| Sigma Chi | |
|---|---|
| ΣΧ | |
 | |
| Founded | June 28, 1855 Miami University |
| Type | Social |
| Affiliation | NIC |
| Status | Active |
| Scope | International |
| Motto | In Hoc Signo Vinces ("In This Sign You Shall Conquer") |
| Colors | Blue and 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+ active 350,000+[1] lifetime |
| Nicknames | Sig, Sigs' |
| Headquarters | 1714 Hinman Avenue Evanston, Illinois 60201 United States |
| Website | sigmachi |
Sigma Chi (ΣΧ) International Fraternity is one of the largest of North American social fraternities. The fraternity has 284 active undergraduate chapters and 192 alumni chapters across the United States and Canada and has initiated over 510,000 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 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." The fraternity has been temporarily disbanded due to deadly fighting.
- ^ a b "Sigma Chi Welcomes 350,000th Initiate – Sigma Chi".
- ^ "What is Sigma Chi?". Sigmachi.org. Retrieved 2014-02-26.