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Record Total Donations Deliver Over $1.1 Million for SAJ Weekend of Giving

Michael Malenic — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:05:57 +0000

During Kappa Sigma’s 10th annual Stephen Alonzo Jackson Weekend of Giving, from February 28 – March 2, 2025, the Fraternity shattered yet another record with 19,640 total alumni, undergraduate and family member donations. That generosity helped raise more than $1.1 million for undergraduate scholarships!

The culture of giving is alive and well in Kappa Sigma. The Fraternity could not be prouder of its Undergraduate Brothers, in particular, who set another new record with 86% of its undergraduate members participating in this worthy cause.

Chapters across North America worked tirelessly to raise money for Chapter Scholarship Funds and create named scholarships to honor some of Kappa Sigma’s most beloved Brothers. As a result, several new named Scholarship-Leadership Awards now will be presented each year in perpetuity, including: 

$50,000 Named Scholarships ($2,000 Awarded Annually)

Dale F. Morrison Scholarship-Leadership Award (Delta-Mu, University of North Dakota)
Dave E. Ledman Scholarship-Leadership Award (Theta-Upsilon, Miami University)
Dr. James “Doc” Johnson Scholarship-Leadership Award (Kappa, Vanderbilt University)

$25,000 Named Scholarships ($1,000 Awarded Annually)

Speaker Mike Johnson Scholarship-Leadership Award (Gamma, Louisiana State University)
PWGM Thomas P. Bishop Scholarship-Leadership Award (Alpha-Beta, Mercer University)
PWGM Donal L. McClamroch, Jr. Scholarship-Leadership Award (Eta, Randolph-Macon College)
Jack H. Haaker Scholarship-Leadership Award (Delta-Pi, Southern Methodist University)
Clayson R. Anderson Scholarship-Leadership Award (Delta-Chi, Mississippi State University)
Thomas L. Worgess Scholarship-Leadership Award (Delta-Psi, Michigan State University, ’95)

In its 10-year history, SAJ Weekend has now raised more than $6 million towards Chapter Scholarship Funds and named scholarships, which provide hundreds of additional scholarships for our undergraduate Brothers.

“Stephen Alonzo Jackson Weekend of Giving has become one of the most consequential and meaningful annual campaigns in Kappa Sigma over the past decade,” said Burt Trembly, President of Kappa Sigma’s Board of Directors. “To raise over a million dollars in 72 hours shows the power of the Kappa Sigma Brotherhood. These scholarship funds will help thousands of undergraduates for years to come.”

If you missed out on donating this weekend, there is still time to make a tax-deductible donation in support of our undergraduates. Please visit the Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund website to learn more.

On behalf of a grateful Fraternity: THANK YOU!

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Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund announces a record $506,100 awarded to the 2024 Donald C. Dilley, Jr. Scholarship-Leadership Award Winners!

Michael Malenic — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 14:51:21 +0000

The Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund has distributed a RECORD $506,100 in Scholarship-Leadership Awards to 714 Kappa Sigma undergraduate Brothers, representing a 21.8% increase over last year.

The Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund has set a new milestone, awarding $506,100 in funds through the Donald C. Dilley, Jr. Scholarship-Leadership Award Program. With a new record for both the scholarship dollars and the number of recipients, these scholarships reflect the Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund’s ongoing commitment to investing in undergraduate Brothers’ education and future success.

Thank you for continuing to share your treasures and making the Endowment Fund an important part of our culture of giving.

The recipients truly represent the best of Kappa Sigma with their commitment to academics, community service, and the leadership they provide on campus.

Click Here to view the complete list of Donald C. Dilley, Jr. Scholarship-Leadership Award recipients, including this year’s class of Dr. John W. Ryan Scholars.

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The Donald C. Dilley, Jr. Scholarship Leadership Award Program is named in honor of Brother Donald C. Dilley, Jr, a 1953 initiate of the Epsilon-Phi Chapter at Texas Tech. Brother Dilley was a legacy as his father, Donald Dilley, Sr. was a Gamma-Omicron initiate at the University of Kansas. Brother Dilley served our country in the United States Navy. Following his retirement from the Navy, he was a farmer in Texas until he retired to Florida. Brother Dilley believed in education and providing scholarships to the Brothers of Kappa Sigma across North America. We are forever grateful for his donation that helps fund our annual scholarship program.

Increase your Chapter Scholarship Fund

To help increase your Chapter’s Scholarship Fund, and the total number of scholarships, please consider a tax-deductible donation to the Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund.

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Kappa Sigma makes History and Raises a Record $1.28 Million during Weekend of Giving

Michael Malenic — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 15:44:57 +0000

For the first time ever, Kappa Sigma raised more than $1.28 million from March 1-3, 2024, with more to come from additional donations, corporate matches, and challenge gifts. Our Chapters across North America worked tirelessly to raise money for Chapter Scholarship Funds and create named scholarships to honor some of Kappa Sigma’s most beloved Brothers.

As a result, 16 new named Scholarship-Leadership Awards will be awarded every year in perpetuity: 

$50,000 Named Scholarships ($2,000 Awarded Annually)

Thomas J. Clifford Scholarship-Leadership Award (Delta-Mu, University of North Dakota)
Greg A. Hopeman Scholarship-Leadership Award (Epsilon-Mu, The University of Tulsa)
D. Malcom McNair, Jr. Scholarship-Leadership Award (Xi, University of Arkansas)
Craig D. Melvin Scholarship-Leadership Award (Alpha-Nu, Wofford College)
Vann S. Mullis, Sr. Scholarship-Leadership Award (Chi-Omega, University of South Carolina)
Craig R. Poole Scholarship-Leadership Award (Beta-Beta, University of Richmond)
Leroy D. Peer Scholarship-Leadership Award (Theta-Zeta, Eastern New Mexico University)

$25,000 Named Scholarships ($1,000 Awarded Annually)

David M. “Boo” Ferriss Scholarship-Leadership Award (Delta-Chi, Mississippi State University)
Moby G. Goodwin Scholarship-Leadership Award (Theta-Rho, McNeese State University)
Frank W. Harrison, Jr. Scholarship-Leadership Award (Gamma, Louisiana State University)
Dr. James W. “Doc“ Johnson Scholarship-Leadership Award (Kappa, Vanderbilt University)
Nolan D. Pearson Scholarship-Leadership Award (Omicron-Zeta, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa)
Coach Bill SanGiacomo Scholarship-Leadership Award (Theta-Xi, Trine University)
Edward G. Sponzilli Scholarship-Leadership Award (Gamma-Upsilon, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)
Andrew Stuper Scholarship-Leadership Award (Gamma-Tau, University of Colorado Boulder)
Lynn M. Welker Scholarship-Leadership Award (Theta-Omicron, Muskingum University)
Dr. Nicholas S. Hagen Scholarship-Leadership Award (Rho, Arizona State University)

Record breaking is the understatement of this weekend; we broke a new record with more individual donors participating with more gifts than any previous SAJ Weekend. Our Undergraduate Brothers also set a record with 76% participating in this worthy cause.  

In its nine-year history, SAJ Weekend has now raised more than $5 million towards Chapter Scholarship Funds and named scholarships, which will provide hundreds of additional scholarships for our undergraduate Brothers. The impact of these gifts goes beyond undergraduate support because they honor the legacy of Brothers that have had a significant impact on the Fraternity. A great example of this is the following excerpt from a letter received from the mother of Brother Nolan Pearson. Brother Pearson joined the Chapter Celestial in 2019:

“A couple weeks ago I received a message from a friend of Nolan Pearson ‘s. I truly love hearing from Nolan’s friends. Well, this message turned into…a huge blessing outcome…not for us…but for someone…hopefully many.

“Nolan attended the University of Hawaii @ Manoa and was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. This weekend… it’s an honor to share with you that they are fundraising to establish a scholarship in Nolan’s name.

“This is March…Nolan’s birthday month. We’ve tried to think of things nice to do for others in his name these last 4 years…perhaps THIS is that nice thing! We know he would think this wonderful. And the fact that it will forever benefit students is a win-win in so many ways.”

Kappa Sigma has one of the fastest growing Endowment Funds in the fraternal world, and this weekend we showed everyone that the Kappa Sigma Fraternity is truly A Brotherhood Like No Other! We made history this weekend, but the real reward will come this Fall as we award these new named scholarships, and Scholarship-Leadership Awards!   

If you missed out on donating this weekend, there is still time to make a tax-deductible donation in support of our undergraduates. Please visit the Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund website to learn more.

Thank You to everyone who has donated this weekend!

The Supreme Executive Committee and Endowment Fund Trustees

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Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund announces a record $415,400 awarded to the 2023 Donald C. Dilley, Jr. Scholarship-Leadership Award Winners!

Michael Malenic — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 06:54:32 +0000

Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund announces a record $415,400 awarded to the 2023 Donald C. Dilley, Jr. Scholarship-Leadership Award Winners!

The Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund is pleased to announce a record, $415,400 in 2023 undergraduate scholarships through the Donald C. Dilley, Jr. Scholarship-Leadership Award program! The most awarded in history.

Thank you for continuing to share your treasures and making the Endowment Fund an important part of our culture of giving. Your generosity has enabled us to award $415,400 to 646 deserving Kappa Sigma undergraduate Brothers. A new record!

The recipients truly represent the best of Kappa Sigma with their commitment to academics, community service, and the leadership they provide on campus.

Click Here to view the complete list of Donald C. Dilley, Jr. Scholarship-Leadership Award recipients, including this year’s class of Dr. John W. Ryan Scholars.

View 2023 Donald C. Dilley Jr. Scholarship Leadership Award Winners

Increase your Chapter Scholarship Fund

To help increase your Chapter’s Scholarship Fund, and the total number of scholarships, please consider a tax-deductible donation to the Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund.

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Donald C. Dilley, Jr. Scholarship-Leadership Award (SLA) Application is Open!

Michael Malenic — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:52:03 +0000

The Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund is proud to announce that the 2023 Donald C. Dilley, Jr. Scholarship-Leadership Award (SLA) application is available now through October 15th, 2023. We’ve continued our streamlined process this year with an application that only takes less than 5 minutes to complete.

Every Chapter receives at least one scholarship, with more available based on the size of your Chapter Scholarship Fund Balance. All Brothers in Good Standing should apply, because more than one scholarship may be available for your Chapter.

You can’t win if you don’t apply!

Finalists will be named and notified in November. Winners will be named on Kappa Sigma’s Founders Day – December 10th, 2023.

If you have any questions, or did not receive the email please contact the Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund at sla@ef.kappasigma.org.

Good luck to all applicants

Because of his contributions to the Endowment Fund and to Kappa Sigma Brothers everywhere, the Trustees have voted to name the Scholarship-Leadership Award after Brother Donald Cameron Dilley Jr.

Learn more about Brother Dilley HERE

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Grand Conclave Special Offers

Michael Malenic — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 08:07:00 +0000

Swag Package

This summer Kappa Sigma has partnered with the Kappa Sigma Store to create a special Swag Package for the 74th Grand Conclave in July. The package will include a Green Kappa Sigma hat, a Black polo, the Official Grand Conclave T-Shirt and a Grand Conclave Branded Tumbler.

You can secure your Swag Pack during registration, or by modifying your registration on the Grand Conclave Website. The cost of the package is $100.

Limited Edition – Grand Conclave Coin

Kappa Sigma and Herff Jones, the official jeweler of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, have partnered this summer to create a limited edition challenge coin to commemorate the 74th Biennial Grand Conclave.

Beginning in the Roman Empire, soldiers were presented with coins to recognize their achievements in battle. Some of these coins were specially minted, and as a result, some soldiers apparently kept their coins as mementos.

This is only the second time in history that Kappa Sigma has gathered in Charlottesville, our fraternal home, as the meeting place for a Grand Conclave. This coin will be a keepsake that represents the opportunity Brothers will have to explore the Grounds, our Headquarters campus, and meet Brothers from across North America.

You can purchase your challenge coin during registration, or by modifying your registration on the Grand Conclave Website. With only 150 available these coins won’t last, especially at the low price of $49.99.

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Kappa Sigma Raises a Record $800,000 for SAJ Weekend of Giving

Michael Malenic — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 18:09:57 +0000

Kappa Sigma DID IT! Thanks to the generosity of our donors, this year’s Stephen Alonzo Jackson Weekend of Giving is our most successful in history!

Over the past three days, a record $793,876 has been contributed via 16,441 gifts, with more to come via additional donations, corporate matches, and challenge gifts.

In true Kappa Sigma fashion, our Alumni Brothers raised the bar during this campaign. Their efforts resulted in this year’s SAJ Weekend of Giving yielding an 11% increase in funds donated and a 13% increase in the number of gifts.

Our Undergraduate Brothers broke new ground in supporting this worthy cause as well. 68% of our Undergraduate Brothers participated—a new record! Half of all Kappa Sigma chapters had every single Undergraduate member participate during the weekend, also a new record.

On behalf of a grateful Fraternity: THANK YOU!

Because of your amazing contributions, we expect to be able to give more Undergraduate scholarships than ever before as part of our Donald C. Dilley Scholarship-Leadership Awards program.

If you missed out on donating this weekend, please consider visiting the Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund website to support our Undergraduates today!

Thank you, to our Brothers and donors, for everything you do to make Kappa Sigma A Brotherhood Like No Other!

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2022 Donald C. Dilley, Jr. Scholarship-Leadership Award Winners

Michael Benson — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:10:28 +0000

Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund announces a record 689 Undergraduate Brothers to receive $371,750 in Donald C. Dilley, Jr. Scholarship-Leadership Awards!

Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 Donald C. Dilley, Jr. Scholarship-Leadership Awards, representing the greatest number of scholarships and amount of total award dollars ever in our history!

Thank you to all those who continue to give of your treasure and make the Endowment Fund such an important part of our culture of giving this year and every year. Because of your generosity, this year we were able to award $371,750 to 689 deserving Undergraduate Brothers.

The recipients truly represent the best of Kappa Sigma with their commitment to academics, community service, and the leadership they provide on campus.

Click the button to view the complete list of Donald C. Dilley, Jr. Scholarship-Leadership Award recipients, including this year’s class of Dr. John W. Ryan Scholars.

View 2022 Donald C. Dilley Jr. Scholarship Leadership Award Winners

Increase your Chapter Scholarship Fund

To help increase your Chapter’s Scholarship Fund, and the total number of scholarships, please consider a tax-deductible donation to the Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund.

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ALUMNI AND UNDERGRADUATE DEVELOPMENT

Michael Malenic — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 13:53:26 +0000

The Alumni and Undergraduate Brothers have also shown their love and commitment to the Order through their gifts to the Endowment Fund of the Fraternity in providing support for scholarship and educational programs. Worthy Grand Master Adam Merillat also announced at the Grand Conclave that the Fraternity and Endowment Fund would implement a new initiative on the Founder’s Day weekend for the 5 Campaign. This Campaign focused on the challenge for Brothers who were One of Jackson’s Men to upgrade their Jackson’s Men commitment to the next level. The result was overwhelming and resulted in the most successful weekend campaign in the history of the Fraternity. 581 men stepped forward to meet the challenge to raise
$1,382,054 in commitments and gifts.

The success of the fundraising efforts continued on the weekend of March 4, 2022, with the 7th Annual Stephen Alonzo Jackson Weekend of Giving. Over the course of the three-day weekend, undergraduate and alumni ambassadors reached out across North America to Undergraduate and Alumni Brothers to raise funds for the Chapter Scholarship Funds for Kappa Sigma Chapters. The result was $726,115 raised from 14,576 Brothers. In the last two years combined for the Jackson Weekend of Giving, the Endowment Fund has benefitted from the generosity and love of the Order to raise $2,054,133. These funds will recognize the Undergraduate Brothers who excel in the classroom and who serve in leadership positions in the Chapter and on their respective campuses. These gifts also support future generations of the Kappa Sigma Brothers.

On Founder’s Day December 10, 2021, the Endowment Fund awarded 592 Scholarships to Brothers who distinguished themselves in scholarship and leadership for their Chapter. It was the largest number of Scholarships presented in a single year. This is a direct result of the growth in Chapter Scholarship Funds.

Probably the most impressive part of these efforts is that Alumni and Undergraduate Brothers alike are recognizing the value of their Kappa Sigma experience and the positive impact the Fraternity has made in their lives. The future is bright for Kappa Sigma with such commitment.

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SAJ Weekend raises over $725k for Undergrad Scholarships

Leo Brown — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:57:41 +0000

Kappa Sigma Fraternity raised more than $725,000 during its seventh annual Stephen Alonzo Jackson Weekend of Giving, held March 4th through 6th. Over the past 2 years, the Fraternity has raised more than $1.5 million for undergraduate scholarships through the 2021 and 2022 Stephen Alonzo Jackson Weekends of Giving.

Stephen Alonzo Jackson Weekend of Giving was established in 2016 to raise funds for the Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund’s Scholarship-Leadership Awards program. 100% of funds raised during SAJ Weekend of Giving go towards designated Chapter Scholarship Funds. Scholarship-Leadership Awards are given to qualifying Kappa Sigma undergraduate members each year on Kappa Sigma’s Founders Day, December 10.

In 2021, the Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund awarded 592 undergraduate scholarships, the most in Kappa Sigma’s 152-year history.

“Kappa Sigmas from every corner of North America came together over Stephen Alonzo Jackson Weekend of Giving and demonstrated, yet again, why Kappa Sigma is a brotherhood like no other,” said Adam J. Merillat, President of Kappa Sigma’s International Board of Directors. “I’m continuously in awe of our Brothers’ generosity and commitment to serve our current and future undergraduate members.”

The undergraduate scholarship fundraising event is named after Stephen Alonzo Jackson, Kappa Sigma’s first international President, and an initiate of Kappa Sigma Fraternity’s Zeta Chapter at the University of Virginia.

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