Theta Eta Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity received its Colony on April 22, 1987. On May 13, 1989, a little over two years later we received our charter. The installation ceremony took place at the First Baptist Church in Huntsville. From our humble beginnings our chapter rose from the grave to become the strongest chapter in our region, and one of the strongest in the nation.
Back in 1986, there were a group of guys who came together to form a group known as Sigma Nu. They were led by a Sigma Nu from the University of Houston. They walked around campus saying that they were Brothers. However, they had never been recognized by the Sigma Nu National Fraternity. In the Fall of 1986, Sigma Nu National Fraternity sent a representative of their fraternity down to Huntsville to talk to this group who claimed to be Sigma Nu's. He told these guys which consisted of 24 members, that if they wanted to become a colony that they needed to increase their numbers a sustain their numbers at 40 men. After this meeting, there was a division among the group. Half wanted to continue as Sigma Nu's and the other half wanted something different. The half that wanted something different
were the founders of our chapter.
Shortly after the meeting with the representative, Brian Hall, Tim English, and Steve Shore all went to the library and found a book called Greek Life. In this book it gave a listing of all the different fraternities and a brief history. In this book, they found Theta Chi. The next day, they wrote to International Headquarters to inquire about the requirements to become a Colony. IHQ sent them back a personalized letter giving them the requirements and also inviting them to Arkansas Tech University for a Mid-Year Leadership Conference. Theta Chi never set a number on on the amount of people you had to have to be a chapter. Their standard said, "You need to have a strong organization." Our guys liked this fact a lot. In March of 1987, several guys went up to Arkansas Tech University to attend the convention. They were so impressed with Theta Chi from that one weekend that there was no doubt in their minds, THEY WERE GOING TO BE THETA CHI'S. On April 22, 1987 their dream became a reality and we were granted a Colony.
When school let out for the summer some of the members went home for the summer, while the rest stayed in Huntsville. The guys that stayed were required to go up to Texas A&M to receive their New Member Education from our Big Brother Chapter, which has since become and inactive chapter. The education consisted of six education sessions, at the end the group