Recruitment

RUSH SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON

Thinking of joining a fraternity? Check out some information you might not have known about fraternities.

  • Nationally, fraternity members acquire grade point averages above all other college men’s scholastic rankings.
  • Nationally, fraternity members have an overall higher graduation rate than non-Greeks. Seventy-one percent of all fraternity men persist to graduation while only 50 percent of all non-fraternity members graduate.
  • All but two U.S. presidents since 1825 have been fraternity men, and 63 percent of the U.S. presidents’ cabinet members since 1900 have been fraternity men .
  • Studies show that 76 percent of Congress, 71 percent of the men listed in “Who’s Who in America,” and 85 percent of the Fortune 500 executives belong to a fraternity.
  • Since 1910, 85 percent of the Supreme Court justices have been Greek.

Compelled? Below are some facts about Sigma Alpha Epsilon at NIU.

  • Average size of 45 members is large enough to be effective, yet small enough to be a tightly knit group.
  • SAE is active in the community, volunteering hundreds of hours each semester.
  • Each fall, SAE holds a Formal at the Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells.
  • SAE National Headquarters are just an hour ride from Dekalb.
  • Each spring, SAE holds the Paddy Murphy Softball tournament to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network.
  • Worried about grades? SAE reserves a room at the library for studying and homework and sets up study hours for new members.

Keep reading for some facts about Sigma Alpha Epsilon nationally.

  • Founded March 9, 1856, SAE is one of the oldest fraternities in the country.
  • SAE is the largest social fraternity with over 280,000 initiated members.
  • SAE was the first fraternity to establish a national headquarter (1929) and a national leadership school (1935)
  • SAE holds leadership school each summer, with the last two being held on a cruise ship.
  • SAE holds a national convention every two years in great cities like Washington D.C. and Orlando.

Sound right for you? Contact our Recruitment ChairĀ  for more information.

Joey Chazinski

815-353-0393

jpchazinski@gmail.com