Unrecognized Organizations

Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL) has been an integral part of the student experience at The University of New Hampshire (UNH). Due to violations of the Code of Student Conduct for severe safety concerns, UNH has unrecognized organizations in recent years. This list will be updated every five years.

Chapters with suspended or removed recognition

Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Voluntarily agreed to close, surrender its charter and disband as a local chapter for five years, effective November 2025, following an anti-hazing violation.

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Incident History

Sigma Alpha Epsilon conduct record
Date of Incident	Date of Resolution	Findings of Responsibility	Sanctions
April 11, 2017	May 9, 2017	IV. Social Events Rules and Requirements	Letter of Reprimand
March 3, 2018	May 5, 2018	IV. Social Events Rules and Requirements	Letter of Reprimand Worked with Fire Department on program about Fire Safety and Events for FSL Presidents Council Apology Letter to Fire Department
January 26, 2019	April 19, 2019	IV. Social Event Rules and Requirements	Letter of Reprimand Individuals adjudicated through Community Standards
April 13, 2022	July 26, 2022	IV. Social Event Rules and Requirements Anti-Hazing and Prevention Education	Membership Review conducted by National Organization by August 19, 2022 Eviction from Fraternity Property for those whose membership/University status was revoked Re-election of Executive Board members for Fall 2022 and 2023 Calendar Year Recommitment Agreement for continuing membership Educational sanctions with HQ and UNH throughout the 2-year probationary period Social Probation through May 2024
February 1, 2025	February 28, 2025	IV. Social Event Rules and Requirements	Letter on file
October 15, 2025	November 24, 2025	Anti-Hazing and Prevention Education	Voluntary acceptance of a Resolution Agreement with Community Standards as a mutually agreed upon closure, charter removal, and disbandment of the Local Chapter for the duration of five (5) years. See Campus Hazing Transparency Report.

Kappa Sigma

Suspended by Community Standards and the Interfraternity Council for five years starting February 2021, after repeated social-event and risk violations.

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Incident History

Kappa Sigma incident history
Date of incident	Date of resolution	Findings of responsibility	Sanctions
March 2, 2018	April 18, 2018	Social Event Rules and Requirements	Letter of reprimand
May 3, 2019	September 11, 2019	Social Event Rules and Requirements	Letter of reprimand
August 30, 2019	August 30, 2019	Social Event Rules and Requirements	Letter of reprimand
February 28, 2020	March 10, 2020	Social Event Rules and Requirements; Other Risk Areas	Chapter suspended through fall 2020 Social probation through spring 2021 Organization probation through spring 2021
June 19, 2020	September 1, 2020	Social Event Rules and Requirements; Other Risk Areas; town noise violations	Letter on file
September 6, 2020	September 6, 2020	Town noise violations	Letter on file
February 20, 2021	February 28, 2021	Social Event Rules and Requirements; Other Risk Areas; COVID-19 gathering violation; breach of organization and social probation	Community Standards and Interfraternity Council decision: 5-year suspension

Sigma Phi Epsilon

Organization and charter suspended in October 2018 after a pattern of social-event violations. No listed reinstatement date.

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Incident History

Sigma Phi Epsilon incident history
Date of incident	Date of resolution	Findings of responsibility	Sanctions
December 31, 2016	March 20, 2017	Social Event Rules and Requirements	Letter of reprimand Required to attend Leadership Conference
July 22, 2017	September 6, 2017	Social Event Rules and Requirements	Letter of reprimand
July 23, 2017	September 6, 2017	Social Event Rules and Requirements	Letter of reprimand
March 25, 2018	April 4, 2018	Social Event Rules and Requirements	Organizational probation Pending any additional violations, suspension
April 25, 2018	May 2, 2018	Social Event Rules and Requirements	Letter of reprimand
September 28, 2018	October 5, 2018	Social Event Rules and Requirements	Organizational and charter suspension

Make informed decisions

Such “off-campus” or “underground” organizations, and suspended organizations generally, are not recognized at UNH. They no longer have the rights and privileges afforded to a recognized student organization, have no affiliation, supervision or advising by UNH, and are not otherwise under any university purview. Likewise, they do not follow the established rules for social Greek-lettered organizations and do not give the university the names of their members.

Students and families are strongly encouraged to review the good standing social Greek-lettered organizations they wish to join and make informed decisions. Students are strongly discouraged from joining or attending the events of unrecognized student groups. Despite what they may say regarding their organization there is a good reason why they are no longer a part of our flourishing community.

Recommendations

We value the partnership we have with the recognized fraternities and sororities who meet the expectations of our Code of Student Conduct, the principles of our Standards of Excellence and the policies and values of their inter/national organizations and our local governing councils. If you have any questions about Sorority and Fraternity Life please contact our staff.

We encourage students to consider joining recognized clubs and organizations.

All Recognized Fraternities and Sororities