Advice Offered for Submitting Pledge Forms
Every academic term, the Fraternity’s Magisters are tasked with guiding pledges to membership along every step of their journeys. In addition to teaching them about the Founders and the significance of the Roman Emperor Constantine, Magisters must stay on top of such tasks as ordering pledge pins and copies of The Norman Shield. In order to […]
Robert E. Joseph RMF Award Recipients Announced
Each year, the Risk Management Foundation (RMF) presents its Robert E. Joseph Risk Management Foundation Award to chapters that exhibit outstanding risk management programs. This year’s video winners, announced at last summer’s Balfour Leadership Training Workshop, are the chapters at: Rensselaer, which was named the overall winner and earned a $2,500 grant; Michigan State, which […]
Chapters Have Until Mid-November to Submit Local Activities for Review
Undergraduate chapters that wish to incorporate local activities into their Preparation for Brotherhood curriculum during the spring 2017 term must submit them for review by Nov. 15, 2016. The Fraternity’s local activity review subcommittee looked at 385 such activities and literary excercises for use this fall; those submissions were due July 1. In a May […]
Undergraduates to Receive Digital Copies of The Magazine
The summer 2016 issue of The Magazine of Sigma Chi is the last one that undergraduates will receive in physical form at their permanent addresses. Starting with the fall edition, undergraduates will instead be provided with a link to access the issue’s content digitally by signing in with their sigmachi.org usernames and passwords. Undergraduates who are […]
Canadian Chapters to Pay at Converted Rates
On July 1, 2016, the Executive Committee (EC) implemented an annual exchange rate for all payments received by the International Headquarters from Canadian chapters. Under this new policy, Canadian brothers are required to account for an EC-mandated exchange rate prior to submitting their payments. In the past, a Canadian chapter that had incurred fees […]
Risk Management Foundation Invoices Have Been Distributed
The Risk Management Foundation (RMF) distributed invoices to undergraduate chapters and their house corporations via email in late July, and copies of the invoices are now posted on the RMF’s website. To access them, go to rmfeducation.org/login and use your sigmachi.org login credentials. Please remember to make your payments out to the Risk Management Foundation, as it is […]
Preparation for Brotherhood to Officially Launch this Fall
When brothers return to their campuses this fall, they will educate their new pledges under the auspices of Preparation for Brotherhood, Sigma Chi’s official pledge program. In the pilot stage since the beginning of the 2015 to 2016 school year, Preparation for Brotherhood introduces for the first time in the Fraternity’s history a Headquarters-designed approach to […]
Sigs Attend Balfour LTW at Bowling Green State University
The Fraternity welcomed 1,805 brothers, including 1,326 undergraduates, to last week’s 2016 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop (LTW) at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. It is the 12th time the Fraternity has hosted Balfour LTW at the university, making it the event’s most popular site since it was first hosted there in 1955. […]
Nine Chapters Claim the James F. Bash Significant Improvement Award
The Fraternity unveiled nine winners of its 2016 James F. Bash Significant Improvement Award. They are the chapters at: DePaul University; Florida Atlantic University; University of the Pacific; University of Virginia; University of St. Thomas; Albion College; University of South Florida; A college in Tempe, Ariz.; and Stephen F. Austin University. The Bash Significant Improvement Award […]
University of Idaho Sigs Claim Daniel William Cooper Award
The Sigs from the University of Idaho came away from the 2016 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 1949. In addition, the chapter’s brothers received […]
Eighty-Six Chapters Earn the 2016 Peterson Significant Chapter Award
The Fraternity has presented the 2016 Peterson Significant Chapter Award, its highest honor for undergraduate chapters, to 86 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 […]
Ethan Pickering Wins the 2016 International Balfour Award
Ethan Pickering, CASE WESTERN 2015, accepted the 2016 International Balfour Award (IBA) at the July 30, 2016, closing ceremony of the 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. “This is a dream come true to be up here, winning […]
Twenty-three Chapters Receive the Legion of Honor Award
The Fraternity unveiled the 23 winners of its Legion of Honor Award at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop. The winners are the chapters at: McGill University; University of Cincinnati; Eastern Kentucky University; University of Memphis; Hanover College; University of Waterloo; Yale University; University of South Alabama; Clarkson University; Albion College; […]
The Fraternity Lauds DePauw University Faculty Advisor
Sigma Chi International Fraternity has announced the winner of its Dr. Henri Stegemeier Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award as Nick Stepaniak, the faculty advisor to its chapter at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind. Stepaniak is also the university’s coordinator of fraternity life, having joined the staff in August 2015. According to his nominator, Stepaniak has assisted […]
Parents Club at Texas-Austin Named Fraternity’s Most Excellent
The Fraternity has awarded its Parents Club Award for Excellence to the chapter at the University of Texas at Austin. The award recognizes parents clubs that contribute in significant ways to their sons’ experience in Sigma Chi and their respective undergraduate chapters. Presented annually, it honors the support of parents for a chapter’s operations, as […]
