Jason Renner, class of ’99, was the first in his family to go to college. He felt that being a “first generation college student” eased the pressure from his family to maintain certain grades or choose a specific career path. Ultimately, he decided to pursue engineering, and paid his own way through his time at Trine University, working about 20 hours per week.
Renner joined Sigma Phi Delta after he became friends with a few brothers in his freshman year engineering class. Due to his family background, he didn’t have prior exposure to anything engineering related, and Sigma Phi Delta provided… Read More +
Joseph C “Sam” Cox’s experience with Sigma Phi Delta was slightly different from the rest of his brothers, as he was 38 years old when he pledged. After he retired from the army at 38, he went to study chemical engineering at the University of Illinois initially, but later changed his major and graduated with a philosophy degree. After looking into several groups, club and fraternities during the university’s Quad Day, Cox decided to join Sigma Phi Delta, simply because his age didn’t bother them. “I ran into a couple of… Read More +
Thank you to Erich Kochberger (Rho Chapter, Bradley University) for leaving this five-star review on his chapter’s Facebook page.
He writes “Sigma Phi Delta has helped me to create lifelong bonds with men that I am happy to call my brothers. SPD has also helped me greatly in finding internships and getting in touch with employers. From setting up resume workshops to company tours SPD has helped prepare me for life after college.”
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For Raymond Waszkowski ’67 (Iota Chapter), the Sigma Phi Delta experience didn’t end at graduation. His fraternity connections came in to play at a critical time in his career, and now, nearly 50 years later, he’s still celebrating the lifelong benefits of membership in our Fraternity—most recently at a reunion with 20 fellow alumni in Marco Island, Fla. this past April.
Learn how Sigma Phi Delta changed his life.
The past decade has been one of tremendous success for Sigma Phi Delta, thanks to our devoted alumni who continue to support our efforts. We’ve grown from just eight active chapters in 2000 to 25 today.
Will we reach another major milestone this fall?
Congratulations to Beta Omicron Chapter of Sigma Phi Delta (University of Missouri) for receiving the 2015-2016 Efficiency Contest Award.
In celebration of this achievement, they held a pizza party on September 19.
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our dear Brother William J. Reinert on Saturday, August 27, 2016.
Brother Reinert joined Sigma Phi Delta in 1955 and graduated from Delta Chapter at the University of Illinois in 1957.
Over the years, Bill made numerous contributions to the success of the fraternity. He served as the 9th Grand President of Sigma Phi Delta from 1982 until 1988, then served a final term as Grand President from 1990 to 1991. During his time as Grand President, he resisted numerous merger overtures from rival fraternities, helped establish Phi Chapter at South Dakota State University and took part in the installation of Upsilon Chapter at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
What are the chances that after traveling across the country with the Air Force for several years, two Phi chapter brothers would end up being neighbors in North Carolina? We don’t know what those odds are, but that’s exactly what happened to Steven Bylsma ’12 and Ethan McMahon ’13 (both in Phi Chapter).
“Ethan pledged shortly after me and we both lived in the house together for about a year before I moved out,” said Steven. “His first assignment was at Seymour-Johnson and my F-15 flight training/first assignment was there too. We also just happened to get the next available house on-base, which was right across the street from him.”
Since then, the two have been spending a lot of time together on the weekends. Although they are on very different career paths, both are in the Air Force and by sheer luck and chance, they ended up living right across the street from one another.
In our recent survey, we asked alumni to share their best advice for success. Craig Frommelt ’76 (Rho Chapter) shared these lessons gained from years of experience:
If you have visions of becoming a manager someday, then I pass on advice I got from one of our VPs:
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