Sigma Phi Epsilon - Colorado State University

2 | The Spear www.CSUSigEp.org Defining SigEp for Future Generations (Continued from page 1) academic professionals, undergraduates, alumni, volunteers, the university, and the chapter facility, creating an incredible opportunity for personal growth and educational development for all involved. Balanced Man Program The program is designed as a continuous development experience focused on scholarship, leadership, and life skills to complement a university's classroom curriculum. The refinement of these crucial skills helps our brothers succeed upon graduation and prepares them to achieve balance and satisfaction in every aspect of their lives. The Balanced Man Program is designed to provide a sufficiently structured, supportive experience with a brotherhood of high achievers, close friends, and mentors to provide personal and professional guidance. In addition, the national fraternity puts on a series of programs along a leadership continuum for the undergraduates. These programs include: • EDGE is a program for new members with a curriculum that stresses how to overcome obstacles and create healthy habits for a lifetime of achievement. EDGE is about building the foundation. • The Carlson Leadership Academy (CLA) is an interactive training for executive board members on running committees, organizing, and meeting chapter goals. CLA is conducted with chapters across the country; CSU attends with the chapters in the west. • Frank J. Ruck Leadership Institute is an intense five-day event for SigEp's top rising leaders. Participants must apply and be selected to attend. They are stretched both mentally and physically, and pushed to explore their potential. • Tragos Quest to Greece participants are stretched mentally and physically during a 10-day journey through Greece in mid-June. Each scholar prepares for the trip with multiple books, and various classic writings and plays. Once there, they get to see the very mountains and seas that serve as settings for these stories. • Conclave: is the largest gathering of fraternity brothers in the world and is conducted every other year. Conclave activities include the undergraduate delegation to vote on new bylaws that govern the fraternity and distinguished alumni awards. • Life After College is SigEp's newest leadership event focused on preparing upperclassman to be successful personally and professionally as they transition from college to the real world. Through the workshop men focus on finding a career they are passionate about, best practices for finding a job, and strategies to manage their finances. To learn more about SigEp today, please visit www.sigep.org, and to see how the Colorado Gamma members are living it, please visit www.csusigep.org. Fraternally, Tony Mauro '99 AVC President / anthonymauro@yahoo.com Celebrating a Fallen Brother Brothers Remember Samuel Berenbeim '14 O n Friday, June 21, Brother Samuel J. Berenbeim '14 entered Chapter Eternal after a lifelong battle with diabetes. Sam was a Colorado Gamma senior set to graduate in spring 2014. He was pursuing a degree in chemical and biological engineering with minors in biomedical engineering and chemistry. We miss our brother dearly; his life brought an incredible amount of joy to everyone who knew him. While we mourn our loss, we continue to celebrate his life each and every day. Samuel was a passionate and talented musician, and the chapter hosted a music-centered philanthropy at Avogadro's Number on November 9 in his memory. The event featured multiple bands that were kind enough to donate their talents for the cause, and all proceeds from the event went toward diabetes research and education. Our goal is to make this philanthropy an annual occurrence and have it grow into something much grander in future years. Alumnus Remains Committed to Academic Excellence at Colorado State Building Named After Suzanne and Walter Scott '53 O n September 12 the Suzanne and Walter Scott Jr. Bioengineering Building opened on the Colorado State University campus. Named after Brother Walter Scott '53 and his late wife, Suzanne, the building is the second Engineering building on the Fort Collins campus. "The Scott Bioengineering Building, with its innovative design and state-of-the-art technologies, will allow us to better educate our students and better prepare them to make an impact on our world," said Colorado State President Tony Frank in an official press release to the university community. "We are enormously grateful to the students and donors – particularly Walter and Suzanne Scott – who believed in this project and made it such true success." The $75 million, 122,000-square-foot building occupies the southeast corner of Laurel Street and Meridian Avenue. The Scott Bioengineering Building contains classroom and high-tech research space for about 40 faculty members in the disciplines of biomedical engineering; bioanalytic devices, which are sensors to detect a host of organic agents; synthetic biology, which works to solve problems related to the environment, health and energy; and environmental engineering. The building, which has been built to LEED Gold standards, also includes teaching labs, design studios where student teams can work to solve specific problems, and a 24-hour study space. We are so thankful that Brother Walter Scott and his family remain committed to Colorado Gamma and to the university. Thank you!

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