MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — MTSU announced Tuesday (Aug. 14) it will immediately begin renovations
on the Sigma Chi House on Greek Row with a goal of reopening the house in Fall
2020 under the auspices of its Office of Housing and Residential Life.
Alan Thomas, vice
president for business and finance, said it will take about 18 months to plan
and finish renovation of the university-owned house, one of eight campus
structures that opened in 2000 for select fraternities and sororities. The house
will close in late August to allow work to begin, he said.
Sigma Chi has been
on Greek Row since it opened and was the only group still leasing its house.
However, that lease concluded Monday. Fraternity leaders have been in
conversations with the university about MTSU Housing managing the facility in
the future. MTSU Housing operates the other seven buildings on Greek Row as
residence halls with dedicated space for Greek organizations.
Thomas said Sigma
Chi’s national and chapter leaders are working with the university to
contribute to renovation costs and meet all other requirements to be eligible
to return to the house when the work is finished.
“The Eta Gamma
Chapter of Sigma Chi is proud to have been on Greek Row at MTSU since the day
it opened 18 years ago,” said 1989 alumnus Tom Cribbs, a member of the
fraternity’s Housing Corporation. “We are committed to returning as the anchor
of Greek Row when the house reopens.”
Said Thomas, “We
hope that our ongoing efforts will result in Sigma Chi returning to a greatly
improved house in time for the Fall 2020 semester.”
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