International Sweetheart Finalists Announced
Last week, the Fraternity unveiled its three finalists for 2015 to 2017 International Sweetheart: Cecilia Daizovi of Purdue University, Brynn Henderson of Pepperdine University, and Kelsey Maggard of Western Kentucky University. “Serving as International Sweetheart is a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” said 2013 to 2015 International Sweetheart Mary Sugden in a letter to those women who submitted […]
Policy Changes to be Considered at Grand Chapter
Delegates to this summer’s Grand Chapter in San Diego will consider changes to the International Fraternity’s policies regarding such topics as the Leadership Training Board (LTB) and the makeup of the Board of Grand Trustees. The measure regarding the LTB would rename it as the Education and Leadership Board, to better reflect its modern role. […]
New Location for Balfour LTW
The Fraternity’s annual Balfour Leadership Training Workshop (LTW) will be hosted this year at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, from July 30 to Aug. 1. “Balfour Leadership Training Workshop is Sigma Chi’s largest undergraduate event, and we’re excited to take it to a university like Bowling Green State,” says Executive Director […]
Announcing the 2015 Significant Sigs
Last month, the International Fraternity unveiled the 46 winners of the 2015 Significant Sig Award, Sigma Chi’s highest honor for professional achievement. Bobby Ogdin, TENNESSEE-KNOXVILLE 1966, a career sessions player in Nashville, Tenn., who has worked with such renowned artists as Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson and Kenny Chesney, says that the best part of receiving the Significant […]
Unveiling the Learning Management System
Beginning this fall, the Fraternity will unveil an initiative that will allow its undergraduates greater access to its educational materials than ever before. Called Sigma Chi U, the platform will offer a web-based delivery of the Fraternity’s chapter and member development programs to help undergraduates improve their operations, education and overall Fraternity experience. Up […]
Foundation Hosting Breakfast at Grand Chapter
To commemorate the Sigma Chi Foundation’s 75th anniversary in 2014, the organization is hosting a celebration breakfast banquet from 8 to 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 27 during the Fraternity’s 80th Grand Chapter meeting at the Sheraton Hotel and Marina in San Diego. Grand Chapter attendees can participate at no additional cost by signing up […]
Robert E. Joseph RMF Award Applications Due May 1
Applications for the Risk Management Foundation (RMF)’s Robert E. Joseph RMF Award are due May 1, 2015. The award is named in honor of former RMF chairman and 56th Grand Consul Robert Joseph, WILLAMETTE 1957. This year, the RMF will award $1,000 grants to the chapters it deems best exemplify sound risk management practices in […]
Grand Chapter Registration Deadline Approaching
Delegates to the 2015 Grand Chapter meeting in San Diego must register to attend no later than May 1, 2015. Participants may do so at the Grand Chapter website. Simply click the link in the preceding sentence, hover over the word “Register,” and select “Delegate Registration,” and follow the instructions that follow. To encourage delegates […]
Risk Management Foundation Announces Internship
The Risk Management Foundation (RMF) will select one summer intern for an undergraduate brother studying the fields of risk management, life safety, and insurance. Starting in June and continuing through early August, the RMF intern will learn first-hand about the organization’s risk management education and insurance programs, while focusing on special projects such as industry […]
Sigma Chi Launches New Membership Network Website
In 2007, the Fraternity launched its membership network at sigmachi.com. The website offered members the ability to create accounts through which they could update their contact information; view a directory of the Fraternity’s members; create a personalized email address; and access member-only resources such as the chapter system and new member education system. On Feb. […]
International Fraternity Adds Two Chapters
The Fraternity added 48 members to its rolls with the Feb. 14 installation of the chapter at DePaul University in Chicago, and expects to initiate 38 others into Sigma Chi when it installs the University of North Carolina-Charlotte chapter on March 28. “For me and a lot of others in the chapter, the Initiation ceremony […]
International Balfour Award Applications Requested
Sigma Chi International Fraternity Headquarters is soliciting applications for the 2015 International Balfour Award, which is presented to the Fraternity’s most outstanding graduating senior at each summer’s Balfour Leadership Training Workshop. Applications are due April 15. Each spring, every Sigma Chi chapter selects its most outstanding graduating senior for the Chapter Balfour Award; from these, […]
Nominees Needed for Chapter Publication Awards
Each year, the Fraternity presents the undergraduate chapter that produces the most outstanding newsletter with the Charles G. Ross Active Chapter Publications Program Award, and recognizes its most outstanding alumni chapter publication with the James E. Montgomery Alumni Chapter Publications Award. The winner of each award is chosen among the newsletters that are mailed to […]
New Grand Praetor Rep to the Executive Committee Named
The Executive Committee added its newest member on Feb. 7 with the appointment of Order of Constantine Sig P.J. Stephens, WASHINGTON (ST. LOUIS) 1971, as its new Grand Praetor representative. Stephens replaces outgoing representative and Order of Constantine Sig Dan Mathewson, PUGET SOUND 1986, who resigned to take on a role as director of accountability […]
Local Sig Looks Forward to Grand Chapter
At the June 25 to 27 Grand Chapter conference in San Diego, attendees will have the opportunity to explore the city’s food, culture and attractions. Anthony Bernal, PACIFIC 2003, president of the San Diego alumni chapter, says that he couldn’t be more excited for his fellow Sigs to see the area for themselves. “San Diego […]
