October 3, 2009
“Founded in 1855, Sigma Chi is one of the oldest fraternities and can be found on over 255 college campuses throughout the United States and Canada. Our leadership qualities, untiring brotherhood and commitment to community service have proven us to be ‘one of the most solid, and easily the best known fraternity in America’”
–Life Magazine
It is my distinct pleasure to welcome you out to the Zeta Theta chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity this winter. As young adults entering the college life, it is our goal to show you just what true brotherhood is, how it can be attained, and when given the right tools, how it can blossom into true lifelong friendships. The fundamental purpose of the Sigma Chi Fraternity is to cultivate an appreciation of and a commitment to the ideals of friendship, justice, and learning. These ideals and objectives have been at the heart of Sigma Chi since its inception in 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. These principles, ever present in the hearts and minds of the Zeta Theta chapter serve as guides for the present and future members of our house.
Our recruitment program is just that; a recruiting of young men on the Kettering University campus who wish to become the leaders of men, both on and off of campus. We accomplish this goal by seeking out the finest of men in regards to their character, convictions, and moral fiber. Our program is structured to allow the brothers of the Zeta Theta Chapter to be readily accessible and willing to assist in uncovering your true character. Our guiding principles, which remain unchanged for over 150 years, continue to define the essence of Sigma Chi, and are in the most basic form, what we seek in those who wish to join our organization.
This term, we will be hosting a wide variety of events at our house in hopes that you will come out and get to know the brotherhood, and what it truly means to become a Sigma Chi of the Zeta Theta Chapter. Our recruitment is a “dry” recruitment, in that we refuse to serve alcohol on the days of our recruitment events. This is a chapter choice that has been made for years now, and has served us in recruiting men of good character, students of fair ability, with ambitious purposes, congenial dispositions, possessed of good morals, and those who have a high sense of honor and a deep sense of personal responsibility.
So again, it is my distinct pleasure to welcome you to the Zeta Theta chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity for fall recruitment. We all hope to see you here, and truly do look forward to getting to know you.
Sincerely,
Dominic Piriano
Sigma Chi Recruitment Chairman
630-776-8060