Sigma Nu
Sigma Nu is a fraternity located at 556 West 113th Street. It is founded on the principles of Love, Truth, and Honor, and stands strictly by its historic mandate of not hazing new members. Many brothers are or have been members of the Men's Swimming and Diving team, but the fraternity nevertheless maintains its own separate identity. The fraternity has experienced significant growth and improvement since 2006 and is very happy with its progress. The Columbia chapter is well documented on its website, sigmanucu.com
The National Fraternity
See the Sigma Nu National website. More information coming.
Community Service
Sigma Nu is considered one of the more Service-oriented fraternities at Columbia. Besides participating in all the large scale events on campus including Relay for Life, CCO (Columbia Community Outreach), and CU Dance Marathon, it also participates in all Greek sponsored fund raisers, such as Theta's Breakfast at our CASA, AXO's LipSync, and various other annual and one-time events.
Sigma Nu also supports a program at Hunter College called (Project HAPPY). Every weekend Sigma Nu brothers travel to the Hunter Campus and assist in giving sports instruction to autistic individuals. The main focus has been in swimming and water safety, however brothers also volunteer with tennis, bowling, basketball, and other activities. Each spring Sigma Nu sells raffle tickets to raise money for Project HAPPY.
Awards
In 2009, Sigma Nu was named the Most Outstanding Chapter in the Columbia Fraternal system. In 2009, Sigma Nu also earned several awards for the size of their recruiting class.
Trivia
- It is widely rumored that Julia Stiles once spent the night in room 33.
- The goal post from the streak-snapping Columbia-Princeton football game, from 1987, where the Columbia Lions came out victorious over the Princeton Tigers 17-14, resides in the back yard.
- The members room was completed in 2009, the most recent of several upgrades to the house.
