Chapter House news

Gentlemen,

As you may be aware, plans are underway to for a non-Greek affiliated organization at USM to use the Kappa Sigma house during the fraternity's absence. An ad hoc group of Epsilon Nu alumni, including Gee Ogletree, Luke Schissel, Jim Payne, Randy Mascagni, Chris White and I, have been involved in discussions with Dr. Joseph Paul, VP of student relations, and other university officials. We have also recently sent a mailing to all available valid addresses of alumni. The university plans to house a group of exceptional students from the school of business for a residential/learning environment that will be a pilot program for other schools to use in the future. We have received assurance from top university officials that the chapter house will be a temporary home for this program. For the school to use the house, they are going to invest over $100,000 in improvements to the facility, which will benefit the fraternity when it ultimately returns, which will most likely be around the fall of 2012.

All involved are convinced that this is in the best interest of the fraternity's future prosperity at USM. I am personally excited to see the University invest in the much needed renovations of the house and to put it to some use until the chapter is back. If you have any questions, please ask and I'll do my best to answer them.

AEKDB

John McCallum