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Tower Room

June 22, 2022

SigEp celebrates pandemic-era chapter anniversaries

Categories: Spring 2022 Journal, Tower Room

SigEp chapters founded in the following years marked milestone anniversaries during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. While celebrations or banquets were largely on hold, we want to celebrate the decades of Virtue, Diligence and Brotherly Love. Wonder what else was happening when these chapters started? Below, we recall some of the memorable events that…

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June 22, 2022

Chartering a New Course

Categories: Spring 2022 Journal, Tower Room

What does it take for a newly re-established chapter to earn its SigEp charter? High academic standards, campus involvement and commitment to the local community are all essential to building a SigEp chapter that will stand the test of time. Not satisfied with just meeting the minimum expectations, these recently chartered chapters far exceeded them.…

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June 17, 2022

We Are the Foundation of Our Brothers’ Success

Categories: Commentary, Spring 2022 Journal, Tower Room

By Wendell Rakosky, Baldwin Wallace ’78

Wendell Rakosky Considering the investment — in both time and money — that students and their families put into attaining a college education, it’s pretty daunting that a large number of employers don’t feel confident about the skills today’s graduates possess upon entering the workforce. According to a 2020 survey by the American Association of…

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June 17, 2022

Developing the Strategic Plan

Categories: Spring 2022 Journal, Tower Room

SigEp at 125

SPRING 2019 As SigEp leadership began to think about what should guide SigEp into the future, we were searching for a better version of ourselves. Led by the National Board of Directors, we followed a thoughtful process guided by Richard Spoon, a strategic planning expert and SigEp brother. SUMMER AND FALL 2019 We engaged hundreds…

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June 17, 2022

How Far We’ve Come

Categories: Spring 2022 Journal, Tower Room

SigEp at 125

  Since the last SigEp strategic plan launched in 2009: Many of our chapters are effectively recruiting year-round and no longer dependent on a rush pool limited to one week a year. In 2019, 40% of our membership came through year-round recruitment efforts and 1 in 5 men joined through the Balanced Man Scholarship process.…

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June 17, 2022

SigEp at 125 & Beyond: Charting a vision of what SigEp can achieve

Categories: Spring 2022 Journal, Tower Room

SigEp at 125

SigEp’s strategic plan builds on all of our success and what sets us apart, because of the people we bring together and the experiences and supportive environments we provide. Our nine priorities seek to impact in these three areas. GROWTH SigEp will effectively use year-round recruitment strategies to recruit the most talented, values-aligned men at…

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June 17, 2022

Meet the Board

Categories: Spring 2022 Journal, Tower Room

SigEp's 2021-2023 National Board of Directors.

The members of SigEp’s 2021-2023 National Board of Directors discuss the goals outlined in the Fraternity’s strategic plan.

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