International Fraternity Reacts to the Death of Dalhousie-St. Mary’s Student Taylor Samson
The Sigma Chi International Fraternity is extremely saddened to learn of the passing of Taylor Samson, DALHOUSIE-ST. MARY’S 2015. Our collective hearts and prayers are with Samson’s chapter brothers and the family and friends who survive him. We also send our sincere appreciation to the Halifax Regional Police for their tireless and expedient work in […]
One Hundred Thirty-Three Sigma Chis Inducted Into the Order of Omega Honor Society
The Sigma Chi International Fraternity extends its congratulations to the 133 undergraduate brothers who were inducted into the Order of Omega honor society during the 2014 to 2015 academic year. Seventy-four of the Fraternity’s 241 undergraduate chapters had at least one member honored, while the Sigma Chi chapters at Butler University in Indianapolis and Embry-Riddle […]
RMF Subscription Fees Due Sept. 15
Earlier this month, the Risk Management Foundation (RMF) began to distribute statements to chapters for the 2015 to 2016 school year via email. By Sept. 15, 2015, chapters must pay their balances in full, schedule a payment plan, or notify the RMF and Sigma Chi International Fraternity Headquarters that they have secured insurance coverage elsewhere. […]
Foundation to Provide 76 New Donor Scholarships
In recognition of the organization’s 75th anniversary in 2015, the Sigma Chi Foundation declared its goal last year to endow 75 new donor-scholar awards for the 2015 to 2016 school year. At the 80th Grand Chapter in San Diego, Foundation representatives announced that they had exceeded that goal by endowing 76 additional scholarships for the […]
Fraternity Launches Preparation For Brotherhood Program
This fall, 42 undergraduate chapters will pilot the Preparation for Brotherhood program, which gives more structure to the Fraternity’s pledging practices by providing an eight-week model for chapters to follow that culminates with the initiation ceremony. Perhaps most notably, the program repackages the I-week component of pledgeship as lessons presented throughout the entirety of the […]
Sigma Chi Hosts 2015 Balfour LTW
The Fraternity welcomed more than 1,800 brothers, including 1,400 undergraduates, to last week’s 2015 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop (LTW) at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. It is the 11th time the Fraternity has hosted Balfour LTW at the university, and the first since 1995. “Balfour LTW is Sigma Chi’s signature annual event, […]