Parents, We Know You Have Questions About Your Son

As parents, you know your job is to look after your son in his journeys in life. One mission that your son has decided to pursue is joining Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. "Fraternity." What does that word mean to you? For a lot of you it conjures up images of a keg tapped around the clock and outrageous initiation rituals found in movies such as "Animal House." There are fraternities who still operate that way, however, SigEp is committed to assisting its members in achieving success in life.

SigEp molds its members through the Balanced Man Program. The Balanced Program is a lifelong program that consists of five "challenges" a brother can undertake. The first three challenges are undertaken while a member is in college. They are the Sigma, Phi, and Epsilon Challenges. The challenges each have tasks that a brother completes which work towards making him a "balanced man." Some examples of tasks a brother completes in the Balanced Man Program are community service hours, participation in an on-campus organization and participation on an intramural sports team.

The motto of the Balanced Man Program is "Sound Mind, Sound Body" and SigEp works to help its brothers achieve that. It is a proven fact that SigEp chapters with the Balanced Man Program, like ours, have higher average grades than the traditional pledge model fraternities. An important fact you may want to know is that men involved in a fraternity have a higher average GPA than men who are not.

Hopefully this section clears up some of the questions you have about your son's fraternity. If you have other questions, visit the SigEp National Parents Site.

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Want to Leave a Message for Your Son or Other Members of the Fraternity?

For over two and a half years, Iowa Beta has operated a guest book where messages can be left for members of the fraternity. Click here to leave a message for your son or just take a look at all of the messages compiled over the years.

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Family Events

Every semester, Iowa Beta holds a variety of events for the family of members. Some of the events include a parents weekend and a father-son golf outing. We hold the events for the members to spend quality time together with their parents and other family members and to enable the members family to discover the positive influence SigEp is having on him.

Listed below is a listing of the upcoming parent's events. Check back in this space frequently for updates.

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