We are the Illinois Nu chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon at Eastern Illinois University. Sigma Phi Epsilon was founded at Richmond College, now the University of Richmond, on November 1, 1901, on the Cardinal Principles: Virtue, Diligence, and Brotherly Love. Today, the Fraternity has grown to more than 280,000 lifetime members, including over 14,000 undergraduates on 241 campuses in the United States. SigEp is currently the largest fraternity in terms of undergraduate enrollment. Our Chapter, Illinois Nu, was started in 1990 and has continued to grow on the EIU campus. Our house is located at 2103 12th Street, the big red house off of Greek Court.

On Wednesday, April 20th Brother Ed Hotwagner was announced as the new Student Body President. He will be sworn in next wednesday along with SigEp's Mike Lehman, Justin Emerson, Joe Sherman, and Colin McGill as Student Government senators.

Brother Andrew Shipp's project management class required him to come up with a planned event. Andrew's project was 1 of 5 projects in the class that were ultimatly chosen to be carried out. He came up with the "Rock the Fight for Life" concert which would raise money for the "Just a Mile" Foundation, started my alumnus and brother Mike Nowak. "Just A Mile" raises money for suicide prevention. During the event two bands played, there was an educational speaker from Eastern Counseling to talk about suicide, as well as Mike Nowak to talk about his experience and the Just A Mile foundation.
Click here to see Concert Article in the daily Eastern News
Click here to see "Just a Mile" Article in the daily Eastern News

For the second year in a row, Sigma Phi Epsilon has dominated the Eastern Illinois Greek Week. During the week of April 3rd to April 9th the brothers showed that their virtue, diligence and brotherly love is the best on the campus. With 14 other fraternities competing this year, SigEp stood out from the rest, having the largest turn out for the St. Judes letter writing campaign, Volunteering time at Jefferson fun day, and donating the most money for Coin Wars.

For the 16th time the men of Sigma Phi Epsilon took home 1st in Greek Sing. With brother James Roth directing, brother Sean Tyree on the guitar, Student Body President Michelle Murphy playing the piano, they sang “Haven’t Met You Yet” by Michael Buble, “Up Up and Away” by Kid Cudi, and a mash-up between “Viva la Vida” by Coldplay and “Hey Ya” by Outcast. The performance can be seen on Youtube here and the Greek Sing Awarding can be seen here.

For the third year in a row a SigEp rope tugged their way to a championship. The little men defeated Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma Chi, And Sigma Nu. With Little Men tugs winning the championship, Big Men easily took third with a 26 second tug against Lambda Chi. The championship little men tugs video was edited by Brother Travis McDonald and can be viewed here on Youtube.

The 2nd place Pyramids team included:
(from Top, left to right)
Justin Zobrist,
Jason Englehart, Austin Wager
Brian Chmura, Derek Collinsworth, James Roth
Erik Gilly, Travis McDonald, Ryan Graff, Mike Nummer

When it came down to the awards banquet on April 13th, it was Sigma Phi Epsilons hard work in the spot light. Brother Mike Nowak, B.S., 2009, was awarded the Dr. Charles and Mrs. Sharon Eberly Essence of Fraternal Values Award, for his work in “Just a Mile Foundation” for suicide prevention. SigEps Ed Hotwagner, Andrew Shipp, and Ryan Graff made the Top Ten Greek Men list. The most Outstanding New Initiate Award went to SigEp Antonio Taylor. The Charles “tight” Carter Awards won by SigEps this year were:
IFC: Ed Hotwagner 2010 IFC President
Athletics: Ken Tiltges NCAA Swimmer
Academic Achievement: Andrew Shipp
IFC Delegate: Vito Martinelli
You can see the Youtube videos of other events we competed in here: Airband and The Flash Mob. Because of all the preparation and hard work that went in to this week the Illinois Nu SigEps came home with the most awards out of any fraternity on campus. Proud to be a SigEp!

Eastern Illinois Graduate, Mike Leon was awarded the Vollinger Outstanding Senior Award at the recent Carlson Leadership Conference. Click here to see Article in the daily Eastern News

After the first place finishes in the fraternity brackets in Basketball and Indoor Soccer, SigEp is atop the points race for the Overall Intramural Championship. Upcoming events include Softball, Kickball, and Billards. Click here to see all fraternity points