4/22/09

Third Degree...

Earlier this week 11 brothers of Phi Sigma Kappa took their 3rd Degree Obligation (Alumni Status) making this one of the largest 3rd degree classes in recent history. We wish all our brothers success in their futures and look forward to greeting them as alumni this, and every, fall for Alumni Weekend. Congratulations Brothers: Binh Ly, Omega Class Andy Stemler, Omega Class Adam Gluck, Omega Class Pat Carroll, Omega Class Chris Dinu, Omega Class Chris Mims, Omega Class Leo Guzman, Omega Class Ulysses Isambert, Omega Class Juan Fernandez, Alpha Alpha Class Chris Cameron, Alpha Alpha Class Justin Gres, Alpha Gamma Class 4/13/09 Convivium and Spike... As the Spring semester comes to an end, the Gentlemen of Phi Sigma Kappa celebrate our annual formal Convivium and host Phi Sig Spike. Convivium 2008 was hosted in Orlando, FL and featured a trip to Wet n Wild Theme Park and our formal banquet where we awarded the 2007-2008 Cardinal Principle Awards. Thank you to Brother Leo Guzman for organizing the event and congratulations to the following award winners: Brother of the Year: Justin Gres Brotherhood Award: Andy Stemler Scholarship Award: Dan Pepper Character Award: Greg Feldman This coming Sunday from 12:00pm-4:00pm we will host the 4th annual Phi Sig Spike: a 4-on-4 beach volleyball tournament held at the Southwest Recreation Center's Beach Volleyball Courts. The event is free to attend and will benefit Special Olympics International. Teams of 4 can sign up for $25/team. Please contact our Secretary to sign up for the event.   4/9/08 Initiation and Installation... Earlier today Phi Sigma Kappa initiated the 4 new brothers of the Alpha Eta Pledge Class: Ritual # Brother 421 TJ Shaw 422 Andrew Stargel 423 Jonathan Kubik 424 Michael Ingerto Their first chapter meeting will be this Monday, April 14th where the brotherhood will install our Fall 2008 Executive Board: President: Jonathan Neff (Alpha Beta Class) Vice-President: Tommy Robey (Alpha Delta Class) Secretary: Dave Estrine (Alpha Zeta Class) Treasurer: Greg Feldman (Alpha Delta Class) Sentinel: Adam Park (Alpha Beta Class) Inductor: Sisco Garcia (Alpha Delta Class) Congratulations to our new brothers and our new exec board! 3/16/08 Intramural Playoffs... Intramural Playoffs begin this week. Phi Sig has a play in for Soccer and Softball this Tuesday and Thursday. Our Basketball team has been seeded into the Quarterfinals and will play next Wednesday after this week's play in matches. Click on the links below to see the full bracket: Soccer: Bracket Time Date Opponent Result 7:00PM Tues 3/18/08 Tau Kappa Epsilon Win 8:00PM Tues 3/25/08 Sigma Phi Epsilon Loss Softball: Bracket Time Date Opponent Result 8:00PM Thurs 3/20/08 Beta Theta Pi Loss Basketball: Brackets Time Date Opponent Result 9:00PM Wed 3/26/08 Pi Kappa Phi Win 7:00PM Wed 4/2/08 Tau Kappa Epsilon Loss 2/27/08 Greek Week 2008...   After winning First Place in Greek Week last year, Phi Sigma Kappa is participating in Greek Week 2008 as a member of the Athena Team with Beta Theta Pi, Chi Phi, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Beta Sigma, Sigma Gamma Rho, and Zeta Tau Alpha. Greek week focuses on the 4 pillars of the Greek Community at the University of Florida: Leadership, Scholarship, Service, and Community. This years events are: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Greek Week Kickoff (wear t-shirts!) Turlington Plaza, 11:00am-3:00pm Thursday, February 28, 2008 Case Study Competition CSE A101, 6:00pm Friday, February 29, 2008 Greek Feud Trivia Levin College of Law 285B/285C, 6:00pm Saturday, March 1, 2008 Florida Greek Service Day Norman Field, 8:00am Sunday, March 2, 2008 Greek Field Games Norman Field, 11:30am The Greek Week Trophy Presentation will follow the conclusion of Greek Field Games on Sunday. 1/19/08 Intramural Schedule... Spring Intramural Season 2008 begins on Thursday 1/24 with our first softball game. Click here to see more info about our Spring 2008 Soccor Season, Softball Season, or Basketball Season. Our schedule is below: Soccer Time Date Location Opponent 7:00PM Tues 1/29/08 SW Soccer Field 2 ZBT 7:00PM Tues 2/5/08 Kappa Alpha Order SW Soccer Field 1 7:00PM Tues 2/12/08 SW Soccer Field 2 Lambda Chi Alpha 7:00PM Tues 2/19/08 SW Soccer Field 1 Chi Phi - Tues 2/26/08 - Bye Week Softball Time Date Location Opponent 10:00PM Thurs 1/24/08 SW Softball Field 3 Chi Phi - Thurs 1/31/08 - Bye Week 10:00PM Thurs 2/7/08 SW Softball Field 4 Alpha Epsilon Pi - Thurs 2/14/08 - Bye Week 10:00PM Thurs 2/21/08 SW Softball Field 3 FIJI 10:00PM Wed 2/27/08 SW Softball Field 3 Lambda Chi Alpha Basketball Time Date Location Opponent 6:00PM Wed 1/30/08 SW Basketball Court 1 Pi Lambda Phi 6:00PM Wed 2/6/08 SW Basketball Court 2 Chi Phi 6:00PM Wed 2/13/08 SW Basketball Court 2 Alpha Tau Omega - Wed 2/20/08 - Bye Week 6:00PM Wed 2/27/08 SW Basketball Court 1 Lambda Chi Alpha 12/30/07 LEAD Phi Sig Conclave... Brothers will travel to Atlanta, GA January 19, 2008 for the annual regional conclave of all Phi Sig Chapters in the Southeast. LEAD Phi Sig is held each winter in order to expose a large number of brothers to leadership opportunities by exposing them to ideas of nearby chapters. Other chapters expected to attend include: South Carolina Clemson Georgia Tech Stetson Tennessee Valdosta State (colony) Georgia Southern Florida State Florida International For those brothers attending - make sure to download the Info Sheet. Happy New Years! 11/29/07 Spring Philanthropies... Phi Sigma Kappa will participate in 3 philanthropies Spring 2008: Relay for Life, Dance Marathon, and our annual Phi Sig Spike.   UF Relay for Life will be held March 28th - March 29th in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center. Participating brothers hope to raise $1500 ($100 each) benefiting the American Cancer Society. Check out our Relay for Life Facebook Group. Dance Marathon will be held April 5th – 6th, also in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. Brothers have paired with the Ladies of Phi Mu Sorority to raise money supporting Children’s Miracle Network and Shands Children’s Hospitals. Check out our Dance Marathon Facebook Group.     The 4th Annual Phi Sig Spike is a 4-vs-4 beach volleyball tournament held on April 20th at the Southwest Rec Volleyball Courts. Brothers hope to raise over $1000 to benefit our national beneficiary: the Special Olympics. Registration is $25/team, max of 2 teams per organizations. Points are awarded for raising money, buying t-shirts, penny voting, and tournament placement. Look for more info this sprng. 11/9/07 New Brothers and Executive Board... Phi Sigma Kappa initiated our Fall Pledge Class (Alpha Zeta) marking four-hundred twenty brothers who have been initiated into the Delta Tetarton Chapter since our founding in 1953. Additionally, the new Spring 2008 Exec Board was elected and will be installed this Monday 11/12: President: Jonathan Neff, Alpha Beta Class Vice-President: Andy Stemler, Omega Class Secretary: Pat Carroll, Omega Class Treasurer: Greg Feldman, Alpha Delta Class Sentinel: Justin Gres, Alpha Gamma Class Inductor: Leo Guzman, Omega Class Congratulations to all our new 2nd degree brothers as well as to our new initiates. Damn Proud! 9/16/07 Highest GPA in over 4 years... Phi Sig continues to strike for excellence in scholarship. The Office of Sorority and Fraternity Affairs released the Spring 2007 Grade Report earlier today showing Phi Sigma Kappa with a Fraternity GPA of 3.390 - the higest chapter GPA in over 4 years. This is the 4th highest Active Member Fraternity GPA and the 5th highest Overall GPA accross all 26 IFC Chapters. Additionally, the brothers of Phi Sigma Kappa have exceeded numerous GPA standards accross campus: All University Male GPA 3.170 All Univ Average 3.250 All Fraternity GPA 3.260 All Greek GPA 3.360 Phi Sigma Kappa Average GPA 3.390 5/20/07 Soccer Champions... Phi Sig Athletics ended this season as Blue League Outdoor Soccer Champions for the third year in a row. The Division of Recreational Sports separates IFC fraternities into two leagues, Orange and Blue, of 10 fraternities each. Phi Sig won 6 of its 7 games allowing only 6 goals the entire season. Check out the Top Ten Standings or the Final Bracket released late last week. Congratulations brothers! 4/22/07 Phi Sig Spike... This Sunday the Gentlemen of Phi Sigma Kappa hosted the 3rd annual Phi Sig Spike: a 4-on-4 beach volleyball tournament. The event, benefiting Special Olympics International, was the final IFC Philanthropy of the 06-07 year. Chi Omega won the tournament beating Pi Beta Phi in a 2-game streak. The overall winner was Chi Omega with Phi Mu coming in second. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all the teams who participated and especially to our Spike Chair Justin Collins for organizing the event. For more info check out the Final Standings.   4/16/07 Convivium 2007...   Convivium 2007 was held in Panama City Beach, FL this past weekend April 13th-15th. Saturday night's banquet was ushered in by the traditional recitation of the Founding Benediction by our newest member: Brother Carlos Duany. We aired our annual slideshow, presented superlative awards, congratulated the Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 Executive Board members, and announced our annual achievement awards: Brother of the Year: PJ Broderick Brotherhood Award: Justin Collins Scholarship Award: Dan Pepper Character Award: Jonathan Neff Congratulations to all the winners and those brothers nominated for these prestigious awards. Most of all, thank you to Convivium Chair Matt Van Osterom for making Convivium 2007 a success. 3/01/07 Greek Week 2007... Phi Sigma Kappa is participating in Greek Week 2007 as a member of the Poseidon Team with Beta Theta Pi, Phi Mu, Pi Delta Psi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Theta Nu Xi, and Zeta Tau Alpha. Phi Sig won First Place in Greek Week in 2000, 2001, and 2003; this is the first time Greek week has returned since 2003. Greek week focuses on the 4 pillars of the Greek Community at the University of Florida: Leadership, Scholarship, Service, and Community. This years events are:   Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Greek Week Kickoff Turlington Plaza, 12:00pm-3:00pm Thursday, March 1, 2007 Case Study Competition Carleton Auditorium, 6:00pm Friday, March 2, 2007 Greek Feud Trivia Levin College of Law 285B/285C, 7:00pm Saturday, March 3, 2007 All Greek Service Day Flavet Field, 8:00am Sunday, March 4, 2007 Greek Field Games Flavet Field, 3:00pm The Greek Week Trophy Presentation will follow the conclusion of Greek Field Games on Sunday, March 4. As of today, Phi Sig and Team Poseidon are in the lead. Congratulations guys, and keep up the good work! Update: Phi Sigma Kappa and Team Poseidon have won 1st Place in Greek Week 2007! (3/04/07) News Archive Back to Home >>