Recent News

The brothers at Mu Chapter recently hosted our Philanthropy Week in which we conducted events to bring about awareness on heart disease and how to beat heart disease. On April 1, we threw the Beating Heart Disease Carnival with bounce houses, jousting arena, a dunk machine, and various other carnival games. On April 2nd, we held an informational forum about the dangers of heart disease and what college students can do to prevent them. We had Dr. Gupta, a cardiologist from Shands Hospital in Gainesville; give a presentation about heart disease. On April 4th, we were tabling on campus, bringing out awareness of heart disease and made cards to the children who are suffering from heart disease in the Shands Pediatric Care in Gainesville. On April 8th, we co-hosted a club party with Delta Phi Omega called Red Alert 2.0. We all had a fun experience this night while donating to charity. On April 13th, we rolled around a giant beach ball and collected donations from everyone who signed the beach ball. All in all, this philanthropy was a huge success because we collected a lot of donations and educated the public about heart disease. All the donations we collected were given to the American Heart Association. Thanks to everyone who came to our events and supported us.

The Brothers of Beta Chi Theta and the Sisters of Gamma Eta co-hosted a social mixer on March 28th at Skate Station. There, both Greek organizations enjoyed each others company and participated in recreational skating and in Go-Cart Races. While doing this, both of us got to meet and interact with all the sisters of Gamma Eta. It was a huge success and definitely a night to remember.

The Brothers of Mu Chapter recently participated in the UF Relay For Life event hosted at the Stephen O’Connell Center on the night of March 23rd. This event is aimed to bring about awareness of cancer, celebrate the success stories of cancer survivors and raise donations to help cancer patients cope with cancer. The brothers here set up a donation booth along with other student organizations in order to collect donations for cancer patients. Our booth consisted of a mini basketball game and a video game playing station. We charged people to play games at our booth and used that money to donate it to the American Cancer Society. It was a lot of fun for our brothers and all of us were at the event for at least 10 hours.

Some of the Brothers of Beta Chi Theta collaborated with the sisters of Alpha Kappa Delta Phi and performed the traditional Indian dance called Bhangra. They performed at the Philips Center on March 22nd and received 1st place in the entire competition and won a $100 gift card to the OneGreek Store. This could not have been possible without the performers sacrificing their time to practice and perform. Congratulations to all the performers Shaan Patel, Krishna Lakkaniki, Jay Patel, Karim Hirani and Thien Nguyen. Also, special thanks to the sisters of Alpha Kappa Delta Phi who performed which includes Roselle Derequito, Klea Jampasar, Lien Tracy Dang, Hoa Tran and Caitlyn Soriano. We couldn’t have done it without them.

The Gentlemen of Beta Chi Theta at Mu Chapter hosted their 4th Winter Formal on December 8, 2011 at Zuzu Restaurant in Gainesville, FL. It was a grand success and the brothers and their dates all had a great time. It consisted of a formal dinner, award presentation, and a slideshow that showed everything we did this year. After the dinner, limousines took us to the Winter Formal Afterparty at 101 Downtown. This was a great event that helped us celebrate everything that was achieved throughout this semester. Special thanks to the all the lovely ladies in Alpha Kappa Delta Phi, Delta Phi Omega, Sigma Delta Tau, and all the other brothers’ dates for attending our Winter Formal. We really appreciate your support. Also, Congratulations to Krishna Lakkaniki for winning the Brother of the Semester Award, Himanshu Ajrawat for winning the Rampant Lion Award, and Abbas Jessa for winning the Alumni of the Semester Award.

The Gentlemen of Beta Chi Theta at Mu Chapter would like to congratulate Demetri Ramdial, Thien Nguyen, Adam Alderson, Krishna Harripersaud, and Keshav Godha, the newest brothers to join our fraternity. These five gentlemen have proven beyond a doubt their ability to become a part of this brotherhood. They have shown all of us their true passion to become brothers of Beta Chi Theta. The five men have made all brothers from around the nation honored to call them brothers. Congratulations once again, Demetri Ramdial, Thien Nguyen, Adam Alderson, Krishna Harripersaud, and Keshav Godha. Welcome to the Brotherhood!