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 […]
Category Archives: Values
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 […]
Leading By Serving
Inspired by A Leader’s Legacy, James Kouzes & Barry Posner “Leadership is not a position.” This is something we hear all the time as a student leader. But if leadership doesn’t come with a title, why do we continue to look at those holding executive board positions when the chapter or a member is in need of […]
Ordinary Things Can Lead to Extraordinary Outcomes
In most cases, attending a university graduation is a way to show respect and honor to a friend who fought the valiant fight and made it through an enduring collegiate journey. Sometimes, universities bring in a commencement speaker who adds more time to an already lengthy ceremony. However, sometimes those universities bring in a commencement […]
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 […]
Donate Life Week
Donate Life America is proud to partner with Sigma Pi in the inaugural Donate Life Week campaign. Donate Life Week unites all Sigma Pi brothers across the United States and Canada behind one important mission: to help save and enhance lives through organ, eye and tissue donation. Brothers were encouraged to initiate discussions in-person and […]
France Celebrates Fraternity
One of our fundamental civil rights took a blow as Paris, France suffered a week of terrorist bloodshed that left 17 dead. On January 11, the world watched dignitary leaders, and the citizens of Paris unite and celebrate the French motto. Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. The Motto’s History Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, is the national motto of France […]
An Aussie Abroad
I Believe; these two words run through the core of what it means to be a brother of Sigma Pi; and yet they mean something different to everyone who comes through our hallowed ranks. They would change my life forever in ways I could not possibly imagine. I stepped off the flight in St LouisMissouri […]
Executive Office Volunteers with Habitat for Humanity ReStore
The Executive Office staff of Sigma Pi Fraternity, International took some time on Tuesday, December 9, 2014, to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity at their ReStore location in Lebanon, Tenn. According to their website, Habitat for Humanity ReStores “are nonprofit home improvement stores and donation centers that sell new and gently used furniture, home accessories, […]
50 years of Brotherhood
These brothers haven’t stopped since their college days. They’ve gotten together every year for over half a century to celebrate their friendship and brotherhood. Nowadays, it is a year-end, black-tie, formal-only gala in commemoration of Orchid Ball memories as undergraduates. How did this 50-year affair begin? After brother and professional dancer Bobby Burgess (BO, Cal State-Long Beach ‘63) – of […]