About the Chapter

The Gamma Xi Chapter of Sigma Tau Gamma at the University of Wisconsin – Platteville in Platteville, Wisconsin began with 17 Founding Fathers in April,  1965 as local Phi Alpha Psi.  September 2025 the Fraternity and Alumni will celebrate 60 years of Brotherhood.

Chapter Facts

• Have won Homecoming festivities numerous times, most recently 2023.
• Intramural Flag Football, Soccer, Softball, and Basketball Champions numerous times competing at both UW-P Greek Level as well as the Regional Sigma Tau Gamma Basketball tournaments.

Chapter History

The Gamma Xi Chapter of Sigma Tau Gamma was originally founded in 1965 by 17 men as a local fraternity called Phi Alpha Psi.  The local fraternity petitioned for membership in Fall, 1968, for membership of Sigma Tau Gamma. The chapter had 42 Chapter Members when it was installed in May 1969.

In the years that followed, a group of Brothers in 1970 purchased a house at 470 West Main in Platteville. The Sig Tau House serves as a gathering place for Actives and Alumni. Over the decades, numerous brothers of Sigma Tau Gamma have lived in the House.  In 1973, Alumni purchased vacant home next door at 430 West Main.  After five years, the home was torn down, and an offsite parking lot was created.

Chapter Funds

A Chapter Fund is a restricted account from the Sigma Tau Gamma Foundation. In this case, the restriction is that the funds and earnings on the investment of the funds may be used only for a particular chapter, meaning that if you donate to your chapter’s fund, it may only be used for your chapter.

Chapter Funds may be used to:

• Award scholarships based on academic and leadership criteria
• Technology grants for purchase and upgrade of chapter computer technology
• Educational facility grants to the selected chapter
• Leadership education grants for participation in institutes, seminars, and conventions.

The Foundation manages the fund. This management includes fund accounting, investing, and preparing required reports for the Internal Revenue Service. The policy of the Foundation Board of Trustees is to involve chapter alumni association leaders in the creation of criteria, formation of program priorities and selection of grant recipients.

Submitting Changes to the Chapter’s History

Any member of the fraternity and/or chapter is welcome to submit a request to update/change/correct information listed within the chapter history portion of the page. submissions will be accepted in two ways: should a correction need to be made, please submit the entire sentence/paragraph, that needs to be updated with the correction highlighted in yellow or in a different color. If something new or updated needs to be added, please submit the entire text that needs to be added and/or revised with the new information highlighted in yellow.

This information should be submitted to noblemen@sigtau.org, where is will be reviewed by HQ Staff. Your submission will not be acknowledged unless it has been added to the website. It is very important that the chapter’s history accurately and objectively reflects the chapter, so all corrections, additions, and revisions should be reviewed by other members of your chapter before being submitted.