Gamma Iota Sigma

Gamma Iota Sigma
Gamma Iota Sigma
	ΓΙΣ
Founded	April 16, 1966; The Ohio State University, (Columbus, Ohio)
Type	Professional
Scope	International
Colors	Black and Gold
Chapters	77
Headquarters	17 S. High St. Ste. 200; Columbus, OH; 43215
Website	http://www.gammaiotasigma.org/

Gamma Iota Sigma (ΓΙΣ) is a college academic fraternity, founded on April 16, 1966 at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Gamma Iota Sigma is an international professional fraternity organized to promote, encourage and sustain student interest in insurance, risk management and actuarial science as professions. It aims to encourage high moral and scholastic attainments and to facilitate the interaction and cooperation of educational institutions, industry, and professional organizations by fostering research, scholarship, and improved public relations.

History

The idea of a national scholastic insurance fraternity actually started to become a reality when the Griffith Foundation for Insurance Education filed for incorporation in 1965. The following year, the OSU Insurance Society, which started at The Ohio State University in the early 1960s, petitioned and was chartered as the first Gamma Iota Sigma Chapter, thereafter called Alpha Chapter. At Bowling Green State University, Beta Chapter received its charter in 1967, and in 1969, the University of Cincinnati was chartered as Gamma Chapter. There's the beginning of what has now grown into a nucleus of 48 chapters located from California to Washington, D.C., and from Canada to Florida. In October 2001 with the chartering of our 41st chapter at Fanshawe College, London Ontario, Canada, Gamma Iota Sigma became an international fraternity.

A Grand Chapter or Executive Committee of Gamma Iota Sigma was formed from the original fraternity planning committee, appointed by the Griffith Foundation.

The first Grand Chapter President was Warren L. Weeks, then a Griffith Foundation trustee. It was his commitment to the concept of a national student organization that lead to the eventual formation of Gamma Iota Sigma. (There currently exists a Warren L. Weeks, Sr. Scholarship presented each year to a student member. Nominations for the award are made by local chapters.)

Symbols

Gamma Iota Sigma Emblem

The Emblem is a shield in the shape of inverted triangle. Inside a narrow border are Greek letters for Gamma Iota Sigma. Each of three sides symbolizes three of four fraternal ideals.

Gamma Iota Sigma Coat of Arms

The Coat of Arms for Gamma Iota Sigma is in the shape of what is known as a fire mark. Fire marks were made of iron and placed on the exterior of the buildings on insured properties so as to identify the specific fire company that, in the event of a fire, would serve to extinguish it. The fire mark is decorated with the symbol of the four clasped right hands. Each hand is representative of one of the four ideals upon which the fraternity is based: friendship, knowledge, integrity, and fidelity. Beneath clasped hands are the Greek letters for Gamma Iota Sigma.

Chapters

ALPHA (The Ohio State University, 1966)
BETA (Bowling Green State University, 1967)
GAMMA (University of Cincinnati, 1969)
DELTA* (Orange Coast College (CA), 1970)
EPSILON (University of Alabama, 1972)
ZETA (Georgia State University, 1973)
ETA (University of Georgia, 1975)
THETA* (Louisiana State University, 1975)
IOTA (Florida State University, 1975)
KAPPA (Arizona State University, 1975)
LAMBDA (University of South Carolina, 1976)
MU (University of Mississippi, 1976)
NU (Central Michigan University, 1977)
XI (University of Connecticut-Storrs, 1978)
OMICRON* (Arkansas State University, 1978)
PI (Mississippi State University, 1978)
RHO (Appalachian State University, 1979)
SIGMA (Temple University, 1980)
TAU (Howard University, 1981)
UPSILON (Ferris State University, 1981) (reactivated in 2013)
PHI (Ball State University, 1982)
CHI (Drake University, 1982)
PSI (Eastern Kentucky University, 1983)
OMEGA (Middle Tennessee State University, 1984)
ALPHA ALPHA (Olivet College, 1986)
ALPHA BETA* (Pennsylvania State University, 1989)
ALPHA GAMMA* (University of Pennsylvania, 1989)
ALPHA DELTA (La Salle University, 1989)
ALPHA EPSILON (Indiana State University, 1990)
ALPHA ZETA* (The University of Memphis, 1991)
ALPHA ETA (California State University, Sacramento, 1991)
ALPHA THETA* (St. Cloud State University, 1991)
ALPHA IOTA (St. John's University, 1991)
ALPHA KAPPA (Illinois State University, 1991)
ALPHA LAMBDA (Missouri State University, 1993)
ALPHA MU (Virginia Commonwealth University, 1994)
ALPHA NU (Ohio University, 1996)
ALPHA XI (Morgan State University, 1998)
ALPHA OMICRON (University of Hartford, 1999)
ALPHA PI (Baylor University, 2001)
ALPHA RHO (Fanshawe College (Canada), 2001)
ALPHA SIGMA (University of Louisiana at Monroe, 2001)
ALPHA TAU (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2003)
ALPHA UPSILON (University of Houston, 2003)
ALPHA PHI (Old Dominion University, 2003)
ALPHA CHI (Bradley University, 2004)
ALPHA PSI (University of Central Arkansas, 2005)
ALPHA OMEGA (Saint Joseph's University, 2006)
BETA ALPHA (University Of Iowa, 2007)
BETA BETA (New Mexico State University, 2007)
BETA GAMMA (California State University/Fullerton, 2008)
BETA DELTA (Utica College, 2008)
BETA EPSILON (University of Central Oklahoma, 2008)
BETA ZETA (University of North Texas, 2012)
BETA ETA (Northern Michigan University, 2013)
BETA THETA (East Carolina University, 2013)
BETA IOTA (Troy University, 2013)
BETA KAPPA (University of Houston–Downtown, 2014)
BETA LAMBDA (Butler University, 2014)
BETA MU (University of Colorado DENVER, 2014)
BETA NU (Kent State University, 2014)
BETA XI (St. Mary's University, Texas, 2014)
BETA OMICRON (Columbia University, 2014)
BETA PI (University of St. Thomas (Minnesota), 2015)
BETA RHO (University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, 2015)
BETA SIGMA (University of Southern Maine, 2015)
BETA TAU (University of Pittsburgh, 2016)
BETA UPSILON (University of Hawaii–West Oahu, 2016)
BETA PHI (The University of Texas at Dallas, 2016)
BETA CHI (University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2016)
BETA PSI (University of Missouri, 2016)
BETA OMEGA (Ohio Dominican University, 2016)
GAMMA ALPHA (Gallaudet University, 2017)
GAMMA BETA (University of Akron, 2017)
GAMMA GAMMA (Iowa State University, 2017)
GAMMA DELTA (Northwood University, 2017)
GAMMA EPSILON (North Central College, 2018)
GAMMA ZETA (University of Texas at Austin, 2018)
GAMMA ETA (Mercer University, 2018)
GAMMA THETA (University of Texas at El Paso, 2018)
GAMMA IOTA (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2019)
GAMMA LAMBDA (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019)

*Indicates Inactive Chapter

Executive committee

President - Wes Griffiths, Travelers
Immediate Past President - Glenn Dorr, Hiscox
Executive Vice President - Cheryl Matochik, CIAB
Treasurer - Barbara Bufkin, Assurant
Secretary - Alyssa Bouchard, Gamma Iota Sigma
Vice President - Dante Disparte, Libra Association
Vice President - Jake Timmins, RT Specialty
Faculty Representative - Debra Richardson, University of Texas at Dallas
Industry Representative - Millie Workman, IRMI
Executive Director - Noelle Codispoti, Gamma Iota Sigma
Alumni Representative - Jon Perry, Allied World
Student Representative - Griffin Gaffner, Olivet College
Student Representative - Larry Lewis, Temple University

References

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Former and formerly active members of the Professional Fraternity Association or its predecessors: Professional Panhellenic Association or Professional Interfraternity Conference	Alpha Delta Theta Alpha Delta Sigma Alpha Kappa Kappa Alpha Sigma Alpha Alpha Tau Delta Alpha Omega Beta Alpha Psi Gamma Eta Gamma Gamma Iota Sigma Delta Epsilon Iota Delta Sigma Delta Delta Psi Kappa Epsilon Eta Phi Zeta Phi Eta Theta Kappa Psi Theta Sigma Upsilon Theta Sigma Phi Iota Sigma Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Beta Pi Kappa Delta Epsilon Kappa Phi Kappa Nu Sigma Nu Xi Psi Phi Omicron Delta Kappa Omicron Nu Pi Lambda Theta Sigma Delta Chi Sigma Nu Phi Sigma Sigma Sigma Sigma Phi Delta (now social) Phi Beta Gamma Phi Beta Pi Phi Delta Delta Phi Delta Gamma Phi Delta Kappa Phi Delta Pi Phi Delta Phi (now honor society) Phi Epsilon Kappa Phi Lambda Kappa Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (now social) Phi Rho Sigma Phi Upsilon Omicron Phi Chi Chi Beta Phi Psi Omega Omega Tau Sigma Omega Upsilon Phi Pershing Rifles Scabbard and Blade Scarab
North American Interfraternity Conference	Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Gamma Sigma
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Inactive independent professional fraternities	Alpha Epsilon Iota Alpha Tau Sigma Pi Delta Nu