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Sigma Theta Epsilon
Sigma Theta Epsilon (ΣΘΕ) was an American interdenominational national Christian fraternal organization that operated from 1941 to 2022. It had 47 chapters across the United States.
Methodist students at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota, formed a local a religious fraternity, Phi Lambda Phi, around 1924. They invited representatives from similar organizations at other colleges to meeting in Lincoln, Nebraska on February 6–7, 1925, to discuss forming a national fraternity. At that meeting, the delegates drew up articles of federation and elected national officers, establishing a national religious fraternity for Methodist men known as Phi Tau Theta.
On October 8, 1936, Methodist students at Indiana University established Sigma Epsilon Theta. Edwin Green, a student pastor at the Wesley Foundation was its first president. Other founding members included Edward Dodd, Montford Mead, F. Jay Nimitz, and Robert E. Schalliol. Sigma Epsilon Theta became a regional fraternity with three chapters.
In 1939, Phi Tau Theta approached Sigma Epsilon Theta about merging. On November 30, 1941, at a meeting in Cedar Falls, Iowa held during Thanksgiving break 1941, the two fraternities merged into Delta Sigma Theta. It had the common mission as a fraternity for Methodist men. However, a national sorority with prior usage of the Delta Sigma Theta name, threatened suit against the new fraternity. The fraternity's members selected the new name, Sigma Theta Epsilon, during Easter break 1949.
The purpose of Sigma Theta Epsilon was four-fold:
Its officers include president, vice president, recording secretary, corresponding secretary, treasurer, chaplain, historian, and alumni secretary.
After a period of expansion, the many chapters became inactive, leading to the 1968 national conclave to appoint a committee to review the fraternity's mission. The committee suggested changing the emphasis on Methodist men to Christian men. However, this change increased the loss of members because of less support from campus the Wesley Foundations. In 1972, the fraternity changed purpose to be religious, service, and social; however, this was reversed in 1975.
In 1975, Alpha Gamma at West Virginia Wesleyan College and the Epsilon at Ohio Northern University were the only active chapters. The addition of a chapter at Mount Union College in April 1980 stimulated optimism for the fraternity. However, by 1988 Delta chapter nearly closed and Alpha Gamma's membership was declining. That year, Beta Alpha chapter formed in Oklahoma City University. The Beta Alpha designation marked what was hoped to be a rebirth for the fraternity, and all chapters from this point on would be named in succession following Beta Alpha.
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Sigma Theta Epsilon
Sigma Theta Epsilon (ΣΘΕ) was an American interdenominational national Christian fraternal organization that operated from 1941 to 2022. It had 47 chapters across the United States.
Methodist students at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota, formed a local a religious fraternity, Phi Lambda Phi, around 1924. They invited representatives from similar organizations at other colleges to meeting in Lincoln, Nebraska on February 6–7, 1925, to discuss forming a national fraternity. At that meeting, the delegates drew up articles of federation and elected national officers, establishing a national religious fraternity for Methodist men known as Phi Tau Theta.
On October 8, 1936, Methodist students at Indiana University established Sigma Epsilon Theta. Edwin Green, a student pastor at the Wesley Foundation was its first president. Other founding members included Edward Dodd, Montford Mead, F. Jay Nimitz, and Robert E. Schalliol. Sigma Epsilon Theta became a regional fraternity with three chapters.
In 1939, Phi Tau Theta approached Sigma Epsilon Theta about merging. On November 30, 1941, at a meeting in Cedar Falls, Iowa held during Thanksgiving break 1941, the two fraternities merged into Delta Sigma Theta. It had the common mission as a fraternity for Methodist men. However, a national sorority with prior usage of the Delta Sigma Theta name, threatened suit against the new fraternity. The fraternity's members selected the new name, Sigma Theta Epsilon, during Easter break 1949.
The purpose of Sigma Theta Epsilon was four-fold:
Its officers include president, vice president, recording secretary, corresponding secretary, treasurer, chaplain, historian, and alumni secretary.
After a period of expansion, the many chapters became inactive, leading to the 1968 national conclave to appoint a committee to review the fraternity's mission. The committee suggested changing the emphasis on Methodist men to Christian men. However, this change increased the loss of members because of less support from campus the Wesley Foundations. In 1972, the fraternity changed purpose to be religious, service, and social; however, this was reversed in 1975.
In 1975, Alpha Gamma at West Virginia Wesleyan College and the Epsilon at Ohio Northern University were the only active chapters. The addition of a chapter at Mount Union College in April 1980 stimulated optimism for the fraternity. However, by 1988 Delta chapter nearly closed and Alpha Gamma's membership was declining. That year, Beta Alpha chapter formed in Oklahoma City University. The Beta Alpha designation marked what was hoped to be a rebirth for the fraternity, and all chapters from this point on would be named in succession following Beta Alpha.