The High Council of Sigma Nu Fraternity granted a charter to the Eta Kappa Chapter of Sigma Nu Fraternity on February 24, 1963.
After a hiatus of 12 years, Eta Kappa recolonized in Fall 2024. A National and University record was set with a 99 member candidate class. These Refounding Fathers were selected amongst hundreds of interested prospective members. Each Refounding Father had to not only meet numerous alumni and members of Sigma Nu's recolonization team, they had to have multiple individual interviews with members of alumni and Sigma Nu National. Each prospective member was ranked based upon their academic achievements, leadership experience, community service, personal values and desire to do more than the typical fraternity member to bring Sigma Nu back to SDSU. As is well documented, admittance to SDSU now requires students to achieve high school GPA's in the area of 4.0 and still many with 4.0s do not get admitted. In addition, our Candidates displayed leadership in their high schools' student government, club, athletics and their communities
The level of sacrifice and hard work required to be a Refounding Father is not for everyone. The dedicated 89 Fall Candidates recruited 31 outstanding Spring Candidates to join their ranks. These young men have already established themselves as one of the top fraternities on campus and achieved the #1 academic ranking amongst fraternities at SDSU with a collective 3.41 GPA and are very active with other campus organizations, student government and sports teams. They have had many victories and top tier rankings in athletics. In addition, these young men have achieved their goal of doubling Sigma Nu National's community service requirement by volunteering their free time to: mentoring local elementary students, river clean ups and providing support to local San Diegans who are in need of hot meals, food, clothing, haircuts and other essentials. They have participated in and raised thousands of dollars for breast cancer research, donated almost a thousand blankets to warm people in need in the San Diego Community and those impacted by the Los Angeles fires. ALL OF THIS IN THEIR FIRST FIVE MONTHS!!
These young men, through their actions not their words, have shown a strong commitment to the Sigma Nu ideals of LOVE, HONOR and TRUTH.
We could not be more proud of them and look forward to calling them "Brother"