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The Robert N. Maddox Honor Lecture
by Mr. James C. Cherry, Grand Chapter
Address
James C. Cherry (Hampden Sydney) is
chief executive officer of Mid-Atlantic
Banking for Wachovia Bank,
N.A., the nations 4th largest financial
institution. Brother Cherry was inducted
in the Hall of Honor in 2002. He has served
the Legion of Honor over the past three
(3) decades in various capacities including
Regent (1990-92) and currently as the
Chairman of the Educational Foundation.
Are you men of the day or creatures of
the night? Will your life's work be best
seen and judged in the bright light of
day or will it be more favorably viewed
on a moonless night through a glass darkly?
And will you lead others on the path you
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James
C. Cherry gives Grand Chapter
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Good morning, I am delighted to be with you on
the occasion of our 61st Grand Chapter to discuss
these important questions and the answers, which
can have such great import to all of our lives.
To start, join me at our beginning. Journey back
in time for a moment and picture in your mind's
eye, if you can, a cold, frosty, moonlit night.
The date: October 1868. The place: a parade ground
at Virginia Military Institute. Here, three men
gathered near a limestone outcropping, placed
their hands over a Bible, and pledged themselves
to a brotherhood based on the tenets of honor,
love, and truth.
Now, here we are together, well over a century
later, still called to respond to the demands
of these principles. What did these words mean
to them? And, more importantly, what do they mean
to us today?
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LEAD Phase I -- Training our Newest Members
Sigma Nu's LEAD Institutes are being held
on Saturdays this spring in a number of
locations across the country. The LEAD
Institute is Sigma Nu's training program
for LEAD Chairmen, Commanders, Marshals
and Alumni Volunteers. Its purpose is
to give participants the knowledge and
skills to effectively facilitate the LEAD
Program in their chapters. The institutes
provide a positive learning environment
where leaders can grow and improve their
facilitation skills through hands-on training,
become familiar with the four phases of
the LEAD Program, and get tips to help
them coordinate a successful LEAD Program
when they return to their chapter.
Phase I of the LEAD Program is Sigma Nu's
official Candidate Education Program.
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and includes sessions on leadership, values, ethics,
teamwork and Sigma Nu History. The purpose of
Phase I is to give Candidates a solid foundation
of Sigma Nu knowledge combined with the mission
of building brothers who will become contributing
members of their chapter and campus community.
This is a deviation from the 1980's paradigm of
member education, when the primary focus of the
Candidate program was on memorization and building
an outstanding pledge.
All of the Phase I sessions introduce Candidates
to concepts they will revisit in future phases.
Phase I has 10 sessions and 2 optional sessions.
Most chapters require that Candidates complete
all sessions prior to Initiation. During each
session, Candidates participate in experiential
learning activities to reinforce the topic being
discussed. In addition to the LEAD sessions, chapters
may include other positive chapter traditions
from their Candidate Education Program.
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Planning for the unexpected
...the inevitable
by James A. Owens
If I were to tell you that I have no will and that my
life insurance had lapsed, you'd probably say, "James,
what are you thinking?" Especially, given the fact
that as the Executive Vice President for the Sigma Nu
Educational Foundation, I know the importance of having
a will and making certain that my family is financially
secure at the time when I enter the chapter eternal.
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Tragedy struck the Sigma Nu family in early January when
long-time Executive Assistant, Ida H. Paxton, passed away.
Ida joined the staff in 1958...
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