Rush is the word used when referring to the week long recruitment process when every fraternity on campus seeks potential new members. The greek organizations are open to all rushees and often host daily events to attract rushees and act as ice breakers to socialize and get know one another. During the course of the week, the fraternity may hand out "bids" which is an invitation to become a pledge in the fraternity. If you choose to accept a bid, you enter a probationary period of pledgeship in the fraternity and is considered the first first step in becoming a Greek.
Why Rush Sigma Alpha Epsilon?
Brotherhood:
College gives people the opportunity to make friendships that will last a lifetime. Joining SAE enhances this opportunity through the bonds of brotherhood. Brotherhood is the basis of fraternity and without it SAE is nothing. SAE has the strongest brotherhood tallying the highest numbers in initieated members out of all fraternities nationwide.
Community Service: SAE allows you to participate in many activites that will enhance our community. We enjoy supporting our community by giving them our time and ehlping them raise money and awareness.
SAE Facts
Sigma Alpha Epsilon...
was the first national Fraternity to be established in the deep South, having been founded at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa on March 9, 1856.
has the greatest number of initiates of any national ftatemity, more than 232,000, which includes approximately 4,500 undergraduate brothers.
has over 200 chapters in 46 states and Canada. Average chapter size is 75 actives and pledges in 1990.
has the Levere Memorial Temple, Fraternity Headquarters of SAE in Evanston, Illinois. It is the first Fraternity to have national headquarters and the first to build its own headquarters building; the Temple is the only national college fraternity headquarters to have a chapel.
has a National Leadership School. The school, started in 1935, was the first of its kind and has over 22,000 graduates.
has 28 alumni province archons who chair province conventions, regional leadership training schools, and chapter workshops.
has a fraternity magazine, The Record, published continuously since 1880.
has Educational and Leadership Consultants who visit chapters to assist with management and programming, especially scholarship programs.
has a student loan program to assist undergraduate brothers with their education.
has a Resident Educational Adviser Program to provide fellowships to graduate students who assist chapters with scholarship and career development programs.
has over 150 alumni associations.
has an Awards Program which recognizes outstanding contributions of SAE alumni, undergraduates, chapters and others to the development of individuals and to the betterment of life din their community.
has a strong Risk Management Program requiring all chapters to conduct dry rush, a strong policy against hazing and pledge programs which enhance each individual's personal growth.
has a strong Alcohol Education Program and is constantly developing and updating programs for the responsible use of alcohol.
has a centralized computer system providing the Fraternity with automated financial and membership information as well as assistance with Chapter Operations and Alumni programs.
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