Four of our undergraduate brothers attended the 58th grand chapter conclave this summer in San Antonio, Texas. While at Conclave, our brothers had the opportunity to attend seminars on topics such as leadership, mental health, and entrepreneurship. Conclave’s main focus is not on undergraduate education; while that was a large part of many of our brothers’ experiences, the main purpose of Conclave is for legislation. Within legislation, our delegate Aaron Colley sat on a committee discussing some of the things being brought forth, along with sitting on one of the several committees. Aaron attended all of the legislative sessions where delegates from every chapter and the board members, voted on these pieces of legislation. Two of the other brothers sat in on all of the legislative sessions to listen to all of the proposed changes and discussions surrounding them. The most notable bill that was voted on had to do with a change to the rituals of SigEp, reverting back to having a rite or brotherhood as opposed to tiered membership, according to the brother that brought forth this piece of legislation. We also saw an increase in our minimum grade standards for new members, aiding in the high standard brothers of SigEp are held to.
Many notable things happened during legislation, but our brothers who attended the undergraduate education seminars gained lots of valuable information to bring back to the chapter to share with those who were unable to attend Conclave. Our brother Jack Marotta attended the leadership track of undergraduate education. He learned a lot about recruitment/ networking strategies, conflict resolution, and Men’s mental health. Mental health has become a large part of SigEp and was heavily emphasized in many of the seminars. Our other two brothers, Matthew Fox and Jackson Wise, sat in on the educational track called Think Like an Executive. With this set of seminars, there was a larger focus on the business side of SigEp as well as the life after college for students, learning ways to market themselves to companies to stand out from the rest and land those big internships. Overall, our four undergraduate brothers brought back lots of great knowledge, connections, and stories from this amazing experience.