Theta Chi Fraternity at Florida State University

We are proud to announce that Gamma Rho won the 2023 Founders Day Chapter Challenge, which is Theta Chi’s largest fundraising drive each your for our International Chapter’s Foundation! This marks the third consecutive year that Gamma Rho has won the Chapter Challenge.

We would like to thank the 216 Gamma Rho Alumni & Undergraduate Brothers who donated over $42,000 and in doing so set records in most dollars raised and most donors participating.

The Chapter Challenge, centered around the founding date of our fraternity, raises money for the Excellence Fund, which provides over $300,000 annually in scholarships to our collegians and holds leadership conferences for all chapter officers. We look forward to going for 4 in row next year!

Dear FSU Brothers, Friends & Family,

With Founders Day approaching on April 10th, it is time for Gamma Rho to continue its dominance in raising money for Theta Chi’s Foundation Chapter and winning the Chapter Challenge for the Third year in a row!

Please join us in making a tax-deductible gift by Founders Day - April 10th - to ensure the next generation of Theta Chis have the same opportunity to develop lifelong memories, friends and leadership skills.

For background, since 1953 the Fraternity’s Foundation Chapter helps our individual chapters by developing and providing financial resources for academic and leadership development, namely:

—Over $300,000 in annual scholarships and grants to over 200 collegians selected from ALL chapters

—Each year we help send officers from ALL chapters for leadership training.

Please give generously to the organization that has given us so many great friends and memories. Last year we raised nearly $34,000 and our goal is to raise over $40,000 this year. We can’t do that without your help! Thank you!

Here is the link for Gamma Rho/Florida State:

Florida State - Theta Chi Founders Day We celebrate Founders Day each year on April 10th in honor of Frederick Norton Freeman and Arthur Chase establishing Theta Chi in 1856. Join us this Founders Day and extend a Helping Hand by giving back to the Fraternity that has given us so much.

This past weekend select Brothers of Theta Chi participated in the annual Dance Marathon event with the goal of raising awareness and money for children in need of specialized pediatric care. We are extremely proud to announce that we raised $34,798 this year & earned the Highest Fraternity Fundraising Award. We are grateful for the opportunity to contribute to such an amazing cause that is Dance Marathon at FSU.

We would like to thank our delegate, Jean-Marc, for leading our Brothers to achieve a new organizational record for total dollars raised for a single philanthropic event. We look forward to continuing our contribution with DM next year.

The Brothers of Theta Chi are excited to announce our Inaugural Gamma Rho Alumnus Spotlight Recipient, Brother Mark Hillis (’64).

Brother Hillis served on the FSU Board of Trustees from 2010 to 2020. He served as the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees and chaired four committees during his tenure. Mark and his wife, Nan, have established 7 endowed scholarships at FSU for students and 1 professorship in Real Estate in the COB. Additionally, they have donated to various projects across FSU.

Brother Hillis is the recipient of the FSU Alumni Circle of Gold Award, the FSU Alumni Association Emeritus Alumni Society Commitment to Excellence Award, the FSU Faculty Senate Mores Torch Award, the FSU Real Estate Network Award, and is a member of the FSU College of Business Hall of Fame. He has served on numerous FSU boards including the FSU Foundation Board of Trustees for 14 years, the FSU Alumni Association Board of Directors for 9 yrs, the FSU COB Board of Governors for 26 years, and the FSU COB Real Estate Center Executive Board of Directors for 20 years.

He was a member of the Theta Chi Recolonization Advisory Board following the revocation of Gamma Rho’s charter by the Grand Chapter in May of 2001. He participated in the Gamma Rho’s Rechartering and Banquet at the University Center Club on March 25, 2006.

From 2011 to 2019 Brother Hillis served on the Board of Directors for the Foundation Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity, including serving as Secretary and Chair of the Scholarship Committee. He has been awarded the Theta Chi Citation of Honor for Outstanding Service, the David E. Devol Award for Exemplary Service, and the Gamma Rho Chapter Award for Meritorious Service.

Brother Hillis and his wife Nan recently established a Scholarship Endowment at FSU for Theta Chi and Tri Delta Chapter member’s which will award annual scholarships to their Brothers and Sisters beginning this year. Brother Hillis is very supportive of the Foundation Chapter and is recognized as a member of the Board of Advisors.

We’re honored to have Brother Hillis as our Inaugural Alumnus Spotlight Recipient, as he serves as an inspiration to all of our Undergraduate and Alumnus Brothers.

The Brothers of Theta Chi would like to thank everyone who played a part in making Spring 2023 Rush so successful. Very excited to announce that 37 bids have been accepted! We are looking forward to this upcoming semester!

Robert Cotter, a brother in Chi class from the Gamma Rho Chapter of Theta Chi at Florida State University, has been accomplishing amazing things this summer! Check out this post to learn more about what he has been doing. We are proud of you Brother!

We are proud to announce that at the conclusion of this years FSU Dance Marathon, Team Jack, which included Theta Chi, Alpha Omicron Pi, and Wesley Church, has finished at 2nd overall in team fundraising and Theta Chi finished 3rd overall out of the fraternities participating. Shoutout to all the brothers who participated and we are happy to have done our part in helping FSU and Children’s miracle network in raising $2,210,165.21 through this years amazing event Theta Chi Fraternity

The Brothers of Gamma Rho have been involved with Dance Marathon at FSU for several years. This year, as the last few hours of the marathon approach, brothers have been standing for nearly 20 hours in two different shifts, adding up to 40 hours total for the event! We are proud of our brothers who have dedicated their time and money to this amazing cause. If you would like to help support us in the next few hours, the link to our team page is in the description below. Will you ?

https://events.dancemarathon.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.team&TeamID=32660

Dance Marathon at Florida State University I'm supporting Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Dance Marathon!

Congrats to Gamma Rho Alumni ('97) - Joe Gruters - on being elected as the Chair of the Florida GOP.

Joe Gruters elected Florida GOP chair Gruters has enjoyed a remarkable rise from relative unknown GOP activist a decade ago to one of the most influential Republicans in Florida