2025 Undergraduate Chapter Awards

Seventy-Four Chapters Earn 2025 Peterson Significant Chapter Awards

Sigma Chi International Fraternity ended the 2025 Krach Transformational Leaders Workshop held July 30 to Aug. 3 at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, by recognizing the successes and improvements among undergraduate chapters across North America.

The highest honor, the 2025 J. Dwight Peterson Significant Chapter Award, was presented to 74 groups at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.

Established in 1964, the Peterson Award recognizes chapters that achieve excellence in all operations, including academics, philanthropy, recruitment and Ritual performance.

The Fraternity presents two levels of the Peterson Award based on a chapter’s application score, with chapters scoring 95% or above on their annual report earning a J. Dwight Peterson Significant Chapter Gold Award and those scoring between 79% and 94.5% on their annual report earning the J. Dwight Peterson Significant Chapter Blue Award.

Other chapters received additional awards. The Rochester chapter received the Daniel William Cooper Award that honors the undergraduate chapter with the most outstanding scholastic achievement program and comes with a $5,000 scholarship. First runner-up receiving the Legion of Honor Award is the Saint Louis chapter with a $3,000 scholarship, and second runner-up receiving the Legion of Honor Award is the Alabama-Birmingham chapter with a $2,000 scholarship. The Fraternity’s Kettering (Zeta Theta A) chapter earned the James F. Bash Significant Chapter Improvement Award.

Winning 2025 Peterson Award chapters are:

J. Dwight Peterson Significant Chapter Gold Award Winners
Given to chapters that score 95% or higher on their annual report

Chapter NameUniversity NameProvince
Zeta Theta BKettering UniversityEast Michigan
Gamma PiUniversity of RochesterNorthwestern New York
Lambda EtaBryant UniversityConnecticut/Rhode Island
Lambda EpsilonUniversity of New HavenConnecticut/Rhode Island
Lambda OmicronSouthern Illinois University-CarbondaleMississippi River

J. Dwight Peterson Significant Chapter Blue Award Winners
Given to chapters that score between a 94.5% and 79% on their annual report

Chapter NameUniversity NameProvince
Delta PhiUniversity of Puget SoundNorthwestern
Epsilon KappaUniversity of MemphisMississippi River
ChiHanover CollegeCentral Kentucky
Gamma DeltaOklahoma State UniversityOklahoma/Arkansas
Iota LambdaUniversity of LouisvilleCentral Kentucky
Iota MuWilfrid Laurier UniversityOntario
Lambda KappaRochester Institute of TechnologyNorthwestern New York
Epsilon TauMurray State UniversityMississippi River
Delta EtaUniversity of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles Coastal
Gamma PsiMichigan State UniversityWest Michigan
Iota KappaFairleigh Dickinson UniversityHudson Valley
Lambda PsiUniversity of Louisiana-LafayetteSouthern
Mu IotaUniversity of Texas at San AntonioCentral Texas
Zeta OmegaEast Tennessee State UniversityEast Tennessee
Zeta PsiUniversity of CincinnatiSouthern Ohio
Delta PsiRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteHudson Valley
Lambda DeltaUniversity of California-MercedCalifornia Central Valley
Mu BetaCalifornia State University-San MarcosSouthern California
Beta DeltaUniversity of MontanaThe Big Sky
Mu NuUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamAlabama Northern
Lambda ThetaUniversity of OttawaSaint Lawrence
Omega OmegaUniversity of ArkansasOklahoma/Arkansas
Xi XiUniversity of Missouri-ColumbiaMissouri
Zeta PhiNew Mexico State UniversitySouthwestern
Beta EtaCase Western Reserve UniversityNorthern Ohio
Beta SigmaUniversity of Tennessee-KnoxvilleEast Tennessee
Gamma KappaA College in Logan, UtahUtah/Nevada
Beta RhoMontana State UniversityThe Big Sky
Eta BetaCalifornia State University-Long BeachLos Angeles Coastal
Gamma EtaUniversity of IdahoThe Big Sky
Epsilon SigmaFlorida Southern CollegeCentral Florida
Eta IotaEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona BeachCentral Florida
Mu LambdaSacred Heart UniversityConnecticut/Rhode Island
Theta SigmaCalifornia State Polytechnic University-PomonaSouthern California
Alpha SigmaUniversity of MinnesotaNorth Central
Beta LambdaA College in Durham, North CarolinaEastern North Carolina
Beta XiUniversity of New MexicoSouthwestern
Theta IotaSaint Louis UniversityMissouri
Zeta UpsilonThe College of William & MaryEastern Virginia
Epsilon XiUniversity of HoustonEast Texas
Gamma NuUniversity of South CarolinaSouth Carolina
ThetaGettysburg CollegeCentral Pennsylvania
Theta BetaUniversity of South FloridaCentral Florida
Alpha UpsilonA College in Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles Coastal
Kappa IotaSouthern Utah UniversityUtah/Nevada
Mu KappaUniversity of North Carolina at WilmingtonEastern North Carolina
AlphaMiami UniversitySouthern Ohio
Alpha PiAlbion CollegeWest Michigan
Eta OmegaBaylor UniversityCentral Texas
Gamma SigmaAuburn UniversityAlabama/Gulf Coast
Zeta OmicronNorthern Arizona UniversityGrand Canyon
Beta OmicronIowa State UniversityMid-Central
Eta AlphaEastern Kentucky UniversityCentral Kentucky
Eta EpsilonUniversity of South AlabamaAlabama/Gulf Coast
Epsilon NuTexas Tech UniversitySouthwestern
Epsilon ThetaSan Jose State UniversityCalifornia Bay Area
Gamma OmegaUniversity of ConnecticutConnecticut/Rhode Island
Iota IotaUniversity of AlabamaAlabama Northern
Iota PhiUniversity of North TexasNorthern Texas
Theta PsiUniversity of WaterlooOntario
XiDePauw UniversityCentral Indiana
Eta TauStephen F. Austin State UniversityEast Texas
Iota GammaJacksonville UniversityNorth Florida
Iota XiGeorge Mason UniversityEastern
Mu ThetaGeorgetown UniversityEastern
Zeta EtaTexas A&M University-CommerceNorth Texas
Iota SigmaValparaiso UniversityChicagoland
Zeta IotaPittsburg State UniversityKansas/Nebraska
Kappa XiTarleton State UniversityCentral Texas