Here is a list of the awards received by the Brothers of the Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity, Inc. at Western Michigan University. We are continuing a strong tradition...

SLB Awards :
Chapter - Regional - International
WMU Awards :
Homecoming - Greek Life - IFC - Golden Bronco - DMA and Other
above links take you to the list of those awards on this page

CHAPTER AWARDS

  Brother of the Year 2000
   
Bro. Sam Centellas was one of the hardest working Brothers in the attempt to work towards our chapter status. He lead the charge as we stormed IFC and started to make a bigger name for us on campus.
  Brother of the Year 2001
   
Bro. Rudy Martinez was the selected for being a great Brother. His dedication to the Brotherhood was unparalleled this year. He stepped up and took on many extra responsibilities this year and helped the chapter a lot.
  Brother of the Year 2002
   
Bro. Gary Galvan has been a great Brother, both in business and socially. Gary is good to hangout with, and also gets things done in the business meetings. Gary is now the President and will lead our fraternity to another great year.
  Brother of the Year 2003
   
Bro. Victor Rivera has been involved and active for four years and always worked to better the chapter, Latino affairs at WMU and our community. This was his last year before graduation and he was the coordinator for our large fall concert.

MOA (MI/OH Alliance) FORMAL

  MOA Formal 2000
    - School of the Year
- Alumni Scholarship - Bro. Sam Centellas
  MOA Formal 2001
   

- Commitment to Education - Bro. Jose Alex Diaz: for his tireless dedication to higher education despite the obstacles. A true role model for any undergraduate student.
  MOA Formal 2003
   

- Commitment to Education - Bro. Geo Athappilly: for his hard work to complete his undergraduate degree with an impressive GPA and move directly in his masters program.

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

  Convention 2000
   

- National colony of the Year: Selected out of the 18 colonies across the country to receive this award.

- Outstanding Undergraduate Brother - Bro. Sam Centellas: For Bro. Centellas' hard work on our chapter petition, with the Interfraternity Council and the MOA.

- Brother Achievement Scholarship - Bro. Sam Centellas: At the scholarship luncheon Sam was part of the first round of Brothers to win this award.

  Convention 2002
   

- Best Website: We won best website out of all our chapters and colonies. Our site is constantly updated, many features and has tons of visitors... not too mention all the pictures we had on it!

- Academic Chapter - Setting the bar not only at WMU, but nationally. Our academic programs ensured our Brothers were successful in school and working towards graduation.

HOMECOMING

  Homecoming 1999
   
Our nomination, Bro. Sam Centellas, was named to the 1999 Western Michigan University Homecoming Court. He attended all of the homecoming activities representing for the Betas, he even got to be on the field at half-time of the big game.

GREEK AWARDS

  Greek Awards 1999
   
Pyramid Award Highest New Member GPA: Our first ever award from the Interfraternity Council was given to the LSDN Line for having the highest GPA of all new fraternity members into the Greek Community.

  Greek Awards 2000
   
Pyramid Award Highest New Member GPA: Following the tradition set by the LSDN line the EXODUS Line also received the highest new member GPA award. This was a great award to win, BACK TO BACK.
Golden Award For outstanding service and interfraternalism. This was one of the three main awards given during the awards. Our first year applying for the award, and our first year receiving. Not to bad.
Greek Man of the Year Bro. Sam Centellas: For outstanding dedication and commitment to the Greek Community and the overall university. Bro. Centellas not only helped build up our colony but also worked hard with the university, minority affairs and university admissions.
Distinguished Leadership Bro. Steven Kapala: Outstanding up and coming member award.
  Greek Awards 2001
   
Chapter Standards of Excellence Award The highest award to any chapter during the year was given to our chapter. We worked hard all year long and this award made all our work even more rewarding. Our entire chapter pulled together and showed the university what type of men we are.
Distinguished Leadership Bro. Gary Galvan: Outstanding up and coming member award.
   
  Greek Awards 2002
   
Golden Award: For outstanding service and interfraternalism. This was one of the three main awards given during the awards ceremony, we also won this in 2000.
Education Award: For excellent programming in the area of education. Not only for the university but for our members also.
Brotherhood Award: For strong and caring Brotherhood. We show to everyone meet, the care and concern we show each other on a daily basis.
Pyramid Award Highest GPA: For three semesters in a row we have had the highest GPA for all fraternities.
Distinguished Leadership Bro. Rudy Martinez: Outstanding up and coming member award.
NIC's Award of Distinction Bro. Sam Centellas: One of three men in North America chosen to receive this award. For his hard work to not only build of Sigma Lambda Beta, but the Greek community in general.
   
  Greek Awards 2004
   
Greek Man of the Year Bro. Gary Galvan. For outstanding dedication and commitment to the Greek Community and the overall university. Bro. Gary lead the chapter during hard times and kept the chapter focused on success.
   
     

INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL

  Chapter of the Month
   

- September 2001: We worked with the Annual Fiesta in the Park and ran the youth tables. Participated in the United States Hispanic Leadership Conference, and started our annual clothes drive for migrant families.

- Summer 2002: One of the few chapters that continues involvement and constant activities over the summer.

- September 2002: Our concert set the bar for large event programming at WMU with not only fraternities but all student organizations.

- October 2002: What can we say.. when you are on a roll you are on a roll. Our programming with NPHC and IFC together created a lot of momentum with the university.


  Chapter Academics
   

- Highest Chapter GPA Fall 2000
- Highest Chapter GPA Winter 2001
- Highest Chapter GPA Fall 2001
- Highest Chapter GPA Winter 2002

GOLDEN BRONCO AWARDS
  Bronco Awards 2000
   

- CAB Excellence in Programming - Best Event Series Programming: Beta Week 2000 won us this award. We had some exciting and very well attended events. It is nice to be recognized for great programming from the Campus Activities Board (CAB).

- CAB Best Organization Website: Bro. Sam Centellas has worked very hard on this site and we are proud that it is considered the best student organization site at Western.

- Organization of the Year Finalist: Three finalist out of 300+ organizations, and we were one of them. We where not selected as the organization of the year but this a great start, and a place to build some tradition.

- Leader of the Year Nomination - Bro. Sam Centellas
  Bronco Awards 2001
   

- CAB Excellence in Programming- Best Event Series Programming: CLDP got us the award this year. This event, which we cosponsored with Sigma Lambda Gamma had most of the universities top administrators involved and was very successful.

- CAB Best Organization Website: Another year and we go BACK TO BACK in another category. Let see what we can come up with for our site next ye ar...

- Organization of the Year Finalist: Three finalist out of 300+ organizations and once again we are there. Our chapter was very involved and has worked to build a strong tradition and it shows.

- Leader of the Year Finalist - Bro. Sam Centellas: This year our nomination was a finalist. A great honor since only three finalist are chosen out of all the students that apply.
  Bronco Awards 2002
   

- CAB Excellence in Programming- Best New Event: Words de mi Alma. Our Latino Poetry night was a great event, with one of the biggest turnouts we have had for an event.

- CAB Best Organization Website: Another year... this makes it three in a row! What else can we say about this, except keep checking the site as we make it better and better every year.

- Organization of the Year Finalist: Three finalist out of 300+ organizations and once again we are there. We did not win this year either, but being a consistent finalist means we are working hard and showing this university our principles.

- Leader of the Year Finalist - Bro. Sam Centellas: Like our organization of the year nomination, we make it to the final selection but can not win the award. Sam had another great year with the chapter and we will miss him as he graduated and moves to GVSU for Grad school.
     

DMA's PLATINUM AWARDS

  Platinum Awards 2001
   

- Liderazgo Award - Bro. Sam Centellas: for outstanding leadership and commitment to the Division of Multicultural Affairs and the university's Latino community.

OTHER AWARDS

  Order of Omega
   

Brother Sam Centellas became the first Epsilon Chapter Beta to be initiated into the Order during the Fall 2000 semester. This honorary society only accepts the top 3% of all Greeks. This will become the building block for more Brothers to become members.

During the Winter 2002 semester we got the honor again, not for one but two more Brothers. On March 27th, 2002 Brothers Orlando Rodriguez and Gary Galvan were both initiated.

Winter 2004 we had one more Brother initiated into the Order of Omega. Brother Ismael Vargas became a member and also joined the executive board.