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. […]
Category Archives: Sigma Pi Experience
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 […]
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 […]
Thorsbakken to leave Executive Office staff; LaRose hired as Regional Director
As of Friday, February 13th, 2015, Neil Thorsbakken (Theta-Omega, Middle Tennessee ’08) has left the Executive Office staff and his role of Regional Director to pursue a new career opportunity at Otterbase Inc. as a Recruitment Specialist in Nashville, Tenn. The Executive Office is pleased to announce that Rhett LaRose (Iota-Delta, UT-San Antonio ’12) has […]
20 Random Questions with… PGS Larry Rovira (Epsilon-Nu, CSU-Fullerton ’85)
Editors Note: In our series “20 Random Questions with…”, we take a fun and interesting look at some of our most prominent alumni. From men who contribute financially to the success of the organization, to others who volunteer their time to help our members across North America, we take this opportunity to spotlight the leaders of […]
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 […]
20 Random Questions with… Tony Siress (Zeta-Eta, Santa Clara ’87)
Editors Note: In our series “20 Random Questions with…”, we take a fun and interesting look at some of our most prominent alumni. From men who contribute financially to the success of the organization, to others who volunteer their time to help our members across North America, we take this opportunity to spotlight the leaders of […]
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 […]
Aiello hired as Alumni Services & Communications Consultant
Sigma Pi Fraternity, International is proud to announce that Philip Aiello (Gamma-Mu, Wisconsin-Oshkosh ’15) has been hired to fill the role of Alumni Services & Communications Consultant for the Executive Office. His primary objectives will be to manage a comprehensive program of alumni activities and events that will retain positive relationships with graduating students and […]
Adytum on High: Gary Grubacich
To all members of Sigma Pi: On January 13th, 2015, the Executive Office was notified that Brother Gary Grubacich (Alpha-Omicron, UC-Santa Barbara ’68) passed to the Adytum on High over the weekend. A member of Alpha-Omicron Chapter at UC-Santa Barbara, he served as the Chapter Director and Alumni Comptroller since 2007 and was Vice Chairman of […]