Newly Renamed Horizons Program Wraps up Its First Year
The Horizons Huntsman Leadership Summit, formerly known as the Horizons program, wrapped up the last of its four sessions last summer in July. In so doing, the Fraternity shepherded 193 Huntsman scholars, as program participants are now called, to Snowbird, Utah, where they took part in six days of leadership development exercises. “Everything about […]
Call to Vote Issued to Undergraduate Chapters
This fall, representatives of Sigma Chi International Fraternity Headquarters and the Executive Committee plan to install a new chapter at California State University San Marcos. Before they can do so, however, the Fraternity’s existing undergraduate and alumni chapters must vote at least 75 percent in favor of such an action. To that end, Executive […]
Submit Significant Sig Award Nominations Online by Nov. 15
Sigma Chi International Fraternity Headquarters is accepting online nominations for its 2016 Significant Sig Award through Nov. 15. Established in 1935, the Significant Sig Award is the Fraternity’s highest honor for members who have achieved substantial degrees of professional success. Previous winners include film star John Wayne, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1929; former talk show host David Letterman, BALL STATE 1969; […]
International President Responds to Concerns Regarding Derby Days Philanthropic Event
An article recently published concerning Sigma Chi’s Derby Days philanthropic event outlines some behaviors that are completely inconsistent with the spirit of the event as conceived by the Fraternity. In an effort to educate and provide guidance to our undergraduates, the Sigma Chi International Fraternity long ago published guidelines on the appropriate manner in which […]
RMF Requires Certificates of Insurance for Chapter Events
Undergraduate chapters that are insured by the Risk Management Foundation (RMF) should be aware that many third-party venues hosting Fraternity events require certificates of insurance from the RMF. Such certificates can be obtained by contacting the RMF at least 30 days in advance. The 30-day window provides the RMF with time to review the […]
Sigs Reflect on Merlin Olsen Day of Service Success
In 2014, the Sigs at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga dedicated their Sept. 15 to cleaning up the grounds of the Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences, a kindergarten-through-12th-grade magnet institution. They did so in observance of the Merlin Olsen Day of Service, which the Fraternity will mark for the sixth time in 2015. […]
Amnesty Program’s Jan. 1 Deadline Approaching
In its quest to eliminate hazing from all of its chapters, the International Fraternity is continuing to accept applicants into its amnesty program. Applicant chapters have the opportunity to discuss any of their practices that could be construed as hazing freely and without threat of sanction from Headquarters until Jan. 1. “The Ritual charges […]
Two Portraits of Fraternity Luminaries Unveiled
At the 80th Grand Chapter, hosted June 25 to 27 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, the Fraternity revealed its two newest portraits: that of 68th Grand Consul Mike Greenberg, ILLINOIS WESLEYAN 1982, and the late Order of Constantine Sig Mike Dunn, UTAH STATE 1976. Both portraits can be found at Sigma Chi International Fraternity […]
Pilot Chapters Roll Out Preparation for Brotherhood Program
As the 2015 to 2016 school year begins, an increasing number of Sigma Chi’s 42 chapters that are participating in the Preparation for Brotherhood pilot program have returned to class. For those whose school year has begun and who have begun to implement the program, feedback has been largely positive. “The Preparation for Brotherhood […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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, […]