Sigma Chi - University of Missouri

W e eagerly await a member from the new Chapter development committee (NCDC) to review our Chapter and formal petition. Once the review is complete, we'll be able to set an initiation date, which we anticipate will be in early fall 2024. As we approach this milestone, the Associate Chapter has worked diligently to improve internally and make our presence known on campus. We have centered our internal focus on improving our GPA. Heading into fall 2023, the Chapter ranked 16th among Mizzou fraternities after earning a 3.18 GPA last spring. We knew this was not fulfilling our pillar of learning and various virtues, so we set a goal for improvement. With hard work from our members and Scholarship Chairman Kolby Armon '26, we raised our semester GPA to 3.44, ranking third! This allowed us to win the Most Improved Chapter GPA award from the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. A particularly notable brother was Owen Bartle '25, who improved from 2.6 to 3.2. Owen credits his progress to knowing that members must have above a 2.5 GPA to be initiated when the time comes. This inspired him to treat school as a full-time job, working diligently from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each week. "Seeing Sigma Chi's GPA improve has been rewarding because when installation comes, I want all my brothers to be initiated alongside me," he said. "We want to make our alumni proud and show them we mean business when it comes to academics." The Delta Associate Chapter has also worked to be recognized more on campus by participating in Homecoming in the fall and Greek Week in the spring. For Homecoming, the Associate Chapter was paired with Sigma Phi Epsilon, Alpha Sigma Phi, and Zeta Tau Alpha. This team placed third in the float contest during the parade and finished fifth in donations at the blood drive. For Greek Week, the Sigs were paired with Theta Chi and Alpha Delta Pi. The week consisted of powderpuff football, volleyball, tug of war, and Page 2 Smashing Every Milestone Smashing Every Milestone Inaugural Initiation Date Draws Near Sigma Chi Delta Associate Chapter has successfully met all the requirements for Chapter installation! CHAPTER GOALS Achieve a Chapter GPA of 3.5 Complete 250 community service hours this fall Increase alumni involvement and engagement Sigma Chi Delta Associate Chapter cleans up nicely for a group portrait at Jesse Hall Columns. From left: Canon Dew '26, Kyle Milburn '26, Jacob Deeter '26, and Remy Newgent '25 enjoy the Derby Days Gala.

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