SigEp pilots Life After College program

Something new from HQ---

Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity - SigEp pilots Life After College program:

"Sigma Phi Epsilon is now offering a new program called Life After College to help undergraduates prepare for the job market. This new program will be piloted three times this spring in California, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

The Fraternity is responding to undergraduates who have asked for programs focused on helping upperclassmen prepare for life personally and professionally after graduation. This one-day program will focus on preparing students to search for their first full-time job, have their first job interview, negotiate their first salary, begin life as a young professional, transition into adulthood, and adjust to life after college.

What's in it for participants?
• Expert resume and job search advice
• Opportunity to meet and network with successful alumni from the area
• Perspective from former CEOs and other top industry leaders
• A chance to win a $500 educational scholarship
• No registration fee"

'via Blog this'

Better check it out. The open slots are going fast.

Only students can truly end hazing - CNN.com

This article relates first to the hazing death of the Florida A&M Band member, but author Roland S. Martin makes good points about his college fraternity experience.

Ultimately, hazing is a coercive act that only continues while a person allows himself to submit to the coercion. That applies both to the hazer and the hazed person, because the pressure to continue an abuse can be nearly as strong as the pressure to submit.

Only students can truly end hazing - CNN.com:
"News of the death has rocked the Florida A&M campus, angering its students and alumni, triggering multiple state investigations and leading Gov. Rick Scott to call for the suspension of school President James Ammons. That prompted FAMU students to march to the governor's mansion on Friday and camp out on his lawn, demanding he rescind the resignation call.

Champion's death isn't the first time we have seen individuals in a band or fraternity die. It is incredible that some folks have given their lives -- literally -- for just being a part of a student group.

State laws have been passed, organizations have been kicked off campuses and national fraternal and sorority groups have paid millions in settlements because of hazing, but we continue to see these stories.

"Why?" is a consistent question that is asked, and at the end of the day, it boils down to power and a desire to demand others kowtow to someone else's demands in order for them to be accepted.."

'via Blog this'

The author also makes a point about academics when he says : 

"In the history of our chapter, only one brother has failed to graduate, and we do nothing with him. Are you guys on the six- or seven-year plan, and can you match our graduate rate?"

"From my perspective, we were supposed to be in college to graduate, not to pledge."

Which got me to wondering: What is the graduation rate at SigEp chapters. I don't believe we track it now, but shouldn't we? It seems to me that is at least as important "Key Performance Indicator" metric as the GPA stats we are (rightfully) so proud of.