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Sigma Chi is a North American collegiate fraternity.[1] It was established in 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, by members who split from the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.[1] The fraternity has 244 active undergraduate chapters and 152 alumni chapters across the United States and Canada.[1][2][3] Sigma Chi uses the term "associate chapter" for its colonies.[2]

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Beta Theta chapter installation on November 6, 1909
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Collegiate chapters

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Following is a list of Sigma Chi collegiate chapters, with active chapters indicated in bold and inactive chapters and institutions in italics.[1][2][4][5][6][7]

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  1. Chapter went inactive during the Civil War was not reformed until 1892.
  2. After the Alpha chapter at Miami University went inactive, the title of Alpha or Parent chapter was transferred to Gamma chapter at the fraternity's second convention on April 27, 1859. When the Miami chapter was revived in 1892, the Alpha title was restored to it.
  3. After going inactive, the chapter was reformed in 1926 from Sigma Phi (local), established in 1926.
  4. Jefferson College merged with Washington College to form Washington & Jefferson College in 1865. When the Jefferson campus was closed in 1869, many of the chapter's members transferred to other institutions, leading to the Jefferson chapter going inactive.
  5. The chapter at the University of Virginia was originally called Rho. It went inactive during the Civil War and, by the time it reformed in 1866, the name Rho had been reassigned to a new chapter at Butler University. As a result, the Virginia chapter was reinstalled with the name Gamma in 1866; that name was available because Gamma (Original) had become Alpha (Second). However, the Virginia name was changed to Psi at the fraternity's sixth grand chapter meeting in 1866.
  6. The chapter formed at Pennsylvania College, which became Gettysburg College in 1921. It absorbed the Theta chapter of Upsilon Beta on February 3, 1874.
  7. Chapter formed from Iota Society, established in 1861.
  8. The chapter was suspended by Sigma Chi in 1972 after being on probation for several years. However, it was reinstated in 1973.
  9. In February 1966, Phi chapter notified Sigma Chi that it was withdrawing and returning its charter; the fraternity declared the chapter inactive on January 21, 1967. This action resulted from the Sigma Chi grand council's denial of a pledge born in Hawaii but of Korean ancestry. Because discriminatory practices were against the policies of Lafayette College, the college indicated it would ban Sigma Chi from its campus if the initiation did not proceed. The chapter's members and alumni decided to move forward as a local fraternity called Sigma Phi Chi.
  10. Chapter formed from Kappa Phi Lambda, established in 1865. Later, it absorbed Eclectic.
  11. After going inactive, the chapter was reformed in 1936 from Alpha Delta Alpha (local), established in 1928.
  12. After going inactive, the chapter was reformed in 1931 from Phi Sigma Epsilon (local), established in 1926. The Sigma Chi executive committee suspended the chapter in 1972, after first placing it on probation and alumni supervision without achieving the desired level of compliance.
  13. After going inactive, the chapter was reformed in 1923 from Delta Delta (local), established in 1913.
  14. Chapter formed at Howard College, which was renamed Samford in 1965.
  15. After going inactive, the chapter reformed in 1910 from U.P.L. (local), established in 1894.
  16. The Wooster chapter's successor on campus was Tri-Kapp (local, 1913 to 1965). Due to the negativity associated with those Greek letters, this group was renamed Kappa Chi (local, 1965 to 2005), with a later faction splitting to form Omega Alpha Tau (local, 1976 to c. 1995). As is the Wooster practice, these local fraternities called themselves with 'section' monikers, in this case, "VII Section". See List of fraternities and sororities at the College of Wooster.
  17. After going inactive, the chapter was reformed in 1914 from Phi Epsilon (local), established in 1913.
  18. The chapter at the University of Michigan was originally chartered as Psi Psi. After going inactive, Psi Psi chapter was reformed as Theta Theta because its former name had been reassigned to a chapter at Syracuse University.
  19. The chapter was formed at Southern University in Greensboro, Alabama. Southern merged with Birmingham College to form Birmingham-Southern College in 1918. The school closed due to financial difficulties in the Spring of 2024.
  20. The chapter at Richmond University was originally Alpha Beta. The chapter went inactive in 1881, and its name was reassigned to the University of California, Berkeley in 1886. As a result, the Richmond chapter was called Epsilon Rho when it was reformed in 1958.
  21. Chapter formed from Athenaeum, established in 1878.
  22. Chapter formed from Omega Sigma Theta, established in 1882.
  23. The university and Sigma Chi national both suspended the chapter in October 2019 for serving alcohol while on probation with alcohol restriction. In January 2020, the chapter surrendered its charter.
  24. The university suspended the chapter in July 2022.
  25. Chapter formed from I.S.C., established in 1882. The chapter was suspended in 1980 following the serious injury of a pledge participating in the chapter's high-risk activities. After the pledge recovered, the chapter was reinstated.
  26. The Sigma Chi executive committee revoked the chapter's charter in 1968 after its members had a disagreement with grand counsul Floyd Baker about the fraternity's membership policies. The chapter was reformed in 1972. However, the executive committee suspended the chapter in 1979 for violating the constitution and pledge training policies.
  27. Chapter formed from the Crimson Halberd Society, established in 1886.
  28. After going inactive, the chapter reformed from Sigma Kappa Delta (local), established in 1912.
  29. In January 2021, the university suspended the chapter through the summer of 2024 for violating COVID-19 policies in the fall of 2020.
  30. In April 1965, the Sigma Chi executive committee suspended Alpha Omega over rumors that the chapter planned to pledge a Black student, with or without the fraternity's approval. In fact, the chapter offered a bid to a Black student three days before it was suspended. Although the executive committee reinstated it the next year, the chapter decided to disaffiliate on November 10, 1966, because of the fraternity's membership policies. Its charter was revoked by the fraternity on January 21, 1967, and the former chapter's members formed Sigma Chi Omega (local).
  31. The Sigma Chi Executive Committee suspended the chapter in 2022 due to accountability issues.
  32. Chapter formed from Phi Zeta Mu, established in 1857. The chapter went inactive in 1960 when Dartmouth College banned the discriminatory recruitment policies that were dictated by the fraternity's national constitution, specifically limiting its membership to white males.
  33. In October 1964, the chapter surrendered its charter because the fraternity's membership procedure, which gave grand chapter members the ability to veto potential members, conflicted with the university's policy, which required autonomy in membership recruitment at the local level.
  34. The chapter disbanded in 1952 over the fraternity's "whites-only" policy.
  35. Chapter formed from Delta Rho, established in 1896.
  36. Chapter formed from the Egyptians Club, established in 1900. In 2021, the university withdrew its recognition of the chapter for "risk management and member accountability issues". Sigma Chi suspended the chapter and, in February 2022, the chapter surrendered its charter.
  37. The chapter formed from Chi Alpha Sigma, established in 1900. The national executive committee suspended the chapter in January 1957 after its membership dwindled.
  38. Chapter formed from Beta Phi, established in 1904.
  39. Chapter formed from the Indian Club, established in 1902.
  40. Chapter formed from Eta Pi Mu, established in 1904.
  41. Chapter formed from Delta Sigma, established in 1904.
  42. Chapter formed from Bungaloo Club, established in 1906.
  43. Beta Eta chapter formed from Kappa Tau Phi, established in 1904. It originally was a "twin" chapter, serving both Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University. In June 1963, the chapter had grown and needed more housing than its chapter house could accommodate. It split into Beta Alpha for Western Reserve and Beta Eta for Case. The two chapters consolidated back into Beta Eta when the two colleges merged to form Case Western Reserve University.
  44. Chapter formed from Delta Kappa, established in 1902.
  45. Chapter formed from Khoda Klan, established in 1907. Later, it absorbed Psi Kappa.
  46. Chapter formed from Lambda Chi, established in 1910.
  47. Chapter formed from Mu Kappa Klan, established in 1909.
  48. Chapter formed from Theta Psi, established in 1910.
  49. Chapter formed from Chi Phi, established in 1872. The chapter returned its charter in December 1965 to comply with Brown University's policy that prohibited Sigma Phi Fraternity's restrictive membership clauses. In 1996, the former chapter's members established the local fraternity Swyndlestock. Beta Nu reformed from Swyndlestock in 1973.
  50. Chapter formed from Sigma Tau, established in 1903.
  51. Chapter formed from Rho Sigma Gamma, established in 1909.
  52. Chapter formed from Phi Delta Sigma, established in 1912.
  53. Chapter formed from Delta Chi, established in 1910.
  54. Chapter formed from Sigma Kappa Delta, established in 1913.
  55. Chapter formed from Sigma Rho Delta, established in 1911.
  56. Chapter formed from Delta Sigma, established in 1917.
  57. Chapter formed from Tau Delta Psi, established in 1917. The Sigma Chi executive committee suspended the chapter in 1972 at the recommendation of the university and the local alumni group.
  58. Chapter formed from Sigma Phi, established in 1918.
  59. Chapter formed from Pi Alpha Sigma, established in 1919.
  60. Chapter formed from Kappa Phi Alpha. In November 1974, the charter was expanded to include Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, which is now Toronto Metropolitan University.
  61. Chapter formed from Sigma Beta Chi, established in 1908.
  62. Chapter formed from Tau Delta Sigma, established in 1916. It went inactive in December 1967 after the Sigma Chi Grand Council failed to approve an Asian pledge. The chapter was rechartered after the fraternity changed its membership policies in April 1970.
  63. Chapter formed from Delta Theta, established in 1920.
  64. Chapter formed from Phi Alpha Psi, established in 1921.
  65. Chapter formed from Sigma Phi, established in 1922.
  66. Chapter formed from Sigma Phi, established in 1923.
  67. Chapter formed from Sigma Alpha, established in 1904.
  68. Chapter formed from Alpha Phi Kappa, established in 1921.
  69. The chapter formed from the Commons Club (local), established in 1906. The Sigma Chi executive council withdrew the chapter's charter when new policies at Wesleyan University conflicted with discriminatory clauses in the fraternity's constitution.
  70. Chapter formed from the Delta Club, established in 1927.
  71. Chapter formed from Independents Club, established in 1923.
  72. The chapter formed from Theta Pi Delta, established in 1923. The Sigma Chi executive committee revoked the chapter's charter in 1963 because the chapter had initiated two Jewish members on April 15, 1962. Changes to the fraternity's constitution had removed the "whites-only" clause but gave any one of the 65 Grand Officers the right to object to a recruit. Although these pledges were not the first Jews to join Sigma Chi, an objection had been raised. The chapter proceeded with the initiation ceremony with the support of its campus advisors, citing the university's policy that prohibited outside involvement in the selection of fraternity members. As punishment, an officer placed the chapter on strict probation for one year, starting on August 29, 1962. However, after debate at the Grand Council meeting in October 1962, this decision was overruled, clearing the way for a new ruling by the executive committee.
  73. The university reversed its recognition of the chapter in October 2016 for hazing and violating the university's code of conduct.
  74. Chapter formed from Sigma Delta Epsilon, established in 1917.
  75. Chapter formed from Delta Tau.
  76. Chapter formed from Phi Kappa Delta, established in 1934.
  77. Chapter formed from Delta Kappa, established in 1922.
  78. Chapter formed from the Georgia Rifles, established in 1904.
  79. Chapter formed from Pi Chi, established in 1926.
  80. Chapter originated as Iota Sigma, a local fraternity that was established in 1916 and became the Delta chapter of the Sigma Phi Sigma national fraternity. It disaffiliated from Sigma Phi Sigma in 1941 and joined Sigma Chi the next year.
  81. Chapter formed from the Alpha Gamma chapter of Beta Kappa, established in 1925 and released from that fraternity during a merger.
  82. Chapter formed from Alpha Phi, established in 1912. It went inactive in 1951 when the fraternity's membership practices violated the university policy that prohibited groups that discriminated based on race or religion. After the fraternity changed its policy, the chapter reformed from Sigma Chi Alpha (local), established in 1951 by the former members of the Gamma Omega chapter.
  83. Chapter formed from Sigma Tau, established in 1919.
  84. Chapter formed from Delta Kappa, established in 1946. In 1969, the chapter voted to return its charter so that it had the local autonomy needed to initiate a black pledge.
  85. Chapter formed from Phi Lambda Xi, established in 1925. Sigma Chi suspended the chapter in 2013.
  86. Chapter formed from Sigma Theta Gamma, established in 1910. In 2021, the university suspended the chapter until 2025 for hazing.
  87. Chapter formed from Sigma Phi, established in 1911.
  88. Chapter formed from Delta Alpha Psi, established in 1910.
  89. Chapter formed from Tau Sigma Tau, established in 1947.
  90. Chapter formed from Sigma Mu Chi (local), established in the spring of 1922 from the Amphictyon Literary Society, which was founded in 1893 and originally called the Clionian Literary Society.
  91. Chapter formed from Phi Epsilon Phi, established in 1921.
  92. Chapter formed from Sigma Tau, established in 1921.
  93. Chapter formed from Delta Sigma Gamma, established in 1939.
  94. Chapter formed from Gamma Omega, established in 1951.
  95. Chapter formed from Gan Bey (local), established on May 14, 1947.
  96. Chapter was originally formed as the Campus Men's Club in October 1954.
  97. Chapter formed from Delta Psi (local), established on February 4, 1903.
  98. Chapter formed from Delta Alpha (local), established February 3, 1948.
  99. Chapter formed from the Benton Society (local), established in 1892. At the time of the merger of the two groups in 1960, there were nearly 2,000 Benton alumni.
  100. Chapter was chartered at Lamar State College of Technology, which became Lamar University in 1971. It formed from Kappa Phi (local), established in the spring of 1956, to affiliate with a national fraternity.
  101. The chapter was chartered at Sam Houston State Teachers College, which became Sam Houston State College in 1965 and Sam Houston State University in 1969. It formed from the Cabelleros (local fraternity), established in the fall of 1949. The Cabelleros had initiated 256 members at the time of the merger.
  102. The chapter was chartered at Ball State Teachers College, which became Ball State University in 1965. It formed from Sigma Delta (local), established as the Pioneer Club in 1959 with the intent of becoming a chapter of Sigma Chi.
  103. The chapter formed from Phi Sigma Phi (local), established in 1929 at the General Motors Institute of Technology, which became Kettering in 1998.
  104. Chapter formed from Alpha Chi Alpha (local), established in 1961 at East Texas State College, which became Texas A&M University–Commerce in 1996 and is now East Texas A&M University.
  105. The chapter was chartered at Kansas State College of Pittsburgh, which became Pittsburgh State University in 1977. It formed from Xi Omega (local), established in October 1960 to become a chapter of Sigma Chi.
  106. Zeta Chi was chartered at the San Fernando Valley State College, which later became California State University, Northridge.
  107. Chapter was chartered at Texas College of Arts and Industries, which became Texas A&M University–Kingsville in 1993. It formed from Sigma Rho (local), established in 1962.
  108. Chapter formed from Alpha Alpha Chi (local), established on April 22, 1963, to become a chapter of Sigma Chi.
  109. Chapter formed from Prometheans (local), established in 1962 by independents and former members of the Kansas Alpha chapter of Kappa Sigma Kappa who wanted to join Sigma Chi.
  110. Chapter formed from Keplar Society (local), established on May 21, 1962, to eventually join a national fraternity. Keplar was previously called Goats and Zeta Beta.
  111. Chapter formed from Sigma Rho (local), established in February 1966 to join Sigma Chi.
  112. Chapter was chartered at Nevada Southern College, which became the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1969.
  113. Chapter formed from Beta Omicron Chi (local), established on November 22, 1966.
  114. Chapter formed from Chi Alpha Pi (local), established on June 16, 1966, to become a chapter of Sigma Chi.
  115. Chapter formed from Kappa Omega (local), established in October 1965.
  116. Chapter formed from Sigma Delta Epsilon (local), established in 1966.
  117. Chapter was chartered at Southwest Missouri State University, which became Missouri State University.
  118. The chapter formed from Lambda Chi (local), established on January 28, 1969. Later, it withdrew from the fraternity and became the Center Club.
  119. Chapter formed from Theta Delta Xi (local), established on October 3, 1968.
  120. Chapter formed from Kappa Sigma Phi (local), established in 1968.
  121. Chapter was chartered at Florida Technological University, now the University of Central Florida.
  122. Chapter was chartered at Florence State University, which became the University of North Alabama in 1974.
  123. Chapter formed from Sigma Rho (local), established on March 22, 1974.
  124. Chapter formed from Kappa Phi (local), established in 1972.
  125. Chapter formed from Sigma Delta Phi (local), established in the fall of 1971 by men who had belonged to a fraternity of that name at a junior college.
  126. Chapter was chartered at Clarion State College, now PennWest Clarion. It formed from Alpha Sigma Chi (local), established on December 17, 1969.
  127. Chapter formed from Phi Sigma Chi, established in 1976.
  128. Chapter formed from Pi Upsilon Pi, established in 1980
  129. Chapter formed from Theta Zeta Chi, established in 1978. Sigma Chi suspended the chapter in 2019 after an alcohol-related hazing incident resulted in the death of a pledge.
  130. Chapter formed from Phi Lambda Chi (local), established in 1981.
  131. Chapter formed from the Old Campus Society (local), established in 1984.
  132. Chapter formed from Delta Omega Chi (local), established in 1985.
  133. Chapter formed from Sigma Theta Chi (local), established in 1987.
  134. Chapter formed from Propylon (local), established in 1981.
  135. Chapter formed from Kappa Omega (local), established in 1984.
  136. Chapter formed from Alpha Chi Epsilon (local), established in 1989.
  137. Chapter formed from Shield (local), established in 1991.
  138. Chapter formed from Alpha Kappa (local) established in 1864.
  139. Chapter formed from Beta Sigma Lambda (local), established in 1999.
  140. The Sigma Chi executive committee suspended the chapter in 2022 after years of declining membership.
  141. This colony was established on August 2, 2018.
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Alumni chapters

In the following Sigma Chi alumni chapter list, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are in italics.[70][3]

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