About the Chapter

The Gamma Zeta Chapter at Northern Arizona University located in Flagstaff, Arizona was the 78 chartered chapter of Sigma Tau. The chapter began with 12 Founding Fathers in 1968. The chapter closed during the 1970s, before rechartering in 2014.

Fun Facts

• The chapter took first place in men’s intramural basketball right after chartering.
• The brothers of the Gamma Zeta Chapter are recognized by the local Thorpe Park as a thank you for helping keep the park clean.

Chapter History

The Gamma Zeta Chapter of Sigma Tau Gamma at NAU was originally founded on September 21, 1968. The chapter disbanded in the 1970s and was reinstalled at NAU in April 2014. Since its reinstallation, the chapter chartered in under 12 months and has since formed a very strong brotherhood, become involved with other chapters on campus, and has hosted its first major philanthropy event to raise money for the Special Olympics during the 2016 academic year.

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.