Balfour Leadership Training Workshop Registration Opens
Undergraduates and alumni planning to attend the 2016 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop (LTW) are able to register on the event’s website. All attendees must register by July 1. Balfour LTW is the Fraternity’s largest annual gathering of Sigma Chis, with around 2,000 brothers congregating each summer to take part in activities to improve their ability […]
Announcing the Robert E. Joseph RMF Award Video Contest
The Risk Management Foundation (RMF) will select the 2016 Robert E. Joseph RMF Award recipients through a new process this year by judging applicants on videos they create covering a variety of risk management topics. In previous years, the award was judged through a written application. In order to ensure that presentations are catchy and informative, submissions […]
Grand Council to Discuss Preparation for Brotherhood Program
This summer’s Grand Council meeting from June 10 to 12 in Skokie, Ill., offers undergraduates and alumni one of their final major opportunities to discuss Sigma Chi’s new Preparation for Brotherhood pledging program prior to its presentation to all chapters at the July 28 to 30 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop at Bowling Green State University. Administered as a pilot […]
Huntsman Leadership Summit Announces Fifth Session
This summer, the Horizons Huntsman Leadership Summit will host a fifth session for the first time in the program’s history, giving an additional 48 Sigma Chi incoming sophomores and juniors the opportunity to partake in leadership development programming amid the mountains of Snowbird, Utah. In recent years, Sigma Chi has hosted four sessions each year, […]
International Balfour Award Applications due April 15
Sigma Chi International Fraternity Headquarters is soliciting applications for the 2016 International Balfour Award (IBA), which is presented to the Fraternity’s most outstanding graduating senior at each summer’s Balfour Leadership Training Workshop (LTW). Applications are due April 15, and must be digitally submitted — or postmarked, if sent via the postal service — by that date. Each spring, every […]
Thomas Cowan Bell Chapters Announced for 2016 to 2017
The Sigma Chi Foundation has designated 74 chapters as Thomas Cowan Bell Chapters for the 2016 to 2017 school year, affording them at least an additional three Balfour Leadership Training Workshop (LTW) attendees, a $250 Balfour LTW travel stipend, one $1,000 scholarship, one guaranteed Huntsman Horizons Leadership Summit attendee, and more. The full list of Bell […]
Foundation Scholarship Applications Due March 16
Brothers who wish to apply for Sigma Chi Foundation scholarships for the 2016 to 2017 school year must do so by March 16 through the Foundation’s website. Foremost among undergraduate awards are the Founders’ Scholarships, which the top-seven applicants receive in amounts ranging from $2,000 to $10,000. Undergraduate pplicants are required to maintain a GPA greater […]
Peterson Award Applications Open March 15
Beginning March 15, chapters will be able to access applications for the Peterson Significant Chapter Award through sigmachi.org. Completed applications are due no later than May 1. The Peterson Award is considered to be Sigma Chi’s highest honor for undergraduate chapters, recognizing those brothers who earn high marks in the areas of financial stability and recruitment, chapter […]
Colonies Established in Massachusetts, Virginia and California
In late January, Sigma Chi’s Executive Committee (EC) and New Chapter Development Committee (NCDC) approved the petitions of three interest groups at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of California-Santa Barbara. Their addition to the Fraternity brings Sigma Chi’s number of colonies to eight, along with Ohio University, Bowling Green State […]
Zibilich Family Endows Lifeline Mental Health Resource Center
Michael Zibilich, LOUISIANA STATE 1970, will always know April 21, 2012, as the day when his world came crashing down around him. That day, he heard the worst news any parent can get: His son Keller Zibilich, LOUISIANA STATE 2015, was dead, the result of suicide. Now, Zibilich and his family are turning their pain into something positive by […]
Nominate Brothers Whose Actions Make a Difference in Others’ Lives
Each quarter, the Fraternity honors one of its brothers with the Mark V. Anderson Character-in-Action™ Leadership Award. Endowed by a grant from the Krach Family Foundation and featured in each issue of The Magazine of Sigma Chi, the award recognizes a member who displays good character and leads through integrity by donating his time and energy […]
Founding Site Closed for Renovations
The Sigma Chi Foundation has closed the site of the Fraternity’s founding in Oxford, Ohio, for the first half of 2016 in order to complete renovations to the historic building. The Foundation expects to reopen the founding site by the summer, barring any unforeseen delays. “The removal and sale of non-historic property owned by […]
2016 Order of Constantine Inductees Announced
Sigma Chi International Fraternity has selected 19 men for admission into the Order of Constantine, the organization’s highest honor for members who have committed decades of exemplary volunteer service to the organization. They represent heads of International Fraternity committees, house corporation presidents, Grand Praetors and longtime chapter advisors; their names are listed at the bottom of […]
Headquarters Staff Accepting Requests for Chapter Visits
Undergraduates and alumni advisors can request assistance in the form of visits from the Fraternity’s International Headquarters chapter support team members for the purposes of improving chapter operations. Requests will be considered on a first-come, first-serve basis, and the chapter support team members will work alongside chapters to schedule visits at times that work for both […]
Huntsman Leadership Summit Applications Due Feb. 5
Undergraduates with at least two years remaining until they earn their degrees are eligible to submit applications to enroll in the Horizons Huntsman Leadership Summit by 11:59 p.m. Central time today, Feb. 5. In addition to answering questions and writing personal essays, applicants must submit a letter of recommendation testifying to the applicant’s character. Four […]