EDITORS NOTE: This article was originally published by Nationwide on blog.nationwide.com Halloween is a night of fun and fright, but it does require extra caution when it comes to keeping your little monsters safe. According to Safe Kids Worldwide, “on average, twice as many child pedestrians are killed while walking on Halloween compared to any […]
Category Archives: Features
Keys to Finding Your Professional Identity
Each morning when I arrive at work, sit down in my office, and I start my computer I see the phrase “Be mindful even if your mind is full.” Usually, I am perplexed by the number of items on my list for the day or the number of meetings, but I know I have to […]
Wise Words to Remember During Formal Recruitment Season
By: Joe Palazzolo, Delta-Beta While reading a PDF version of Sigma Pi Fraternity‘s The Emerald magazine from October 1919 (Volume 6, Issue 3), I came across the brief article below, written by Harold K. Bowen. As a clarifying aside, Brother Bowen is listed as being from “Delta-Xi,” though that is not possible using the chapter […]
The Priest Brothers
By: Salvatore Popolillo, III In a rough estimate from a report by the Center for Disease Control, the rate of having triplets in the US is 1:500. Statistically speaking, it’s more likely to win a futures bet on the Miami Marlins taking the National League Pennant or the University of Maryland-Baltimore County beating the Virginia […]
Break the Silence
It was a crisp Saturday morning in March. The bright blue sky shined down on the hundreds of attendees gathered together to raise awareness for mental health. It was the eighth annual Break the Silence 5k held by Rho Chapter at North Carolina State University. The 420 participants gathered in solidarity to celebrate the […]
Grand Sage Travels: A Trip Around the Country
Over the last academic year, Grand Sage Steve Lawler (Iowa ’82) traveled across the country visiting chapters, meeting brothers, attending events, and so much more. According to GS Lawler, “it was important to show the chapters that I cared about their individual needs and opinions. I wanted to visit chapters in several regions to have […]
Founders’ Award Recipient: PGS John Williams
Past Grand Sage John Williams (Widener ‘85) is set to receive the Founders’ Award, the highest honor within Sigma Pi, at the 54th Biennial Convocation held in Niagara Falls, NY. The Founders’ Award is strictly reserved for the most exemplary members of our organization for their contributions within their profession, their community, the Fraternity, or […]
2017 Year-End Message from the Grand Council
We’re in the season of celebration and Sigma Pi Fraternity has much to celebrate in 2017. Throughout the year, our undergraduates did an awesome job of strengthening the Sigma Pi brand across North America. Take a look at some of the highlights from across the Fraternity from the last year: This year was a great […]
How to Get the Most Out of Conference Attendance
This story was printed in the Summer 2017 issue of The Emerald magazine. If you do not receive printed issues of the magazine, but would like to, then please opt-in at sigmapi.org/updateinfo. Once upon a time… There was a college freshman who was a “rising star” in his chapter, or at least that’s what he […]
New York Stock Exchange Helps Army SSGT Chris Page (Seton Hall ’05) Surprise Reunion
EDITOR’S NOTE: The selection below originally ran in an article on the The Street publication and was written by Gabriel Kinder. To read the article in its entirety, please click here. Army SSGT Chris Page (Seton Hall ’05) is a newlywed and for the last year he has been deployed in Iraq, Kuwait, and surrounding […]