SigEp at Purdue University
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Indiana Alpha was founded on the campus of Purdue University in March of 1905. The Purdue University Chapter recently regained its charter status in the Spring of 2025. The chapter is heading into the Fall 2025 semester with about 60 members redefining what a fraternity at Purdue looks like.
The chapter has called a century-old English Colonial located on the NE corner of Waldron Street and Stadium Avenue their home since 1917. 690 Waldron Street is an 21,000 square foot imposing structure of fine brick trimmed with stone, surrounded by a terraced lawn, beautiful shrubs and trees, a sand volleyball court on the right, a driveway in the rear, attractive pillars surmounted by two large lights in front, and a winding walk that leads you into a stately chapter home.
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