Fraternity Announces Recipients of its 2016 Significant Sig Award
The Fraternity’s Executive Committee voted on Jan. 22 to award the 2016 Significant Sig Award to more than 60 members. The class includes brothers in fields such as medicine, entertainment, military service and aviation; their names are printed at the bottom of this page. The Significant Sig Award is presented annually to alumni whose achievements […]
Fraternity’s Amnesty Program Ends
The Fraternity’s amnesty program for chapters wishing to discuss practices that could be construed as hazing came to a close at midnight on Dec. 31. During the period in which the program was active, Fraternity leaders allowed chapters who were unsure whether some of their practices could be construed as hazing to come forward for […]
Ritual Books Available for Loan
In order to make the Ritual better understood and more widely available to all brothers interested in reading it, the Fraternity is instituting a loan program for Sigs to check out Ritual books. The effort is part of 69th Grand Consul Mike Ursillo’s, BROWN 1979, plan to ensure that those Sigma Chis who want to study […]
Chapter Balfour Award Submissions Are Due Feb. 15
Each year, the Fraternity honors its most outstanding graduating senior with the International Balfour Award (IBA) at the Balfour Leadership Training Workshop. The first step in that process is the appointment of a Chapter Balfour Award (CBA) winner, which must be declared by Feb. 15. CBA winners are then eligible to win the Province Balfour […]
Preparation for Brotherhood Completes Alpha-Test Phase
Last fall, Sigma Chi’s new Preparation for Brotherhood pledge training program launched to 40 chapters. Now, Headquarters personnel are compiling feedback from the program’s rollout to give it a few final improvements in advance of the program’s rollout to all undergraduate chapters in fall 2016. The Preparation for Brotherhood program follows an eight-course model […]
Calen Griffin
Calen Griffin, NEBRASKA 2019, was initiated into the Fraternity on Nov. 22, 2014. Griffin has served his chapter as its scholarship chairman, Quaestor, Pro Consul and Consul, and currently serves as his chapter’s campus involvement chairman. He is involved with Greek-letter leadership on Nebraska’s campus, serving on the Interfraternity Council as vice president and also serves […]
Headquarters Unveils New Social Media Campaign
Sigma Chis are often fond of stating that they are “proud to be a Sig.” Now, they can be rewarded for displaying that affinity in their social media posts, too. Starting Nov. 18, the Sigma Chi International Fraternity’s official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages are taking part in a new promotion called #ProudtobeaSigmaChi. Through it, […]
Remember to Close Your Chapter House Properly This Winter
As we approach the winter holiday season, the Risk Management Foundation (RMF) reminds chapters to follow a series of easy steps to ensure that their chapter houses and property are prepared for the absence of brothers, and that threats of vandalism and theft are minimized. In order to make the process as simple as possible, […]
Order of Constantine Nominations Due
Sigma Chi International Fraternity Headquarters is accepted nominations for brothers into the 2016 class of Order of Constantine inductees until Dec. 31. Induction into the Order represents Sigma Chi’s highest honor for those who have committed exceptional service to the Fraternity. Only those who have performed 20 or more years of exemplary volunteer service […]
Foundation to Provide Nearly $350,000 in Scholarships
In October, the Sigma Chi Foundation announced that it will disburse scholarships totaling $349,500, a new record, to 226 Sigma Chis hailing from 115 chapters for the duration of the 2015 to 2016 school year. It marks the eighth consecutive year in which the Foundation has increased its scholarship awards by $25,000 or more. […]
Expansion Plans to Become Reality at Two Campuses
In recent weeks, Sigma Chi has learned that its applications to form interest groups at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of California, Santa Barbara have been approved by the respective institutions. Accordingly, the Fraternity hopes to begin recruiting new members for the prospective colonies as early as this month, with the eventual […]
Rutgers Sigs Set the Standard for Derby Days Success
When the Rutgers chapter’s Derby Days chairmen began planning for the fall 2015 iteration of their signature philanthropic event, they knew that their $200,000 fundraising goal would be a lofty one. What they couldn’t know, however, was that the event’s participants would blow even that intimidating number out of the water. “Each year, we […]
Greg Portner
Portner was initiaited into the Fraternity’s Theta Beta chapter at the University of South Florida on Nov. 12, 2016. Following his initiation, he became Quaestor during his first semester as a brother. He then attended the Horizons Huntsman Leadership Summit and served his chapter as its Consul. He is originally from Switzerland, speaks French as […]
A New Perspective on Love and Forgiveness
On Feb. 9, 2007, the life of Chris Williams, UTAH 1985, and his family was irrevocably altered when a drunk driver caused a car crash that killed Williams’ pregnant wife and two of their children. His decision to forgive the driver is the basis of the new film Just Let Go, starring Henry Ian Cusick as Williams. The […]
Executive Committee Adopts New Resolutions
On Oct. 5, the Executive Committee (EC) adopted proposed changes to the Fraternity’s governing laws concerning the way in which undergraduate chapters are to go about obtaining approval for their pledge education programs, and ensuring that they are in line with the expectations of the Preparation for Brotherhood program. Specifically, the changes provide explicit instructions to undergraduates […]
