•   Sigma Alpha Epsilon was the first international fraternity to be established in the Deep South , having been founded at the University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa , on March 9, 1856 .

•  Sigma Alpha Epsilon was the first fraternity to have an international headquarters and the first to build its own headquarters, known as the Levere Memorial Temple . The Temple is the only fraternity headquarters to have a chapel.

•  Sigma Alpha Epsilon was the first fraternity to establish a leadership school. Started in 1935, the Leadership School has more than 34,000 graduates.

•  Sigma Alpha Epsilon has the greatest number of initiates of any Greek-letter organization with more than 267,000 men.

•  Sigma Alpha Epsilon has more than 200 chapters in 48 states and Canada and 175 alumni associations.

•  Sigma Alpha Epsilon's fraternity magazine, The Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon , has been published continuously since 1880.

•  Sigma Alpha Epsilon has Assistant Executive Directors in four regions that support each chapter and assist with management and programming.

Written by Mike Corelli, ILGA '01