Sigma Phi Sigma (professional)

Sigma Phi Sigma (ΣΦΣ) 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.