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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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; […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
