After a long and hard-fought effort, the men of Emory SEC celebrated their chartering as Georgia Theta last October. They are the first group to bring a SigEp chapter to the Emory campus in Atlanta. Since the launch of the SEC in 2006, the brothers have worked to build a sustainable chapter capable of delivering ongoing personal development programming for members. Along they way, they have consistently exceeded the all-campus GPA, most recently achieving a chapter GPA of 3.39.

National Director Tom Jelke, Florida International ’90, conferred the charter on the chapter at their banquet, and faculty fellow Matt Engelhardt, Valparaiso ’91, delivered the keynote address.

Since chartering, the chapter has continued to garner recognition as a top-performing chapter. At the 2016 Carlson Leadership Academy, the chapter won an Excelsior Award for chapter leadership, a Zollinger Senior Award, a Volunteer of the Year award and an Outstanding New Volunteer award.