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Honor
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| Sigma Nu's past is a proud and colorful one. Founded by three cadets at the Virginia Military Institute in a period of civil strife known as the Reconstruction, Sigma Nu represented a radical departure from the times. The system of physical abuse and hazing of underclassmen at VMI led to James Frank Hopkins, Greenfield Quarles, and James McIlvaine Riley to form the "Legion of Honor" which soon became Sigma Nu Fraternity. So, amidst a backdrop of turmoil, North America's first "Honor" fraternity was established. Members of Sigma Nu still stand true to our founders' opposition to hazing. |
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Brotherhood
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| Sigma Nu is, first and above all, a brotherhood. The friendships and memories we form here will last a lifetime. Fraternity, for us, is all about supporting one another, and working together to build a far richer college experience than any would have otherwise. Furthermore, Sigma Nu is not just a four year commitment, it’s for life. |
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Ethical Leadership
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Sigma Nu is committed to developing ethical leadership. In doing so, our strategy is twofold. Sigma Nu provides leadership opportunities through various positions and committee involvement in addition to increased exposure to other campus leadership opportunities. Sigma Nu also provides leadership education Through the LEAD (Leadership Ethics Achievement Development) Program. The LEAD Program is a four-year leadership development curriculum that starts from the first day you become a member and does not end until you graduate. Each of the four phases correspond with your year in school (Freshman- Phase I, Sophomore- Phase II, etc…) and teaches you skills applicable to your college experience and helps prepare you for life after college.
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Networking
Sigma Nu is a national fraternity, with hundreds of chapters and hundreds of thousands of brothers across the U.S. and Canada. It was founded over a century ago, resting on the three core ideals of Love, Honor, and Truth. Brothers from Sigma Nu can be found in prominent leadership positions in the fields of business, entertainment, military, sports, and government.
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Harrison Ford
Zeta Tau, Ripon College
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Paul "Bear" Bryant
Theta, University of Alabama
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Sigma Nu is founded against Hazing!
Sigma Nu was actually founded as a protest movement to hazing. Our three founders were unwilling to accept any amount of hazing then being allowed at VMI. They were they willing to suffer and they were doggedly adamant about eliminating it. In October 1868, with clasped hands on the Bible, they gave their solemn pledge to form a brotherhood of a new society they called the Legion of Honor. We expect all members and new members to abide by our founders vision of a brotherhood opposed to hazing.
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