Posts Tagged ‘fraternity’

  • Triangle Fraternity Boards Semester At Sea

    Posted on August 8, 2011

    Fraternity membership helps students succeed both inside and outside of the classroom. Joining a fraternity can open doors to exciting new opportunities to help you achieve your academic and professional goals.
    The Triangle Fraternity recently partnered with Semester At Sea’s Engineering Maymester. Students attended classes on the boat and then were able see different significant engineering [...]

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  • How Many College Men Are In Fraternities?

    Posted on May 24, 2011

    This past fall the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) conducted its annual membership survey among its 75 international and national fraternities. The data shows that there are 397,039 undergraduate members of fraternities on campus today. This is an expansive network of men that have joined values-based organizations.
    Overall, fraternity membership has now increased for the fifth straight [...]

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  • Giving Back: A Creative Fraternity Fundraiser For Special Olympics

    Posted on April 26, 2011

    Fraternities are devoted to service and philanthropy. From hosting neighborhood carwashes to participating in large-scale fundraising events, giving back to the community through service or fundraising for causes are important parts of the fraternal experience.

    The Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) chapter at the University of Minnesota has perfected their philanthropic efforts. For the past 17 [...]

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  • Why is it called a fraternity?

    Posted on March 30, 2011

    A different alphabet, togas, salad dressing…it’s all Greek to me. Why are fraternities called Greek organizations and why are these groups known as fraternities?
    The first Greek lettered organization was the Phi Beta Kappa (FBK) society, founded in 1776 in Virginia by John Heath. Not wanting to be too similar to two pre-existing Latin societies, Health [...]

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  • How Will Joining a Fraternity Help Me Later in Life?

    Posted on March 16, 2011

    A benefit of joining a fraternity is adding the experience you’ve gained from your membership to your résumé.

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  • 6 Steps to Become a Fraternity Leader

    Posted on March 11, 2011

    A great benefit fraternities provide is the opportunity to take on leadership roles within the chapter and on campus. Your time in college will go quickly. So here are six steps to jumpstart your leadership through fraternity membership.

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  • The Value Of Fraternities In 140 Characters

    Posted on March 10, 2011

    Here’s a summary of the value of fraternity in so few characters (140) based on responses we received on Twitter. Add your addition as a comment below and follow us on twitter at @fraternityinfo!

    A #fraternity teaches what a group of people with common  goals can accomplish. Not to mention the bond of brotherhood.

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  • The Role of Competitive Fraternity Spirit

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    When thinking about joining a fraternity, people will start to ask, “Which fraternity are you going to join?” Other potential members may ask, “Which fraternity do you like the most?” And during your first meeting, a new brother may could ask, “Why did you pick us over some other group?”
    All these questions may seem nosy, [...]

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  • Fraternity Leadership Development Lessons

    Posted on January 27, 2011

    Michael Mizrahi, one of our Futures Quest Mentors and member of Alpha Epsilon Pi at UCONN,  recently made the following blog post. He shares some good insights about the value of fraternity leadership development.
    “Winter break is a time that most college students look forward to after a grueling semester filled with exams, extracurriculars and ending [...]

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