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Our 2026 Goal: Add $8,000 to our CSF to add another annual SLA scholarship!

The 2026 SAJ Weekend of Giving is another chance to build on this momentum. Every dollar donated during the campaign goes 100% directly to Theta Upsilon’s Chapter Scholarship Fund, which is professionally managed and distributed annually to our own undergraduates. With our CSF now approaching $80,000, if we add another $8,000 in donations this year, we will add another SLA annual scholarship!

To help us reach this year’s goals, four alumni have created five matches to encourage every brother to reflect on the impact Kappa Sigma has had on his life and to take the opportunity to help the next generation of Kappa Sigs at Miami University!

• 2:1 Match for Alumni from 1967-79:  Brother Jim Lewis (Initiation Class '74) will match every donation two to one from Theta-Upsilon Alumni up to $2000. 
  
  
• 1:1 Match for Alumni from 1980-1989:  Brother Michael Schoedinger (Initiation Class '86) will match every donation from Theta-Upsilon Alumni initiated from 1980-1989 up to $500 total.
  
  
• 1:1 Match for Alumni from 1990-1995:  Brother Clay Hunt (Initiation Class '90) will match every donation from Theta-Upsilon Alumni initiated from 1990-1995 up to $500 total.
  
  
• 10 First Time Donors Challenge:  Brother Wes Bren (Initiation Class '85) will donate $500 when there are 10 FIRST time donors to the Theta-Upsilon Chapter.
   
• Five Donations 1996-2015:  Brother Wes Bren  (Initiation Class '85) will donate $500 when Five Theta-Upsilon Alumni initiated from 1996 to 2015 have made donations this year.

To donate and see the progress go to our Chapter's page. The donation site is open during March 6-8 only.  Donors will be recognized on our donor page.  

Celebrating Our 2025 Scholarship Award Recipients

The impact of our generosity is immediately visible. This December, a record ten Theta Upsilon undergraduates received scholarship awards from the Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund—an unprecedented milestone for our chapter. These awards included the three named scholarships from David E. Ledman Scholarship ($2000), the Clifford Browne II Scholarship - ($1000), the Brian P. McDowell Scholarship ($1000), along with six Donald C. Dilley Scholarship Leadership Awards recognizing academic excellence, leadership, and service. In addition, Theta-Upsilon benefitted from the Toby H. Taylor Scholarship bequeathed to Chapters in Southern Ohio.  Brother Taylor is past WGM, WGP, WGMC and past DGM of Ohio.  See January’s post for the names of 2025 award winners. 

Cossa Challenge to follow - Seeking Donations to help purchase Water softeners.
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DGM Bren organizes Great Lakes Conclave -- Southwest Ohio District hosts, Theta-Upsilon plays an important role

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Fricker Report Release Delayed

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