Sigma Chi is one of the largest international all-male college social fraternities, with chapters at universities in the United States andCanada. Sigma Chi was founded in 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio when the founders split from Delta Kappa Epsilon. Sigma Chi has seven founding members: Benjamin Piatt Runkle, Thomas Cowan Bell, William Lewis Lockwood, Isaac M. Jordan, Daniel William Cooper, Franklin Howard Scobey, and James Parks Caldwell.
The fundamental purpose of this fraternity is to promote the concepts of Friendship, Justice and Learning within its membership.
As of 2008, Sigma Chi Fraternity consists of 218,000+ living brothers in 222 chapters at colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada, and 149 alumni groups.
Since our founding at Drake University in 1980 Sigma Chi has upheld a tradition of excellence on campus and within the Greek Community. Throughout the past 30 years Sigma Chi has established itself as a campus leader among Greeks in academics, philanthropy, social events, and recruitment.
