Pi Sigma Chi Fraternity

Pi Sigma Chi® Fraternity, founded in 1991 by six extraordinary men, has always strived to provide the best experience it can to all who encounter us. We have been provided a foundation of virtues and morals and extend these gifts to all who come across our organization. These principles, which we affectionately call Academics, Respect, Love, Charity, and Social Development, have guided our brothers to become the fraternal organization that stands today. Unique values such as the promotion of diversity within our ranks, the indifference towards the amount of brothers brought in but rather the quality of each individual, and the vision of a fraternity being a family in stead of an organization has lead Pi Sigma Chi to growth and improvement of our goals beyond the founding fathers wildest dreams.

The first opportunity that we provide for our brothers and associates is the chance to learn. This may seem rudimentary but our pledging program teaches not only history and rules, but development, adaptation and improvisation, as well. These skills are important far beyond the scope of a college education and we make every effort to supply our brothers with the tools they need.

Once the basic principles have been instilled in our brothers, they are required to share their fortune with others. This activity usually takes form in charitable situations and the ideas of selflessness and humility are learned without having to even be taught.

Next, our brothers move beyond the extent of personal charities and are encouraged to be more pro-active within the community that surrounds them. (E.g. Pratt Institute, the Pratt community, etc.)

Lastly, our brothers are taught universal values such as responsibility, discipline and ethics. Good business sense, tolerance and leadership are qualities that can not be taught, but are sought after by Pi Sigma Chi in its new brothers. Such standards are vigorously developed so that they may move forward in their fraternal career.

Once a brother has enough experience in both learning and teaching, it has been our experience that a “history book” cannot provide an individual with all the knowledge they may need. The brothers tend to research more sources and naturally come into being with their own mode of operation. In most cases, by the time a brother is taking these steps within the fraternity, he is in a position of authority and a new spin is put on the procedures of our organization. Improvement and expansion of current ideas should follow, which brings our local brotherhood closer to its specific goals. The final step is to network with alumni brothers, the campus, and the community, with the goal in mind to provide any and all who are in need, the services of our fraternity.

First and foremost, Pi Sigma Chi Fraternity exists to better the education of our members, both inside and out of the classroom. Learning without application, however, will eventually leave new brothers without any formal training, forced to relearn the mistakes of the past and never move forward. Their education and motivation should inherently turn to teaching the less experienced brothers so that one day they in turn will teach the next generation. The inevitable cycle that would ensue from a teaching and learning process is thereby transformed from a circle with no foreseeable future into an outward spiral with endless possibilities.