More than 80 Chapters Earn the 2017 Peterson Significant Chapter Award
The Fraternity presented the 2017 Peterson Significant Chapter Award, its highest honor for undergraduate chapters, to more than 80 Sigma Chi groups at colleges and universities across the United States and Canada, on Aug. 5 at the Balfour Leadership Training Workshop. Established in 1964, the Peterson Award recognizes chapters that achieve excellence in all operations, […]
Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) Recognizes Top Fundraising Chapters
Thirty Sigma Chi chapters from across North America were recently recognized for raising $20,000 or more from Aug. 1, 2016 to July 31, 2017, to support the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI). The recognition came at the annual $20K Club induction ceremony at HCI on July 10 in Salt Lake City. Of the chapters recognized this year, […]
Sigma Chi International Fraternity Suspends the Charter of its Michigan State University Chapter
The Executive Committee (EC) of the Sigma Chi International Fraternity has voted to immediately suspend the organization’s Michigan State chapter indefinitely. The General Fraternity made the decision due to continued accountability issues among the chapter’s leadership and membership. The actions were inconsistent with the Fraternity’s values, and the EC was left with no other option […]
New Officers to Lead International Fraternity
On June 24, 2017, at the 81st Grand Chapter at the Omni Providence Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island, new Executive Committee officers were installed to lead the International Fraternity. All will serve two-year terms, save for the undergraduate representatives named below, who will be in office for one year. The new officers include: 70th Grand Consul […]
Allisen Hagemeyer Elected International Sweetheart
Allisen Hagemeyer of the University of Cincinnati was announced as the Fraternity’s 2017 to 2019 International Sweetheart at the sweetheart reception June 23 at the 81st Grand Chapter at the Omni Providence Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island. She will act as an ambassador for Sigma Chi for the next two years through her involvement in […]
Fraternity Honors 24 Brothers for Alumni Service
The Sigma Chi International Fraternity has presented its 2017 Seven Lights Alumni Award to 24 brothers during the inaugural Celebration of Giving Back luncheon at the 81st Grand Chapter in Providence, Rhode Island. Each year, Sigma Chi presents the Seven Lights Award to alumni who have provided years of exceptional volunteer service to the Fraternity […]
Sigma Chi Congratulates its Many Award Winners
The Sigma Chi International Fraternity congratulates its 2017 alumni award winners selected by the alumni awards committee. Winners of each award listed below were announced during the inaugural Celebration of Giving Back Luncheon at the 81st Grand Chapter in Providence, Rhode Island, on June 23. This year’s winners are: Alumni Chapter Excellence Award — New […]
Significant Sig David Letterman, BALL STATE 1969, Named Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Recipient
Comedian and Significant Sig David Letterman, BALL STATE 1969, who hosted over 6,000 episodes of late-night talk shows in his TV career, will receive the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, according to Reuters. Letterman, who retired in 2015 after a combined 33 years of hosting Late Night on NBC and The Late […]
Sig Named 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winner
In a quest to learn more about President Donald Trump’s charitable giving, David Fahrenthold, HARVARD 2000, began to report shortly after the Iowa caucuses on the money that Trump said he’d raised for veterans, according to The Washington Post, for which Fahrenthold works. Thus began a string of stories for which the reporter won the […]
Sigma Chis Prepare for Annual Visit to Washington, D.C.
The Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee (FSPAC) will make its annual visit to Capitol Hill the week of April 24 to push the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act (CHIA). The bill is designed to give alumni the option of donating tax-deductible gifts to Greek-letter house corporations the same way they can for campus residence […]
The 81st Grand Chapter to be This Summer in Providence, Rhode Island
Sigma Chis and their guests will converge on historic Providence, Rhode Island, from June 22 to 24 for the 81st Grand Chapter. Voting delegates will weigh important legislation and participate in other business proceedings, while also recognizing the Fraternity’s successes at the Omni Providence Hotel. Grand Chapter will kick off with a welcome reception on […]
Significant Sig Award Winners for 2017 to be Recognized
The Fraternity has selected its recipients for the Significant Sig Award, which recognizes members who have achieved high levels of professional success. Members of the 2017 class may chose to receive their honor at the June 24 Significant Sig Awards Banquet at the 81st Grand Chapter in Providence, Rhode Island, or at a local ceremony. […]
The Fraternity Announces its 2017 Order of Constantine Inductees
Sigma Chi International Fraternity has selected 21 men for admission into the Order of Constantine, its highest honor for members who have committed years of exemplary volunteer service to the organization. The 2017 honorees will either be inducted into the Order of Constantine on June 24 at Sigma Chi’s 81st Grand Chapter at the Omni Providence […]
Georgia Southwestern Sigma Chis Help Host Prayer Vigil
Jon Eidenire, GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN 2016, sang two songs and the mother of slain campus police officer Jody Smith spoke to a crowd estimated to be in the hundreds at a Dec. 9 prayer vigil in front of the university’s Wheatley Administration Building in Americus, Ga. Smith and city police officer Nick Smarr were shot and […]
Sigma Chi Shares What He Learned on ABC’s Shark Tank
In 2004, Scott Adams, CAL. STATE-SACRAMENTO 2000, appeared on an episode of ABC’s Shark Tank, where he pitched Velocity Sign’s product to potential celebrity investors. Adams, founder and CEO of the company, discussed its battery-operated sign-waving machine and ultimately received offers from the show’s investors who wanted to work with him. The machine is a […]
