Executive Committee Grants New Powers to Grand Officers
At its most recent meeting on Sept. 12 to 13, 2014, in Houston, the Executive Committee (EC) voted to bestow new powers onto the International Fraternity’s Grand Praetors, including the ability to suspend members and chapters on an emergency basis. The move was deemed necessary due to the Fraternity’s need to better align itself with […]
Limited Spots Available for Sigma Chi Vistas
Registration is now open for Sigma Chi Vistas, the fraternity’s newest leadership program for its alumni members. Based on the curriculum of the Fraternity’s 15-year-old Horizons leadership training program for undergraduates, Sigma Chi Vistas is a weeklong excursion to Monteverde and La Fortuna, Costa Rica, from March 7 to 14, 2015. There, participants will take […]
Significant Sig Award Nominations Due Soon
Each year, Sigma Chi recognizes its most professionally accomplished brothers with the Significant Sig Award. Winners of the prestigious award include talk show host David Letterman, BALL STATE 1969; country musician Luke Bryan, GEORGIA SOUTHERN 1999; Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer, CINCINNATI 1986; and actor Tom Selleck, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1967. The deadline for nominations […]
Make Your Preparations for the 2015 Grand Chapter
The Sigma Chi International Fraternity’s 80th Grand Chapter will take place June 25 to 27, 2015, at the Sheraton Hotel and Marina in San Diego. Grand Chapter is the Fraternity’s event at which its undergraduate and alumni delegates propose legislation, and elect new Grand Officers and the new International Sweetheart. In addition to the business […]
Sigma Chi Expanding to Two Ohio Universities this Fall
This fall, Sigma Chi has returned to the Buckeye State by starting colonies at Ohio University and Bowling Green State University. Sigma Chi International Fraternity Headquarters representatives arrived at Bowling Green State and Ohio on Sept. 15 and 22, respectively, to begin recruiting new members to join each colony. The Bowling Green State group hosted […]
Sigma Chi Joins the Fraternity Health and Safety Initiative
The Sigma Chi International Fraternity has partnered with seven other fraternties in the Fraternity Health and Safety Initiative (FHSI). Formulated by the risk management firm James R. Favor & Co. (JFRCo), the initiative will educate participants on issues such as sexual and relationship misconduct, binge drinking and hazing. The Fraternity has already created its sexual […]
Alumni Facilitators Trained at Balfour LTW
At this summer Balfour Leadership Training Workshop (LTW) at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., 184 alumni took part in the Fraternity’s Alumni Facilitation Training (AFT) program. Introduced in 2013, the AFT track at Balfour LTW is designed to channel the enthusiasm Sigma Chi’s young graduates have for the Fraternity into productive outlets. Once they […]
Generous Alumnus Donates to Headquarters Museum
After much of the area designated as the Omicron Omicron Museum at Sigma Chi International Fraternity Headquarters was damaged by a broken water line in October 2013, Order of Constantine Sig and Significant Sig Chuck Watson, OKLAHOMA STATE 1972, couldn’t pass on the opportunity to afford the museum a handsome environment befitting its contents. To […]
Get Your Sigma Chi Merchandise from Fraternity’s Online Store
It’s happened to all of us: You’ve pulled on that beloved Derby Days hoodie one too many times, and suddenly, your favorite sweatshirt has a hole in it; maybe it has a stain that just won’t come out; or perhaps it is just time to freshen up your wardrobe. Now, you can take care of […]
Take Part in Merlin Olsen Day of Service on Sept. 15
Though he is most famous for his career on the gridiron that earned him membership in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Order of Constantine Sig and Significant Sig Merlin Olsen, UTAH STATE 1962, was just as committed to improving the world around him as he ever was to sacking opposing quarterbacks. On Sept. 15, […]
Sign Up to Host the Strategic Visioning Journey
In order to remain in good standing with the International Fraternity Headquarters, Sigma Chi’s undergraduate chapters and colonies must complete the Strategic Visioning Journey by Nov. 1, 2014. The Strategic Visioning Journey reinforces the goals that the chapter’s officers crafted at Balfour Leadership Training Workshop. With the help of a capable alumnus facilitator, the chapter […]
University of Connecticut Statement
Aug. 28, 2014 – UPDATE: Grand Consul Michael Greenberg responds to the actions of the University of Connecticut to suspend the Gamma Omega Chapter of Sigma Chi and deny the appeal submitted by the chapter leadership. Read the entire response here. Aug. 12, 2014 – Original Release The Sigma Chi International Fraternity is […]
Sigma Chis Participate in Another Balfour Leadership Training Workshop
If you are a Sigma Chi, there is a one-in-126 chance that you spent last week in Muncie, Ind. All told, 1,946 brothers descended upon Ball State University to attend the 2014 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop (LTW) from Aug. 1 to 3, 2014. This year’s Balfour LTW took on a different format than past workshops. […]
Seven Lights Alumni Award Recipients Announced
They’re known as chapter advisors, as house corporation presidents, and alumni volunteers. Some perhaps mentored undergraduates as facilitators at the Balfour Leadership Training Workshop; others may have helped their undergraduate chapters secure financing for chapter house renovations. Whatever other titles they may have, Sigma Chi knows these Sigs are its most dedicated volunteers. In recognition […]
Seven Chapters Earn Additional Recognition
At the 2014 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop, six chapters earned the Legion of Honor Award for having commendable scholarship programs, and another earned the Daniel William Cooper Award for having the Fraternity’s most outstanding scholarship program. All told, the three chapters with the best programs walked away with a collective $10,000 to be used in […]