Missouri S&T’s Beta-Chi chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity won a 2019-2020 Kappa Sigma Founder’s Award of Chapter Excellence from their national organization.

The Founder’s Award of Chapter Excellence (FACE) is the benchmark award in the fraternity that recognizes chapter management, achievement and program development. Thirty Kappa Sigma chapters throughout the country received the FACE award in 2020.

During the 2019-2020 year, Beta-Chi at Missouri S&T completed more than 9,300 hours of community service and raised more than $22,000 for charity. The chapter also raised more than $5,500 for the Military Heroes Campaign, Kappa Sigma’s philanthropy. Beta-Chi raised a total of $3,500 for their chapter scholarship fund.

Kappa Sigma Fraternity has more than 200,000 living members, 17,000 of which are undergraduates, and more than 300 chapters in the United States and Canada. Kappa Sigma was founded at the University of Virginia in 1869 and their headquarters are located in Charlottesville, Virginia.

About Missouri University of Science and Technology

Founded in 1870 as the University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) is a STEM-focused research university of more than 8,000 students and part of the four-campus University of Missouri System. Located in Rolla, Missouri S&T offers 99 different degree programs in 40 areas of study, including engineering, the sciences, business and information technology, education, the humanities, and the liberal arts. Missouri S&T is known globally and is highly ranked for providing a high return on tuition investment, exceptional career opportunities for graduates, and an emphasis on applied, hands-on learning through student design teams and cooperative education and internship opportunities. For more information about Missouri S&T, visit www.mst.edu.