On November 14, 2015, Kentucky Alpha received its charter to operate on the campus of the University of Kentucky as a chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon. The chapter was originally chartered in 1933. After rechartering in 1994, the chapter operated until a closure in 2009. In 2011, it returned as an SEC.

The more than 50 brothers in the recently chartered chapter maintain a GPA consistently around 3.10. They overcame the barrier of not having a chapter home and fulfilled their commitment to helping each other succeed by establishing a study space in the school’s library. The chapter has also developed a chapter-wide mentoring program through which members who have done well in a given class help others currently enrolled in the course. In addition to their academic success and consistent use of the Balanced Man Scholarship for recruitment, the 2014 executive board helped the brothers rally around the values of the Balanced Man Program to drive them toward chartering.

The chapter’s chartering banquet was keynoted by Past Grand President Steve Shanklin, Murray State ’70, and National Director Daniel McVeigh, Texas Wesleyan ’90, conferred the charter.