Sigma Phi Sigma () is an American professional and service coed fraternity for college students studying to be funeral service practitioners.

History Sigma Phi Sigma was formed in the fall of 1965 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Its mission is to promote continuing education, professionalism, and a sense of social responsibility amongst college students studying to be licensed funeral directors throughout the United States.

Membership Membership in Sigma Phi Sigma is limited to college students studying funeral services. The fraternity does not hold a rush for membership. It is coed. The fraternity admits chapters at four-year schools as well as community colleges that offer funerary service and mortuary science programs.

Activities The fraternity sponsors service projects such as cleaning headstones in local cemeteries. Its members have also supported charities by participating in food drives and blood drives; holding fundraisers such as bake sales, haunted houses, and golf tournaments; and volunteering. They also create educational displays for professional conventions. The Gamma chapter at the University of Central Oklahoma has a restored horse-drawn hearse that is used in the university's homecoming parade. Gamma also provides two scholarships to funeral service majors each year.

Chapters There are eighteen chapters of Sigma Phi Sigma. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters and institutions are in italics. ChapterCharter Date University LocationStatus Reference Alpha Southern Illinois University Carbondale Carbondate, IllinoisActiveBeta ?Kentucky School of Mortuary Science Louisville, KentuckyInactive Gamma University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OklahomaActiveDelta19xx ?–19xx ?; 2014John A. Gupton CollegeNashville, TennesseeBef. 1970Mt. Hood Community CollegeGresham, OregonActiveBef. 1979Vincennes UniversityVincennes, IndianaInactiveBef. 1981McNeese State UniversityLake Charles, LouisianaInactiveBef. 1988Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, WisconsinBef. 1998Simmons Institute of Funeral ServiceSyracuse, New YorkInactiveIota Mercer County Community College Mercer County, New JerseyActiveLambdaKansas City Kansas Community CollegeKansas City, KansasActiveMuEast Mississippi Community CollegeScooba, MississippiActive Xi Jefferson State Community College Birmingham, AlabamaActiveOmicronHolmes Community CollegeRidgeland, MississippiActivePiAmarillo CollegeAmarillo, TexasActive Cypress College Cypress, CaliforniaActive Carl Sandburg College Galesburg, IllinoisActive Lake Washington Institute of Technology Kirkland, WashingtonActive Phi Northampton Community College Bethlehem, PennsylvaniaActive

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Professional fraternities and sororities

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