Sigma Chi Launches 2015 Directory Project
Sigma Chi International Fraternity is working with Publishing Concepts, Inc. (PCI) to create its official 2015 Membership Directory. PCI creates and publishes directories for educational institutions and membership organizations. The directory, which is published every five years, is popular for member-to-member use and helps International Headquarters update contact information for members. PCI will begin contacting […]
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 […]
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 […]
Four International Balfour Award Finalists Announced
Leaders of the Sigma Chi International Fraternity have chosen the finalists for the organization’s International Balfour Award, which recognizes the Fraternity’s most outstanding graduating senior. The finalists are Andrew Esstman, INDIANA 2013; Hunter Curtis, ARIZONA 2013; Jason Liang, WASHINGTON (ST. LOUIS) 2013; and Charles Wiles, SOUTH ALABAMA 2013. Every year, members from Sigma Chi’s 241 […]
Sigma Chi Approves New Colonies in California and North Carolina
The Sigma Chi International Fraternity’s New Chapter Development Committee approved on June 7 the applications of two student groups to become officially recognized colonies of the Fraternity. The groups are at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and California State University San Marcos. In their petition to be recognized as a colony, the men […]
NIC Recognizes Sigma Chis for Overall Excellence
The Sigma Chi chapter at the University of Louisville will be among five Greek-letter organizations that will receive the 2013 Chapter Award of Distinction from the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) at the NIC’s annual meeting on April 14, 2013, in St. Louis. According to the NIC, the Louisville Sigs were recognized for having achieved a […]
21 Sigs Honored For Football Achievements
The North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) released its 2012–13 All-American Greek-letter college football teams, with 21 Sigma Chis from two football divisions earning spots. Leading the way was Significant Sig and Ohio State Head Coach Urban Meyer, CINCINNATI 1986, who was named the NIC’s NCAA Division I — FBS and FCS First Team Head Coach […]
Western Connecticut Sigs Support Sandy Hook Victims
For Bethel, Conn., resident Kris Karvelis, WESTERN CONNECTICUT 2012, the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, 2012, hit close to home. The tragedy that left 28 people dead, including 20 children, the shooter and his mother, also took the life of the daughter of one of Karvelis’ […]
Sigma Chi Approves New Colony at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
The Sigma Chi International Fraternity added another colony to its rolls on Nov. 1, when the Executive Committee voted to recognize the Sigma Chi Rho group at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The group formed as a local fraternity in 1999, and has 17 members. “The overall goal of Sigma Chi Rho is to be the […]
Sigma Chi Reactivates Chapter at Rhode Island
The Sigma Chi Fraternity on Saturday reinstalled its Delta Sigma chapter at the University of Rhode Island, bringing an active Fraternity chapter back to the campus for the first time in 15 years. The chapter was originally installed in 1949, and has been inactive since 1996. The chapter, previously known as the Fraternity’s Sigma Chi […]
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi Song Celebrated
Sigma Chis will converge on the campus of Albion College in Albion, Mich., from Oct. 14-16, 2011, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the creation of the famed serenade song, The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi. Byron Stokes, ALBION 1913, and F. Dudleigh Vernor, ALBION 1914, wrote and composed the music while undergraduates at the college. […]
Sigma Chi Expands to Cumberland University
Sigma Chi approved its ninth colony last week, when the Executive Committee voted Oct. 14 to approve the petition of the Sigma Chi Nu interest group at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tenn. The colony presently numbers 18 members, including Josh Allen, AUSTIN PEAY 2012, who was previously initiated into the Fraternity. “Cumberland University is one of […]
Sigma Chi Installs Chapter at Valdosta State University
Sigma Chi added its 240th active chapter Oct. 22 when it installed the Lambda Mu chapter, formerly the Sigma Chi Xi colony, at Valdosta State University. The chapter, which petitioned to become a Fraternity colony in August 2008, contributed 38 men to the Fraternity’s rolls at its installation.”In our experience as a colony we have […]