The Gamma Tau Chapter
Established on April 28th 1934, the Gamma Tau chapter of Sigma Chi continuously strives to foster and preserve high academic standings, train undergraduates in leadership responsibility and instill the ideal of good citizenship, stimulate participation in college programs, develop close cooperation between membership and college officials, faculty, and other student organizations, and provide an environment of brotherhood for the achievement of purposeful living on the North Dakota State University Campus.
Guiding Principles
In addition to Isaac M. Jordan’s set of seven standards under which we select our new members, the Gamma Tau chapter highlights Personal Development and High Ambition as our guiding principles. We believe that these two principles are the qualities that are most prominent in our chapter, and they are what lead us to be great men.
Rich History
Starting as a local fraternity at North Dakota Agricultural College as the Delta Kappa Sigmas in 1922, we petitioned for a Sigma Chi charter for nine years before landing a chapter installation in 1934. 37 of our DKΣs became the founding class of the Gamma Tau chapter on April 27th, and we have since initiated nearly 2,000 brothers over 90 years. Our brotherhood is driven by close connections and a high conviction of talent, and it is the reason that so many of our alumni stay involved in our chapter today. We take pride in our accomplishments and history and we constantly strive to retain the standard of the Gamma Tau chapter of Sigma Chi.
2018 Most outstanding Alumni Relations for NDSU
Highest GPA on Campus
Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013
Among all Greek Houses
12x Peterson Significant Chapter Award Winner
1986-’87, 1989-’90, 1996-’97, 1997-’98, 1998-’99, 2000-’01, 2012-’13, 2013-’14, 2014-’15, 2015-’16, 2018-’19, 2019-’20
The Peterson Significant Chapter Award, sponsored annually by the Sigma Chi Foundation, is the highest honor that the Fraternity bestows upon an undergraduate chapter. Named for 38th Grand Consul J. Dwight Peterson, INDIANA 1919. The award recognizes excellent, but not impossible, performance by chapters in all major areas of operation and programming. For many years, the Peterson plaque has been a symbol of dedication, idealism, and achievement.
There is no minimum or maximum number of chapters that may win the award in any given year. Award criteria is assigned on an objective scale and encompasses the entire gamut of chapter activities; from financial stability and recruitment, chapter and member reputation, to ritual and initiation performance. Because chapter operations vary among campuses and chapters, members of each chapter measure themselves against these absolute Sigma Chi standards, rather than against other chapters.
This year NDSU's Gamma Tau chapter earned the J. Dwight Peterson Significant Chapter Blue Award. The Blue award is presented to chapters that scored between 90-96.99 percent on their annual reports.
We would like to thank our active brothers and past executive team for striving to, once again, earn the Peterson Significant Chapter Award for the Gamma Tau chapter.
