Tag: personal story
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Brotherhood Beyond Time: Reconnecting with Sigma Chi Brothers
Story provided by Shane Totten ’16 For my 30th birthday, my wife surprised me by inviting out two brothers, Jackson Pollock ’16 and Joe Shonle ’16, that I hadn’t seen in many years. They both flew out here to Boston and we spent the whole weekend hanging out and reconnecting. Even though it had been…
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Strong Arms Still Around Us: Reconnecting with Brothers Beyond College
Story provided by Bryant Grider ’18 There have been multiple times when I found myself reconnecting with brothers post graduate, but this story, to me, stands out the most. Brother Chris Barbara ’17 has always texted me off and on to check in, see how life was going, and share each others successes when we…
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Building Lasting Connections
Story contribution by: Joshua Shirley Going to college in a small town was intimidating. I didn’t know anyone there, but joining Sigma Chi gave me the opportunity to build the network and family that I was looking for. That feeling of belonging sold me on Sigma Chi. Looking back, I remember the Big Brother Ceremony…
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Lost Charter Found!
Story Contribution by: Clinton Bly My most interesting story happened when I became Quaestor/treasurer of the chapter. I had heard a story that the original charter of the house had been missing for nearly 100 years. After doing some digging, I found out that the charter was in a safe deposit box at a bank.…