UMaine’s Sigma Nu Chapter Suspended
Effective April 4, the University of Maine has suspended the Sigma Nu fraternity for five years for continued violations of the UMaine student conduct code.
The most recent incident occurred March 18 and involved underage consumption of alcohol at the Sigma Nu fraternity house on Munson Road, according to Robert Dana, UMaine vice president for student affairs and dean of students.
The UMaine chapter has seven days to appeal the university’s decision to revoke the fraternity’s recognition.
At the end of the five-year suspension, the fraternity must submit a written petition for reinstatement, which must be approved by Student Affairs and UMaine’s Interfraternity Council.
UMaine’s Delta Nu chapter of Sigma Nu was founded in 1913. Currently, 28 UMaine students are active members, 16 of whom live in the fraternity house. The in-house members will be offered on-campus housing, which will be available immediately.
The chapter also lost university recognition from May 2003 to Sept. 15, 2005 for similar conduct code violations.
“These violations of the UMaine’s student conduct code are unacceptable and against our principles, and cannot be tolerated. These behaviors corrode the learning environment, and are against the values of community and leadership inherent to all Greek Letter Organizations,” says Dana. “We have high expectations for our students and our student organizations, and, in this case, those expectations have not been met.”
Sigma Nu Fraternity Inc., the national organization that governs 177 active chapters and colonies on college campuses throughout the United States, has been directly involved and fully cooperated with UMaine’s review of the local chapter.
Contact: Robert Dana, 581-1406