Month: June 2012
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Lasting value of fraternity
Jim Higley recounts in a HuffPo piece “New Friends, Lost Friends, Found Friends, Old Friends” how more than thirty years after pledging his fraternity helped him gain a deeper understanding of human relationships, and explain friendship to his children: For me, I found that bucket of friends a few weeks ago when a group of…
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Happy DKE Founders Day
I received the note below from the Chairman of DKE International: Dear Brother De Lisi, Today is June 22nd. It was 168 years ago today that 15 Yale sophomores held a meeting at #12 Old South Hall on Yale’s campus, and founded the Brotherhood of Delta Kappa Epsilon. From Yale the Fraternity quickly spread, and…
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DKE x10 Challenge Update- Peter Carlson
On Saturday June 2nd the inaugural Rho DKE x10 Challenge was dedicated at the DKE Chapter house and enjoyed by all in attendance at Lafayette’s Reunion Weekend. The x10 Challenge successfully raised the funds to install a multi-zone sound system for the house. Many thanks to all of those in the classes of 2002, 2011,…
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Happy DKE Founders Day!
Today is June 22. 167 years ago today, DKE was founded at #12 Old South Hall, at Yale University in New Haven. Our great fraternity boasts a glorious history and a vibrant future. Please join our brothers in celebrating the 167th Anniversary of the founding of Delta Kappa Epsilon! Thanks to Doug Lanpher for the…
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Spring 2012 Greek Life Academic Performance Report
The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life published the Spring 2012 Greek Life Academic Performance report this week. You can access it from Lafayette College’s website at this link. In brief, the all-sorority/all-unaffiliated women term GPAs are 3.45/3.42 and the all-fraternity/all-unaffiliated men GPAs are 3.24/3.26 In an e-mail to advisors, the Director of FS Life…