It doesn’t matter where you are, you don’t have to travel far to take in the phenomenon of fall foliage. All across the U.S., as the temperatures cool and the days shorten, we watch the green drain and wait expectantly for hues of red, yellow and orange to start decorating treetops. Leaf viewing is one […]
Category Archives: Sigma Pi Experience
An Update From The CEO: Jonathan Frost
This past February, Sigma Pi celebrated 122 years of continuous operation and has been proud to welcome over 117,000 initiated members across 232 chartered chapters. Throughout the course of our history, both locally and internationally, we have endured many obstacles; some, unfortunately, so severe that chapters have closed. These past two years of our history […]
Benefits of Being a Volunteer
Volunteer involvement with Sigma Pi chapters is the key to helping a chapter improve. Working as a volunteer not only provides our undergraduate members with the critical guidance they need to succeed, it also provides the alumni volunteer with a personally rewarding and fraternally enriching experience. Below are just a handful of the benefits of […]
An Update From the CEO
As we enter into the final months of the academic year, I am saddened to report that on Friday, April 12, an incident occurred at Epsilon-Omicron Chapter at the University at Buffalo in which Sebastian Serafin-Bazan passed away. At this time, all chapter operations have been suspended, and the members of the Chapter have been […]
Sigma Pi Quarterly Recognition – April 2019
Province Archon of the QuarterJeff Cline (North Carolina State ’85)Jeff Cline has been very engaged with our chapters in the greater Atlanta area these past few months. In addition to his primary duties as the South Atlantic Province Archon, Cline has dedicated his time and effort to rebuild Epsilon-Alpha Chapter at Kennesaw State University. The […]
2018 Year-End Message from the Grand Council
As 2018 comes to a close, there is much to be thankful for in the world of Sigma Pi Fraternity. Here are just a few of the major highlights from 2018. In 2018, Sigma Pi Fraternity chartered two chapters including the return of a dormant single letter chapter. In February, the Fraternity chartered Iota-Phi Chapter at Fairleigh […]
College Town: WPI police officer honored for service to Sigma Pi Fraternity
Editors Note: The section below originally ran in an article on telegram.com and was written by Bonnie Russell. Worcester Polytechnic Institute campus police Officer Robert Vandal never expected to be a fraternity advisor, let alone an award-winning one. He has faithfully served as the advisor to Gamma Iota, WPI’s chapter of Sigma Pi, for almost a […]
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 […]
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 […]