TX Upsilon at SMU has broken ground for a new house.
The youngest and fastest growing fraternity on campus is about to get a new addition. The Texas Upsilon chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon will be expanding and renovating its house for $1.3 million in a partnership between the SMU administration and the national SigEp organization.
As it stands, the house can only fit nine of the 70 members; with the renovations it will be able to accommodate 22 members.
The $1.3 million will be a loan from the university, which will be paid back in room rent over the next 30 years. The national chapter will be contributing $150,000 to the project.
National Housing Corporation Trustee Jay Hurt made the trek from Houston for Saturday’s groundbreaking ceremony at the SigEp house. He explained that, as a residential learning community, there will be faculty members from the university who will hold office hours in the new house.
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