The follow excerpt is from a front page story on the April 4 edition of the Cornell Daily Sun. Read the entire story at www.CornellSun.com:
After four years of work, Cornell’s chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity will regain its charter in the upcoming fall semester as the New York Beta chapter.
In order to gain formal recognition as a chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon, the members had to undergo a recolonization process, in which they proved to the national fraternity their ability to thrive.
“It was a pretty straightforward process but it’s not easy,” said Evan Caruso ‘11, current president of Cornell’s chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon. “The national fraternity has high standards because they want to ensure that the chapter is going to be successful.”
The requirements for regaining their charter include a brotherhood of at least 70 members and a grade point average higher than 3.3…continued
After four years of work, Cornell’s chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity will regain its charter in the upcoming fall semester as the New York Beta chapter.
In order to gain formal recognition as a chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon, the members had to undergo a recolonization process, in which they proved to the national fraternity their ability to thrive.
“It was a pretty straightforward process but it’s not easy,” said Evan Caruso ‘11, current president of Cornell’s chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon. “The national fraternity has high standards because they want to ensure that the chapter is going to be successful.”
The requirements for regaining their charter include a brotherhood of at least 70 members and a grade point average higher than 3.3…continued
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