[Kevin]

All I can tell you is that if you ever get the chance to go to one of these things, DO IT!

As an undergrad I went to two national events. One was our "College of Chapters", a leadership training event held in Lexington, VA (where our HQ was located and where we were founded). The CoC consists of a series of workshops and brotherhood activities. It's where the international organization rolls out its chapter programming. This event is put on with volunteer alums and is mainly for undergrads.

I went to the 60th Grand Chapter of Sigma Nu in the summer of '02 (I plan to go to the next one). The Grand Chapter is a legislative assembly of undergrad and alumni chapters. It is there that we discuss (in a large legislative assembly) new international initiatives. In Sigma Nu, the undergrad chapters each send two voting delegates to the Grand Chapter. I've met alums that have been attending this event (held biannually) since the 40's. Last year, we held this in Toronto, CA. Besides the legislative assembly, the ritual, etc. we went to see the Second City show, had lunch in the CN Tower, and what better than partying in a place like Toronto with 500 of your brothers? Props to Canada, hell of a town you have there!

I'd recommend these types of experiences to anyone.