Tempe, Arizona…Sigma Phi Epsilon, the nation’s largest fraternity, has re-established its chapter at Arizona State University. Fifty-four men were invited to join SigEp. The chapter has over a 3.4 cumulative GPA, and its members are involved in a variety of extracurricular pursuits. Athletically the chapter is proud to boast a varsity golfer, members of the Wake Devils Wakeboarding team, the Snow Devils Ski Team, Pankration (Greco-American Wrestling), the ASU Outdoor Club, and numerous high school letter winners. The chapter has outstanding involvement in academic and leadership organizations including Marine Reservists, Air Force and Army ROTC, Student Senate, President of Med-Start, Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity, Model United Nations, ASU College Republicans and Democrats, ASU Devil Riders, a mariachi musician, and several brothers involved in campus ministry. Other chapter members have been published in research journals, and one brother developed a web site designed to teach people to speak Russian, a language he taught himself to speak. The chapter is also proud to include the “Marine of the Year” for the East Coast, and the top salesman for Wells Fargo for the entire state of Arizona for the first quarter of fiscal year 2004 in its ranks.
The Alumni and Volunteer Corporation (AVC) includes Chapter Counselor Jeffrey M. Suffolk, Western Michigan ’02; AVC President Robert J. Schadler, Houston ’97; Treasurer Boyd P. Heckel, Arizona State ’79; Vice President of Facilities Jim Stevenson, Arizona State ’68; John R. Miller, Arizona State ’68; Andrew J. Burns, Arizona State ’99; Khaled Bahr, UNC-Charlotte ’99; and Michael V. Sanders, Arizona State ’95.
The Arizona Alpha Chapter at Arizona State University was originally founded in 1952 and closed in 2002. Arizona State University, founded in 1885, is one of the premier metropolitan public research universities in the nation. Enrolling more than 57,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on three campuses in metropolitan Phoenix, ASU maintains a tradition of academic excellence in core disciplines and has become an important global center for innovative interdisciplinary teaching and research.