Fast forward to 2018, and the organization has grown to include 15,000 current students and 321,000 alumni across 228 campuses, according to their official website. Quinnipiac University: Hamden: CT Inactive Iota Pi: 2016 Indiana UniversityPurdue. Phi Sigma: 19672011, 2016 Florida State University: Tallahassee: FL Active Lambda Epsilon: 19671975. Sig Ep was formed in 1901 by 12 students at the University of Richmond. After an investigation launched in the wake of an alleged intentional drugging incident, the University announced the suspension of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity through the spring of 2025 in an email to affiliates on Jan. Epsilon Deuteron: 18671894 Muhlenberg College: Allentown: PA Inactive. Like Pezzella, school administration remains reticent about the details, only referencing “activities during the Spring 2018 semester” as a cause for the suspension.ĭespite the apparent misconduct, Pezzella mentioned her and other Quinnipiac staff members continue to “sing your (Greek Life) praises as a community.” Pezzella continued by explaining that “the actions of the Sigma Phi Epsilon members that led to this outcome were completely avoidable and well within their control.”Īside from the letter, she did not wish to offer any further comments. Katherine Pezzella, Director of Campus Life for Sorority and Fraternity Life, addressed a letter to Fraternity and Sorority leaders on June 13, imploring them to “audit the level to which you and your members are (or are not) in compliance with University and inter/national policies for the purpose of setting new goals for the coming academic year.” Both disciplinary actions were vaguely attributed to hazing in official statements. The fraternity received a cease and desist order in 2015, and was suspended entirely in 2016.
The suspension encapsulates the rocky relationship Sigma Phi Epsilon, or “Sig Ep,” has shared with its host university. “The university has suspended the chapter of the fraternity in question for two years following a thorough investigation regarding actions that occurred during the Spring 2018 semester,” Associate Vice President for Public Relations John Morgan said in a statement. Current members, however, are still recognized as being part of Sigma Phi Epsilon and are still able to sport their letters. However, we question their method of departing the NIC and reject their assertion that the NIC and its members are not aggressively promoting a positive and safe fraternity experience.
Until then, the fraternity will not be permitted to host events, have representation at school-sponsored activities, or recruit new members. NIC understands Sigma Phi Epsilon’s right to make decisions they feel are in the best interest of their members, the association’s statement said. Follow & learn about our values and QU chapter events Quinnipiac. Quinnipiac’s chapter of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity has been suspended by university administration through June 1, 2020. Virtue, Diligence, and Brotherly Love with a focus on a sound mind and sound body.
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