UF Gamma Theta Chapter of Sigma Chi

Alumni Weekend Date Change

2010-10-13T17:26:00.001-07:00

Brothers,

Hope all is going well as we are about halfway through our fall semester here at the Gamma Theta Chapter of Sigma Chi. I just wanted to let everyone know that due to a limited number of responses to the Alumni Weekend on October 16 (this saturday), the date has been moved to an away game in November (most likely November 6 away vs. Vanderbilt). There is already a group of guys from the mid 70's - 80's that plan on being in town, and I hope to see several more Gamma Theta alum come out for the event. It was an excellent time last year for the 85th anniversary we held at the house, and we will be doing the same thing this year with catered food and liquor on Friday night. Please e-mail me with any questions concerning this event, and sorry for any inconvenience with the date change.

In Hoc,
Christian Thomas
Gamma Theta Alumni Chair

Alumni Weekend

2010-09-27T07:39:00.001-07:00

Brothers,

I am currently in the process of setting up the Alumni Weekend schedule for October 15-16. I was just wondering how many brothers expect to attend this year for the Friday night event at the house, including catered food and some top shelf liquor behind the bar. Please e-mail me back and let me know if you plan on attending. Thank you and I look forward to seeing many of you back this year for another great time.

In Hoc,
Christian Thomas
Gamma Theta Alumni Chair

Fall Update/Alumni Weekend

2010-09-12T18:15:00.000-07:00

Brothers,

I hope everyone's fall is going great, and you all are enjoying Gator football season as much as we are here in Gainesville. As far as the chapter house and active brotherhood goes, everything is going great. We are making several improvements as far the financial situation goes, and the house looks excellent after the $70,000+ of renovations completed this summer, and the brothers are doing a great job respecting all of the old and new fixtures. We also just recently finished rush and have several excellent pledge brothers in the Fall 2010 pledge class this semester.

As has been stated earlier this summer, alumni weekend will fall on homecoming this year, October 16th vs. Mississippi State. Just like last year, on Friday night the house will be open to alumni and the dining room will have food setup, along with a fully stocked, top shelf bar in the band room. On Saturday, as usual the house will be hosting a tailgate barbeque paired with the beautiful ladies of Tri Delta, and depending on the time of the game we will have burgers and dogs either before or after the game. Prices and further details will be provided as things fall into place, and I will continue to keep all of you updated on this awesome weekend.

On a more somber note, as I am sure many of you have seen and heard, former Gamma Theta brother Thomas Maresco, a Spring 06 passed away on September 3rd. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Lesotho, and allegedly got shot in a robbery attempt. We will be holding a memorial service for him on September 25th prior to the Kentucky game, and will also be having his family here. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers as they go through these extremely difficult times.

If you have any questions regarding Tom or the alumni dinner feel free to email me at thomaswillc@ufl.edu, or this address, sigmachigator@gmail.com

In Hoc,
Christian Thomas
Gamma Theta Alumni Chair

Alumni Weekend 2010

2010-07-11T15:28:00.000-07:00

Brothers,

Hope all is going well and everyone is enjoying their summer. I just wanted to give a quick update on events upcoming in the fall semester, as the 2010 University of Florida Football Season is quickly approaching. This year, once again, the Gamma Theta Chapter House will be holding an Alumni Weekend, very similar to the one held last year, on October 16 and 17, homecoming weekend against conference rival Mississippi State. Friday night, October 16, at the chapter house, prior to Gator Growl, and running until 11-12 pm, we will have catered food setup in the dining hall, and band room of the house, in order to give alumni the chance to drop by, meet up with old friends, and look at the house, and how it has changed in the years since everyone was an active brother. There will also be a stocked bar in the band room for drinks, very similar to last year's event. Afterward, everyone is welcome to go out to the bars and enjoy the night, or rest up for the following Saturday Gameday. On Saturday, October 17, the house, once again, will be open to anyone who would like to stop by and enjoy another great Sigma Chi Gameday with all of the active brothers, and other guests. Further details concerning the event will be sent out via e-mail, facebook, and the Gamma Theta website, but please mark the date in your calendar and I look forward to seeing all of you here for an exciting weekend. Questions or concerns can be e-mailed to this e-mail account sigmachigator@gmail.com.

In Hoc,
Christian Thomas
Gamma Theta Alumni Chair

Jeff Danzy Donations

2010-05-26T09:30:00.000-07:00

Many of you have been asking about where donations can be sent to help Jeff Danzy and his family in this extremely difficult time. If you are interested in making a donation please send money to:

Attention Mike Harding
4180 NW 50th Terrace, #6107
Gainesville, FL 32606-0009
...and make checks payable to SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY, GAINESVILLE ALUMNI CHAPTER

Once again thank you everyone for all of your help, continue to pray, and I will continue to keep you updated on this sad situation.

In Hoc,
Christian Thomas
Gamma Theta Alumni Chair

Pray for Jeff Danzy

2010-05-22T09:07:00.001-07:00

Brothers,
I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying this summer and great weather we are having. Unfortunately I have some very sad news regarding one of our well known alumni, Jeff Danzy. Recently he has learned that he has liver cancer, and it is terminal. I just felt it appropriate to let everyone know of this sad i...nformation, as Jeff has been such a big part of all our lives as Gamma Theta Sigma Chis. Please keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers, and I will continue to update everyone with information as I receive it. Also, we will be accepting any donations to help his family out with this terrible situation. Please contact me via facebook, e-mail, etc if you have any questions, and again please pray for Jeff and his family.

In Hoc,
Christian Thomas
Gamma Theta Alumni Chair

Gamma Theta Initiation and Orange and Blue BBQ

2010-03-29T16:36:00.000-07:00

Brothers,

Hope everyone has been well these past few weeks. I just wanted to remind everyone that upcoming beginning on April 4, 2010, the Spring 2010 Pledge Class will begin their I-Week. On Friday, April 9 the pledges will be taken out to the Pits to begin the ceremonies of Initiation. As many of you know this is one of the most meaningful nights of I-week, and it only makes it more meaningful when the pledges see several different alumni coming out to help and observe this night, allowing them to realize the importance of this week. We will be leaving the house around 9 pm, and should be off of the property around 11 pm. The next morning Initiation will begin around 7 am, and finish around 9-930 am. You are all welcome and encouraged to attend either or both of these events, and following Initiation there will be a breakfast and BBQ for both the new pledge class and the Orange and Blue Spring Gator Game on April 10. This should be a very fun weekend both celebrating the Initiation of our new Spring 2010 pledge class along with the first Gator game of the 2010 season. E-mail me back with any questions or concerns regarding these events, and I hope to see all of you there.

In Hoc,
Christian Thomas
Gamma Theta Alumni Chair

Save the Date Gamma Theta Chapter of Sigma Chi Alumni BBQ and Initiation

2010-03-02T14:02:00.000-08:00

Brothers,

Just a final update on the Gamma Theta Sigma Chi Derby Days for 2010. Our final number was around $31,000 making us the top philanthropy on campus among fraternities. Also, we have a few events coming up in the month of April including Initiation on April 9-10 and the Orange and Blue annual Gator Football Game on that Saturday. Everyone is welcome to come out to the pits on Friday night, April 9, to see the start of the Ritual among the Spring 2010 pledge class, as all of you know how important this night is. The following morning will conclude the ceremonies of Initiation, and we will be holding a BBQ at the house prepared by our chef. Several alumni, including Jeff Danzy will be in attendance, and it would be a pleasure to see all of you here. Thank you and you can e-mail me with any questions at sigmachigator@gmail.com.

In Hoc,
Christian Thomas
Gamma Theta Alumni Chair

University of Florida Sigma Chi Derby Days

2010-02-20T22:02:00.000-08:00

We are very excited to announce that thanks to all of the amazing support from our families, friends, alumni and fellow members of the Greek Community that we were able to raise over $31,000 for the Children's Miracle Network at Shands. This weekend we had the hat hunt on Friday afternoon and our Family Dinner at the Paramount Plaza Friday Evening. Saturday was our annual Derby Days line dance competition. We announced the winner- Kappa Delta at midnight at the Swamp Restaurant. Zeta Tau Alpha came in second place overall and Delta Delta Delta placed third. We were really blown away by all of the support we had and we look forward to Derby Days next year! Also check out the Independent Florida Alligators coverage of the event here.

Gamma Theta Chapter of Sigma Chi Chapter update

2010-01-20T13:40:00.000-08:00

Alumni,

We recently got the house repainted with the contributions from Alumni Weekend. Again we thank everyone who came and we look forward to doing it again next fall. A large group of us made it to the Sugar Bowl to watch Tebow's final game. It was a great semester for our chapter; we initiated 27 brothers this past fall. Also our brothers continued to be active on campus with Brother Benjamin Helsby becoming the Interfraternity Council's Treasurer and our fall 2009 pledge class becoming involved in Gator Growl and the Young Leaders Conference.

This spring we will be putting on our annual philanthropy Derby Days on February 19th-20th. Our goal is to raise $35,000, which would be the highest grossing fraternity philanthropy ever at the University of Florida. All proceeds benefit the Children's Miracle Network. In doing so we need your help! To donate please visit the following site.

In hoc signo vinces,

Brett Owens

Gamma Theta Chapter of Sigma Chi Alumni Chairman

85th Anniversary Celebration

2009-11-09T10:39:00.000-08:00

Brothers, I hope all of the alumni had as much fun as the active chapter did this past Weekend. I can honestly say that it was great planning the event and meeting all of you. We are planning on doing an alumni weekend every fall and look forward to all of you coming back again. We have some left over money from registrations and will be using that to re-paint parts of the house that really need it. I will be posting pictures of what we fix up soon. Thanks again to everyone who came, we enjoyed learning more about our chapter and sharing common experiences. A number of you wanted to help out Jeff Danzy who worked so hard for our house for over 43 years if you would like to help him out please contact our House Dad Dennis Hamm at 352-316-2111. I know some of you said you would like to help out with certain things at the house like the carpet, if so please email me at sigmachigator@gmail.com. We look forward to furthering our alumni relations. Go Gators!

In hoc,

Brett Owens

Registrations

2009-10-18T14:40:00.001-07:00

Get your Registrations in! I hope all of you are as excited as we are to celebrate our chapters history!

In hoc,

Brett

85th Anniversary

2009-09-14T19:13:00.000-07:00

We are pleased to announce that on November 6th and 7th, we will be celebrating our chapters 85th Anniversary at UF. Our football team will face off against Vanderbilt that weekend. We will be having a reception on Friday, November 6th at the Sweetwater Inn from 6:30-10:30 PM and a hog roast on Saturday, November 7th at the Sigma Chi house. To register for the event you must go to http://gammatheta.sigmachi.net/, registration is $35 and will go towards the reception at the Sweetwater Inn, and food for you and your family.We have reserved about 40 hotel rooms for the 85th Anniversary. You can get a discounted rate by calling the Red Roof Inn at (35... and registering under the group "UF 2009 Alumni". The discounted rate is $139.99. You must register by September 17th or the rooms will no longer be available. If you have anymore questions please email me at sigmachigator@gmail.com. Also be sure to invite anyone from our chapter that you are still in contact with. If you would like to register with a check make your check payable to SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY, GAINESVILLE ALUMNI CHAPTER

Mail to:

Attention Mike Harding

4180 NW 50th Terrace, #6107

Gainesville, FL 32606-0009

In hoc,

Brett Owens

UF Sigma Chi Alumni Chairman

Hotels reserved for the 85th Anniversary

2009-08-13T13:49:00.000-07:00

We have reserved about 40 hotel rooms for the 85th Anniversary on Nov. 6th-7th. You can get a discounted rate by calling the Red Roof Inn at (352) 336-3311 and registering under the group "UF 2009 Alumni". The discounted rate is $139.99. You must register by September 17th or the rooms will no longer be available.

GatorSig Golf Tournament

2009-08-04T12:44:00.000-07:00

The 6th Annual GatorSig golf tournament was held at the Orange County National in Orlando. The event was a great success and we hope that more Gamma Theta's will be in attendance next year. If you are interested in learning more about how to sign up, send an email to sigmachigator@gmail.com.
Also, don't forget! Alumni weekend will be the weekend of the UF Vandy game on November 7th. We will be having a hogroast in honor of the occasion, so plan on a big celebration of our chapters great history at the University of Florida.

UF Sigma Chi 85th Anniversary

2009-07-24T08:37:00.000-07:00

Gamma Theta Alumni,

We are pleased to announce that on the weekend of November 7th, we will be hosting several events in celebration of our chapters 85th Anniversary at UF. The University of Florida will be playing Vanderbilt in football that weekend. We will be having a hog roast the day of the game and events on Friday and Saturday night that weekend. More details are to come but please plan on traveling to Gainesville the weekend of November 7th.

In hoc,

Brett Owens

UF Sigma Chi Alumni Chairman

UF Sigma Chi

2009-07-24T08:36:00.001-07:00

UF Sigma Chi's skiing weekend in Tennessee.

UF Sigma Chi

2009-07-24T08:35:00.000-07:00

UF Sigma Chi New Orleans Philanthropy with fellow Sigma Chi Drew Brees.

UF Sigma Chi

2009-07-24T08:34:00.002-07:00

National Championship Game Spring 2009

Uf Sigma Chi

2009-07-24T08:34:00.001-07:00

Ryan Mezzell won the Regional Balfour Award in Tampa, FL.

UF Sigma Chi

2009-07-24T08:20:00.000-07:00

Brothers before announcing at the Spring Woodser.

UF Sigma Chi Fall 2009

2009-07-18T11:12:00.001-07:00

This fall will be the Gamma Theta Chapter of Sigma Chi's 85th Anniversary, we are very excited to celebrate the great history and success of our chapter at UF. We plan on inviting over the Orlando Sigma Chi Alumni Chapter to dinner. We were fortunate enough to be invited to one of their lunches last spring and would like to further our relations with them. Also we are in the process of organizing an event on a gameday to celebrate the great 85 years our chapter has had at the University of Florida. If you have any suggestions please email us at sigmachigator@gmail.com

In hoc,

Brett Owens

Gamma Theta Chapter Alumni chairman

New Chapter Website

2009-07-02T13:00:00.001-07:00

The Gamma Theta Chapter of Sigma Chi now has a new website at www.gammatheta.sigmachi.net

UF Sigma Chi 2008-2009 Composite Picture

2009-06-01T17:02:00.001-07:00

UF Gamma Theta Sigma Chi

2009-05-13T14:24:00.000-07:00

This summer several brothers will be on campus at the University of Florida taking leadership roles ranging from Gator Growl to Traffic Court. Many of the graduating seniors are attending graduate school at UF. David Myers (Fall 2007 Magister) of Tampa, FL recently was hired by Ernst and Young and will be going to graduate school at the University of Virginia. We are very proud of our graduating brothers and look forward to hearing about their endeavors after UF. If you know of a freshmen or transfer student coming to UF, please email our rush chair Ronnie Poole at rpoole94@ufl.edu. The Gamma Theta chapter looks forward to meeting even more alumni in the fall. It is the 85th year that Sigma Chi has been at the University of Florida, and we are looking forward to learning even more about the great history of our chapter.

In hoc signo vinces,

Brett Owens

Gamma Theta Chapter Officers

2009-04-26T10:16:00.000-07:00

Our newly elected chapter officers are listed below:

Consul Phil Erwin, Daytona, FL
Pro Consul Kevin Martin, Apopka, FL
Quaestor Fred Pettijohn, Tallahassee, FL
Magister John Yates, Fort Pierce, FL
Annotator Jordan Hedges, Vero Beach, FL

Sigma Chi Alumni Luncheon

2009-04-24T18:44:00.001-07:00

This past week the Gamma Theta Chapter of Sigma Chi had the privilege to be invited to Orlando for a Luncheon with Gamma Theta Alumni from the Central Florida Area. Our consul Phil Erwin and Andrew Starling attended the event and we are very excited to continue growing our relations with the alumni chapter in Orlando. Finals are next week and we are finishing up the semester on a great note. Today about forty brothers went to Ginnie Springs for our annual Crawfish date function. For alumni that know any freshmen that will be coming to UF next fall please contact our Rush chair at sigmachigator@gmail.com

In hoc signo vinces,

Brett Owens

Sigma Chi Gamma Theta University of Florida Alumni

2009-04-20T09:13:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we had our Alumni BBQ at the house before the University of Florida's Orange and Blue spring football game. Brothers from Fall 58 to Fall 2000 attended. It was a great event for the spring semester and we are very excited about having another event in the fall for the 85th anniversary of the Gamma Theta Chapter of Sigma Chi. We will be sending out letters over the summer announcing the date for the event.

In hoc signo vinces,

Brett Owens
Gamma Theta alumni chair

UF Gamma Theta Chapter of Sigma Chi

2009-04-09T10:47:00.002-07:00

Next week the President of the University of Florida, Bernie Machen will be attending dinner at the Sigma Chi house. Machen is a Sigma Chi from Vanderbilt University. There are only three more weeks left for the semester. It has been a great year for the Gamma Theta chapter of Sigma Chi, our brothers accomplished many great things this year at the University of Florida. Currently the IFC president for the University of Florida is Sigma Chi Clay Mathews, from Tampa. Our brothers also took leadership on campus in other areas of campus such as Supervisor of Elections, Chief Traffic Court Justice, and the Finance chair for Dance Marathon. We are currently working on having a more permanent website for our chapter. Once the new site is up and running I will post a link for it and begin blogging on the new Gamma Theta website.

In hoc signo vinces,

Brett Owens
Gamma Theta chapter alumni chair

UF Sigma Chi Gamma Theta Chapter

2009-04-04T10:56:00.000-07:00

Our chapter profile can be found on the following site www.greekgator.com and our national website is www.sigmachi.org. Our Gamma Theta Chapter Alumni BBQ will be two weeks from today on April 18th before the University of Florida Orange and Blue spring football game.

UF Sigma Chi Formal

2009-03-23T11:49:00.001-07:00

Last month we named our new Sweetheart
Katie McCann who is a member of Zeta Tau Alpha.
This past weekend we held our annual White Cross Formal in Charleston, South Carolina. This week we will be having our annual Sigma Chi Classic a sports competition between pledge classes. Also Jeff Danzy is planning on retiring soon and the active brothers have pledged to put money aside for his retirement. If any alumni would like to donate money to Jeff Danzy please send me an email sigmachigator@gmail.com. Also if any alumni would like to be featured in our blog please let me know. I look forward to meeting all
of you at the alumni BBQ on April 18th.

UF Sigma Chi Derby Days

2009-03-03T08:45:00.000-08:00

On February 21st 2009, we hosted Derby Days for the Children's Miracle Network. The event was a great success and every sorority had a great turnout, we raised over $28,000 for the Children's Miracle Network.

University of Florida Sigma Chi Brotherhood Night Fall 2008