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 […]
Request Visits from Fraternity Dignitaries on Sigmachi.org
Each year, the Fraternity’s Grand Consul, Grand Pro Consul, International Sweetheart and other officers receive myriad requests to appear at the Homecoming, chapter house dedication ceremonies, reunions, and other similar events at undergraduate chapters across the United States and Canada. In order to make the process of requesting such appearances more efficient, the Fraternity has […]
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. […]
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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
University of Kentucky Sigs Claim Daniel William Cooper Award
The Sigs from the University of Kentucky came away from the 2015 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop at Bowling Green State University with the Daniel William Cooper Award, which is presented annually to the chapter with the Fraternity’s most outstanding scholastic achievement program. The chapter previously won the award in 2011. In addition, the chapter received a […]
Matthew Keller Wins the 2015 International Balfour Award
Matthew Keller, SPRING HILL 2015, accepted the 2015 International Balfour Award (IBA) at the Aug. 1, 2015, closing ceremony of Balfour Leadership Training Workshop at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. He is the first brother from his chapter to receive the award. “I just want to say thank you to the selection […]
Thirty Chapters Receive the Legion of Honor Award
The Fraternity unveiled the 30 winners of its Legion of Honor Award at the closing ceremony of the 2015 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop. The winners are the chapters at: American University; Arkansas State University; Birmingham-Southern College; Brown University; The University of California-Merced; Case Western Reserve University; The University of Cincinnati; Clarkson University; The College of […]
Eighty-Eight Chapters Earn the 2015 Peterson Significant Chapter Award
The Fraternity has presented the 2015 Peterson Significant Chapter Award, its highest honor for undergraduate chapters, to 88 Sigma Chi groups at colleges and universities across the United States and Canada. Established in 1964, the Peterson Award recognizes those chapters that achieve excellence in all operations, including academics, philanthropy, recruitment, and Ritual performance. The Fraternity […]
Timothy Sanderson
Order of Constantine Sig D. Timothy Sanderson, WESTERN ONTARIO 1985, was initiated into Sigma Chi on Dec. 3, 1983. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Western Ontario and earned the Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) designation from the CFA Institute in 1994. He has served the General Fraternity in […]
