2014 Horizons Now Accepting Applications

Sigma Chi International Headquarters is now accepting applications from those who would like to attend the 2014 Horizons leadership development program. To be eligible to participate in Horizons, prospective participants must be undergraduate brothers with at least two years of academic eligibility remaining. Headquarters will accept applications until Feb. 4, 2014, and applicants will hear […]

Crossroads Ready to Test at Five Chapters

The Sigma Chi Crossroads/Choices committee, led by Tom Wimberly, GEORGIA SOUTHERN 1978, met in December to finalize the Crossroads curriculum as the Fraternity prepares to take its newest drug and alcohol program on the road. Crossroads is replacing Choices as Sigma Chi’s premiere drug and alcohol education workshop. The new program proceeds from Choices’ model […]

Recognizing Men of Outstanding Character

Each quarter, the Fraternity honors one of its brothers with the Mark V. Anderson Character-in-Action™ Leadership Award. Endowed in perpetuity by a grant from the Krach Family Foundation and featured in each issue of The Magazine of Sigma Chi, the award recognizes a member who displays good character and leads through integrity by donating his time […]

Book Your Journeys Now for the Spring Semester

Are you having some brotherhood issues, or maybe you need a recruitment refresher for your fall pledge class? If there is an issue within your chapter that brothers may be struggling with, there’s a good chance Sigma Chi’s Journey program can help. For the rest of the academic year, there are four Journeys that are […]

Crossroads: More than a Drug and Alcohol Program

As the Fraternity’s Crossroads committee continues to work diligently in readying the program for its Alpha testing phase, it has also made exciting developments to the program’s curriculum that will broaden its scope beyond that of the effects of drug and alcohol use and abuse. One of Crossroads’ key components is its ability to facilitate […]

Chapter Installations on the Horizon

Sigma Chi’s expansion efforts have operated at full speed this fall, having begun a new colonization effort and preparing to install two chapters within the month. At DePaul University in Chicago, Sigma Chi International Headquarters staff led recruitment efforts that resulted in 19 men formally pledging the Fraternity on Oct. 6, with their first pledge […]

Significant Sig and Order of Constantine Sig Nominations Due

Each year, Sigma Chi recognizes its most professionally accomplished brothers with the Significant Sig Award, and its most dedicated alumni volunteers with induction into the Order of Constantine. The deadline for nominations for the two honors are fast approaching, as Significant Sig nomination forms must be turned in by Nov. 15, while Order of Constantine […]

Sigma Chi to Officially Launch Sigma Chi Lifeline

The Fraternity is excited to announce its new program, Sigma Chi Lifeline. Developed with the Jed Foundation, the leader in the reduction of emotional distress and the prevention of suicides among college students, Sigma Chi Lifeline was developed in response to the growing risk of suicide among college students and to the tragic suicides that […]

Volunteers Needed for Balfour Leadership Training Workshop

Sigma Chi is issuing a call for volunteers. The 2014 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop will be at Ball State University from July 31 through Aug. 2, and Sigma Chi’s plans to improve the structure of this workshop will call for a greater number of alumni volunteers than in the past. If you are interested in […]

Louisiana State Sigs to Host First Crossroads Program

Former Louisiana State Consul Nick Poché, 2013, summed up his chapter’s 2012 donation to Sigma Chi’s Choices alcohol and drug awareness program in one simple sentence. “If the program can make a difference and help save lives — even if it is just one life — that’s all we can ask for,” he said in […]

Volunteers Wanted for the Balfour Video Production Committee

The members of the Balfour Video Production Committee hope to recruit members to serve in advance of the 2014 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop. Committee members will be responsible for coordinating the workshop’s annual recruitment video contest, as well as producing the event’s opening and closing videos. Candidates should have a practical background in video production. […]

Mission 365 Retreats Available for the 2013 to 2014 School Year

Sigma Chi’s Mission 365 recruitment training program retreats have been taking place all over North America this fall, with 25 chapters and 1,107 undergraduate brothers having undergone a Mission 365 retreat thus far. The relevance of Mission 365 was re-established at the 2013 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop in August, where it was found that the […]

Fraternity Introduces New Crossroads Program

  By Adam Peterson, OREGON 2005 The Fraternity’s new Crossroads program implements the most basic tenets of the Fraternity, our Ritual and values into an interactive, daylong program about making responsible decisions regarding the usage of drugs and alcohol. Crossroads will feature critical conversations between brothers about values-based decision-making, along with the possible consequences of […]

2014 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop Announced

  After a successful 2013 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop (LTW) at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., that was attended by a record number of participants, the Fraternity is proud to announce that next year’s workshop will take place in a fresh environment, both literally and figuratively. The 2014 Balfour Leadership Training Workshop will be […]

Endorse a Brother for Induction into the Order of Constantine

Each year, the Order of Constantine recognizes a select group of Sigma Chis for their commitment, dedication and service to the Fraternity. Induction into the Order is considered the highest honor that the Sigma Chi International Fraternity can bestow upon one of its members for fraternal service. Most often, those inducted into the Order of […]