Epsilon Nu Tau Explained

Letters:Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΕΝΤ
Epsilon Nu Tau
Crest:File:The_Crest_of_Epsilon_Nu_Tau.png
Motto:Laurus Pariter
Succeed Together
Affiliation:PFA
Status:Active
Type:Professional
Emphasis:Entrepreneurship
Scope:National
Chapters:21, 5 active
Footnotes:[1] [2]

Epsilon Nu Tau (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΕΝΤ) is a professional co-educational college fraternity for students interested in entrepreneurship. It was established at the University of Dayton in 2008 and has expanded to 21 universities in the United States.

History

Epsilon Nu Tau was founded on April 18, 2008, by seven students at the University of Dayton.[1] It was founded by seven students, including James Wolf who was its first president.[3] Its purpose is to promote ethics in business and to teach its members professionalism.

The fraternity started as a coeducational group with forty members. From the beginning, its members planned on adding additional chapters. The Beta chapter was added at Texas State University in 2010. This was followed by Gamma at California State University, Fullerton and Delta at Seton Hall University, also in 2010.

Epsilon Nu Tau joined the Professional Fraternity Association in 2015.[4]

Symbols

The Epsilon Nu Tau mottos is the Latin phrase, Laurus Pariter or "[We] succeed together." The fraternity's colors are green and aqua.

Membership

The fraternity is open to students of all majors.[5] It is coed.

Chapters

Following is a list of the chapters of Epsilon Nu Tau. Active chapters are noted in bold, and inactive groups are noted in italics.

ChapterInstalled Date and RangeState/ProvinceCityUniversityStatusReference
AlphaUniversity of DaytonDaytonOhioActive
Beta – 2022 Texas State UniversitySan MarcosTexasInactive[6]
Gamma–200x ?California State University, FullertonFullertonCaliforniaInactive[7]
Delta–200x ?Seton Hall UniversitySouth OrangeNew JerseyInactive[8]
Epsilon–200x ?Ohio UniversityAthensOhioInactive[9]
Zeta–200x ?Ohio State UniversityColumbusOhioInactive[10]
Eta–200x ?Central Michigan UniversityMount PleasantMichiganInactive[11]
ThetaSpring 2014–200x ?Purdue UniversityWest LafayetteIndianaInactive[12]
Iota–200x ?University of MichiganAnn ArborMichiganInactive
KappaJames Madison UniversityHarrisonburgVirginiaActive
LambdaKennesaw State UniversityKennesawGeorgia[13]
MuFort Hays State UniversityHaysKansas
Nu–200x ?DePaul UniversityChicagoIllinoisInactive
Xi
OmicronValparaiso UniversityValparaisoIndiana[14]
Pi201x ?–201x ?University of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabamaInactive
Rho
SigmaWashington University in St. LouisSt. Louis CountyMissouri
TauCornell UniversityIthacaNew YorkActive
UpsilonIndiana UniversityBloomingtonIndianaActive
PhiUniversity of TexasAustinTexasActive

National conferences

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://epsilonnutau.org/about/history/ Epsilon Nu Tau History
  2. http://epsilonnutau.org/about/chapters/ Epsilon Nu Tau Chapters
  3. News: Szink . Jennie . 2009-04-26 . UD's Entrepreneurship Fraternity Nation's First . 2024-05-07 . Dayton Daily News . 41 . Newspapers.com.
  4. What is the Goal. PFA_Today. 2015. 2016-04-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20160710033244/http://professionalfraternity.org/Websites/pfa/images/PFA_Today_2015.pdf. 2016-07-10. dead.
  5. Web site: About Us . 10 November 2023 . entalphachapter.com.
  6. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20100617044511/http://epsilonnutau.org/2010/01/texas-state-university-launches-beta-chapter/. 2010-06-17. Texas State University launches Beta Chapter.
  7. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20101023174600/http://epsilonnutau.org/2010/09/csu-fullerton/. 2010-10-23. California State Fullerton Launches Gamma Chapter.
  8. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20101023070939/http://epsilonnutau.org/2010/10/seton-hall-university-launches-delta-chapter/. 2010-10-23. Seton Hall University Launches Delta Chapter.
  9. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120128180353/http://epsilonnutau.org/2011/06/ohio-university-launches-epsilon-chapter-of-ent-fraternity/. 2012-01-28. Ohio University Launches Epsilon Chapter of ENT.
  10. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20121225021705/http://epsilonnutau.org/2012/07/ohio-state-university-zeta-chapter/. 2012-12-25. The Ohio State University Launches Zeta Chapter of ENT.
  11. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20130506013140/http://epsilonnutau.org/2013/05/central-michigan-launches-eta-chapter-ent/. 2013-05-06. Central Michigan Launches Eta Chapter of Epsilon Nu Tau.
  12. https://bvarndog.wordpress.com/work-experience-narrative/ Epsilon Nu Tau-Theta Chapter-Purdue University
  13. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20170329173933/http://epsilonnutau.org/chapters/. 2017-03-29. Our chapters.
  14. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20200809091930/https://epsilonnutau.org/chapters/. 2020-08-09. Our Chapters.
  15. Web site: Management Newsletter November 2011.pdf.
  16. Web site: 3rd Annual National Conference Epsilon Nu Tau - Hosted by Gamma Chapter CSUF. 19 April 2013 .
  17. Web site: Epsilon Nu Tau 4th Annual National Conference. Alyssa Maltese. 2016-04-05. 2016-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20161018073932/https://www13.shu.edu/news/article/477322#.VwP0HOIrLRZ. dead.
  18. Web site: Epsilon Nu Tau National Conference 2015.
  19. Web site: Epsilon Nu Tau 5th Annual National Conference. .
  20. Web site: ENT National Conference.