The Students

Sigma Phi Society at Cornell is hard to describe. Less a stereotypical fraternity and more of an intimate community of scholars and leaders, our members come from any college and a wide variety of academic majors, personal interests, and backgrounds.

We learn from those different than ourselves. The alumni of Sigma Phi are as diverse as they were as students. In geography, professional interests and lifestyles, they encompass the wide range of industries and skills. If you scan the profiles of alumni, you’ll discover a creative canvas of careers, professions and passions with common elements of leadership, service, and, broadly defined, success. Law, medicine, real estate, entrepreneurship, science, service, academia, hospitality, consulting, finance, art and banking are just a few of the many career paths our students and alumni pursue.

Selective, not elitist. The most rewarding annual event is new member recruitment. Hours upon hours go into getting to know prospective members, and then deliberating thoughtfully and passionately about the few we wish to welcome into our community. We’re weary of “looking into the mirror” and work to avoid picking people “like us.” We’re less interested in people who fit in than in people who challenge us.

Seventy years, not four. You will find your time at Cornell and your years after to be immeasurably enriched by the Sigma Phi community that supports one another, inspires the best in each of us, and serves as lifelong mentors, advisors and friends. When you join Sigma Phi you have access and the embrace of alumni from multiple generations with whom you have a cherished experience in common.