Sigma Chi

Sigma Chi
ΣΧ
FoundedJune 28, 1855 (1855-06-28)
Miami University
TypeSocial
AffiliationNIC
StatusActive
ScopeNorth America
MottoIn Hoc Signo Vinces
"In This Sign You Shall Conquer"
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Colors  Blue and   Old gold
SymbolWhite cross
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FlowerWhite rose
PublicationThe Magazine of Sigma Chi
PhilanthropyChildren's Miracle Network and Huntsman Cancer Institute
Chapters242
Colonies11
Members15,600+ active
380,000+ lifetime
NicknamesSig, Sigs'
Headquarters1714 Hinman Avenue
Evanston, Illinois 60201
United States
WebsiteOfficial website

Sigma Chi (ΣΧ) is one of the largest North American social fraternities. The fraternity has 244 active undergraduate chapters and 152 alumni chapters in the United States and Canada and has initiated over 380,000 members. It 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 organized Sigma Chi Leadership Institute. 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."