Awards

2025 Excellence Awards

Gold
Excellence in Citizenship and Social Responsibility

2024 Excellence Awards

Bronze
Excellence in Academic Achievement

Philanthropy Work

St. Jude's Research Hospital

Values

Scholarship, Character, Leadership, Teamwork, Service and Brotherhood

Organizational Standing & Records

Current Standing: Organizational Interim Suspension

Type of Case: Pending
Process: OSARP's Organizational Accountability Process
Date Reported: 11-14-2025
Investigation Initiated: 11-14-2025
Alleged Policy Violation(s): Alcohol; Endangerment; Hazing (scope of the Organizational Accountability Process: Fall 2025 semester)
Specific Provisions:
Tau Kappa Epsilon may not conduct any education, activities, events, or celebrations for new members, or recently initiated members, during the period of Organizational Interim Suspension (includes pledges and new members, individuals who are extended bids to Tau Kappa Epsilon and have not yet accepted a bid to Tau Kappa Epsilon, and individuals who were recently initiated as members). Tau Kappa Epsilon may still operate as a recognized student organization by conducting administrative functions, including but not limited to chapter meetings, philanthropy, community service, and participation in university sponsored events.

Type of Case: Organizational Record
Process: OSARP's Organizational Accountability Process
Date Reported: 04-28-2025
Investigation Initiated: 04-30-2025
Investigation Concluded: 08-18-2025
Notification of Final Decision: 08-28-2025

Finding(s):
Hazing (Responsible)

Incident(s) Description:
The organization was found responsible for the following behaviors that occurred during the Spring 2025 semester: requiring new members to complete errands or tasks for other members (e.g., picking up food, driving members around, doing dishes, or moving a member's car around campus), and requiring an underage new member to be in possession of alcohol.

Outcome(s):
Organizational Probation (through the end of the Spring 2026 semester): Outcomes may include suspension or expulsion from JMU and/or removal from all university housing if found responsible, in a future case, for another violation of Hazing policy.

Organizational & Leadership Development (through the end of the Spring 2026 semester): Once-a-month organizational development meetings between the President and Fraternity & Sorority Life. During these meetings, the President will receive additional support for stewarding culture change, hosting safe bonding/social activities, organizational risk management and bystander intervention strategies, maintenance of new member activities free of hazing, and additional support for completing headquarters-assigned outcomes.

Reminder of Assigned Outcome from Tau Kappa Epsilon Headquarters: The chapter will develop a revised, compliant, and educationally sound new member program in alignment with the fraternity’s and JMU’s policies (headquarters will communicate additional expectations as necessary) (complete by September 14, 2025).

Reminder of Assigned Outcome from Tau Kappa Epsilon Headquarters: The chapter will host a chapter-wide hazing prevention workshop facilitated by Tau Kappa Epsilon staff (headquarters will communicate additional expectations as necessary) (complete by November 1, 2025, with 80%-chapter attendance).

Reminder of Assigned Outcome from Tau Kappa Epsilon Headquarters: The chapter must submit a leadership transition plan outlining how new member education and hazing prevention outcomes will be implemented in Spring 2026 with the newly elected officers (headquarters will communicate additional expectations as necessary) (complete by December 15, 2025).