secretary) arrives

• Timing TBD - Br. Copeland speaks with undergraduate E-board

• 2:00 - Blue & White Game Kickoff - Br. Copeland attends - tickets are free to B&W game

• 6:15(ish)-7:30 - Casual Dinner/drinks at the House (Mt. Nittany Rib Company - Prospector’s BBQ)

• 7:30 - Awards Ceremony Begins - Heitzenroder Intro

• 7:45 – Award by Copeland (video)

• 8:00 - Stalder response & award book signing

• 8:15-9:00 - Casual discussion & visitation/drinks

Brothers,

Hope all is well with you and your families! I wanted to give everyone a heads up that our 1980’s 3RD ANNUAL THETA CHI BOYS NIGHT IN STATE COLLEGE with be July 22nd. Most of us are staying at the Hilton Scholar down the street from the Phyrst.

It’s an informal guys get together with no real agenda.. We head up Saturday, walk the town, hit some bars, grab some food and drink, share some memories, stay over Saturday night and head home on Sunday morning.. Nothing is planned out.. 

Please share this with our brothers from the 80’s, as we hope to see as many as possible in State College. Any questions please feel free to contact me.

Hope to see as many 80’s brothers as possible on July 22nd.

Fraternally,

Tim Boyd ‘83

Announcing the 42nd annual Theta Chi Open has been scheduled for 11:00 AM Friday, May 5th, 2023.  We return to the Jersey Shore for the first time in 3 years and will be playing once again Avalon Golf Club. Hard to believe when we gathered in May 1980 for our 1st annual at glorious Beckett Golf Club that the tradition carries on 41 years later.  

There will be changes made this year to make the event more interesting to all participants. New this year is the following:

1. Relaunch of the Tachi Cup, a match of the top four players of the "old guys" and the top four of the "young" guys.  Designated captains will choose their team.  The team with the lowest collecitive gross score will receive the Tachi Cup.   Feel free to fill it with beer and drink in a victorious manner.

2. There will be more closest to the pin competiions this year, 5 total and 1 longest drive. 

3. Also in an effort to include more players in the competition an award will be provided for low net using a handicap system..  Essentially this award will recognize the most improved player.  Handicaps will be announced at a later date.  Even Vlad can win...if he chooses to keep score this year. 

Of course the low gross competition will continue and the Theta Chi Open trophy will be awarded to the winning player. Everybody will be gunning for perenial winner Brother Bob Mausser.  Let’s see if someone has the game to do so.  

Post round festivities will be held at a shore house located likely in Sea Isle City. Likely start time is 6:00 pm.  Once again Brother Cunningham will have the challenge of finding that location. Old favorite "Local Smoke" will deliver a barbecue fest to the shore house.  

Gentlemen.  Greens fees and banquet costs have been finalized. Cost is $74 per golfer payable at the course.  A considerable increase, but that's inflation nowadays. Cost for the banquet is $45 (also an increase) payable at the course.  Also, there will be a $10 golf challenge fee for closest to the pin and long drive contests. 14 have signed up, I'm sure there will be many more.  Enroll today. 

SIGN UP

The spring meeting will be Sunday, April 23rd at 1:00pm EDT. It will be in-person at the chapter house along the undergrads, so anyone is welcome to attend in person. As we've done in the past, we will also hosting the meeting via Zoom.

Zoom link to come closer to meeting time.

We are holding our annual corporation meeting via Zoom on Sunday December 19, at 5pm eastern time. The meeting is open to all alumni in good standing, and will have time for open discussion regarding feedback or questions to the board. Chapter updates, and Alumni Board election results will be discussed. If you are interested in attending, please register at the link below:

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR MEETING

The annual Spring Corporation Meeting will be held via conference call - do to the coronavirus and with the house being closed. The meeting will cover: the state of the chapter, there are no by-laws or elections to vote on at this time. The meeting will happen on…

Date: Thursday, April 16, 2020

Time: 8:00 PM EST

Conference Call Information: (605) 468-8721

Conference ID: 711040#

Quick Dial Link: 605-468-8721,,,711040#

The Annual Corporation Meeting for Theta Chi of Penn State, Inc. will be held this year via conference call. The meeting will rake place on Oct. 17th 2019 at 8 PM EST. There will be a fair amount to discuss.

Major Items to Cover:

• State of the Chapter

• Bylaw Changes - download proposed by-law admendments

• Election Results

Please email for the call in number - oxomegaboard@gmail.com

We hope you’ll take the time to call in!