There's Still Time to Register for Our Pig Dinner on Thursday, April 14th!

Sigma Chapter's Pig Dinner and Golf Outing is now ONE WEEK away! See the schedule below.  You can access the registration form at this link.

However, at this late date, PLEASE EMAIL ME at gabjr33@comcast.net if you plan to attend, as I need accurate numbers for the dinner and the golf.  You can pay one site, but please let me know.

We hope to see you on April 14th!

Fraternally,

Skip Buckley '80

Perge!

Sigma 2012 Pig Dinner and Golf Outing - Time to Register!

Here's the schedule for the 2012 Pig Dinner weekend:

 

    Friday, April 13^th

                            All Day         Open House at the Chapter – Stop by the House for a Tour from Undergraduates!

Saturday, April 14^th

                            9:30 am        Annual Meeting of the Sig Fiji Alumni Association Board of Trustees

                                                (All Graduate Brothers are welcome to attend!)

                          12:00 pm        Informal Buffet Luncheon (for non-golfers) – Chapter House – Free!

                          12:00 pm        (Optional) Lunch for Golfers at Windy Knoll Golf Club – Cash Order from Menu

                            1:30 pm        (Optional) Annual Golf Outing at Windy Knoll Golf Club – Shotgun Start!

                            6:30 pm        Pig Dinner Fellowship Cocktail Hour/Cash Bar: Windy Knoll Golf Club

                            7:30 pm        128^th Anniversary Norris Pig Dinner: Windy Knoll Golf Club

                                                Keynote Speaker: Dr. Chris Duncan, Provost, Wittenberg University

                                                Symposiarch (MC): Marcus Hitt (’05)

                            All Day:        Open House at the Chapter – Stop by the House for a Tour from Undergraduates!

             Sunday, April 15^th

                          12:00 pm        Open House at the Chapter – Stop by the House for a Tour from Undergraduates!

Please JOIN US!  All Sigma Graduate Brothers will be receiving an invitation in the mail, but here are the fees:

$35 - Pig Dinner ONLY (a bargain!)

$100 - Golf Outing AND Pig Dinner (discounted by $10)

$75 - Golf Outing ONLY

To RSVP, wait for your invitation in the mail or email me at gabjr33@comcast.net and I'll send you a PDF invitation.

Hope you can join us!

Skip Buckley '80

Perge!



Save the Date: Sigma Chapter's Pig Dinner and Golf Outing: Saturday, April 14, 2012!

Save the date for Sigma Chapter's 128th anniversary Norris Pig Dinner:

Saturday, April 14, 2012
6:30 pm - Cash Bar/Fellowship Cocktail Hour
7:30 pm - Norris Pig Dinner

We're still confirming the venue, but we're hoping it's back at Windy Knoll Golf Club in Springfield.  We're also planning our annual Golf Outing that day, so please check back for details!

Fraternally,

Skip Buckley '80

Perge!

SigFijiNet Update - August 1, 2011

I regularly send out a SigFijiNet email update to a couple hundred Sigma Brothers. Here's the latest message that I sent:

Sigma Graduate and Undergraduate Brothers:

A couple of updates…

1. International Fraternity Awards: The international PGD awards for 2010 were announced today, and Sigma Chapter did well! CONGRATULATIONS to our Undergraduate Brothers! Results:

a. Coon Plaque (best chapter newsletter publication): Third Place (tie)
b. Certificate of Academic Achievement (above all-men’s campus GPA): Fourth consecutive year
c. McCarty Proficiency Award (overall chapter administration/organization): Second consecutive year

2. Chapter House Opening: We’ll open the Sigma Chapter House on Friday, August 12th, for the Fall Semester. I plan to be there from August 12-14 to help check in Brothers and meet parents.

3. Wittenberg Fall Semester: Fall classes begin at Wittenberg on Monday, August 22nd.

4. Recruitment!: Our Undergraduate Brothers plan to take a fall pledge class, including some young men who were not able to pledge last January as freshmen. We’re hoping for a decent-size class of at least 5 or more men. If you have names of Rushees for the fall (sophomores or above) OR winter (freshmen and above) semesters, please send them to me and I’ll forward along to the Chapter. This will be a CRITICAL YEAR for Sigma, as we really need to take strong fall and winter pledge classes!

5. House Improvements: Thanks to the generous donations of many Sigma Graduate Brothers, we were able to complete some necessary renovation work on the chapter house this summer – gutter/roof repairs, concrete work, new drainage to prevent water seepage into the basement (avoiding the mold problem we encountered last fall).

6. New Purple Legionnaire: Kurt Meige (Sigma ’11), former chapter president and corresponding secretary, will take over as PL for Sigma later this month. A special THANKS to Nate Dreyfuss (Sigma ’10) for his service as PL last year – Nate is entering law school at Case Western Reserve this month.

7. Homecoming: Wittenberg’s Homecoming is scheduled for Saturday, October 22nd – save the date, and plan to stop by the Chapter House at 20 West Ferncliff!

8. Social Media: Don’t forget you can follow Sigma Chapter throughout the year at:

a. Chapter Web Site: http://www5.wittenberg.edu/student_organizations/fiji/index.html
b. Chapter Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=132150520171018&v=info#!/group.php?gid=132150520171018&v=wall
c. Sigma LinkedIn Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=1988760&trk=anet_ug_hm
d. Blog for Sig Fiji Alumni Association: http://sigfiji.blogspot.com/

That’s it for now, Brothers. Thank you for your ongoing support of Phi Gamma Delta at Wittenberg!

Fraternally,

Skip Buckley ‘80
Secretary, Sig Fiji Alumni Association

Perge!

Great Turnout for 2011 Pig Dinner and Golf Outing!

THANK YOU to everyone who made our 2011 events a GREAT success!

We had about 100 Brothers and fathers attend the Pig Dinner, and about 50 people play golf on Saturday, April 9th. Well done!

We haven't yet set the date for the 2012 Pig Dinner and Golf Outing, but please check back to this Blog for updates.

NEXT UP: Homecoming at Wittenberg on Saturday, October 22nd. Save the date!

Fraternally,

Skip Buckley '80

Perge!

One Week to Go for Sigma Chapter's 2011 Pig Dinner and Golf Outing - STILL TIME to REGISTER!

There's still time to register! See below for details. Here are the 30 Sigma Graduate Brothers who have registered for the Pig Dinner as of April 3rd:

William Diehm 1977
Greg Sponseller 1977
Greg Sponseller 2010
Jim Wintzer 1979
John Bourne 1988
Jon Dewald 2008
Marcus Hitt 2005
Stefan Diehm 2008
Alex Williams 2010
Joel Assemheimer 2010
Robert Blakey 1985
Jesse Hitt 2007
Casey Valentine 2008
James Pearce 1958
Richard Veler 1958
Dick Rice 1960
Richard Keier 1961
David Moeller 1963
Skip Buckley 1980
Brian Critchell 1976
John Tafaro 1976
Carl Coburn 1977
Kegan Christian 2010
John Dougherty 2002
Shawn Martin 2003
Ryan Reckman 2003
Dale Finley 1958
David Miles 1977
David Prescott 1977
Daniel D'Arrigo 1978

NOTE ON ATTIRE: Because we'll have many Brothers and fathers this year coming straight to the Pig Dinner from the golf course, we're relaxing the dress code from coat & tie to "business casual" (e.g., collared shirts).

PLEASE JOIN US! See below for details...

Fraternally,

Skip Buckley '80

Perge!

Annual Fundraising Campaign & SFAA Trustees Ballot Underway

We recently mailed our annual ballot to elect new Trustees to the Sig Fiji Alumni Association AND our annual solicitation for graduate dues donations! If you didn't receive one in the mail, please email Skip Buckley at gabjr33@comcast.net to receive yours emailed back to you.

We'd like to THANK those Sigma Graduate Brothers who graciously and generously donated in 2010! See the list below, and be sure to let Skip know of any errors or omissions for 2010. We'll post the 2011 list of donors later this year!

2010 Graduate Donors to the Sig Fiji Alumni Association (SFAA)

(as of 12/31/10, total raised = $4,490)
** indicates a donation of $500 or more
* indicates a donation of $100 to $499
75 Graduate Brothers donated as of 12/31/10

Thank you to the following Sig Fiji Graduate Brothers who donated in 2010! Our 2011 fundraising campaign is currently underway, so please send your check payable to “Sig Fiji Alumni Association” to: Skip Buckley, SFAA Secretary, 114 Center Road, Streamwood, IL 60107.

Ed Lamb 1935
William Frick* 1936
Stanley Wood 1946
Fred Martin 1948
Dean Shaffer 1948
William Harris* 1948
John Moellering 1950
Frank Parker 1950
Dick Binnig 1950
Bertrand Trompeter* 1950
Harry Cross 1951
Paul Riehm* 1951
Mike Albl 1954
Richard Neal 1954
Ted Marty 1957
Arthur Kouwenhoven 1958
Richard Veler 1958
Dale Finley 1958
Jack Neal 1959
David Trucksess 1959
Rodney Borcherding 1959
Jon Joyce 1959
Wayne Rhodes 1960
John Helgerson* 1960
Dick Rice* 1960
Richard Keier* 1961
Gil Belles 1962
Noel Hupp 1962
William MacAdam 1963
David Moeller 1963
G. David K. Hopper* 1963
Paul Lingle* 1963
Lynn Carlton 1964
Bill Steinbrink* 1964
David Steckler 1966
David Hammond 1968
Dave Baines 1969
Dean DeMattio 1969
Richard Danko 1970
Austin Adams 1970
Jeffrey Palker 1972
Richard Fowler 1973
John Halley 1974
Harry Macnealy 1974
Peter Welsh 1974
Robert Weible* 1975
John Tafaro 1976
Peter Woessner* 1976
David Miles 1977
Douglas Myser 1977
Carl Coburn 1977
Bradley Rechel 1978
Bob Hunsaker 1978
Skip Buckley** 1980
Chuck Dix 1981
Paul Nowakowski 1983
John Gork 1984
Robert Blakey 1985
Tom Meyer 1986
Mike Redinger 1986
John Bourne 1988
Shawn Lowry 1988
Matt Blatchford 1990
Andy Burns 1991
Forest Driggs 1991
Paul Feaser 1996
Mike Reisinger 1998
David Atkins 2000
Wes Petzinger 2000
Shawn Martin 2003
Chris Farris 2003
Jesse Hitt 2007
Jon Felter 2008
James Hunter 2009
Andy Lamb 2011