Recruitment
Contact for recruitment or information:
sae@coyotes.usd.edu, Marcus.Mahlen@coyotes.usd.edu
Reasons to Join SAE at the University of South Dakota
Leadership Development:
Builds Resume and character. SAE has a national Leadership School, the first of its kind. The school was started in 1935 and has over 20,000 graduates.
Community Service:
Helps Others in our community
Career Network and Connections:
Alumni to assist in career search and opportunities.
Builds Better Relationships:
No hazing
Join Something Great:
SAE has over 220 chapters in the United States and Canada. The average chapter size is 75 active brothers and pledges. SAE has over 300,000 members.
Social Functions:
Enjoy college life while meeting many unique people and developing solid inter-personal skills
Famous and Successful Alumni:
Positive and Inspiring Role Models
Brotherhood:
Bonded life-long friendships
National Organization:
Vast Opportunity Beyond the Campus. SAE built the Levere Memorial Temple which is the national headquarters located in Evanston Illinois. SAE was the first fraternity to have a national headquarters.4
Why Go Greek?
Greeks excel in Scholarship
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Greeks consistently achieve higher scholarship ratings than the all campus average
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Greeks have a 10% higher rate of graduation than do non-Greeks
Greek membership is affordable
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Room and board is comparable, sometimes even lower, than college or university charges
Greeks Achieve
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70% of those listed in "Who's Who in America" are Greek
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85% of the upper-level executives in the "Fortune 500 Companies" are Greek
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43 CEO's of the top 50 companies are Greek
Greeks Lead
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75% of the members of the U.S. Congress are Greek
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85% of the U.S. Supreme Court Justices this century are/were Greek
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100% of 158 of those who have served on the President's Cabinet this century are/were Greek
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All but 3 of the U.S. Presidents since 1825 have been Greek
Greeks Give
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As Alumni, Greeks give approximately 75% of all money donated to universities
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As undergraduates, Greeks raise approximately 7 million dollars per year for charities
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As undergraduates, Greeks give approximately 850,000 volunteer hours per year
From The Baird's Manual, 20th ed. and Statistics on Greeks, compiled by Will Keim