Greek Life

Don’t call it a comeback: Fraternity returns to UH

Greek Park will be welcoming back the Zeta Chi chapter of Sigma Nu this fall. The chapter left UH in 2008, and after working with the Center for Leadership and Fraternity and Sorority Life and the Sigma Nu fraternity itself, the Zeta Chi chapter decided to recolonize on campus.

Recruiting officials have been at UH this semester to recruit male students interested in the Zeta Chi chapter of Sigma Nu. What most people don’t realize, however, is that it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be given a bid from any Greek organization in this manner.

The recolonizing process works in such a way that Sigma Nu staff searches for students capable of representing their fraternity’s values and are ready to better the fraternity as a whole.

“Sigma Nu and the University worked together to decide when the recolonization would take place and based on the goals of UH and the strong support of our local alumni,” Adam Bremmeyer, expansion and recruitment consultant, said in an email. “It was the perfect timing.”

Sigma Nu staff has recruited new members of Zeta Chi through the Student Government Association, working with housing officials, sending out mass emails, attending meetings at other Greek houses and by word of mouth.

Alumni are invited to weekly meetings with the expansion staff of Sigma Nu at UH, but are not involved in the recruitment process.

Several bids have already been given to students who are interested in Sigma Nu and are perceived as men capable of promoting the fraternity and carrying out its values. Each student given a bid has attended anywhere between two to 10 meetings with the Sigma Nu recruitment staff and has a minimum 2.5 GPA.

The Zeta Chi chapter left UH in 2008 for a number of reasons.

“Sigma Nu stays firm to its values of love, truth, honor and an opposition to hazing,” Bremmeyer said. “When a chapter chooses to stray from these values then the discussion is brought up as to whether the charter ought to be revoked or not. In this case, this is what happened.”

Students who are still enrolled and were members before the charter was revoked in 2008 are not eligible to become active members again.

The fraternity plans to start fresh and recruit new members for the chapter.

The alumni, the new members and the University will discuss housing options in the future.

If you are interested in becoming a member of the Zeta Chi chapter of Sigma Nu, visit www.sigmanu.org for more information.

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