Monthly update – Fall 2023

74th Biennial Conclave

Our Chapter took a late July trip to Charlottesville, Virginia for Kappa Sigma’s 74th Biennial Grand Conclave. 23 of our brothers who attended represented Theta-Zeta by bringing home the Grand Conclave Cup, our 30th Founder’s Award of Chapter Excellence, and our 21st Founder’s Circle Award.

Rush

The Theta-Zeta Chapter is proud to welcome our newest pledge class of 46 young men. As they have already begun their pledging period, we are more than ecstatic for their journey to greatness.

Ritual Certificates

Before the semester even started, Aidan Garcia and Tyler Betts became Masters of the Ritual. They continue to grow Theta-Zeta’s number and exemplify what a Kappa Sigma is.

Set your Reminders!

We have one event coming up soon.

The Theta-Zeta Chapter will host its 61st Homecoming Celebration during the ENMU Homecoming from October 19-21! If you have any questions contact Colton Stewart (575) 491-1042 or email Colton.stewart@enmu.edu or review our Homecoming event page.

Monthly update – September 2022

Leadership Conference

Our Chapter took a trip to Denver, Colorado for the Kappa Sigma Leadership Conference between July 29-31. The 28 brothers in attendance proudly took home the Founder’s Circle, Founder’s Award of Chapter Excellence (FACE), and the George Miles Arnold Cup for ritual proficiency.

Rush

The Theta-Zeta Chapter is proud to welcome our newest pledge class of 52 young men. They are excited to begin Pledge Education this weekend, and we look forward to initiating as many of these men as possible.

Kappa Sigma Sing Along

We recently acquired one of the original Kappa Sigma Sing Along vinyl records, and wish to thank Riley Daggett and Gene Gutierrez for bringing this album to the website, which you can find at thetazeta.org/songs, along with more information about The Easterners who recorded it.

Website updates

In preparation for the 60th Homecoming Celebration, we have updated the Memories page with a new way to view the images and higher-resolution Composites throughout the years. Keep an eye out for missing years to be added if we’re able to locate and digitize them! Don’t forget you can always submit new pictures to include in these categories, or if you have a whole event album, we’d love to add them! Please email webmaster@thetazeta.org with as much information as you would like. Captions below pictures are not necessary, but we would like to add as much information as you provide.

Looking ahead…

We have one event coming up soon.

The Theta-Zeta Chapter’s 60th Homecoming Celebration will be hosted during the ENMU Homecoming on September 30 – October 2! Online payments are available at thetazeta.org/homecoming to join in the Celebration. We hope to see you there!

Monthly update – May 2022

Black & White was a success with 46 undergraduates and 17 alumni attending. It was a weekend full of great fellowship and fun events.
Greek Week was an exciting week as we went undefeated during mud day, and kept the momentum going throughout the week.

Ritual certificates earned

We are happy to have awarded 8 certificates of ritual proficiency last month, including 2 new Masters of the Ritual:

Pledging
Jude Urioste

Ceremony of Initiation – GMC
Aidan Garcia
Andrew Barba
Calvin Grace

Ceremony of Initiation – GM & I
Anton Pieniazek

Installation of Officers
Nazavy Barron

Explanatory Lecture
Andres Chavez
Garrett Jordan

Looking ahead…

Summer break begins!

Kappa Sigma Leadership Conference will be held in Denver, CO starting on Friday, July 29 – 30. Find more details from HQ below.

https://www.kappasigma.org/leadership-conference-july-29-30-in-denver-co/

Monthly update – April 2022

March was a strong month for the Theta-Zeta Chapter of Kappa Sigma. We are currently making a full stride towards our goal in our second week of the 26th annual Cowdrop. We currently have 13 active pledges initiating April 5th and 6th.

Ritual certificates earned

We are happy to have awarded one certificate of ritual proficiency last month:

Ceremony of Initiation – GMC
Brenin Hillis

Installation of Officers
Anton Pieniazek
Nazavy Barron

On our next testing date, April 13, 7 brothers have committed to testing for a new certificate. We wish them luck and hope to add more names next month!

Looking ahead…

There are two events coming up, and Cowdrop continues.

Cowdrop sales began on March 13. Tickets remain available online.
More information: https://thetazeta.org/cowdrop

Black & White will be the weekend of May 6 – 8 in Lubbock, TX. Please contact the Grand Master if you are interested in attending.
More information: https://thetazeta.org/blackandwhite

Greek Week starts on April 25! We are excited to compete once more.

Monthly update – March 2022

February was a strong month for the Theta-Zeta Chapter of Kappa Sigma. We currently have 16 pledges assigned to their Big Brothers, and they are working hard to learn the history of Kappa Sigma.

Ritual certificates earned

We are happy to have awarded one certificate of ritual proficiency last month:

Pledging
Kayden Cones

On our next testing date, March 23, 17 brothers have committed to testing for a new certificate. We wish them luck and hope to add more names next month!

Looking ahead…

There are three events coming up soon.

The Steven Alonzo Jackson Weekend of Giving will take place on the weekend of March 4 – 6. We challenge the alumni to help us beat the goal of $4,375 set by Kappa Sigma this year. All your donations will go to our Chapter’s scholarship fund and are greatly appreciated.
Donate: https://thetazeta.org/sajdonate

Cowdrop sales begin on March 13. Tickets will again be available online.
More information: https://thetazeta.org/cowdrop

Black & White will be the weekend of May 6 – 8 in Lubbock, TX. Please contact the Grand Master if you are interested in attending.
More information: https://thetazeta.org/blackandwhite

Monthly update – February 2020

February was a strong month for the Theta-Zeta Chapter of Kappa Sigma. We currently have 23 pledges assigned to their Big Brothers, and they are working hard to learn the history of Kappa Sigma.

Ritual certificates earned

We are happy to have awarded nine certificates of ritual proficiency last month:

Pledging
Garret Jordan

Grand Master
Joshua Dietz and Kristian Goebel

Initiatory
Joshua Dietz and Kristian Goebel

Installation of Officers
Kristian Goebel, Ethan Rogers and Jonathan Lewis

Explanatory Lecture
Cash Daggett

We are proud to announce two new Masters of the Ritual!

Cash Daggett and Ethan Rogers have shown their dedication to learning the history and ritual of Kappa Sigma and successfully earned all ritual proficiency certificates. Congratulations! (Learn more about this achievement.)

Looking ahead…

There are three events coming up soon.

The Steven Alonzo Jackson Weekend of Giving will take place on the weekend of March 6 – 8. We challenge the alumni to help us beat the total of $6,818.00 we had last year. All your donations will go to our Chapter’s scholarship fund.
Donate: https://thetazeta.org/sajdonate
More info: https://thetazeta.org/sajabout

Cowdrop sales begin on March 16. Tickets will again be available online.
More information: https://thetazeta.org/cowdrop

Black & White will be the weekend of May 1 – 3 in Ruidoso. Please contact the Grand Master if you are interested in attending.
More information: https://thetazeta.org/blackandwhite

Monthly update – January 2020

The Theta-Zeta Chapter finished the Fall 2019 semester strong. We had 49 brothers get over a 3.0 GPA, which brought the Chapter average to a 3.04 – enough to beat the all-men’s GPA on campus. During the weekend of January 10 – 12, the Executive Committee attended the Spring 2020 Officer Retreat in Albuquerque, where they obtained the tools to prepare for the coming semester.

As Spring rush ends, we have recruited 24 new pledges which we hope to initiate as the semester progresses.

We are approaching the first ritual testing date on February 15.We anticipate having upwards of 5 certificates awarded, including 3 new Masters of the Ritual.

Over the break…

At the end of the fall semester and into the break, the following certificates were earned by brothers:

Pledging Ceremony
Luke Lueras, Travis Barks, Anthony Campos, Izaih Christianson, Manuel Rivera and Clayne Williams

Grand Master of Ceremonies
Kristian Goebel and Edward Varela

Grand Master
J.R. Bailey and Trenton Ramsey

Ceremony of the Initiatory
J.R. Bailey and Trenton Ramsey

Installation of Officers
Kenan White

Explanatory Lecture
Jonathan Lewis

Looking ahead…

We have two events coming up soon.

Cowdrop sales begin on March 16. Tickets will again be available online. More information: https://thetazeta.org/cowdrop

Black & White will be the weekend of May 1 – 3 in Ruidoso. Please contact the Grand Master if you are interested in attending. More information: https://thetazeta.org/blackandwhite