Sigma Phi Sigma (professional)

Sigma Phi Sigma is an American professional and service coed fraternity for college students studying to be funeral service practitioners.

History

Sigma Phi Sigma was formed in the fall of 1965 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Its mission is to promote continuing education, professionalism, and a sense of social responsibility amongst college students studying to be licensed funeral directors throughout the United States.

Membership

Membership in Sigma Phi Sigma is limited to college students studying funeral services. The fraternity does not hold a rush for membership. It is coed.
The fraternity admits chapters at four-year schools as well as community colleges that offer funerary service and mortuary science programs.

Activities

The fraternity sponsors service projects such as cleaning headstones in local cemeteries. Its members have also supported charities by participating in food drives and blood drives; holding fundraisers such as bake sales, haunted houses, and golf tournaments; and volunteering. They also create educational displays for professional conventions. The Gamma chapter at the University of Central Oklahoma has a restored horse-drawn hearse that is used in the university's homecoming parade. Gamma also provides two scholarships to funeral service majors each year.

Chapters

There are eighteen chapters of Sigma Phi Sigma. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters and institutions are in italics.

Chapter	Charter Date	University	Location	Status	Reference
Alpha		Southern Illinois University Carbondale	Carbondate, Illinois	Active
Beta ?		Kentucky School of Mortuary Science	Louisville, Kentucky	Inactive
Gamma		University of Central Oklahoma	Edmond, Oklahoma	Active
Delta	19xx ?–19xx ?; 2014	John A. Gupton College	Nashville, Tennessee
	Bef. 1970	Mt. Hood Community College	Gresham, Oregon	Active
	Bef. 1979	Vincennes University	Vincennes, Indiana	Inactive
	Bef. 1981	McNeese State University	Lake Charles, Louisiana	Inactive
	Bef. 1988	Milwaukee Area Technical College	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
	Bef. 1998	Simmons Institute of Funeral Service	Syracuse, New York	Inactive
Iota		Mercer County Community College	Mercer County, New Jersey	Active
Lambda		Kansas City Kansas Community College	Kansas City, Kansas	Active
Mu		East Mississippi Community College	Scooba, Mississippi	Active
Xi		Jefferson State Community College	Birmingham, Alabama	Active
Omicron		Holmes Community College	Ridgeland, Mississippi	Active
Pi		Amarillo College	Amarillo, Texas	Active
		Cypress College	Cypress, California	Active
		Carl Sandburg College	Galesburg, Illinois	Active
		Lake Washington Institute of Technology	Kirkland, Washington	Active
Phi		Northampton Community College	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	Active