HISTORY
PHI SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY 1924 - 1962
LOCAL FRATERNITY
LOCAL FRATERNITY
IN '24 PHI SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY WAS FOUNDED AS A LOCAL CHAPTER AT THEN FERRIS INSTITUTE. IN 1926, AT THE BEHEST OF WOODBRIDGE N. FERRIS, THE PHI SIG'S WERE ASKED TO ORGANIZE THE FIRST F.I. HOMECOMING. PHI SIG'S/SIG EP'S HELD THIS HONOR UNTIL 2000 WHEN ORGANIZING WAS, SADLY, OPENED TO THE ENTIRE CAMPUS. IF YOU'VE BEEN TO A HOMECOMING PARADE, RECENTLY, THEY'RE JUST NOT THE SAME.
ORGANIZING HOME COMING WAS NO SMALL TASK. THE PHI SIGS/SIG EPS HANDLED EVERYTHING AS IT PERTAINED TO HOMECOMING. WE SOLD ADS IN AND HAD PRINTED UP THE HOMECOMING BOOK; WE HAD A PARADE COMMITTEE THAT ORGANIZED ALL THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ON THE FERRIS CAMPUS AND WE PUT TOGETHER THE HOMECOMING DANCE HELD EACH YEAR, IN THE BEGINNING, IN THE DOME ROOM OF THE STUDENT CENTER.
ORGANIZING HOME COMING WAS NO SMALL TASK. THE PHI SIGS/SIG EPS HANDLED EVERYTHING AS IT PERTAINED TO HOMECOMING. WE SOLD ADS IN AND HAD PRINTED UP THE HOMECOMING BOOK; WE HAD A PARADE COMMITTEE THAT ORGANIZED ALL THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ON THE FERRIS CAMPUS AND WE PUT TOGETHER THE HOMECOMING DANCE HELD EACH YEAR, IN THE BEGINNING, IN THE DOME ROOM OF THE STUDENT CENTER.
SIGMA PHI EPSILON FRATERNITY 1962 +
NATIONAL FRATERNITY MICHIGAN ZETA
NATIONAL FRATERNITY MICHIGAN ZETA
IN FEBRUARY OF 1962 PHI SIGMA CHI WENT NATIONAL AND JOINED THE EVER GROWING RANKS OF THE SIGMA PHI EPSILON FRATERNITY. AS OF AUGUST 2011 SPE IS THE LARGEST COLLEGE FRATERNITY IN THE UNITED STATES. IN THE EARLY '60'S MICHIGAN ZETA WAS ABLE TO BOAST 94 BROTHES STRONG WHEN THE COLLEGE ENROLLMENT WAS ONLY 3800 STUDENTS.
WHEN SIGMA PHI EPSILON TOOK THE REINS IT WAS, THE SAME GROUP OF MAN OF COURSE, JUST A DIFFERENT NAME. THIS GROUP OF MEN WENT ON, OVER THE LAST FIVE DECADES PLUS, TO CARRY ON THE TRADITIONS OF A FRATERNITY AND ALL THE BROTHERS THAT WENT BEFORE THEM.
MANY OF THE CAMPUS FUNCTIONS ARE NO LONGER WITH US. THERE WAS A DAY WHEN WE HAD WINTER CARNIVAL CAMPUSWIDE. THE SIG EPS ALWAYS TOOK FIRST PLACE IN THE FRATERNITY DIVISION.
WHEN SIGMA PHI EPSILON TOOK THE REINS IT WAS, THE SAME GROUP OF MAN OF COURSE, JUST A DIFFERENT NAME. THIS GROUP OF MEN WENT ON, OVER THE LAST FIVE DECADES PLUS, TO CARRY ON THE TRADITIONS OF A FRATERNITY AND ALL THE BROTHERS THAT WENT BEFORE THEM.
MANY OF THE CAMPUS FUNCTIONS ARE NO LONGER WITH US. THERE WAS A DAY WHEN WE HAD WINTER CARNIVAL CAMPUSWIDE. THE SIG EPS ALWAYS TOOK FIRST PLACE IN THE FRATERNITY DIVISION.
FOUNDING FATHERS:
Sigma Phi Epsilon was founded by Carter Ashoton Jenkins at Richmond College, now the University of Richmond, on November 1, 1901, on three Cardinal Principles: Virtue, Diligence, and Brotherly Love. Today, the Fraternity has grown to more than 262,000 lifetime members, allowing it to become the nation’s largest college fraternity. The Balanced Man Program is an outgrowth of Sig Ep’s mission statement of “Building Balanced Leaders for the World’s Communities.” Since its adoption by Michigan Alpha in 1997, the program has brought a positive force to the chapter and more completely developed Brothers through a series of stages: The Sigma, Phi, Epsilon, Brother Mentor, and Fellow Challenge. Additionally, Sigma Phi Epsilon’s Leadership Continuum is a balance of self-development and team leadership training that provides the skills necessary to leading balanced lives.
The Ancient Greeks believed in developing a Sound Mind and a Sound Body as the way to live a fulfilling life. Sig Ep adopted this philosophy with the Balanced Man Ideal and has continued to award the Balanced Man Scholarship to a proven leader, scholar, athlete, and citizen set to attend campus each fall.
Founding Fathers:
Carter Ashton Jenkins, William Lazell Phillips, Richard Spurgeon Owens, Edgar Lee Allen, Robert Alfred McFarland, Thomas Temple Wright, William Andrew Wallace, Frank Webb Kerfoot, Benjamin Donald Gaw, William High Carter, Thomas Vaden McCaul, Lucian Baum Cox
Sigma Phi Epsilon was founded by Carter Ashoton Jenkins at Richmond College, now the University of Richmond, on November 1, 1901, on three Cardinal Principles: Virtue, Diligence, and Brotherly Love. Today, the Fraternity has grown to more than 262,000 lifetime members, allowing it to become the nation’s largest college fraternity. The Balanced Man Program is an outgrowth of Sig Ep’s mission statement of “Building Balanced Leaders for the World’s Communities.” Since its adoption by Michigan Alpha in 1997, the program has brought a positive force to the chapter and more completely developed Brothers through a series of stages: The Sigma, Phi, Epsilon, Brother Mentor, and Fellow Challenge. Additionally, Sigma Phi Epsilon’s Leadership Continuum is a balance of self-development and team leadership training that provides the skills necessary to leading balanced lives.
The Ancient Greeks believed in developing a Sound Mind and a Sound Body as the way to live a fulfilling life. Sig Ep adopted this philosophy with the Balanced Man Ideal and has continued to award the Balanced Man Scholarship to a proven leader, scholar, athlete, and citizen set to attend campus each fall.
Founding Fathers:
Carter Ashton Jenkins, William Lazell Phillips, Richard Spurgeon Owens, Edgar Lee Allen, Robert Alfred McFarland, Thomas Temple Wright, William Andrew Wallace, Frank Webb Kerfoot, Benjamin Donald Gaw, William High Carter, Thomas Vaden McCaul, Lucian Baum Cox
