“The way we recruit and build relationships with our potential new members has never been better. This technology is great, it’s a game changer for our staff. Sigma Pi is at the front of a change that is happening in the way fraternities recruit across the country.” These are just some of the things Director […]
Category Archives: Features
A Visit to the White House with the LA Kings
Note: The following was written by Joel Goodling (Theta-Epsilon, Indiana of Pennsylvania ’04), who currently serves as a Live Remote Television Producer at Fox Sports West. I can’t ice skate, I have the stick handling skills and coordination of a two-year-old, and if I lost a tooth I’d be bed ridden for approximately four-to-six weeks. Yet, there I […]
The Chairman’s Scholarship for the Delta Society
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
118 Years of Excellence
Our Fraternity is the premier men’s social and personal development fraternity in North America. Sigma Pi men embark on a quest to enrich their lives the moment they take oath to join our ranks, and first clasp on the golden greek cross over their heart. The brotherhood that four ambitious men dreamed of in 1897 is a […]
In Praise of Frat Life on Campus
Editors Note:This article originally appeared on the Newsweek website on February 9, 2015. In his February 4 piece, “The Fraternity No Longer Belongs on the American College Campus,” Alexander Nazaryan recklessly capitalizes on overblown, negative stereotypes of fraternities to imply that Greek life is the catalyst for all the troubles facing campus life today. The author couldn’t […]
The Emerald Online, A New Take On Fraternal Communications
“We’re changing the world with technology.” – Bill Gates In 2015, that statement couldn’t be any more true. With the constant advancement of technology and the internet, communication has simplified. Today, The Emerald Online embraces the technological revolution, and enters 2015. With the implementation and development of theemerald.org, nearly every Sigma Pi member in the world […]
5 Minutes With: Joe Palazzolo – Alumni Volunteer
In this piece, I provide my two golden rules of alumni volunteering as well as some thoughts around each of those rules. The ideas below are not just applicable to Sigma Pi Fraternity, they are also applicable to any organization where there is a mentor/mentee relationship between individuals or groups. In May 2003, I graduated […]