Sigma Phi Epsilon - University of Texas

p. 3 SIGMA PHI EPSILON Texas Alpha executives presenting the check to Abby Loncar and Kappa Alpha Theta executives for the Grace Loncar Foundation, which helps teens and young adults fight depression while raising awareness about mental health. T hrough the early months of the semester, Texas Alpha has continued to lead the pack as a premier fraternity at the University of Texas. We maintain our position as one of the strongest fraternities nationwide in manpower, academics, and campus involvement. e fall semester saw the completion of the Sigma Challenge and new member semester for 49 exceptional young men, and Texas Alpha's continued impact on and off campus. Our chapter continues to strive toward academic excellence with one of the strongest GPAs on campus. Last fall, the chapter obtained a GPA of 3.3, ranking in the top four among chapters of comparable size at Texas, and higher than the all-campus GPA. We are actively seeking accreditation as a Residential Learning Community by continuing the Balanced Man Lectureship Series. This semester, the series kicked off with A.J. Bingham, founder and CEO of Austin- based lobbying firm, The Bingham Group LLC. Texas faculty, such as Dr. Douglas Garrard, associate vice president for campus life and senior associate dean of students, who won the 2018 University Partner of the Year at Carlson this February, also continue to help to polish our actives into well-rounded men. Even as young as 2018 is, we have already raised over $16,000 for the Boys and Girls Clubs and the Grace Loncar Foundation through a profit share with Outdoor Voices and our annual dodgeball tournament. Our men are involved in a wide variety of organizations on campus from business and engineering honor fraternities to intramural sports teams, with one of our soccer teams winning the championship last fall. We currently have nine Silver Spurs and seven Texas Cowboys, including three executives and one of four Bevo handlers in Spurs, and one executive member of Cowboys. Other involvement on campus includes five members on various IFC committees, two actives on the university club lacrosse team, the vice president of the Texas Energy Management Association, and both the president and vice president of the Real Estate Society. Coming up, we have our annual country concert featuring Charlie Robison, Spring Parent's Weekend (where we will have our inaugural Parent's Weekend auction, benefitting ovarian cancer research), and the trademark safari party to wrap up the spring. We are all thrilled to be back for another great semester, and look forward to growing as one of the most elite fraternities nationwide. We are so grateful for the constant support and generosity, and wish you all a great spring. HFF, Will Jenkins '19 President (817) 995-3104 Leading the Way Spring Semester Starts off Strong for Texas Alpha Texas Alpha Silver Spur and Bevo Handler Ross Rutherford '18 and Cowboys Thomas Laidlaw '18 and Colton Shearer '18 at DKR last fall. EXECUTIVE BOARD President Will Jenkins '19 willj8403@gmail.com | (817) 995-3104 Vice President Henry Boehm '19 Social Chairmen Jack Gilbert '19 Max Johnston '19 Finance Chairman Jesse Huebner '19 House Manager Quinn Stroube '19 Recruitment Chairman Hayden Schnieders '20 haydents5@gmail.com | (214) 364-5988 New Member Development Chairman Kyle Prochazka '19 Philanthropy Chairman Mathew Ronk '19 Chaplain Jason Poindexter '19 Communications Chairman Clayton Helbing '19 Standards Chairman Noah Villicana '20 Alumni Relations Chairman Jason Goolsby '19 jasongoolsby@utexas.edu | (469) 286-9888

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