A Letter From Our President
What if there was a place on campus where
everyone was treated equally the moment they walked through the
door?
What if there was a place where even as a
first-year student your voice was just as important as that of the
most respected seniors?
What if there was a place where like-minded men
came together and utilized their diverse skills to create something
better, something more?
Drake University has this place, and it is
Sigma Phi Epsilon, where the typical college fraternity is anything
but typical.
While the above may sound like an alluring
advertisement in your typical college junk mail, I assure you that
it is much more than that. The men who make up Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp)
are an eclectic crew. Many of the men in our chapter never saw
themselves joining a fraternity, others did.
Here at the Iowa Delta chapter of SigEp, we
constantly strive for more—pushing ourselves academically and
physically. The brothers of Sigma Phi Epsilon pride themselves on
the Balanced Man ideal—learning everyday to strike a balance between
the concepts of Sound Mind and Sound Body in order to become
healthy, educated, equipped and better-rounded leaders for the
world’s communities.
SigEp is the only non-pledging, substance-free
fraternity on campus, a distinction we take pride in. Inspired by
the tenets of virtue, diligence and brotherly love we treat our
members with respect and as equals from day one. Each year the
brothers band together to do good in a collegiate world that often
inspires young men to learn what not to do as opposed to what is
right to do. This past year we raised $11,500 for the Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society through our annual Queen of Hearts softball
tournament in honor of Brother Eric Grunzinger, who succumbed to the
disease in 2001. Throughout the year we participate in numerous
philanthropies and community service projects, giving back to a
community that has given us so much.
Our other big philanthropic endeavor is the
Combat Hunger Food Drive. For eight years running, SigEp has
donated the most money, collected and donated the most food, and
given more man hours than all the other fraternities, combined.
Members are also very involved on campus with 5 senators, editors of
campus publications, PMACs and orientation leaders.
Iowa Delta is a Residential Learning Community
(RLC), which means we treat our house as not just a home, but as an
educational facility as well. With the culmination of our $800,000
capital campaign to fully renovate our house we are more able to
realize this vision. We have numerous speakers come visit, including
nationally renowned leadership expert Barry Posner of Santa Clara
University, whose leadership model inspired Drake’s own Don Adam’s
Leadership Academy. This year we will dedicate whole months to
discovering a topic—whether teaching our members how to invest and
play the stock market or learning about science and criminology at
the city morgue.
Through intramural sports, engaging
intellectual discussions, a thriving social environment and the
numerous opportunities to learn about yourself and others, SigEp is
a life changing organization that will always challenge you to
achieve more and never settle.
Our founders declared “this fraternity will be
different.” With each passing day we strive to shatter to pieces the
Animal House stereotype. SigEp is different and never strives to be
“normal.”
“Normal” isn’t good enough—the men of SigEp
always strive to be “exceptional.”
We pursue this goal each and every day and
offer our experiences and guidance to every member who walks through
our red doors. I encourage you to take a look within our website
and to get a better idea of how we set ourselves apart through our
quest to redefine what it means to be part of a fraternity, and why
every brother is proud to call himself a SigEp.
Sincerely,
Mark Micheli
President |
