"This Fraternity will be different"

This statement which is founded in our charter comes from our founding in 1901 when our founders were looking for a different fraternity experience. Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) is not your typical "frat". In the past few years, SigEp has completely reinvented itself to change the notion of the typical fraternity and help eliminate the negative stereotypes that have plagued the Greek Community for years.

The worst of these stereotypes is hazing. Students entering universities and colleges across the United States have heard horror stories of hazing. Under the Balanced Man Program, SigEp has completely removed the pledging process. 80% of SigEp chapters embrace the Balanced Man Program. In these Chapters, like The Wisconsin Zeta Chapter, The day men enter their quest for brotherhood, they are full brothers with full rights and privileges as the oldest members of the chapter . There is no separation between older and newer members that tend to exist within pledging programs and "pledge classes". We are all brothers.

The elimination of pledging has also enabled SigEp's Balanced Man Program to move away from the typical model of educating its members. Typically, fraternities educate and develop their members only during the pledge process. Pledging forces men to prove themselves worthy to enter a fraternity. The Balanced Man Program aims to "Build Better Men". Our Balanced Man Program is a large and encompassing Member Development plan providing the framework for programming meant to help educate our members for their entire college experience. There are systems in place to help educate members about everything from physical fitness, to resume building, to philanthropic endeavors, to academic support.

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