SigEp at Purdue University
Currently, the Purdue University SEC is in the process of rebuilding after being invited back a year earlier than initially intended, due to the great things occurring within SigEp on a national level. The chapter is heading into the Fall 2023 semester with about 50 members, but these members have the dedication and values to allow this fraternity to grow and thrive, redefining what a fraternity at Purdue looks like.
SigEp Nationally
The Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity was founded at Richmond College, now the University of Richmond, on November 1, 1901, based upon the Cardinal Principles of Virtue, Diligence, and Brotherly Love. The twelve founders of this fraternity sought to return to the true ideals of the Greek community, and since then SigEp has grown to over 260,000-lifetime members, including almost 15,000 undergraduates on more than 260 campuses in the United States, making it the largest fraternity in terms of undergraduate enrollment. In recent decades, SigEp has recruited more men than any other collegiate fraternity while simultaneously maintaining the highest first-year member retention rate (over 90%) of any national fraternity.
Former Grand Chapter President William Tragos’ speech, Beyond Phi Beta Kappa, set national fraternity goals of demolishing the negative stereotypes that plague the Greek community, rebuilding fraternity life into valued institutions solidly founded in high ideals, focusing on the development of a sound mind in a sound body through the Balanced Man Program