Sigma Chi
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Sigma Chi (ΣΧ) International Fraternity is one of the largest of North American social fraternities. The fraternity has 244 active undergraduate chapters and 152 alumni chapters across the United States and Canada and has initiated over 350,000 members.[1] The fraternity was founded on June 28, 1855, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, by members who split from the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
Sigma Chi | |
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ΣΧ | |
Founded | June 28, 1855; 168 years ago (1855-06-28) Miami University |
Type | Social |
Affiliation | NIC |
Scope | International |
Motto | In Hoc Signo Vinces ("In This Sign You Shall Conquer") |
Colors | Blue Old gold |
Symbol | The White Cross |
Flag | |
Flower | White Rose |
Publication | The Magazine of Sigma Chi |
Philanthropy | Children's Miracle Network and Huntsman Cancer Institute |
Chapters | 242 |
Colonies | 13 |
Members | 15,700+ collegiate 350,000+[1] lifetime |
Nicknames | Sig or Sigs |
Headquarters | 1714 Hinman Avenue Evanston, IL 60201 United States |
Website | sigmachi |
Sigma Chi is divided into seven operational entities: the Sigma Chi Fraternity, the Sigma Chi Foundation, the Sigma Chi Canadian Foundation, the Risk Management Foundation, Constantine Capital Inc., the Blue and Gold Travel Services, and the newly organised Sigma Chi Leadership Institute.[2]
Like all fraternities, Sigma Chi has its own colors, insignia, and rituals. According to the fraternity's constitution, "the purpose of this fraternity shall be to cultivate and maintain the high ideals of friendship, justice, and learning upon which Sigma Chi was founded."