Pennsylvania Epsilon was awarded the Buchanan Cup, the highest honor a SigEp chapter can receive from the our national fraternity, at SigEp National Conclave on Thursday, August 11, 2011.  This is the second Conclave in a row our chapter has been awarded this honor.  This year, seven brothers were on hand at SigEp's national Conclave in Phoenix, AZ last night to receive the award.

Conclave is an opportunity for the undergraduate chapter to learn and share with other chapters nationwide.  It is a learning experience that has served our chapter well over the years.  Brothers come back from Conclave with new and innovative ideas in regards to member development, recruitment, house management, etc.  This is a major reason we try to send as many undergrads to Conclave as possible.

We would also like to thank all of our alumni who contributed during this year's Conclave Challenge.  This year we raised nearly $8,000.  Your donations went directly to defer the cost of sending our brothers to Conclave.  The undergraduates would not have been able to attend Conclave without your help.

Thank you again for your continued support.

You can see the complete list of Buchanan Cup winners and read more about Conclave HERE

Two new sections have been added to the website covering Penn Epsilon's newest fundraising effort.

The goal of this program, called the Conclave Challenge, is to raise at least $12,000 to help cover the cost of registration, airfare and hotels for as many of the Juniors and Seniors who would be attending the SigEp national conclave in Phoenix, AZ later this summer.  These undergraduates are the very brothers who worked hard to make SigEp at Lehigh the success that it is today.  In a shrinking Greek system, these undergrads are the ones who have ensured we all have a place to return to when we come back to campus.

The Conclave Challenge will culminate with a charity golf tournament on June 5, 2011 at the Wedgewood Golf Course in Coopersburg, PA.  Please take a moment to look at the "Golf Tournament" and "Conclave Challenge" links.

As an alumni who has seen the dedication and commitment the brothers in the chapter have had in building SigEp into a leader on campus, I encourage you all, my fellow alumni, to support the chapter.  Please considering donating to this worthy effort and I hope to see you all at the Golf Tournament on June 5, 2011.

Pennsylvania Epsilon chapter was awarded its 4th Buchanan Outstanding Chapter Award (commonly called the Buchanan Cup) in its 102 year history, and the second in 6 years.  The award ceremony took place at the national conclave in Orlando, FL in August 2009. In addition to being awarded the Buchanan Cup, the members of the Pennsylvania Epsilon Chapter were honored to be recognized with “Delegation3” ribbons to decorate their Conclave ID badges.  The Delegation3 ribbons are awarded to chapters who have “cubed” their total undergraduate representation.  Twelve undergraduate brothers were in attendance (up from just 2 undergraduates at the previous Conclave) with seven alumni brothers attending in support of the chapter. 

In addition, the Penn Epsilon chapter is proud to announce its representatives included one regional director, and recent graduate, in Mitch Goldich. This was the best showing that PA Epsilon has ever had at Conclave.  

The undergraduates would like to offer their heartfelt thanks to those alumni who contributed so generously toward their conclave registration fees.  Your contributions are the reason so many brothers were on hand to witness Penn Epsilon being awarded the highest honor Sigma Phi Epsilon bestows on any chapter.