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Mike Long

Mike Long

Chairman of the Sigma Pi Educational Foundation and Oakland University ('03) alumnus of the Zeta-Pi chapter.

Sep 15, 2026

JoeHOST
0:41
And for the listeners out there who could use a quick reminder about those entities, just remind us what they do, what's their function, and what's the role they play in the larger world of Sigma Pi.
0:52
So the Sigma Pi Educational Foundation is the 501c3, so the nonprofit charitable arm of the fraternity giving organization.
1:00
We handle what we call CEFs, C-E-F. That's a chapter educational fund.
1:07
Each chapter has an account that's invested on their behalf that they can use for their educational endeavors.
1:15
We also handle endowments and scholarships that are more fraternity-wide as well.
1:19
So we take donations from anyone, really, and we will invest it wisely and keep that safe.
1:26
or the educational purposes, and then we will give those out in the forms of scholarships or as that chapter sees necessary, depending on your local advisory committee that would control that stuff.

10 MINS LATER

JoeHOST
11:28
And it seems like the 10 Stars campaign, with its focus on a $10 donation, is a great place for some of these younger alumni to begin donating to the fraternity, begin donating to the Sigma Pi Educational Foundation, and at the same time, begin building a legacy for their own chapter by building a chapter educational fund.

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