ATLANTA - Sigma Alpha Epsilon celebrates its 35th anniversary on the campus of Oglethorpe University this year. The Georgia Eta chapter will commemorate this milestone with a cocktail party during Oglethorpe’s Alumni Weekend on Saturday, April 1, at 7:00 p.m. in the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art.

Oglethorpe’s chapter of SAE was founded on January 13, 1859, in Midway, Georgia. The chapter was reestablished at Oglethorpe’s Atlanta campus in 1971 and has been an integral part of the fraternal life at the university ever since. “The gentlemen of the Georgia Eta chapter of SAE have shown true leadership on the Oglethorpe campus. The chapter members excel academically and engage themselves in campus life and in the surrounding community,” said Greek Affairs Coordinator John Lynch.

This year Oglethorpe’s chapter of SAE will also receive the Organization Award for Service given by the Office of Alumni Relations. The national SAE fraternity is the largest in the United States and is celebrating its 150th anniversary on March 9 at its founding institution, the University of Alabama.

The SAE brotherhood is invited back to Oglethorpe for a black-tie optional celebration, planned by a host committee of 15 brothers, some of whom reestablished the chapter in the 1970s. Hors d’oeuvres will be served and an open bar will be available. Please contact Alison Stroud (404.364.8893) for tickets; $35/person in advance and $45/person at the door.

Located in Atlanta and founded in 1835, Oglethorpe enrolls approximately 1,050 students representing 35 states and 26 countries. The university plays in the NCAA Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Princeton Review’s The Best 361 Colleges 2006 edition ranks Oglethorpe in its prestigious list and also names it a Best Value College. Oglethorpe University is Georgia’s only coeducational member of the Annapolis Group, an organization of America’s most selective 100 liberal arts institutions.