UC-Berkeley '67, established an endowment to allow for this award to once again be bestowed. In 2022, the Beta Nu chapter at WV Wesleyan received this award. Controversies In 2019, the fraternity at the University of Wisconsin were suspended and after suspension placed on probation for hazing and public humiliation. Pledges were forced to run errands for initiated members, wear Dora the Explorer backpacks, and carry fruit on campus. In 2018, Jacob Stephens, the fraternity's treasurer at the University of Oklahoma was convicted of stealing $32,000 from his fraternity. He was charged with embezzlement. In 2018, the fraternity at the University of Michigan was shut down for abusing pledges and forcing them to consume alcohol. In 2017, the fraternity at the University of Arizona was kicked off campus for blindfolding pledges and making them consume alcohol. One fraternity member was arrested for assault for pushing a pledge into a pillar at the fraternity house. In 2017, the fraternity at Pennsylvania State University was suspended for hazing, forced alcohol consumption, and misbehavior that endangered members of the fraternity. Notable members Athletics Authors, editors, publishers and journalists Business leaders and entrepreneurs Education Government Musicians, stage, and screen performers Controversy over inclusion of women In 1983, Tau chapter of Stanford University split off from the national fraternity organization over controversy regarding that chapter's inclusion of women as initiated members. The chapter had begun the tradition of initiating women some years earlier, but when a female member became president of the chapter, the national fraternity organization reacted with an immediate suspension and threat of charter revocation. Tau Chapter became Alpha Sigma Co-Ed Fraternity thereafter, surviving independently for over ten years. See also List of Alpha Sigma Phi Chapters, provisional chapters, and Interest Groups List of social fraternities and sororities References External links Alpha Sigma Phi - official website Songs of Alpha Sigma Phi - audio recordings (WAV) North American Interfraternity Conference Student societies in the United States Student organizations established in 1845 1845 establishments in Connecticut