Sigma Nu Fraternity

Love, Honor, & Truth

Chapter Leadership Update

Spring 2024

Brothers are ready for the "Sigma Saloon" party in March.

Brothers enjoyed our annual NYC holiday party. Robert Cohen ’93, Mike Kelly ’91, Andy Hite ’93, and Marc Bruno ’93

We’ve started planning for Cornell Reunion in June and welcome back our ‘4 and ‘9 class year alumni, as well as their families and friends of Sigma Nu. We will be hosting an alumni reception and open house on Friday, June 7 and Saturday, June 8 from 3 to 6 PM both days. Please be sure to stop by 230 Willard Way and see what’s new at our chapter house, rekindle old relationships as well as make some new ones.

We have a new class of brothers from the spring rush period and the chapter is taking them through a series of orientation and classes including LEAD, Sigma Nu’s tool to assist our membership in both gaining the knowledge and developing the skills and abilities needed to be an effective and ethical leader for life.

Our chapter house is looking great! Work was completed in the summer of 2023 to install new flooring in the Great Hall, library, and staircase landings, plus to finish the reflooring of all bedrooms, which we started a few years ago. Check out the photo tour of our house. Many thanks to all alumni who contributed!

We want to ensure our undergraduate brothers have the best experience possible, as we all had. We will have an operating-budget gap until we have a larger total brotherhood numbering close to 50. Our Building a Bridge effort seeks to raise $100,000 during the 2023–2024 school year to offset that gap. This is our single greatest financial need, and we have raised $35,050 against our goal through March 26, 2024. You can join other alumni today by paying your dues and, if possible, by making an additional Building a Bridge contribution to the Gamma Theta Property Association or by making a donation to our Fall Creek Leadership Foundation. Thank you to all alumni for your continued support of our chapter!

Where Are They Now? The Reunion Year ’4 and ’9 Classes of Sigma Nu

Brothers from near and far will be heading back to campus from June 6th to the 9th for Cornell Reunion. We look forward to hosting all our alumni, family and friends at our open houses on Friday and Saturday from 3 to 6 PM. Please make stopping by Sigma Nu a part of your Reunion plans! You can check our photo gallery from Reunion in 2023 to see who showed up. In the meantime, we’ve reached out to our Reunion year alumni to find out what they’ve been up to recently.

Reunion Year Alumni Profile: DREW LAWRENCE ’89

Reunion Year Alumni Profile: RYNE POSEY ’09

Reunion Year Alumni Profile: BOB KALEEL ’19

Reunion Year Alumni Profile: PATRICK MOYLAN ’84

Reunion Year Alumni Profile: HERB RIBAND ’84

Reunion Year Alumni Profile: ED REISS ’69

Reunion Year Alumni Profile: TY BOSTAIN ’14

Alumni Giving to Sustain the Chapter

Alumni can support the chapter in two ways:

Pay class dues to support the alumni communication program, alumni events and routine house maintenance.
Donate to the Building a Bridge to the Future campaign to raise $100,000 annually to meet budgetary shortfalls in operating the Lodge until it’s filled with live-in brothers and all brothers dining on our meal plan.

Click on the “Give to Sigma Nu” tab and use the drop-down menu for more information on the giving options and how to make your donation. Please consider giving to one or both pathways.

Status of Campaigns: The following chart shows progress in meeting our current campaign goals. The generosity of Gamma Theta alumni for stepping up to meet these goals is appreciated greatly. We thank all the alumni, and especially Glenn Dallas '58 who matched the first $50,000 in giving to raise a total of $145,000 during the 2022–2023 school year for our very successful Great Hall restoration project.

Alumni Giving Update graph

Interested in Joining Sigma Nu Cornell?

Welcome to the Gamma Theta Chapter of Sigma Nu Fraternity chartered at Cornell University in 1901. Our chapter has a long, storied history at Cornell with more than 1,100 living alumni.

Mission
· To develop ethical leaders and perpetuate lifelong friendships.
· To foster personal growth of its members.

Central Values
· Love
· Honor
· Truth

Zero-Tolerance Policy
The Chapter has zero-tolerance for the following:
· All forms of hazing (physical and psychological)
· Sexual misconduct
· Use of hard liquor and drinking games
· Presence of alcohol in any form at New Member events
· Illegal drug use

Chapter Lodge

The Chapter Lodge, at 230 N. Willard Way, was built in 1910 using durable reinforced concrete construction. The Lodge overlooks Cayuga Lake and the property borders Fall Creek at the location of Ithaca Falls. For a photographic tour, click here.

If you are interested in joining Sigma Nu, please contact one of our officers and a member of the Sigma Nu team will be in touch with you!

To learn more about Sigma Nu Cornell and our brotherhood please click here.

Your Generosity Matters

Alumni dues and contributions go a long way to enhance 230 Willard Way, and recent improvements include new windows in the entire house, Great Hall furniture restoration and new kitchen storage and refrigeration equipment and appliances.

Pay alumni dues online
and contribute to Sigma Nu today!