June 1st, 2026

ZETA RHO HOUSE CORPORATION
604 SOUTH MAIN

As president of the Zeta Rho House Corp (ZPHC), I wanted to continue communication regarding our chapter house. Last year we continued to make improvements to the interior of the house. Going forward in 2026 we remain on the same trajectory.  Bedrooms, hallways and main living areas are updated.  Don Fergle has taken on the basement renovation.  The 1725 Pub & Game room, aka The O’Fergle Pub will be open later this year.  The kitchen is clean but still requires an infusion of future financial capital expenditures along with our window updates. Also, the deck to the rear of the house is worn.  These are just the most conspicuous of capital expenditures.

Kevin Keating is our sole tenant and remains our onsite handy man.  Currently he occupies our 3rd floor penthouse bedroom. Our generous Alumni are keeping the rent, taxes and utilities in check.  Our rain-day emergency savings remain at Isabella Bank.

Our generous Alumni continue to meet our financial obligations to operate 604 S. Main Street. I’m personally thankful to ongoing participants in our ‘67 Club’ campaign (found at this website) who remain financially generous to the generations of Zeta Rho Sigs.

I ask all of you for additional financial support throughout 2026 and 2027.

IMPORTANT! Our 60th Zeta Rho of Sigma Chi Event will be April 16th through 18th, 2027.  The event will be held at the Comfort Inn in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.  Look for further details on the Mitten Sig Publication.

To Restate:
Since the undergraduate Zeta Rho chapter was obliged to surrender the charter in May of 2022 back to the International Fraternity.

Our re-colonization efforts remain with the Mid Michigan Alumni Chapter (MMAC) Board and the alumni participants, run by Brother Todd “Bubba” Russell CMU ’93 (312-925-9644 / trussell2005@comcast.net). With over 250 members, they have done a magnificent job engaging Sigs throughout the state and across the region.  If you have not been updated contact: MittenSig@comcast.net

Our MMAC Team has managed the reconstitution of a local Sigma Chi Chapter “Sigma Chi Sigma”.   The MMAC needs you to volunteer your talents to move forward.

Brothers, I hope this fraternal letter finds all of you in good health. It is important that we keep our communication running through the MMAC and its Mitten Sig e-publications. The future of Zeta Rho rests in our hands if we are going to successfully reestablish Sigma Chi at CMU.

IHSV Brothers,
Scott T. Cartwright CMU ’86