Sigma Chi Lends Support to the AFA Foundation
On April 15, Sigma Chi announced it would give a one-time gift of $20,000 to the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors Foundation’s (AFA) First 90 Days program, which launches this fall and will deliver training sessions and supplemental educational materials to advisors of Greek-letter chapters across North America. “This is a historic commitment and partnership […]
Policy Changes to be Considered at Grand Chapter
Delegates to this summer’s Grand Chapter in San Diego will consider changes to the International Fraternity’s policies regarding such topics as the Leadership Training Board (LTB) and the makeup of the Board of Grand Trustees. The measure regarding the LTB would rename it as the Education and Leadership Board, to better reflect its modern role. […]
Policy Changes to be Considered at Grand Chapter
Delegates to this summer’s Grand Chapter in San Diego will consider changes to the International Fraternity’s policies regarding such topics as the Leadership Training Board (LTB) and the makeup of the Board of Grand Trustees. The measure regarding the LTB would rename it as the Education and Leadership Board, to better reflect its modern role. […]
New Location for Balfour LTW
The Fraternity’s annual Balfour Leadership Training Workshop (LTW) will be hosted this year at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, from July 30 to Aug. 1. “Balfour Leadership Training Workshop is Sigma Chi’s largest undergraduate event, and we’re excited to take it to a university like Bowling Green State,” says Executive Director […]
Recruitment Video Contest
Submissions for Sigma Chi’s annual recruitment video contest are due by 11:59 p.m. CDT on May 22. Chapter scholarship prizes will include $500 for first place, and $250 for both second and third place. The winner will be revealed at the 2015 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop (LTW) taking place from July 30 to Aug. 1 […]
Grand Chapter Registration Deadline Approaching
Delegates to the 2015 Grand Chapter meeting in San Diego must register to attend no later than May 1, 2015. Participants may do so at the Grand Chapter website. Simply click the link in the preceding sentence, hover over the word “Register,” and select “Delegate Registration,” and follow the instructions that follow. To encourage delegates […]
Announcing the 2015 Significant Sigs
Last month, the International Fraternity unveiled the 46 winners of the 2015 Significant Sig Award, Sigma Chi’s highest honor for professional achievement. Bobby Ogdin, TENNESSEE-KNOXVILLE 1966, a career sessions player in Nashville, Tenn., who has worked with such renowned artists as Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson and Kenny Chesney, says that the best part of receiving the Significant […]
Unveiling the Learning Management System
Beginning this fall, the Fraternity will unveil an initiative that will allow its undergraduates greater access to its educational materials than ever before. Called Sigma Chi U, the platform will offer a web-based delivery of the Fraternity’s chapter and member development programs to help undergraduates improve their operations, education and overall Fraternity experience. Up […]
Foundation Hosting Breakfast at Grand Chapter
To commemorate the Sigma Chi Foundation’s 75th anniversary in 2014, the organization is hosting a celebration breakfast banquet from 8 to 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 27 during the Fraternity’s 80th Grand Chapter meeting at the Sheraton Hotel and Marina in San Diego. Grand Chapter attendees can participate at no additional cost by signing up […]
Robert E. Joseph RMF Award Applications Due May 1
Applications for the Risk Management Foundation (RMF)’s Robert E. Joseph RMF Award are due May 1, 2015. The award is named in honor of former RMF chairman and 56th Grand Consul Robert Joseph, WILLAMETTE 1957. This year, the RMF will award $1,000 grants to the chapters it deems best exemplify sound risk management practices in […]
NIC Recognizes Jeremy Terman, MISSOURI-COLUMBIA 2016, with its Undergraduate Award of Distinction
The North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) will confer one of its 2015 NIC Awards of Distinction upon Jeremy Terman, MISSOURI-COLUMBIA 2016, on April 19 at it annual meeting of the House of Delegates in Kansas City, Mo. Terman is one of nine undergraduates from NIC chapters to be so recognized, and is the only winner who hails […]
Ed Spencer, ROCHESTER 1967, Honored for his Fraternity Service
Order of Constantine Sig and Significant Sig Ed Spencer, ROCHESTER 1967, is one of seven alumni from the 74 men’s fraternities that the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) represents who will be honored this year with the Alumni Award of Distinction. Spencer and the other honorees will receive the awards at the NIC’s annual meeting of […]
NIC Recognizes Sigma Chi’s Unique Educational Program
The National Interfraternity Conference (NIC) has named Sigma Chi International Fraternity a Laurel Wreath award winner for its Crossroads drug and alcohol abuse prevention program. The award recognizes Sigma Chi for the unique program, which was designed with the input of a psychologist who focuses on substance abuse, a juvenile counselor who has worked with […]
Sigma Chi Statement on Chapter at University of Houston
The Sigma Chi International Fraternity received information on Jan. 20, 2015, which alleged that inappropriate pledging activities had taken place in a culture at the University of Houston’s Epsilon Xi chapter that was inconsistent with Sigma Chi’s values. The next day, the International Fraternity suspended the chapter for an indefinite period of time, notified the […]
Fraternity Responds to Incident at Oklahoma University
The following is a statement from Sigma Chi International Fraternity’s 68th Grand Consul (international president), Mike Greenberg, ILLINOIS WESLEYAN 1982: The recent events at Oklahoma University that led to the closure of its Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) chapter have given us all pause for concern in the Greek-letter world and remind us of the scrutiny […]
