Sigma Pi Fraternity was founded on February 26, 1897 and since that time has come to symbolize the ideals of unity and progress to brothers all around the world. Sigma Pi currently ranks as one of the largest and fastest growing fraternities in the nation with over 180 chapters and 100,000 national initiates. At Virginia Tech, the Delta Upsilon chapter of Sigma Pi was rechartered in the spring of 1990 after a 13-year absence. In the past nine years, Sigma Pi has progressed to become one of the strongest fraternities on the Virginia Tech campus. In fact, in 1992, the Virginia Tech chapter of Sigma Pi received the Grand Sage's Award recognizing it as the best chapter in the nation. In the fall of 1993, the chapter moved into their first fraternity house, awarded by the university. Our goal is to maintain this level of excellence. Sigma Pi is made up of a group of diverse individuals united by common loyalties and goals. Within Sigma Pi, we allow brothers to become an integral part of a close-knit group without losing any of their individuality or identity.

Delta Upsilon chapter was formed as Delta Sigma Tau, a local fraternity, in 1968, at Virginia Tech. On May 22, 1971, Delta Sigma Tau became the Delta Upsilon chapter of Sigma Pi. The chapter went inactive in 1977 and remained so until 1990. On February 8, 1990, Delta Upsilon was recolonized with the help of Danny Phillips, who was a member of Sigma Pi at Christopher Newport College, and Jeff Cook from Nationals. On November 10, 1990 the colony was recharted. Since the recolonization, three classes of founding fathers and 17 pledge classes has become members of Sigma Pi through this chapter.

Sigma Pi is very active in Tech's intramural athletics program, fielding teams at all levels of competition, with consistent play-off success in sports such as soccer, basketball, volleyball, and flag football. For example, Sigma Pi won the Virginia Tech IFC volleyball championship in December of 1992-1993, 1996-1997, and Virginia Tech IFC soccer championship in 1997-1998. Athletics are a big part of Greek Life at Virginia Tech; Sigma Pi is truly a program on the rise and we are proud of our progress. No matter what sport you are interested in, from football to waterpolo, from golf to softball, Sigma Pi is a great opportunity to get out and compete seriously or just have fun with your brothers.

Sigma Pi is a means to a better education, offering the opportunity and the encouragement for brothers to make the most out of their academic potential at Tech. Sigma Pi has a well-established scholarship program to cultivate and maintain academic excellence. Our fraternity was awarded most improved scholarship for the 1994-95 school year. Sigma Pi usually ranks within the top 5 for QCA out of more than 30 fraternities at Virginia Tech. In the 1998 academic year, Sigma Pi won the IFC Scholarship Award, which is awarded to the fraternity with the highest overall QCA. Brothers of Sigma Pi hold weekly study groups and a wide range of majors are represented allowing brothers to help one another with their studies. After all, the reason we are in college is for an education, and Sigma Pi makes it a little easier.

Being a brother of Sigma Pi gives you unique leadership opportunities that other aspects of college cannot offer. Sigma Pi teaches members excellent organizational skills. Everyone has specific duties and plays an active role in running the fraternity. You learn how to organize your efforts and learn the benefits of group cooperation. At Sigma Pi, brothers learn how a business as well as how the democratic process operates. There is no better small-scales democracy. Not only will you learn how to get along with other members of Sigma Pi, but you will work with and be an active part of the campus and the community.

Brotherhood is what Sigma Pi is all about: the glue that holds the fraternity together. This is without a doubt the highest ideal the brothers of Sigma Pi hold. Brotherhood means family, and like family, brotherhood is for life. A member is always a brother no matter where he goes or what he does. Brotherhood is developed by common loyalty, and strengthened through good times, working together, dealing with crises' and being there for each other. A brother is always welcome, and the chapter is always home. At Sigma Pi, we understand the idea that a brother is there when you need him most, and you can always count on the support of your brothers in any endeavor you may undertake.

Sigma Pi believes fraternities can shed the negative imagery so often associated with Greek organizations and to that end, we are very active in serving the university and the community to make Virginia Tech and Blacksburg better places. Sigma Pi sponsors a highway clean-up twice a year and participates in most philanthropy events sponsored by the school's fine sororities. In 1998, Sigma Pi (along with Phi Kappa Sigma) won the IFC Philanthropy Award, which is given to the best philanthropy run by a fraternity. Sigma Pi and Phi Kappa Sigma held the 5th annual Smallapalooza, in which all proceeds went to a local boy who was suffering from brain cancer.

Fraternities are famous for their social atmosphere, and Sigma Pi is no different. Sigma Pi's social calendar is unmatched, with weekly mixers with the finest sororities at Virginia Tech. Theme parties such as "70's night" and "Dirty old man, school girl party" with other sororities are also common occurrences. Events such as ice luge and wine and cheese socials with other Greek organizations truly help break the monotony of mid-semester burnout. Every fall, Sigma Pi hosts a semi-formal at the Red Lion Inn on Prices Fork Rd. to celebrate the anniversary of the chapter's chartering. The highlight of the year is definitely Sigma Pi's Orchid Ball Formals. Each spring semester at the end of March, brothers and their dates travel to Knoxville, Tennessee to have a formal banquet and a dance on a river boat where brothers strengthen their bond through a grand celebration. Brothers of Sigma Pi use these events to better equip themselves for daily interactions with others.