| Alabama Mu Chapter |
The brothers of the Alabama Mu chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon at The University of Alabama have been busy at work on campus and are proud of our achievements. Being a member of a fraternity gives university students amazing advantages, but, we realize that we must also be productive members of our campus and community.
Obviously, the paramount duty of any college student is to excel in the classroom. The SAE’s have broken records and now have some of the most impressive grade point averages on campus. For instance, in 2000 SAE ranked 25th overall (out of 26) in grades compared to all other fraternities on campus. In 2005, that number went up to tenth. Today, the SAE’s are ties for the 11th highest grades (out of 29 fraternites) on campus. Commitment to education through study halls and tutoring have obviously made a difference in our fraternity’s overall academic plan for success.
Next to grades, it has been our second greatest goal to make the world around us better. For the first time in recent history, the SAE house elected a philanthropy chair in 2006 to establish a precedent for our involvement in the Tuscaloosa community. Alabama Mu gave the largest donation in the history of the NAACP Toy Drive and was awarded with their “Helping Hands Award.” In the University’s official food drive, “Beat Auburn and Beat Hunger,” we collected over 700 lbs. of food for the West Alabama Food Bank. Brothers have given their time to coach youth basketball teams and provide tutors for Holt Elementary School.
We are currently in the process of a vigorous recruitment (rush) program to get the best and brightest students in Alabama and its neighboring states to become members of our fraternity. Recruitment officers are busy collecting names for a prospective Fall 2008 pledge class of approximately 40 members.
Being active members of The University of Alabama community has always been important to the members of Alabama Mu. Interfraternity and sorority relations, as well as a healthy relationship with University administrators has always been a staple of the SAE’s. The sisters of Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Chi Omega sororities have agreed to co-sponsor a “Bucking for Breast Cancer” event to benefit cancer research. Also, leadership conferences are an important part of our development. Our president participated in a university-wide conference of all University of Alabama fraternity and sorority presidents in February.
Currently, it is very clear to the rest of campus that the brothers of Sigma Alpha Epsilon are the most involved in campus activities and honors. For instance, there are more SAE’s on powerful university standing committees than any other Greek organization on campus. We are very proud that our own R. B. Walker has been elected by a record-breaking margin to serve as the 93rd president of The University of Alabama Student Government Association – the first SAE to hold this position in nearly 20 years. In addition to this, several brothers are members of university honor societies with several holding key officer roles in these societies, including the role of president.
The SAE Parents Weekend is always a fun and fulfilling tradition in the Spring. This year, Parents Weekend was filled with even more exciting activities when SAE moms and dads come to town to partake in campus tours, a golf tournament, and an exciting culminating banquet at the SAE house on University Boulevard.
We are proud of our achievements and greatly look forward to another 152 years of molding young men into True Gentlemen. Phi Alpha!
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