Sigma Chi

Sigma Chi (ΣΧ) is one of the largest international all-male college social fraternities, with chapters at universities in Canada and the United States. Sigma Chi was founded in 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio when members split from Delta Kappa Epsilon. Sigma Chi had seven founding members: Benjamin Piatt Runkle, Thomas Cowan Bell, William Lewis Lockwood, Daniel William Cooper, Franklin Howard Scobey, James Parks Caldwell, and Isaac M. Jordan. Sigma Chi is a part of the Miami Triad, along with Beta Theta Pi and Phi Delta Theta.

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Fraternities - Universities - Canada - United States - Miami University - Oxford, Ohio - Delta Kappa Epsilon - Benjamin Piatt Runkle - Thomas Cowan Bell - William Lewis Lockwood - Daniel William Cooper - Franklin Howard Scobey - James Parks Caldwell - Isaac M. Jordan - Miami Triad - Beta Theta Pi - Phi Delta Theta

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The fraternity's official colors are blue and old gold, and its symbol is a white cross with emblems on its arms: Crossed keys on the upper arm, an eagle's head on the right arm, seven gold stars and a pair of clasped hands on the lower arm, and a scroll on the left arm. In the center of the cross, on a black background, are the gold symbols for the Greek letters sigma and chi. The left and right arms are connected to the upper arm by five-linked gold chains.

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Membership in Sigma Chi involves both service-oriented activities as well as social bonding for its members. Sigma Chi's suggested benificiary for chapter community service projects is the Children's Miracle Network. Since 1992 Sigma Chi chapters have raised nearly $3,000,000 for area CMN hospitals and devoted thousands of hours of service to CMN affiliates.

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Service-oriented - Social bonding - Children's Miracle Network

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The fundamental purpose of this fraternity to promote the concepts of Friendship, Justice and Learning within its membership.

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Currently it has 202,600 active brothers in 219 chapters at colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada.

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Most recently Sigma Chi was honored by the United States Congress on its 150th anniversary on June 13th, 2005.

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