Tennessee Tech Chapter Advisor Recognized for his Fraternity Role
The Sigma Chi International Fraternity has presented its 2016 Erwin L. LeClerg Outstanding Chapter Advisor Award to Jim Woodford, TENNESSEE-KNOXVILLE 1973. Woodford advises the undergraduate Sigs at Tennessee Tech University, a position he first took up in 2005. The Fraternity has presented the LeClerg Award to its most outstanding chapter advisor each year since 1972, […]
Brothers Prepare to Attend 2016 Balfour LTW
Brothers attending this month’s Balfour Leadership Training Workshop (LTW) at Bowling Green State University should keep in mind what they will and will not need to pack before departing for Ohio. In particular, participants should be sure to bring such items as four days’ worth of casual clothing — such as shorts, T-shirts, polos, etc. — […]
Five Purdue Sigs Earn Fraternity Award for Volunteer Service
The following is an abridged version of the story Memorializing a Fallen Friend Through Service that appears on page 8 of the summer 2016 edition of The Magazine of Sigma Chi. To nominate a brother for the Mark V. Anderson Character-in-Action Leadership Award, email your answers to the questions posed under the “Nominate a Brother for the Award” section of the award’s […]
Horizons Participants Reflect on Their Experiences
The Fraternity’s Horizons Huntsman Leadership Summit has hosted three of its five 2016 sessions so far, with 144 rising underclassmen leaders benefitting from the leadership development program’s teachings. Taking place in Snowbird, Utah, the program transports participants to a setting of mountainous vistas where they work alongside other promising freshman and sophomore brothers for six […]
Traveling Sigs Connect Through Social Media
Since November 2015, Sigma Chis on the go have had an easy way to connect with one another: the Facebook group Sigs at an Airport. Founded by Scott Bondy, TORONTO-RYERSON and WINDSOR 1997, and moderated by him and Don Copeland, STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 1989, Sigs at an Airport provides an easy way for brothers to […]
Sigs Gather in Skokie, Ill., for the 2016 Grand Council
Nearly 300 Sigma Chis and their family and friends gathered from June 10 to 12 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago – North Shore Conference Center in Skokie, Ill., in order to participate in the 2016 meeting of the Grand Council. The event afforded participants the opportunity to adopt changes to the language comprising the […]
Fraternity Honors 18 Brothers for Alumni Service
The Sigma Chi International Fraternity has presented its 2016 Seven Lights Alumni Award to 18 brothers. Each year, Sigma Chi presents the Seven Lights Award to alumni who have provided at least 10 years of exceptional volunteer service to the Fraternity at the local, provincial and/or international levels. Each candidate must be nominated by at […]
Sigma Chi International Fraternity Leaders Endorse Chapter-Wide Implementation of New Pledge Program
At Sigma Chi International Fraternity’s recent legislative meeting called Grand Council, voting delegates unanimously approved a resolution related to the organization’s new Preparation for Brotherhood pledge program. The resolution endorsed the Executive Committee’s decision to implement the Fraternity-wide program beginning in the fall of 2016. Voting delegates spent much of the morning and afternoon on […]
Austen Radke, Tyler Rochelle Join the Executive Committee
The undergraduate delegates present at the June 10 to 12 meeting of the Grand Council in Skokie, Ill., elected Austen Radke, CAL. STATE-FRESNO 2016, and Tyler Rochelle, NORTH CAROLINA-CHARLOTTE 2017, as the Fraternity’s undergraduate representatives to the Executive Committee (EC), which operates as the Sigma Chi International Fraternity’s board of directors. As voting members on […]
2017 Grand Chapter to Take Place in Providence, R.I.
The Sigma Chi International Fraternity will host its 81st Grand Chapter from June 22 to 25, 2017, at the Omni Providence Hotel in Providence, R.I., which is located near the hometown of 69th Grand Consul, or international president, Michael Ursillo, BROWN 1978. It is tradition that the Grand Consul selects the site of the Grand […]
Sigs Work to Meet $1.2 Million Fundraising Goal
After Sigma Chis raised more than $1 million for the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) since August 2015, Order of Constantine Sig and chairman of the Fraternity’s philanthropy committee Dan Shaver, TEXAS TECH 1993, believes that the Fraternity’s brothers have it within them to clear the $1.2 million level by July 31. “Only 138 [of Sigma […]
Headquarters to Launch Regionalized Chapter Support Model
In an effort to take a proactive stance toward accountability issues, Sigma Chi International Fraternity Headquarters is launching a pilot program for its regional chapter support program that will afford Headquarters representatives a better opportunity to help undergraduates head off problems before they occur. The pilot is expected to launch on July 1, 2016. […]
Submit Local Activities for Use in Preparation for Brotherhood
Though the Preparation for Brotherhood pledging program aspires to bring the Fraternity’s new member education under a single umbrella, Sigma Chi’s leaders also recognize the importance of chapters retaining the right to observe and participate in the traditions that they have cultivated over the years that are consistent with Sigma Chi’s values. In order […]
Balfour LTW Registration to Close July 1
Brothers who plan to attend the 2016 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop (LTW) from July 28 to 30 at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, must complete their registration by July 1. The event will have no on-site registration. Once on the website, brothers can see Balfour LTW’s full schedule of events, choose to register under the appropriate […]
Preparation for Brotherhood Program Implements Feedback
Members of the Preparation for Brotherhood committee and Sigma Chi International Fraternity Headquarters staff spent the 2015 to 2016 academic year conducting the Alpha and Beta tests of the Preparation for Brotherhood pledging program. Now, they are working to integrate the feedback they received from participating undergraduates to improve the program prior to its planned rollout […]
