FRATERNITY MARKS ITS 10TH YEAR ON SEMO CAMPUS

It was 10 years ago that Southeast Missouri State University was first introduced to the cross and crescent symbol and the purple, green, and gold colors of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.

It was only a small group of men who assembled and colonized the organization, but that initiative resulted not only in the official chartering of the local chapter two years later but in an organization that today has more than 230 initiated men and remains one of Lambda Chi Alpha's strongest chapter's in North America.

Lambda Chi Alpha International Fraternity is one of the largest men's general fraternities with more than 200 chapters and colonies on college and university campuses throughout the United States and Canada and more than 230,000 initiated members since its founding at Boston University in 1909. The chapter at Southeast Missouri State was founded in 1989.

As the chapter at Southeast celebrates its anniversary, alumni of the organization have launched the "Campaign for Excellence," a fund-raising effort that will raise $30,200, create two permanent endowments with the Southeast Missouri University Foundation and provide annual programming support for the local chapter for the next four years.