RobbieNelson
05-13-2009, 10:05 PM
FIPG violations....
Charter Revoked
Delta-Upsilon, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
News Release – May 12, 2009
Contact: Mark S. Briscoe, Executive Director
(615) 373-5728
Effective April 17, 2009 the Grand Council of Sigma Pi Fraternity officially revoked the charter of the Delta-Upsilon Chapter at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. Delta-Upsilon was closed for repeated violations of both Fraternity and FIPG risk management policies. Specifically the chapter had parties with common alcohol sources, charged at the door for alcohol and purchased alcohol using chapter funds. Delta-Upsilon was established April 22, 1971.
Under terms of the revocation all chapter functions will immediately cease including social and recruitment activities. Present members of the chapter will be placed on alumni status. Members that do not adhere to the terms of the revocation can be expelled permanently from Sigma Pi Fraternity.
“Sigma Pi places a high value on our chapter standards with the expectation that each chapter will conform for the benefit of their members and the International organization” said Executive Director Mark S. Briscoe. Briscoe also said “unfortunately it became apparent that these standards were not adhered to at Delta-Upsilon and we were forced with revocation.”
Sigma Pi Fraternity has resolved to hold its chapters accountable for compliance with all Grand Chapter and University policies, including F.I.PG. guidelines, new member education policies, minimum standards on chapter membership, and adherence to the governing laws of the Fraternity.
Sigma Pi Fraternity was founded in 1897 at the Vincennes University, in Vincennes, Indiana and is currently headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. The Fraternity is one of the fastest expanding men's college organizations in North America, with 123 active chapters and 10 colonies in the United States and Canada, and over 90,000 alumni. The Fraternity teaches its core standards and values of scholarship, leadership, and service through educational programming, and is the only Greek organization with an international philanthropic program, The ACE Project, specifically designed to give back to our host institutions.
Charter Revoked
Delta-Upsilon, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
News Release – May 12, 2009
Contact: Mark S. Briscoe, Executive Director
(615) 373-5728
Effective April 17, 2009 the Grand Council of Sigma Pi Fraternity officially revoked the charter of the Delta-Upsilon Chapter at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. Delta-Upsilon was closed for repeated violations of both Fraternity and FIPG risk management policies. Specifically the chapter had parties with common alcohol sources, charged at the door for alcohol and purchased alcohol using chapter funds. Delta-Upsilon was established April 22, 1971.
Under terms of the revocation all chapter functions will immediately cease including social and recruitment activities. Present members of the chapter will be placed on alumni status. Members that do not adhere to the terms of the revocation can be expelled permanently from Sigma Pi Fraternity.
“Sigma Pi places a high value on our chapter standards with the expectation that each chapter will conform for the benefit of their members and the International organization” said Executive Director Mark S. Briscoe. Briscoe also said “unfortunately it became apparent that these standards were not adhered to at Delta-Upsilon and we were forced with revocation.”
Sigma Pi Fraternity has resolved to hold its chapters accountable for compliance with all Grand Chapter and University policies, including F.I.PG. guidelines, new member education policies, minimum standards on chapter membership, and adherence to the governing laws of the Fraternity.
Sigma Pi Fraternity was founded in 1897 at the Vincennes University, in Vincennes, Indiana and is currently headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. The Fraternity is one of the fastest expanding men's college organizations in North America, with 123 active chapters and 10 colonies in the United States and Canada, and over 90,000 alumni. The Fraternity teaches its core standards and values of scholarship, leadership, and service through educational programming, and is the only Greek organization with an international philanthropic program, The ACE Project, specifically designed to give back to our host institutions.