Request a Visit from Your International Sweetheart
If your chapter wishes to request a visit from 2013 to 2015 International Sweetheart Mary Sugden, please complete this form, review the checklist and return it via email to sweetheart@sigmachi.org. Alternatively, you can fax it to (847) 869-4906. Please keep in mind that Headquarters must approve all requests before Mary may confirm her availability. Invitations […]
Sigma Chi Congratulates its Many Award Winners
The Sigma Chi Fraternity congratulates its 2013 alumni award winners selected by the Alumni Awards Committee. Presentation of the following awards will be made at local ceremonies hosted by undergraduate or alumni chapters, associations or clubs. Please click the below links to see a full list of award recipients and descriptions of each award. Seven […]
Fraternity Places Strong Emphasis on Scholarship
The 2013 to 2014 school year will bring many changes regarding scholarship within the Sigma Chi International Fraternity. For starters, undergraduates will be required to adhere to new individual and chapter GPA requirements. Since scholarship should be the first duty and priority of a college student, Sigma Chi hopes to place a strong emphasis on […]
Undergraduate Award Winners Announced at Balfour LTW
At the 2013 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop (LTW), from Aug. 1-4 at Purdue University in Indiana, Sigma Chi’s undergraduate chapters were recognized for their accomplishments. Seventy-two of the Fraternity’s 241 undergraduate chapters were honored with the Peterson Significant Chapter Award at the event, and others received recognition for their programming. The Peterson Significant Chapter Award […]
Headquarters Bids Adieu to Conway, Ritter and Schenkenfelder
Headquarters’ departments of expansion, alumni services and undergraduate services will all be reconfigured soon, as Director of Expansion Nick Conway, CAL. STATE-FRESNO 2010; Leadership Programs Coordinator Scott Ritter, NORTHWESTERN 2012; and Alumni and Volunteer Services Coordinator Reece Schenkenfelder, WESTERN KENTUCKY 2010; have opted to move on to the next phase of their careers. “Serving as […]
Merlin Olsen Day Of Service Set For Sept. 15
The fourth-annual Merlin Olsen Day of Service is set this year for Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. The Day of Service is a great opportunity for your chapter to give back, and Sigma Chi International Headquarters hopes to see its members doing good in their communities by performing acts of charity. The day honors Order of […]
Sigma Chi completes another Balfour LTW
The International Fraternity wrapped up the 2013 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop (LTW) this week, with a record-breaking number of attendees and curriculum for Sigma Chi’s undergraduate delegates. Balfour LTW was hosted at Purdue University, where 2,057 Sigs descended upon West Lafayette, Ind. That attendance total breaks the previous best of 1,901 Sigs who attended the […]
Sigma Chi Expanding in Chicago
Sigma Chi has been invited to expand to DePaul University for the fall 2013 semester. If you know of any undergraduate legacies who currently attend or plan to attend the university, please reach out to Sigma Chi International Headquarters staff so that we can look into recruiting them to join the interest group. In Sigma […]
Franklin Howard Scobey on Friendship
“Nothing so much tends to promote friendship as the free and mutual interchanging of one’s thoughts, hopes and fears with one in whom we can confide.” Franklin Howard Scobey
Sigma Chi Wraps Up its 79th Grand Chapter
The Sigma Chi International Fraternity hosted its 79th Grand Chapter meeting, where delegates from its undergraduate and alumni chapters met June 27–30 at the Renaissance Washington, D.C., Downtown Hotel. At the event Sigma Chis elected a new slate of officers and passed legislation that included an undergraduate dues increase. Leading the International Fraternity for the […]
Deadline to Sign Up for Balfour LTW is extended to Wednesday
Brothers have until 11 p.m. Central Time, Wednesday, July 10 to sign up for the 2013 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop, to be hosted at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. The event will be held from August 1-4, 2013. For undergraduates and alumni interested in signing up, please go to the Balfour LTW website at […]
Fraternity Committees Approve Two New Colonies
The International Fraternity’s New Chapter Development Committee and Executive Committee voted June 7 to approve the applications of two interest groups to be recognized as official colonies. The California State University San Marcos and University of North Carolina at Charlotte groups are comprised of 22 and 17 men, respectively, and have assumed the colony names […]
New Faces Seen Around Headquarters
During the last several weeks there have been more than a few of Sigma Chi’s hardworking employees move onto other opportunities, and others have steped into new challenges. After we highlighted several of Headquarters’ new hires last month, a few developments have surfaced: Lucas Peralta, NEW MEXICO 2012, who was previously Headquarters’ special projects and […]
Four International Balfour Award Finalists Announced
Sigma Chi’s international governing body announced last month the four finalists for the Fraternity’s International Balfour Award, which recognizes the top graduating senior from Sigma Chi’s membership in the United States and Canada. The finalists are Andrew Esstman, INDIANA 2013; Hunter Curtis, ARIZONA 2013; Jason Liang, WASHINGTON (ST. LOUIS) 2013; and C. Alex Wiles, SOUTH […]
Mary Sugden Selected as International Sweetheart
Mary Sugden of Loyola University Chicago was announced as the Fraternity’s 2013-2015 International Sweetheart at the Sweetheart Reception June 28 at the 79th Grand Chapter in Washington, D.C. Sudgen will act as an ambassador for Sigma Chi for the next two years, promoting the organization’s ideals of friendship, justice and learning, through visits to undergraduate […]