The youngest chapter to be awarded the John O. Mosely award for
Fraternity Zeal, members of Delta-Omega fraternity at CMU beat more
than 200 active chapters nationwide.

The John O. Mosely award for Fraternity Zeal is awarded each year by
the Sigma Alpha Epsilon National Fraternity’s Leadership School, where
many chapters are recognized and awarded for excellence in leadership,
brotherhood, academics, campus involvement and other values that the
fraternity holds dear.

The announcement of CMU’s Michigan Delta-Omega Chapter’s victory
highlighted the Leadership Schools events.

The award is given to the chapter that best exemplifies the values
set forth by Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and with 210 active chapters
nationwide, fraternity members were shocked when they heard the news.

“I was speechless when I found out that we won,” said Freeland
senior Brad Kloha, the chapter’s president.

Michigan Delta-Omega learned the night before it was presented that
they were one of the five chapters in final consideration.

“I was so proud that we were nominated and to find out that we won
was a great honor,” said Redford senior James Dickinson. “To find out
that we won was a great honor.”

To qualify for the award, each chapter is required to submit an
application that includes essays and documentation of their work.

There are 12 core areas of the fraternity, which include chapter
management, pledge education, recruitment, alumni relations and
scholarship.

There are approximately 50 members in the CMU chapter and they show
high involvement on campus and in the community, as well as great
leadership among Central Michigan’s Greek community, Kloha said. Sigma
Alpha Epsilon also holds the highest grade point average on campus.

The men of Sigma Alpha Epsilon at CMU are proud and honored to
receive this prestigious award, but winning it was not something they
consciously strived for.

“We worked hard all year, but it’s what we love to do, and winning
this award encourages us to keep doing it,” said Kloha.

Jonathan Seyferth, chapter alumnus and 2002 CMU graduate of North
Muskegon, served as a faculty member at the Leadership School and said
the award was quite a feat for the chapter which was founded in April
of 2004.

“There were many great chapters up for the award and to win it after
just one year of existence is very exciting,” he said.

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