Expansion Team Works to Bring Sigma Chi to New Campuses
This fall, Desmond Robinson, TARLETON STATE 2015, and Preston Lees, WESTERN ILLINOIS 2014, have worked hard to make inroads at three potential sites of new Sigma Chi colonies: the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV); the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Binghamton University in New York state. The two Headquarters employees made their pitch at UNLV on […]
Executive Committee Adopts New Resolutions
On Oct. 5, the Executive Committee (EC) adopted proposed changes to the Fraternity’s governing laws concerning the way in which undergraduate chapters are to go about obtaining approval for their pledge education programs, and ensuring that they are in line with the expectations of the Preparation for Brotherhood program. Specifically, the changes provide explicit instructions to undergraduates […]
Amnesty Program to Expire Jan. 1, 2016
In its quest to eliminate hazing from all of its chapters, the International Fraternity is continuing to accept applicants into its amnesty program. Applicant chapters have the opportunity to discuss any of their practices that could be construed as hazing freely and without threat of sanction from the Fraternity until Jan. 1. “The Ritual charges […]
A New Perspective on Love and Forgiveness
On Feb. 9, 2007, the life of Chris Williams, UTAH 1985, and his family was irrevocably altered when a drunk driver caused a car crash that killed Williams’ pregnant wife and two of their children. His decision to forgive the driver is the basis of the new film Just Let Go, starring Henry Ian Cusick as Williams. The […]
Newly Renamed Horizons Program Wraps up Its First Year
The Horizons Huntsman Leadership Summit, formerly known as the Horizons program, wrapped up the last of its four sessions last summer in July. In so doing, the Fraternity shepherded 193 Huntsman scholars, as program participants are now called, to Snowbird, Utah, where they took part in six days of leadership development exercises. “Everything about […]
Strategic Visioning Journey Facilitators Needed
This fall, each of Sigma Chi’s undergraduate chapters are required to undergo the Strategic Visioning Journey module by Nov. 1 to remain in good standing with the Fraternity’s International Headquarters. To do so, they require willing and able alumni to act as facilitators as they work to develop chapter goals and improve their practices. […]
Call to Vote Issued to Undergraduate Chapters
This fall, representatives of Sigma Chi International Fraternity Headquarters and the Executive Committee plan to install a new chapter at California State University San Marcos. Before they can do so, however, the Fraternity’s existing undergraduate and alumni chapters must vote at least 75 percent in favor of such an action. To that end, Executive […]
Submit Significant Sig Award Nominations Online by Nov. 15
Sigma Chi International Fraternity Headquarters is accepting online nominations for its 2016 Significant Sig Award through Nov. 15. Established in 1935, the Significant Sig Award is the Fraternity’s highest honor for members who have achieved substantial degrees of professional success. Previous winners include film star John Wayne, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1929; former talk show host David Letterman, BALL STATE 1969; […]
Vistas Expands to Include Upperclassmen Undergraduates
Since 1999, Sigma Chi’s freshmen and sophomore members have been afforded the opportunity to apply to the Horizons leadership development program, now called the Horizons Huntsman Leadership Summit. Those who are selected travel to Snowbird, Utah, to engage with like-minded young Sigs and dedicated alumni volunteers over the course of a weeklong series of learning […]
RMF Requires Certificates of Insurance for Chapter Events
Undergraduate chapters that are insured by the Risk Management Foundation (RMF) should be aware that many third-party venues hosting Fraternity events require certificates of insurance from the RMF. Such certificates can be obtained by contacting the RMF at least 30 days in advance. The 30-day window provides the RMF with time to review the […]
Two Portraits of Fraternity Luminaries Unveiled
At the 80th Grand Chapter, hosted June 25 to 27 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, the Fraternity revealed its two newest portraits: that of 68th Grand Consul Mike Greenberg, ILLINOIS WESLEYAN 1982, and the late Order of Constantine Sig Mike Dunn, UTAH STATE 1976. Both portraits can be found at Sigma Chi International Fraternity […]
Amnesty Program’s Jan. 1 Deadline Approaching
In its quest to eliminate hazing from all of its chapters, the International Fraternity is continuing to accept applicants into its amnesty program. Applicant chapters have the opportunity to discuss any of their practices that could be construed as hazing freely and without threat of sanction from Headquarters until Jan. 1. “The Ritual charges […]
Request Visits from Fraternity Dignitaries on Sigmachi.org
Each year, the Fraternity’s Grand Consul, Grand Pro Consul, International Sweetheart and other officers receive myriad requests to appear at the Homecoming, chapter house dedication ceremonies, reunions, and other similar events at undergraduate chapters across the United States and Canada. In order to make the process of requesting such appearances more efficient, the Fraternity has […]
Sigs Reflect on Merlin Olsen Day of Service Success
In 2014, the Sigs at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga dedicated their Sept. 15 to cleaning up the grounds of the Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences, a kindergarten-through-12th-grade magnet institution. They did so in observance of the Merlin Olsen Day of Service, which the Fraternity will mark for the sixth time in 2015. […]
Pilot Chapters Roll Out Preparation for Brotherhood Program
As the 2015 to 2016 school year begins, an increasing number of Sigma Chi’s 42 chapters that are participating in the Preparation for Brotherhood pilot program have returned to class. For those whose school year has begun and who have begun to implement the program, feedback has been largely positive. “The Preparation for Brotherhood […]
