{"id":230,"date":"2025-05-15T14:26:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aig.alumni.virginia.edu\/lodge\/?p=230"},"modified":"2025-05-15T14:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:26:40","slug":"thanks-for-celebrating-with-chi-psi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/lodge\/2025\/05\/thanks-for-celebrating-with-chi-psi\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks for Celebrating with Chi Psi!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-231\" src=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/lodge\/files\/2025\/05\/Recolonization-Photo-Collage.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/lodge\/files\/2025\/05\/Recolonization-Photo-Collage.webp 1200w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/lodge\/files\/2025\/05\/Recolonization-Photo-Collage-300x63.webp 300w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/lodge\/files\/2025\/05\/Recolonization-Photo-Collage-1024x213.webp 1024w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/lodge\/files\/2025\/05\/Recolonization-Photo-Collage-768x160.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Brothers,<\/p>\n<p>A big thank you to all the alumni, Brothers, family, and guests who were able to join us on April 18-19, 2025, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the re-colonization of Alpha Omicron of Chi Psi!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d like to give a special thanks to brother <strong>Tim Naughton (<abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201983)<\/strong> and his wife, Diane, for hosting a lovely welcome reception at their beautiful country estate on Friday evening. The Colonnade Club, located in Pavilion VII on The Lawn, once again served as the perfect Spring location on Saturday afternoon for old friends to reunite and new friendships to form. Alumni from far and wide joined with the active brotherhood, including 23 who were newly initiated, for an afternoon of sharing memories, catching up on family progress, and making plans to get back together. We also greatly appreciate Sam Bessey, from the Central Office, for making the journey to Charlottesville to share how important the recolonization of our Alpha has been to the Chi Psi National Organization. And last but certainly not least, thanks to brother <strong>Brent Lesher (<abbr title=\"College of Arts &amp; Sciences\">Col<\/abbr> <span class=\"visually-hidden\">class of <\/span>\u201989)<\/strong> and his band, Wunderground, for rocking us into the night at the after-party back at the Lodge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"btn btn-orange\" href=\"https:\/\/emmyfranklin.smugmug.com\/Chi-Psi-4192025-\">Event Photos<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>For those alumni with a graduation year ending in \u20190 or \u20195, make sure you sign up for the <strong>Chi Psi Reception on Saturday, May 31, 3:30-4:30 p.m. at the Lodge<\/strong> as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.virginia.edu\/reunions\/reunions-2025\/\">UVA Reunions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Please mark your calendars and plan to come to Charlottesville for <strong>Homecomings this fall on the weekend of October 17-19, 2025<\/strong>, and keep an eye out for more details to come!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brothers, A big thank you to all the alumni, Brothers, family, and guests who were able to join us on April 18-19, 2025, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the re-colonization of Alpha Omicron of Chi Psi! 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