Alumni

Five of the Eight National Founding Fathers at the 10-Year Convention in New York City (Summer 2006).

Around the country, young college men are joining Greek organizations at an unprecedented rate. Though fraternities were originally founded as a means by which undergraduates could join in camaraderie with one another toward a common interest, Sigma Beta Rho strives to transcend this short-sighted norm in that we do not believe that brotherhood should end with one’s undergraduate tenure. To us, Sigma Beta Rho is a lifetime commitment. It is not something to be joined merely to pass the time during one’s time at his respective collegiate institution. Our alumni – experienced in the ways of the world and accomplished in their respective fields – continue to serve an active role in our organization.

The Alumni role is substantially two-fold. Among themselves, the alumni belong to a vast yet dynamically partitioned social and professional network. Each school organizes its own alumni network consisting of graduates from the chapter, while nationally we have sequestered each alumnus by area of residence to a given region so that those alumni might better organize events with other local alumni. Additionally, we have compiled an ever-growing database of alumni in myriads of professional fields listing their current and past employments, as well as preferred contact, so as to create a sprawling professional network by which our brothers may better have access to such valuable resources that those who have already walked the path can provide.

While this latter expansive network is a pertinent resource for those who have newly graduated, alumni do interact with undergraduate brothers on other occasions. It is not uncommon to see local alumni attending and helping out at community service or other events thrown at the chapter level. It is this type of humble and grassroots programming that solidifies the already tightly knit bonds cultivated through brotherhood in this fraternity.

Verily, we are a brotherhood beyond all barriers, and by no means should the transition from undergraduate to alumnus prove to be any obstacle that the bond of brotherhood cannot transcend.