Campaign Recap

Brothers,

2023 was quite a year for our chapter!

Our collegiate members moved into our near-complete new House in mid-January and they continue to enjoy ample space and new amenities (a semester at Wentz dorm certainly helped raise their level of appreciation).

We had many firsts/milestone events in our new chapter home: first initiation on February 11th; first Frontier Ball in late February; first Greek Discovery Days; first Mom’s Day; House Dedication celebrations on April 22nd; first Career Day (with exceptional alumni involvement); first Homecoming in the new house with Gamma Phis; first Freshman Follies in the new house with the Kappas; first Varsity Revue in the new house with the Thetas.

Coincidently, we raised our chapter GPA to 3.40 and received our 14th Rock Chapter!

We could NOT have accomplished these first-year milestones without the guidance and faithful support of our strong alumni base. The bar has been raised and it continues to be elevated to Excellence! We are so appreciative of the incredible base of alumni! A Big THANK YOU for ALL You Do!

The goal of the Centennial Campaign was to fund as much of the project as possible with private philanthropy. We have done very well in raising $6.4 million to-date.
While the over-the-top goal was $10.5 million for the project vision, our realistic goal was $7.5 million! We also wanted to have 100% of all living brothers participate in some fashion…we have achieved approximately 30%.
Let’s get to 50%!
Please help Sigma Nu reach these next levels…for the Brotherhood that we all love so dearly.
If you have not pledged, do so now! If you have already pledged, STEP UP to the Next Level with an additional gift! PAY IT FORWARD!!
Link to Pledge Form: https://epsilon-epsilon.squarespace.com/give-now

FINANCIAL RECAP:
Many alums are curious how we have done on the Centennial Campaign.

Over several years, the new house plan was brought forth in late 2018 and the fundraising campaign started in 2019. After a COVID-driven delay with relative cost increases, construction started in June 2021 and was mostly completed by March 2023 with a total project cost of $12.4MM including furniture, equipment, and design fees.

We closed on a $7 million mortgage and a $2 million bridge loan with roughly $4 million of the project cost secured (from campaign pledges received at that point). We closed on mortgage portion of project in August 2023. We ended 2023 with $6.4 million in gifts/pledges secured; $5.3M of those pledges have been received to date.

Relative project numbers for the detail-oriented group:

PROJECT COSTS:
$11,100k Flintco Construction Cost
$750k Architect Fees
$550k Furniture, Fixtures, & Equipment
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$12,400k Actual Project Outlays

$12,400k Project cost
+$600k Approx. Interest Paid
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$13,000k Total Paid To-date @ Close

MORTGAGE CLOSING AMOUNTS
$7,000k Mortgage
$2,000k Bridge Loan
$4,000k Principal contributed
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$13,000k

CAMPAIGN PLEDGE STATUS:
$6,400k Total Pledges to-date
$5,300k Pledges Received by 1/31/24
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$1,100k Pledges Outstanding as of 1/31/24

DEBT OUTSTANDING-1/31/24
$7,000k Mortgage
$1,600k Bridge Loan
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$8,600k

Initiation

Epsilon Epsilon would like to congratulate 35 new brothers into our best-in-class chapter. These brothers were the first pledge class to complete phase one and two of our candidate program.

Please help congratulate our New Brothers

EE 2814 Adam Stell from Edmond, Oklahoma

EE 2815 Keller Davis from The Woodlands, Texas

EE 2816 Rhylan Wright from Tulsa, Oklahoma

EE 2817 Camden Ziadie from Southlake, Texas

EE 2818 Walker Brown from Claremore, Oklahoma

EE 2819 Grayson Carroway from The Woodlands, Texas

EE 2820 Marek Matheson from Tulsa, Oklahoma

EE 2821 Ben Willeford from Norman, Oklahoma

EE 2822 Bryar Robinson from Claremore, Oklahoma

EE 2823 Eli Shirley from Edmond, Oklahoma

EE 2824 Hank Oakes from Edmond, Oklahoma

EE 2825 Kellen Lanman from Edmond, Oklahoma

EE 2826 Cooper Crissup from Tulsa, Oklahoma

EE 2827 Kyle Martin from Woodward, Oklahoma

EE 2828 Tyler Lavoie from New Haven, Connecticut

EE 2829 Colin Kleysteuber from Garden City, Kansas

EE 2830 Ethan Jolly from Tulsa, Oklahoma

EE 2831 Charter Patterson from Norman, Oklahoma

EE 2832 Kase Chambless from Bentonville, Arkansas

EE 2833 Preston Sanford from Tulsa, Oklahoma

EE 2834 Alex Dodder from Tulsa, Oklahoma

EE 2835 Dylan White from Verdigris, Oklahoma

EE 2836 Jake Shaffer from Edmond, Oklahoma

EE 2837 Colson Cooper from Abilene, Texas

EE 2838 Braxton Andrews from Como Pickton, Texas

EE 2839 Maddox Mecklenburg from Kingfisher, Oklahoma

EE 2840 Grant Evans from Claremore, Oklahoma

EE 2841 Turner Kinzer from Edmond, Oklahoma

EE 2842 Blake Lamb from Tulsa, Oklahoma

EE 2843 Cade Agee from Frisco, Texas

EE 2844 Rhett Hightower from Claremore, Oklahoma

EE 2845 Grae Webb from Granville, Texas

EE 2846 J.D. Atterberry from Bartlesville, Oklahoma

EE 2847 Nicholas Kuehn from Tulsa, Oklahoma

EE 2848 Parker Fort from Frisco, Texas

Frontier Ball

Epsilon Epsilon recently celebrated our 94 th annual frontier ball. This tradition is unlike any other nationwide in Greek life!

We would like to thank brothers Mckay Peterson EE 2775 and Dare Lovett EE 2726 for working hard in putting the event together! Pictured above is the PC 23 fort constructed the week leading up to the event.

Alumni Golf Tournament
Sign up HERE for the 2024 Alumni Golf Tournament

Alumni Relations

It is a great honor to serve you in the EE Chapter Alumni Relations position. If you have any thoughts, ideas, questions, please contact me, Keller Davis EE 2815. The Executive Team and I are here to serve.

Cell Phone: 346-336-1166

Email: kellerdavis96@gmail.com

COME SEE OUR NEW HOME!

Active Members are eager to show off their new home; please stop by when in Stillwater / before or after an Oklahoma State Sports Contest to check out our amazing facility.