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Home:Member Resources:Expansion:Expansion Process

The Expansion Process

In 2002, Tau Kappa Epsilon unveiled its enhanced expansion program that is designed to recruit and educate only the highest quality men on campus, through a cooperative effort with the host institution, local community and alumni. The direct and intended purpose of this program is to build a fraternity chapter that consistently ranks in the top 20% of all fraternities on campus in the categories of recruitment, academics, service, campus involvement, and alumni relations. Tau Kappa Epsilon understands that the destiny of any chapter on any campus depends greatly upon the attitudes, standards and values of the initial core group. Through our expansion program we pledge and commit the human and financial resources necessary to develop a successful chapter.

Two full-time paid staff members direct the expansion efforts of the Fraternity. The Director of Chapter Services works with these Expansion Consultants and university officials, seeing that they have all the tools necessary to be successful. The two Expansion Consultants are the on-site field staff charged with finding, recruiting and educating high caliber undergraduates and training the alumni advisors.

Tau Kappa Epsilon makes a determination on a targeted expansion site based on alumni support and the targeted institutions reputation and receptivity. TKE’s prerequisites for an expansion include a supportive university/college administration, a supportive IFC and a strong and willing alumni base. Once a mutual agreement is made by TKE and the university/college, the Director Chapter Services will formally request a time when expansion is feasible for both TKE and the university/college. A vital part of the Tau Kappa Epsilon Expansion Program is the concerted effort to work with the university/college administration and local IFC in the organization of a colony.