Sigma Pi Sigma celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1996. The primary objective of the national Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is the recognition and encouragement of superior scholarship in all academic disciplines. The Society is convinced that in recognizing and honoring those persons of good character who have excelled in scholarship, in whatever field, it will stimulate others to strive for excellence. Moreover, the Society serves the interests of the student capable of excellence by insisting that in order to acquire a chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, an institution provide the means and atmosphere conducive to academic excellence. In no case, however, may the total number of undergraduates elected in any one year exceed 10 percent of the candidates for graduation in that year.
Motto Let the love of learning rule humanity.
The Badge and Key The badge of this Society, which appears on the key, is a globe against the background of the sun, whose rays form an expansive corona and radiate in a number of symmetrical concentrations from behind the globe. These signify equivalence among the various branches of learning and represent the dissemination of truth as light. Encircling the globe is a band containing the Greek letters Phi Kappa Phi and symbolizing a fraternal bond which girds the earth and binds the lovers of wisdom in a common purpose. The ribbon of the Society is a meander pattern which is common in ancient Greek art and which thus symbolizes the classical features of the Society. The seal of the Society has at its center the badge.