Scholarship Spotlight

Perlstein Scholars

Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation is proud to announce the Marc & Debbie Perlstein Jewish Endeavor Scholarships. Through the generosity of the Perlstein family, these scholarships are for high school seniors in the DALLAS AREA who are involved in the Jewish community and headed to college the Fall. Each scholarship is $1,000, and three will be awarded each year. Congratulations to our Fall 2025 recipients Zach, Ethan and Shayna, all attending UT Austin! Know a Dallas area senior? Encourage them to apply for 2026! www.sam-fdn.org

Scholarship recipient Zach M.

Phillip Glazer Bequest

Sigma Chi Scholarship Fund Beneficiary of Major Gift

The estate of Philip and Jo Anne Glazer distributed a $92,000 gift to the Sigma Chi Scholarship Fund in the Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation. Fra Glazer was initiated into Sigma Chi chapter at the University of Maryland in 1944 and was an active attendee at Sigma Chi alumni events until his passing in 2010. The Glazer’s generosity will provide additional scholarships for members at Sigma Chi chapter. For more information on how you can include Sigma Alpha Mu in your estate plans, please contact Senior Director of Development Amy Buchheit at amyb@sam-fdn.org or call 317-536-8953.

"Dear Sigma Alpha Mu,

Thank you so much for the generous scholarship. I am honored to have been selected for this, and it means more than you could ever have known. I had a very rough experience in high school with antisemitism which inspired me to be a stronger and prouder Jew than ever before. After October 7th, school only got worse, and I felt very isolated and diminished. The summer after my junior year I chose to go to Israel to volunteer for the IDF and was placed on a combat base 0.9 miles away from the Gaza strip. This experience was what I thought would be the most life-changing experience of my life and it empowered me to get through my last year of high school and put a lot of work into my college applications. After I chose to attend the University of Texas at Austin and graduated high school, I returned to Israel to volunteer again for the IDF. I was placed on base near the Lebanon/Syria border and spent hours each day helping disassemble used missiles for recycling. While I was in Israel, the 12-day-war broke out which made me feel even more compelled to help, I spent hours each day in an IDF warehouse in Jerusalem preparing gear for the soldiers. Everyday I would witness the Iranian missiles right above me as they were shot down or intercepted. One day after one of the largest attacks of the war, I received an email with information about this scholarship.

As I sat in Jerusalem wondering if I would even make it home to attend college, I applied for this scholarship. I am having such a great time in college so far and after working very hard the past few weeks, meeting a lot of people and having meaningful experiences, I received the great news that I had been selected for this scholarship. It is even more meaningful that this happened on October 7th, 2 years after the war started, the war that inspired me to be true to myself and stand up for what’s right. Today is a very rough day and the news of this scholarship really made my day, week and month.

Thank you for this incredible honor and for everything you do to assist the Jewish community in fulfilling their dreams."

-Zachary

Scholarships for Everyone!

Not a Member? Not a Problem!

Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation has expanded our scholarship program to include the Legacy Scholarship for young men headed to college who are brothers, sons, nephews, or grandchildren of ΣAM fratres. The Legacy Scholarship is $1,000, and applications are now open for Fall 2026!

AND if you’re a Sigma Beta alumnus, be aware that incoming freshmen who will be attending The Ohio State University in the fall semester, who are from the state of Ohio, and who are Sigma Alpha Mu – Sigma Beta legacies (sons/daughters, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and brothers/sisters of Sigma Beta initiates) can apply for the Gans Scholarships. If Sigma Beta chapter is reactivated prior to the end of the three-year trial, the scholarships will revert to members of Sigma Beta. Two scholarships will be awarded at $1,000 each.

In addition, we offer a $1,000 scholarship each year to a high school senior headed to college and involved with USY, BBYO, or NFTY. One scholarship for each organization is awarded. These scholarships, along with the Perlstein Jewish Endeavor Scholarships, join the Schwartz Daughter of Fratres Scholarship, Weiss Brothers Scholarship, and Helen Sieczkowski Scholarship, all of which have been awarded to daughters of fratres.

Children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren of Nu, Beta Delta and Mu Phi Alumni have scholarships available as well!

And don’t worry, we have over 160 scholarships available to ΣAM undergrads or graduate students!

All this and more is available at sam-fdn.org.