Zeta Nu Chapter
Lindenwood University–Belleville
About the Chapter
The Zeta Nu Chapter of Sigma Tau Gamma at Lindenwood University–Belleville, located in Belleville, Illinois is one of Sig Tau’s newest chapters. The chapter began in September 2015 and received their charter in September 2017.
Fun Facts
- First Greek organization on campus
- Won the W.T. Hembree Leadership award first year as a chapter
- First chapter president is from Brazil
Chapter History
The Zeta Nu Chapter at Lindenwood University–Belleville Chapter was founded on September 11, 2015. It started with 13 men who were eager to showcase what they could do. There to lead was Rafael Follador, the chapter’s first President. In his first semester as president, the focus was on helping serve the community in Belleville, Illinois. Over 250 hours of community service was completed in the chapters the first semester. The Chapter held fast to its original roots and completed over 100 hours of community service in the spring of 2016. In the summer of 2016, Slade Downing was an intern for the National Headquarters. At Grand Chapter in Orlando, FL the Zeta Nu Associate Chapter won the W.T. Hembre award for outstanding leadership on their campus.
Chapter Funds
A Chapter Fund is a restricted account from the Sigma Tau Gamma Foundation. In this case, the restriction is that the funds and earnings on the investment of the funds may be used only for a particular chapter, meaning that if you donate to your chapter’s fund, it may only be used for your chapter.
Chapter Funds may be used to:
- Award scholarships based on academic and leadership criteria
- Technology grants for purchase and upgrade of chapter computer technology
- Educational facility grants to the selected chapter
- Leadership education grants for participation in institutes, seminars, and conventions.
The Foundation manages the fund. This management includes fund accounting, investing, and preparing required reports for the Internal Revenue Service. The policy of the Foundation Board of Trustees is to involve chapter alumni association leaders in the creation of criteria, formation of program priorities and selection of grant recipients.
Submitting Changes to the Chapter’s History
Any member of the fraternity and/or chapter is welcome to submit a request to update/change/correct information listed within the chapter history portion of the page. submissions will be accepted in two ways: should a correction need to be made, please submit the entire sentence/paragraph, that needs to be updated with the correction highlighted in yellow or in a different color. If something new or updated needs to be added, please submit the entire text that needs to be added and/or revised with the new information highlighted in yellow.
This information should be submitted to noblemen@sigtau.org, where is will be reviewed by HQ Staff. Your submission will not be acknowledged unless it has been added to the website. It is very important that the chapter’s history accurately and objectively reflects the chapter, so all corrections, additions, and revisions should be reviewed by other members of your chapter before being submitted.