Utah State Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
Since 2002 when Sigma Phi Epsilon came back onto the Utah State University campus it has been an organization of leaders that has sought to exemplify the core values of Sigma Phi Epsilon; Virtue, Diligence, and Brotherly Love.
Having focused on its academic standing the fraternity has achieved a 3.15 GPA overall for the Fall 2008 semester; a GPA that was above the all school average as well as that of all other Greek organizations on campus. The fraternity currently has a goal of achieving an overall GPA of a 3.5 for the Fall ’09 semester, which would place the USU chapter within the top 10 SigEp chapters in the nation. Having obtained a GPA above a 3.15 the chapter has earned the Phi Beta Kappa Wheelhouse award consecutively for the past three years, an honor the national fraternity awards every spring.
For being so involved in campus, community, and fraternity life while maintaining a 3.15 GPA one of the brothers was recognized as a Zollinger Outstanding Senior Last Spring. This national honor is awarded to only a handful of the 14,000+ SigEps every year. Also one of our brothers was just accepted to Wisconsin School of Medicine where he will be attending next fall, but as a fraternity we have many brothers involved in many organizations on, and off campus, including: ASUSU, A-Team, Ambassador program, Operation Smile, 1 in 4, and many more!
Academically the brothers are pursuing a range of majors including: Business Marketing, Sociology, Biochemistry, Mechanical Engineering, International Business, Political Science, and Pre-med and dental degrees. The honors that the brothers have received are equally as vast, including: numerous academic and research scholarships, Dean’s List, research fellowships and grants that have resulted in nationally recognized research, Associates degrees, High School Valedictorian, Departmental and University Honors, Mr. USU, and USU Man of the year nominations. However, the ultimate honor that all SigEps seek is that of a college diploma.
Culturally the Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter of USU is fairly diverse. Although the majority of the body comes from a similar background, many of the members have lived abroad among different groups of people. The body currently speaks several languages of which Spanish, Danish, Portuguese, Russian, and Bulgarian are but a few.
Finally, one of Sigma Phi Epsilon’s key beliefs is in a supreme being, whether that be called God, Jaweh, Allah, or simply something greater than yourself, the USU chapter strongly endorses this ideal. The chapter asks its members to espouse such ideals and to live so as to honor such a belief and respect the beliefs of others. The majority of members are strongly involved within religious organizations both on campus as well as in the community, with a large portion of the body having taken time off from school to perform service for their faith both in the states as well as countries around the world.
