Sigma Epsilon Colony (OH Eta - SEC)
The chapter reorganized November 1, 2001 as a SigEp Colony (exactly 100 years after SigEp was founded at Richmond College). At this time, all new SigEp Colonies were started Balanced Man Program chapters, meaning the pledging model would no longer be part of member development.
As a small but strong group of 15 brothers, the chapter began again with an empty lot on Church St., no chapter house, and no charter. What it did have was a fraternity experience relevant to college in the new millennium (yet different than any other on campus), very strong chapter leaders, and significant alumni support. It also had a meeting space uptown at the corner of Church and College (23 N. College Ave.) which was an empty unit in a commercial building owned by alumnus Bob Blackburn '64 which brothers called "Blackburn Hall". The chapter used this space to hold meetings and gather, still missing a house to brand with letters. During fraternity open house in 2002, the chapter set up a tent and gathered near the sidewalk of the empty lot on Church St., recruiting new members who were interested in 'the balanced man' concept promoting a 'sound mind and sound body' - and it was extremely effective.
At the same time, the alumni board, led by Bob Albright '51, had reignited fundraising campaign efforts and negotiated financing with a local bank. Momentum escalated when 'Doc' Gordon '57 joined in and SigEp National Housing backed a significant second mortgage. OH Eta now had viable financing to build a house and a growing chapter to live in it. Once again, the strong alumni was instrumental in the chapter house efforts, just as the Theta Upsilon Omega alumni were when OH Eta was starting.
As the plans for a new house came together, the chapter worked to recruit men to join this SigEp group that had great history on campus and was charting a course for the future. Groundbreaking for the new house occurred June 14, 2003 and over the next year the house went up, replacing the two old houses that once stood in its place that had since been razed. Herb Glasgow '74 played an instrumental role in overseeing construction and keeping the project on task. During this period, membership increased to 84 brothers, making OH Eta once again one of the top 30 SigEp chapters in manpower. There was no problem filling the new house with 40 brothers when the red door opened again at 224 E. Church St. in fall of 2004. A grand-opening ceremony took place October 23, 2004 drawing a record number of OH Eta alumni and guest of honor, Grand President Jim Robeson.
Re-Chartering
Earlier in January 2004, as the chapter was quickly growing and the house being built, newly installed chapter exec members were invited to a rare meeting to take place in Oxford at the Marcum Conference Center. Jim Robeson, who was the former dean of the Farmer Business School and now Oxford resident, was serving his two-year term as Grand Chapter President of SigEp National. The National Board of Directors meeting location had been changed to Oxford, OH in the middle of winter because of health considerations of the Grand President.
After a dinner, the chapter exec members were asked to join the National Directors in the meeting room next door for a special order of business. As the first agenda item, without even looking through the robust application brothers prepared, the National Board of Directors voted and unanimously approved re-installing the OH Eta chapter at Miami University, granting a second charter. The chapter had been recognized for its recent growth, developing new ideas for the Balanced Man Program, intramural success, and academic achievement noted in the Phi Beta Kappa wheelhouse.
The re-chartering banquet was held April 3, 2004 at the Hilton Netherland Plaza in downtown Cincinnati; the same location the chapter earned its 4th Buchanan Cup in 1979. Brothers (dressed in tuxedos), dates, alumni, parents, and SigEp officials were all in attendance for the grand event. Today, both the original charter from 1948 and the second charter from 2004 sit prominently above the mantle in the parlor; a unique pair uniting generations of OH Eta brothers.
Three More Buchanan Cups
Over the next several years settling 
into a new fraternity house, OH Eta would steadily grow to 114 brothers in 2007 and proceed to win its first Buchanan Cup since 1989 at the Atlanta Conclave (#10 total). Further growth put the chapter at 127 brothers and two more Buc Cups came in 2009 and 2011 for its continued Balanced Man Program initiatives, Residential Learning Community accreditation (and first fraternity to hold a for-university-credit class in the house), Division I Intramural Championships, consistently large campus manpower (120+), and academic achievement (>3.2 gpa).