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 […]
Sigma Chis at Indiana University Bloomington Campus Raise Awareness of Sexual Assault
Sigma Chi International Fraternity members at Indiana University Bloomington hosted their second-annual Hoosiers Against Sexual Assault on Oct. 12, hearing from Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller about the Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault and Leslie Fasone, assistant dean of students of women’s and gender affairs, about bystander intervention and how to support those who […]
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 […]
Baylor Chapter to be Reactivated in November 2016
In a matter of months, Sigma Chi expects to once again operate a chapter at the campus of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, as the Fraternity plans to host a reactivation ceremony for the group on Nov. 12, 2016. As of Aug. 10, the colony has 76 members who will be eligible for initiation into […]
Mac McClure Reflects on Recognition at Balfour LTW
When Order of Constantine Sig Mac McClure, WILLIAM & MARY 1975, heard his name called at the closing session of the 2016 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop on July 30, announcing him as the winner of the William H. Carlisle Jr. Outstanding Workshop Faculty Award, he says that his first reaction was surprise. “It was quite a […]
Sigma Chis to Engage in Strategic Visioning Journeys
Sigma Chi’s undergraduate chapters have until Nov. 1, 2016, to host a Strategic Visioning Journey, where participants will set goals for the 2016 to 2017 school year. Chapters that do not host the retreat by the Nov. 1 deadline will be ineligible to win the 2017 Peterson Significant Chapter Award. “The Strategic Visioning Journey is […]
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 […]
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. […]