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'''[http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/042314_debate.cfm No debate about it: This program works (Tulane.edu - April 23, 2014)]''' <br>
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'''[http://www.iup.edu/news-item.aspx?id=218989&blogid=6121 PASSION FOR HELPING OTHERS ON DISPLAY DURING AUTISM AWARENESS WEEK (IUP.edu - April 14, 2016)]''' <br>
Tulane University students who enroll in the Aristotle of New Orleans course complete 40 hours of service learning by coaching middle school debate teams in three local schools. Some students, such as senior '''Lance Tran (&#915;&#932;)''', decide to stick around and continue coaching even after the semester has ended.
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''Machete’s (&#919;)'' passion for the Autism Awareness Week project is so deep that he’s also working to make sure it lives on after he graduates this spring. He’s working with a close friend and brother in his honor fraternity, Oktober Appleby, and he plans to hand over the project’s reins to her after the conclusion of this year’s event.
  
'''[http://www.westernherald.com/news/rent-a-pup-attracted-over-50-students-to-donate-for-local-animal-shelter/ Rent-A-Pup attracted over 50 students to donate for local animal shelter (WesternHerald.com - April 9, 2014)]''' <br>
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'''[http://college.usatoday.com/2016/01/13/viewpoint-turning-college-experience-around/ Viewpoint: How I turned my college experience around (college.USAToday.com - January 13, 2016)]''' <br>
Phi Sigma Pi Honors Fraternity hosted their annual Rent A Pup event Monday, April 7 in the Goldsworth Valley gazebo. “We do it every year because it helps our chapter and a local charity that needs our help, and for people who just love dogs,” said '''Anne Marie Sattler (&#915;&#929;)''', the fundraising chair of Phi Sigma Pi.
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I went on a trip to Chicago with a student organization, which was hard after a semester of feeling rejected. But on that trip, I ended up making new friends. I also joined Phi Sigma Pi, a gender-inclusive honors fraternity. The process took me out of my comfort zone, but it also introduced me to some of my best friends. '''Arielle Hines (&#915;&#924;)'''
  
'''[http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=1026072#.UzwbkVFdWq8 Truman students raise money for Teach for America (HeartlandConnection.com - April 1, 2014)]''' <br>
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'''[http://thepenn.org/2015/08/28/phi-sigma-pi-wins-3-awards-at-convention/ Phi Sigma Pi wins 3 awards at convention (ThePenn.org - August 28, 2015)]''' <br>
Members of the Alpha Mu Class of Phi Sigma Pi sold bagels from Panera and the St. Louis Bread Co. to raise money. The money raised from the bagels and donations will go toward the 'Teach for America' organization. 'Teach for America' is a non-profit organization in which recent college graduates teach for at least two years in low-income communities. "It's a wonderful cause.  I mean, it's a wonderful thing to make sure that every student has the opportunities that you know people in high income areas have as well as low income," said ''' Kate Ginnard (&#914;)''', Phi Sigma Pi Fundraising Chair.
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At the annual National Convention for Phi Sigma Pi, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Eta chapter of the National Honor Fraternity won three awards: Best in Western Pennsylvania Region, The C. H. McClure Single Service Award and the Sanders P. McComsey Most Improved Old Chapter Award. “To be recognized on a national scale for all the work we’ve done in the past year felt extremely gratifying, and will only serve to motivate us to achieve even more in the next year,'''Aubrey Keperling (&#919;)''' said.
  
'''[http://wydaily.com/2014/03/26/hometown-wjcc-wm-partner-for-food-drive-to-benefit-children-during-spring-break/ WJCC, W&M Partner for Food Drive to Benefit Children During Spring Break (WYDaily.com - March 26, 2014)]''' <br>
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'''[http://www.toledoblade.com/Education/2015/05/10/Army-vet-conquers-battle-for-college-degrees-at-BGSU.html Army vet conquers battle for college degrees at BGSU (ToledoBlade.com - May 10, 2015)]''' <br>
Doane said children who are hungry or malnourished have difficulty focusing and performing in school. By providing these children with complete meals, she hopes to work toward addressing the larger picture of local issues. Doane serves as the president of the school’s chapter of Oxfam, a worldwide development organization that fights poverty, and service chair of the '''Phi Sigma Pi honors fraternity (&#915;&#936;)'''.
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As commencement speaker Thomas Snitch exhorted Bowling Green State University’s new graduates Saturday not to underestimate themselves, his message surely was not lost on '''Tanya Schardt (&#917;&#914;).''' The Army veteran from Fremont nearly lost her life in Iraq on Halloween, 2007, when an improvised explosive device struck the armored Humvee in which she and four colleagues rode. Two were killed, two suffered minor injuries, and Ms. Schardt spent the better part of the next two years in hospitals.
  
'''[http://dailyorange.com/2014/03/week-highlights-professional-fraternities/ Week highlights professional fraternities (The Daily Orange - March 18, 2014)]''' <br>
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'''[http://www.trinitonian.com/2015/05/04/a-love-letter-to-my-time-at-a-small-school/ A love letter to my time at a small school (trinitonian.com - May 4, 2015)]''' <br>
The members of '''Phi Sigma Pi National Honors Fraternity (&#914;&#917;)''', Delta Sigma Pi Business & Economics Fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity and Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity came together to form Syracuse’s first Professional Fraternity Council. The mission of this council is to promote professional, academic and community service involvement of the wider Syracuse University campus through events that showcase the excellence and intellectual diversity of the SU student body.
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Having spent my first year participating in “social activities,” my sophomore year was spent attempting to pack my resume with decent looking credentials. I co-founded '''Phi Sigma Pi (&#918;&#932;)''', the National Honor Fraternity on campus. I worked as an assistant for an international lawyer downtown who didn’t know how to type on a computer. I interned for U.S. Senator John Cornyn in his San Antonio headquarters.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 06:59, 18 April 2016

PASSION FOR HELPING OTHERS ON DISPLAY DURING AUTISM AWARENESS WEEK (IUP.edu - April 14, 2016)
Machete’s (Η) passion for the Autism Awareness Week project is so deep that he’s also working to make sure it lives on after he graduates this spring. He’s working with a close friend and brother in his honor fraternity, Oktober Appleby, and he plans to hand over the project’s reins to her after the conclusion of this year’s event.

Viewpoint: How I turned my college experience around (college.USAToday.com - January 13, 2016)
I went on a trip to Chicago with a student organization, which was hard after a semester of feeling rejected. But on that trip, I ended up making new friends. I also joined Phi Sigma Pi, a gender-inclusive honors fraternity. The process took me out of my comfort zone, but it also introduced me to some of my best friends. Arielle Hines (ΓΜ)

Phi Sigma Pi wins 3 awards at convention (ThePenn.org - August 28, 2015)
At the annual National Convention for Phi Sigma Pi, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Eta chapter of the National Honor Fraternity won three awards: Best in Western Pennsylvania Region, The C. H. McClure Single Service Award and the Sanders P. McComsey Most Improved Old Chapter Award. “To be recognized on a national scale for all the work we’ve done in the past year felt extremely gratifying, and will only serve to motivate us to achieve even more in the next year,” Aubrey Keperling (Η) said.

Army vet conquers battle for college degrees at BGSU (ToledoBlade.com - May 10, 2015)
As commencement speaker Thomas Snitch exhorted Bowling Green State University’s new graduates Saturday not to underestimate themselves, his message surely was not lost on Tanya Schardt (ΕΒ). The Army veteran from Fremont nearly lost her life in Iraq on Halloween, 2007, when an improvised explosive device struck the armored Humvee in which she and four colleagues rode. Two were killed, two suffered minor injuries, and Ms. Schardt spent the better part of the next two years in hospitals.

A love letter to my time at a small school (trinitonian.com - May 4, 2015)
Having spent my first year participating in “social activities,” my sophomore year was spent attempting to pack my resume with decent looking credentials. I co-founded Phi Sigma Pi (ΖΤ), the National Honor Fraternity on campus. I worked as an assistant for an international lawyer downtown who didn’t know how to type on a computer. I interned for U.S. Senator John Cornyn in his San Antonio headquarters.

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