Category Archives: Sigma Phi Epsilon

On Phi Sigma Kappa Founders’ Day – the Story of Kappa Tetarton, SIUC’s Chapter

The April 3, 1956 edition of the Egyptian reported that the Interfraternity Council had admitted Alpha Sigma to membership on a trial basis. The local fraternity had 24 members; it was founded on October 18, 1955 (Obelisk, 1959). The fraternity was … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday AFA and a Belated Birthday Greeting to NIC!

The Association of Fraternity Advisors (AFA) was founded on December 1, 1976. The momentous occasion took place in Williamsburg, Virginia,  during the 1976 Bicentennial gathering of the National Interfraternity Conference. AFA began with 35 members.  AFA offers professional growth and … Continue reading

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A Red Door Greeting and Happy Founders’ Day to Sigma Phi Epsilon

November first is Sigma Phi Epsilon’s Founders’ Day. Twelve young men at the University of Richmond, one of whom, Carter Ashton Jenkins, was a Chi Phi member from Rutgers University, founded the fraternity in 1901. Jenkins first sought a charter from … Continue reading

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S-i-g-m-a P-h-i E-p-s-i-l-o-n Rewards Top Speller!

I did not know that this is the seventh year that the Sigma Phi Epsilon Educational Foundation has given a prize to the winner. What a generous prize! From the Sig Ep Web-site This Thursday, May 31, 2012, at 8 … Continue reading

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Dr. Seuss, Sig Ep? Yep!

Theodor Seuss Geisel aka Dr. Seuss, Dartmouth College Class of 1925, was a member of the New Hampshire Alpha Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Dartmouth College was founded in 1769 by Rev. Eleazar Wheelock (1711-1779).  When I first heard this … Continue reading

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Striking a Pose, University of Kansas Fraternity Women, Late 1800s

I am not sure if these University of Kansas Kappa Alpha Thetas would have even seen  a basketball game when they attended college. James Naismith, Ph.D., Sigma Phi Epsilon, is credited with inventing basketball in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts. In … Continue reading

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