College is a term most often used today to denote an educational institution.... social fraternityFraternities and sororities
The terms "fraternity" and "sorority" may be used to describe any number of social and charitable organizations, for ... with chapters in the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., and America, is... and CanadaCanada Summary
Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area, occupying most of northern North America.... . Like most social fraternities, membership is by invitation and limited to men. Founded on February 26, 1897 at Vincennes UniversityVincennes University
Vincennes University is a public university in Vincennes, Indiana in the United States.... by William Raper Kennedy, James Thompson Kingsbury, George Martin Patterson, and Rolin Rosco James, it started as Tau Phi Delta (?F?), a literary societyLiterary society
A literary society is a group of people interested in literature.... with fraternal ideals. Tau Phi Delta changed its name to The Sigma Pi Fraternity, United States in 1907 and began establishing new chapters that same year. With the establishment of the Fraternity's first Canadian chapter in 1984, the organization's name was changed to The Sigma Pi Fraternity, International. The Fraternity was the first of its kind to be founded west of the Ohio Valley and a charter member of the North-American Interfraternity ConferenceNorth-American Interfraternity Conference
The North-American Interfraternity Conference, is an association of collegiate men's fraternities that was formally organize... . Among other things, Sigma Pi promotes fellowship, scholarship, chivalry, and character by organizing social, academic, and philanthropyPhilanthropy
Philanthropy is the act of donating money or goods, or volunteering one's time and effort, to support a charitable cause, us... events for its members and the communities in which its chapters are located. Today, Sigma Pi consists of 136 active collegiate groups, dozens of alumni clubs, and over 88,000 initiates. In addition, a separate, but related entity, the Sigma Pi Educational Foundation, manages trust assets for the educational benefit of both members and non-members. The Fraternity is headquartered in Brentwood, TennesseeBrentwood, Tennessee
Brentwood is a city in Williamson County, Tennessee, United States.... .
Sigma Pi Creed
The Five Ideals
The First Ideal: To establish a brotherhood.
The Second Ideal: To establish and maintain an aristocracy of learning.
The Third Ideal: To raise the standards of morality and develop character.
The Fourth Ideal: To diffuse culture and encourage chivalry.
The Fifth Ideal: To promote the spirit of civic righteousness and quicken the national conscience.
Curtis Grover Shake was a noted Indiana jurist, politician, and 72nd Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, serving from 1938... (Alpha Chapter, Vincennes): Indiana jurist, politician, and 72nd Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, and the presiding judge of the IG Farben trialIG Farben Trial Overview
The United States of America vs. Carl Krauch, et.... , one of the Subsequent Nuremberg TrialsSubsequent Nuremberg Trials
Although it had been initially planned to hold more than just one international trial at the IMT, the growing differences betw... .
Mike Beebe is the current and 51st Attorney General of the state of Arkansas.... (Alpha-Pi Chapter, Arkansas State): Attorney GeneralAttorney General
In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General or Attorney-General is the main legal adviser to the government... and Governor of ArkansasArkansas
Arkansas is a Southern state in the United States. ... .
Walter Marty Schirra, Jr. was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts chosen for the Project Mercury, America's first eff... (Alpha-Mu Chapter, NJIT): AstronautAstronaut
An astronaut, cosmonaut , spationaut or taikonaut is a person who travels into space, or who makes a car... : Project MercuryFacts About Project Mercury
Project Mercury was the United States' first successful manned spaceflight program.... , Project GeminiProject Gemini
olspan="3" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="skyblue"|McDonnell Gemini spacecraft... , and Project ApolloProject Apollo Overview
Project Apollo was a series of human spaceflight missions undertaken by the United States of America using the Apollo space... .
Tony Romo is the current backup quarterback for the NFL's Dallas Cowboys.... (Beta-Gamma, Eastern Illinois): Quarterback for the Dallas CowboysDallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas, Texas metropolitan area, and currently pla... .
Jimmy Buffett is a singer, songwriter, and recently a film producer best known for his "island escapism" lifestyle and music... was a pledge of Alpha-Delta Chapter (Auburn), but was not initiated after being suspended from the school because of poor grades. Buffett later transferred to Southern Mississippi and joined Kappa SigmaKappa Sigma
?S is an international fraternity with currently 216 chapters and 29 colonies in North America.... .
The Fraternity's "ACE" (Altruistic Campus Experience) Project is the first fraternity or sorority campus service program for chapters specifically designed to benefit their host institutions.
Sigma Pi is successor to the former Delta Kappa Fraternity, which ceased to exist when it merged into Sigma Pi in 1964. (with the exception of two chapters which elected to become chapters of Delta Sigma PhiDelta Sigma Phi Overview
Delta Sigma Phi is a fraternity established at the City College of New York in 1899 and is a charter member of the North-Ame... ).
