Sigma Nu is a fraternity for men who are willing to make a lifelong commitment to govern each act by a high sense of Honor.    

Officers

Commander: Colin Skogstad

Treasurer: Vince Dianora

                                               Recorder: Marcel Kasper

                                             Candidate Marshal: Nelson Villamon

                                             Recruitment Chairman: Matt Carney

                                             Chaplain: Nick Castelli (Also Social Chairman)

                                             Alumni Relations: Robbie Matthews

                                             Sentinel: Travis Torres

                                             Chapter Historian: Justin Vigil

                                             Philanthropy/Community Relations: Travis Kennedy

                                             Scholarship Chairman: TJ Carson

Chapter History

     In the fall of 1965 a banner appeared in the Mace and Crown, the collegiate newspaper on the campus of Old Dominion College.  “There will be a meeting of all men who have been affiliated with Sigma Nu Fraternity as brothers or pledges in the old science building, room 105, 12:30 PM.”  The author of the banner was Donald K. Marchand Jr., Associate Professor of Science at ODC and Father of Eta Chi Chapter. 

     There were five men who responded to the announcement.  Their names were as follows:  Frank Budik, Dusty Olds, Gary James, Steve Hochman, and Watt Jones.  Frank and Dusty were Sigma Nus from East Carolina.  Donald K. Marchand Jr., a distinguished Sigma Nu alumnus from West Virginia University and a member of the faculty of Old Dominion College, chaired the meeting.

     From that humble beginning, the Eta Chi Chapter of the Sigma Nu Fraternity was born. 

     In 1966-67 Sigma Nu required that petitioning colonies publish a booklet containing the brief history of the new colony and mail it to all existing chapter in the United States.  75% of all Sigma Nu Chapters had to vote “Yes” to approve our petition and 100% of the chapters in Virginia had to approve our petition for our local fraternity to be accepted into the Sigma Nu National Network. 

     On February 25, 1967 we culminated our efforts by officially earning our “Charter” during a black tie dinner in Webb Center on the campus of Old Dominion College.  38 members including 5 founders were initiated by the Sigma Nu men from the College of William and Mary.  Other dignitaries who attended the dinner included Mr. Ted Palmer, Grand Treasurer of the Fraternity, Richard Fletcher, Executive Secretary of Sigma Nu, Donald K. Marchand, “Father of Eta Chi Chapter”, and many family members of the newly initiated brothers.

     Today, 43 years following our founding in 1967, there are 846 initiated Sigma Nu Brothers in the Eta Chi Chapter of the Sigma Nu Fraternity.