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Teak of the week

  • Frater WK Johnston III M.D. for donating $250 towards our fall rush shirts.

  • TKE Facts

    Greek Life aims to bring together a community of committed leaders. And TKE believes leadership is impact and influence, not title or authority. So whether you are an officer, committee member, or just a member, you can mold, enhance, and demonstrate your leadership capabilities in TKE.

    100 of the 158 cabinet members since 1900 have been fraternity men

    When recruiting new members, TKE considers men "not for wealth, rank, or honor; but for personal worth and character."

    Studies show that 76 percent of Congress, 71 percent of the men listed in "Who's Who in America," and 85 percent of the Fortune 500 executives belong to a fraternity.
    In 2007‐08, TKE conducted more than 120,000 hours equaling more than $2.4 million in donated time, which averages to nearly 600 hours per chapter or 13 hours per member. TKE also raised nearly $500,000 for philanthropic causes, which averages to almost $2,500 per chapter and more than $50 per member.

    Approximately 80% of all Fortune 500 executives are fraternity men

    Tau Kappa Epsilon s Educational Foundation provides more than 90 scholarships, totaling nearly $100,000.

    What is the official flower of Tau Kappa Epsilon?

    The red carnation

    The TKE Educational Foundation provides hundreds of thousands of dollars for educational programming and scholarships, all for our members.

    TKE isn't just an undergraduate fraternity experience, but a lifelong brotherhood.

    All but 3 United States Presidents since 1825 have been fraternity men

    Tau Kappa Epsilon publishes a quarterly magazine titled The Teke.

    Through TKE you have the opportunity to meet others on campus and in the community through involvement in organizations, events, mixers with sororities, intramurals, educational programs, and more...

    TKE believes the essential elements of brotherhood are love, charity, and esteem...thus placing value on personal relationships, diversity, and generosity toward all.

    TKE focuses on balancing your in classroom learning with hands on, out of classroom experiences. Think of it this way your college classes provide the knowledge base for your future, while TKE enhances your experience level and gives you the opportunity to apply what you have learned.

    Tau Kappa Epsilon offers a team setting which allows an athlete to transfer his leadership skills from the athletic field into heir chapter, campus and community.

    The highest ranking frater in the United States Armed forces is General Joe Ralston, Frater Joe is Supreme Commander of NATO at the moment. 09-29-01

    With more than 270 chapters across North America, there are many TKE chapters to visit when on the road traveling to games as a spectator.

    TKE offers extensive leadership education opportunities, including: Regional Leadership Conferences, The Charles R. Walgreen TKE Leadership Academy, Conclave (our biennial fraternity‐wide conference), and grants for programs such as the Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute (UIFI) and Futures Quest, as well as many more.

    TKE has 27 Professional Staff Members and Hundreds of Volunteer Staff Members across the U.S. and Canada who work with undergraduates to improve and grow their chapters.

    40 of the 47 Supreme Court Justices since 1910 have been fraternity men.

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      About TKE!

      On the cold night of January 10, 1899, students of Illinois Wesleyan University, in the small Midwestern town of founderspic.jpgBloomington, had just returned from the Christmas holidays when Joseph L. Settles went to the room occupied by James C. McNutt and Clarence A. Mayer at 504 East Locust Street to discuss the organization of a new society on campus. Joined immediately by Owen I. Truitt and C. Roy Atkinson, these five students created the first set of regulations for the Knights of Classic Lore, a society whose avowed purpose was "to aid college men in mental, moral, and social development."

      The Founders of the Knights of Classic Lore desired an organization different from those represented by the existing fraternities. Their desire was to establish a fraternity in which the primary requisites for membership would be the personal worth and character of the individual rather than the wealth he possessed, the honors or titles he could display, or the rank he maintained on the social ladder. The Founders of the KCL had little regard for many of the common characteristics of fraternities at that time, including their usual snobbery and disdain for persons outside of a fraternity.
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      Special thank you to our contributors

      Frater Reyes Luna
      Kathleen Hickey
      Frater WK Johnston III

      All donations go towards Fall rush shirts -
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