Sigma Phi Epsilon Membership Interest Form

Membership at SigEp is NOT a 'rush' process. Start by sharing your name and interests below. We don't intend to just sit around and wait for your arrival on campus. It is our pleasure to begin the recruitment process as our chapter recruits new members year-round!

You'll learn firsthand that this chapter is renowned nationally and considered one of the finest group of men to be associated with during your time at Monmouth.

We tend to recruit and select brothers in terms of both academics and athletics and strive to develop both aspects throughout your years with us.

With leaders of character and values, SigEp will impact your world.

When new members join SigEp, they are immediately given all the rights and privileges of any other brother in the fraternity. You do, however, have to go through a new member process which allows one to learn more about the fraternity both nationally and locally. While going through this process, you form a strong bond with the new member class, as well as the rest of the fraternity as a whole.

Could you use some help financially to attend Monmouth? If so, strive to compete for one of our four "non-commitment" Balanced Man Scholarships awarded to new incoming freshmen!

Thank you for visiting! We definitely look forward to meeting you in person! Call me, I'd be happy to hear from you.

Brinton Vincent
VP of Recruitment
309.945.8212

The following story was featured in 2009 by Fraternityinfo.com and we think it makes sense!

College comes with a lot of stereotypes, a lot of facts, and a lot of myths. You already have people telling you what to expect, what you have to sign up for and at what level you have to graduate in order to find the right job, so you can marry the right person, have the right house, so you can raise the perfect kids, send them to the right school so they can get the right job, this is all noise and its tearing our society to pieces.

I implore you to break away from the mold. I beg you to identify your values. I beseech you to find other folks who share those values and in your journey through college and life you will never feel alone, and never feel like you are far from those things that matter most.

Over 86,000 men pledged a fraternity last year. They came to college maybe believing a lot of the hype about partying, skipping classes, and the ubiquitous alcohol consumption. What the majority of those men found was a chance to not only join a group of men with shared values, they found a group of scholars who place a premium on academics not for just the purposes of getting a job but for the growth of character. They found a group of men who share a bond that is grounded in the values of brotherhood and service.

These 86,000 men began a journey that, along with their college experience will take them much farther than four years of higher education. Their fraternity journey is one of lifelong duration. These 86,000 new members belong to one of the largest organizations on the planet; the fraternity movement.

The stories you hear and the reports you watch that depict the alcohol laced debauchery of "Greek life" are the results of men with shared values that have deviated from those of true fraternity. They place a premium not on scholarship, character development, or service, but rather on depravity and laziness. The values of fraternity are lost on those who do not find in those values a call to action and realization that the world expects so much more of the fraternity man.

I beseech you to break the mold, I beg you to part ways with the status quo, I implore you to expect more from your college experience.

FraternityInfo.com

"Building Balanced Leaders for the World's Communities"

First implemented by Sigma Phi Epsilon in the Fall of 1992, the Balanced Man Program (BMP) is the Fraternity's award winning leadership development program. It is a self-paced, personal development experience. The Balanced Man Program's premise is based around 'universal respect for self and others,' living a balanced life, and the Balanced Man concept of sound mind, sound body, and sound spirit.

The Balanced Man Program fosters environments and builds brotherhood that is conducive of leadership and academics. Throughout the four-year, single-tiered, member development program, brotherhood is built and strengthened through four challenges that are based upon where the member is in his college career.

Through the program, members are exposed to leadership positions, experiential learning exercises, self-development clinics, mentoring, and other individual and chapter activities that foster balanced living and universal respect. In this program, all members have the same rights and privileges. This is a movement toward 'universal respect for self and others' and away from the two-tiered membership that is usually associated with pledging. The expectations for members are provided in a resource called The Quest, a workbook provided to SigEps that track their progress through the BMP.

Member expectations are based on their place and experience level in their academics, campus, and personal lives. New members' expectations are geared toward their introduction to SigEps, for example, participating in the chapter's campus orientation program and community service projects. These expectations evolve as the man develops, focusing on etiquette and appreciation for the arts and finally moving into career development for senior members. Senior members perform activities such as dress for success workshops, resume building sessions, business ettiquette, as well as ancient Greek philosophy discussions with ethics professors.

The cornerstone of the Balanced Man Program are:

Mentoring
Community Involvement
Experiential Learning
Brotherhood

These cornerstones are the foundation for becoming not only a Balanced Man but also a mature professional.

Welcome back Alumni!

Staying in touch with brothers is now easier then ever...

We value ongoing communication . the best way is to sign in and tell us what you are doing, we want to strengthen contact between under-graduates, alumni to alumni, and mentoring / networking connections to expand and develop lasting ties with your SigEp brotherhood. Take a more actived interest in your fraternity! Your contributions of time, talent, and treasures in never more important than now!

Thank You Brothers,

Alumni Volunteer Corporation (AVC)

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