What Makes Sigma Alpha Epsilon Different
than other fraternities at NIU?
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• NIU Homecoming Champs 2000
• National's Best Advisor 2000 &
1999
• National's Best EA 2000 & 1999
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• National's Best Communications
Award 2000
• National's Most Improved House
2000
• We are a Social Fraternity with activities
every week if not every day!
• Activities include Social Gatherings, Inter-mural
Sports, Homecoming, Activities with Sororities, and much more
• We are one of the youngest Fraternities
on Campus and Nationaly. We have been on campus since 1994, but were
offically founded on Jan 24, 1998
• Since then we have been recognized every
year by NIU for our contributions to Philantropies such as Childrens
Miracle Network, and the Muscular Distrophy Assosiation•
We currently have the most diverse group of members on campus! With
local members from other counties in every ethnic group.
Local History
The first chapter at Northern Illinois Univeristy
was formally Delta Phi Beta. The Illinois Gamma Chapter of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon at NIU was founded on January 24, 1964. A strong house for
over 23 years fell and lost their charter in 1988, due to grades and
lack of funds. They were brought back as a Pheniox Colony on August
30, 1994 by 8 members.
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On January 24, 1998 the chapter
was reinstaled at The Levere Memorial Temple at Northwestern University.
The 53 founding members, were instaled by the National Supreme Council.
The First Chapter to be instaled by the council in over 50 years!
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The chapter curently resides at 919 Greenbrier, Delkalb
Illinois. The condemned house was inhabited in the Fall on 1997. It was
taken over from the Sigma Nu's who destroyed the house, spray painting
every wall, flooding the basement, breaking all the windows, and poaring
concrete down sinks and toilets. Since then hard work, sweat, and members
little money brought the house up to par. Some major advancements the
house accomplished was a working kitchen, new Tile in the basement, new
carpet for the rest of the house, as well as a big screen tv, and fooseball
table. In The Fall of 2001 we are as strong
as ever.. Projects are always coming up at the house repainting the front
wall, Lions(Leo and Rufus), and putting on new letters on the Front Wall.
With 42 members coming back and a dozen or so graduated from last year,
both Alumni and Actives are growing in numbers. We hope to work hard on
Philantropy and Studies. Come by for a visit any time.
SAE Nation-wide
| SAE was the first fraternity to
have a national headquarters (Evanston, Illinois) and the first
to build its own headquarters building (The Levere Memorial Temple)
The temple is the only national college fraternity headquarters
to have a chapel. |
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SAE was the first national fraternity
to be established in the deep south, having been founded at the University
of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, on March 9 1856.
SAE was the first fraternity to establish
a leadership school. Started in 1935, Leadership School has over 26,000
graduates.
SAE is the Largest International Fraternity
world wide!! With over 249,762 men.
SAE has 212 chapters in 47 states,
plus 9 colonies and 175 alumni associations.
SAE alumni include: Phil Jackson, Troy
Aikmann, David Spade, Ross Perot, Elliot Ness, President William
McKinley
