Brothers,

The undergraduate chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon ended last semester strong with recognition from the Order of Omega (an undergraduate society of high performing Greek leaders), helping us to transition into the Fall with a great mind set. The Chapter received the following awards:

Excellence in Campus Wide Initiative,
Excellence in Member Development,
Excellence in Risk Management,
Outstanding Chapter Adviser (Kate),
Outstanding Contribution to the Community (James Toolen).

Along with this recognition we scored the highest on the Core Report, which is how Clarkson ranks how well each Greek organization does with community service and campus involvement. Scoring the highest on this report allowed us to have a table at the First Saturday festival hosted by Clarkson and Potsdam clubs downtown on Main Street. This event was designed to introduce underclassmen to the organizations they could potentially become involved with. For this event we had commemorative cups designed, and handed them out along with information about the Balanced Man Scholarship. The next day we held our annual Dorm Wars games and they were a huge success, yielding an impressive turnout of 150 Freshman. The success of Dorm Wars lead to recruiting around a dozen Freshman, which we have been inviting to our Sound Mind and Sound Body events. We also designed posters and distributed them around campus to inform the Clarkson community of the Balanced Man Scholarship and Rush Week.

This semester we gained four new brothers, three Juniors and one Sophomore. Our Chapter now has 38 undergraduate brothers, 4 of which are on co-op and 13 are Seniors. The new members are all going through our newly revamped Sigma Program, which is more structured to help them finish their Sigma trackers on time. Another improvement this semester has been the overall cleanliness of the house. We have implemented a new chore system, which makes each brother accountable for a designated area of the house that they are responsible for keeping clean. This new system has helped us improve respect for each other and for the house. Our Chapter is also renewing our Title IX training with the university and working with the Red Cross to get CPR certification for all of our undergraduate brothers. A few other goals our Chapter has are:

Positively impacting as many lives in the local community as possible.
Providing brothers with academic resources to ensure success.
Ensuring that SigEp gives our brothers the experience of a lifetime.

Fraternally,

Lucas Carter

Sigma Phi Epsilon NYX

Undergraduate President