Max Hammond
- Chapter: Beta Chi Theta
- University: Vanderbilt University
- Year Initiated: 2008
One thing every potential recruit should know is that joining a fraternity is a great way to build character. A fraternity can offer you so much and it would be a shame to make up your mind before seeing it for yourself.
Marco Henry Negrete Jr.
- Chapter: Delta Sigma Phi
- University: San Jose State University
- Year Initiated: 2007
I joined because of the opportunity to become a founding father of my chapter. This presented me with the chance to be a leader on campus and leave a legacy.
Sterling Powell
- Chapter: Sigma Phi Epsilon
- University: Stetson University
- Year Initiated: 2010
The American fraternity image has altered so much over time, but one thing that hasn't altered is the commitment to service, brotherhood, scholarship and moral ideals that fraternities urge. There is a great call now for strong, motivated and educated men - the world needs us.
Zack Yahn
- Chapter: Sigma Tau Gamma
- University: University of Central Oklahoma
- Year Initiated: 2009
I joined a fraternity to truly be something bigger then myself. It was a great way to meet new people and get involved on campus.
Geoff Szymanski
- Chapter: Tau Kappa Epsilon
- University: Trine University
- Year Initiated: 2011
Fraternity membership to me means being a part of something bigger than yourself. Having the chance to change the world, not only as an individual but as a part of something bigger.
Leadership
Find Out What Leadership Means to a Fraternity Man
"Process" is a great way to describe what Brian Gettinger does. From a young age, he's worked to schedule his time, a skill that has served him well. How else could someone be a fraternity man, a varsity basketball player and still maintain a 3.74 GPA?
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"There were not things that could necessarily be noticed by everyone, but knowing what kind of transformations that the children had and knowing they had a part in their change was really the best part." For Luke Karner success was a product of realizing patience, compassion and optimism, through volunteering at a New Hampshire summer program called “Wediko.”
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Steve Fainaru, a Delta Sigma Phi Alumni and reporter for the Washington Post, received the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in April 2008 for his series of stories on private security contractors in Iraq that operate outside most of the laws governing American forces.
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Mo Zhang's desire for educational freedom brought him to the US and to life as a fraternity man. Joining the fraternity meant a change from traditional international student friends to a group of men with shared values and interests.
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Read how Jackson Reynolds learned, through a relationship with a child severely affected by autism, that giving of yourself often results in learning far more about yourself than you could imagine.
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"Almost everything I have needed to know about leadership for the Marine Corps, I learned at Sigma Phi Epsilon," remarked General James T. Conway, Southeast Missouri State '69, 34th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps.
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