The summer 2015 Journal profiled SigEp chapters combatting sexual assault on their campuses. Since then, the Northern Iowa Chapter was cited by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as offering a model for sexual assault prevention.

Clinton visited the Northern Iowa campus on September 14, 2015, to present a policy agenda aimed at addressing sexual assault on college campuses and met with Northern Iowa’s chapter president, Alex Stepanek, ’16. In her address, Clinton praised the SigEp chapter for their campus-wide sexual assault prevention efforts.

“This particular fraternity has really emphasized education and prevention, and I want to know what works, and according to the university, this is working,” Clinton told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. “It may be currently the exception, but how do we make it the rule?”

Chapter members of all political affiliations were motivated by the former secretary of state’s praise and hope their efforts will serve as a model for universities nationwide.