Sigma Chi - Gamma Chi University of Maryland

04/13/2026

The Chapter hosted Parents Weekend last Saturday at one of our satellite houses in Old Town College Park. 70 parents or so joined the Actives to enjoy a beautiful spring day.

In Hoc.

04/10/2026

Brothers,

Our House Corporation Annual Meeting will be held next Wednesday April 15 at 730 PM via Zoom. If you wish to receive a calendar invite, pls respond below.

In Hoc.

04/04/2026

We have initiated our spring pledge class, consisting of 23 young men led by their Magister, Ben Pearcy, who is situated in the top row center.

We would like to acknowledge the invaluable contributions of Ritual Peers Rocky Benedetto and Bruce Casner, as well as the exceptional leadership provided by Chapter Advisor Ramses Gerais. Furthermore, we appreciate the support from 80s Gamma Chi Alumni, Barry DesRoches, Chris Kennedy, David Vespoint, Mark Hoye, and Scott Werber, who arrived early this morning to assist.

Please join us in congratulating our newest Brothers and wishing them all the best. In Hoc.

04/04/2026

Brothers & Friends, we gathered on campus this afternoon for a White Rose Ceremony to pay our respects to Significant Sig and Distinguished Gamma Chi alum Pedro Wasmer '62, who entered the Chapter Eternal last summer.

We were joined by two other Gamma Chi Significant Sigs and contemporaries of Brother Wasmer, Congressman Steny Hoyer and George Doetsch, Jr., as well as one of Pedro's adult children, Conrad.

The first photo below shows, from left to right, Walt Cooner, our Grand Praetor, Conrad Wasmer, Congressman Hoyer, Consul Sam Carbone, and George Doetsch, Jr.

We appreciate Bruce Casner's efforts in conducting the Ceremony and the participation of over 40 Actives, who honored Brother Wasmer's memory.

All honor to Brother Wasmer’s name.

03/30/2026

Brothers,

Friendly reminder, our spring pledge class will be initiated this Sat at 1130 in the Garden Chapel, behind the Memorial Chapel. Immediately after we will have a brief White Rose Ceremony for Significant Sig Pedro Wasmer ‘62.

Hope that you can join us.

In Hoc.

03/12/2026

Brothers,

On Saturday, April 4, we will initiate our spring pledge class of 25, followed immediately by a White Rose Ceremony for Gamma Chi Alum and Significant Sig Pedro Wasmer '62, who passed away last summer. Congressman Steny Hoyer '63, Pedro's Sig Little Brother, will join us on April 4.

The initiation and White Rose ceremonies will be held at the UMD Garden Chapel, adjacent to the UMD Memorial Chapel, beginning at 11:30.

Alumni are cordially invited to join us on April 4 and we hope to see you there.

In Hoc.

03/05/2026

Brothers,

We are creating another cohort of Alumni mentors and Undergraduate mentees.

Alumni mentors generally chat with their mentee once or twice a month over 3-4 months to discuss career advice, networking, interviewing, college courses to consider, lessons learned, etc.

The Undergraduate mentees are carefully selected based on their leadership and academic accomplishments. They are responsible for coordinating calls with their mentors.

We are looking for Alumni mentors in these ten fields:

* Investment Management
* Corporate Banking
* Commercial Banking
* Sales & Trading
* Data Analytics
* Wealth Management
* Audit & Assurance
* Medical Sales
* Entrepreneurship
* Venture Capital

Alumni, if you wish to learn more about our mentor program, please contact Caleb Rahaim, our mentor program coordinator, at [email protected].

Thank you for considering volunteering your time and expertise as a mentor to a grateful Undergraduate mentee.

In Hoc.

02/28/2026

The Chapter held its spring scholarship dinner this week.

Below are the photos of the winning team among 7-8 teams drafted by the team captains and the three winning individuals:

*the team with the highest avg GPA-Brothers Logan Dunn, Vaughn Sines, Will Wagener, Myles Heard-Perry, Chad Prosniewski, Ciaran Walshe, Philip Frazier, Kole Carey, Gus Hargrave & Dan Aberjal.

*the two pledges from the fall pledge class with the highest GPAs each won a scholarship-Alex Chung & Ciaran Walshe

*the Brother with the most improved GPA-Mo Serroukh.

Congratulations to these Brothers for their academic success.

Thank you to our Gamma Chi Education Foundation for subsidizing the cash awards and the two pledge scholarships.

IH.

02/03/2026

Congratulations to the Undergraduate Chapter. They achieved a 3.42 average GPA last semester.

They finished with the eighth highest average chapter GPA among the 21 IFC chapters on campus. 3.34 was the average IFC chapter GPA last fall.

In Hoc.

12/15/2025

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Festivus from the Undergraduate Chapter.

11/22/2025

11/21/2025

Thought all of you would enjoy this story about our undergrad chapter.

This year, the inaugural nationwide college Greek Basketball Tournament has been held and played on every U.S. campus that has fraternities.

Our team won the Maryland campus tournament, going undefeated 8-0 and beating Beta Theta Pi in the finals with a last minute basket, that gave our Sigs their first lead of the game.

This national tournament is being played this weekend in Memphis, and livestreamed on HomeTeam Network Sports.

Great to be a Sig🏀🐢🔴⚪️