At Mid-Year Leadership Conference earlier this year, the Chairman of the Educational Foundation, Jay Joern (Gamma-Sigma, Missouri ’72) promised a $1,000 scholarship to an individual within the chapter that has the most Delta Society members by July 1st, 2015. The Delta Society is an honorary membership society recognizing undergraduate members who have begun a tradition […]
Author Archives: The Emerald
Alumni & Communications At Work
It’s been just over a month since I stepped into The Mitchell House to begin my new role as your Alumni Services & Communications Consultant for Sigma Pi. My focus since then is to simplify all streams of communications between you, the alumni, and your Executive Office. Since, we’ve introduced this very website, The Emerald Online. […]
Waiting on a Heart: Paul’s Story
My husband and I met in high school and fell in love when we were 15 and 16 years old. We broke up after graduation and re-met in our adult life. We were soon engaged and married and expecting our first child. It was a little early, but a welcome surprise. If you have had […]
Beta-Omicron Chapter Alumni Score Big
At Long Beach State, 56 Sigma Pi alumni brothers joined forces financially to leave a legacy that scored points bigtime on campus and will greatly benefit the brothers who follow. It all started when alumni from Sigma Pi toured the school’s Pyramid where home basketball and volleyball games are played. Mike Ryan (graduating class of […]
Introducing the Tomorrow’s Leaders Campaign
Your support of our Tomorrow’s Leaders campaign will empower our members to become superior leaders in their chapter as well as effective and principled leaders of the broader society. Sigma Pi Fraternity, International is 125 active Chapters & Colonies strong and recently initiated its 100,000th member. We are united in brotherhood with kindred minds and […]
Proudly Introducing The Online Store of Sigma Pi Fraternity
Sigma Pi Fraternity, International is proud to announce that our licensed vendor, Advanced-Online, has worked diligently the past several months to get the The Online Store of Sigma Pi (SigmaPiStore.com) ready for you on Founders’ Day. Advanced-Online produces and ships all of SigmaPiStore.com products. The Sigma Pi Executive Office works in conjunction with Advanced-Online to determine […]
Have You Called Your Mother Lately?
Engaging Family and Friends in Your Lifelong Commitment to Fraternity The phone call to my parents in early September of 2009 was a common experience fraternity men and sorority women have. I told my parents I wanted to join a fraternity. The usual silence ensued, a sigh, and then the question, “Why?” I explained to […]
Establishing a Workshop to Maximize Success
I just realized that there are roughly two and half months of school left for most of our chapters – Wow! It seems like time has gone by so quick this school year, and graduation is almost here. I have visited 14 different campuses so far, and I have another ten that I will still […]
Life on the Road: Connor Schwalm
I’ve always described my fraternity experience as unorthodox; then again, people that are close to me would probably agree that the idea of me joining a fraternity in the first place was a strange one. I joined my chapter during my second semester sophomore year. However, fall semesters were always the big recruitment season at […]
You Have No Experience
Dilemma: Job Requires Experience. You Have No Experience. In my line of work I have the pleasure of reviewing hundreds of resumes and interviewing just as many people every year. I work with all walks of life from the very experienced to the recently graduated as a recruiter. No matter the person, finding a job […]