FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 17, 2007
Lexington, Va. Sigma Nu Fraternity has confirmed that a member of our Theta
Xi Chapter at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., was among those students
wounded in yesterday's tragic campus shootings. Information received by the
Fraternity indicates that our member received medical treatment at an area
hospital and is currently in stable condition. At this time, the Fraternity
will not release personal details out of respect for the privacy of our
member and his family.
Members of our staff arrived in Blacksburg yesterday to support our student
members and to work with them in an effort to gather additional information.
The Fraternity is also in communication with Theta Xi alumni leaders and
University officials.
Our prayers are with the families and friends of those whose loved ones have
been lost or injured in this senseless tragedy. We pray for the healing of
those wounded. Our heart goes out to the greater Virginia Tech family and
Blacksburg community at this time of inexplicable loss. We will continue to
support the members of our Theta Xi Chapter.
Those wishing to convey messages of support and care to our Theta Xi Chapter
may do so by sending e-mail to the following address:
headquarters@sigmanu.org
As additional information becomes available and is appropriate to be
released, the Fraternity will post updated statements to its web site at:
www.sigmanu.org. It is requested that all inquiries be directed to the
Fraternity's Executive Director, Brad Beacham.
Headquartered in Lexington, Va., Sigma Nu Fraternity was founded in 1869 at
Virginia Military Institute in Lexington and currently has more than 180
active chapters and colonies on college campuses throughout North America.
The Theta Xi Chapter of the Fraternity has initiated almost 500 men since
the Chapter was founded at Virginia Tech in 1971.
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