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Welcome to Delta Sigma Phi!

We understand that you may have some questions about a fraternity... we cannot speak for all fraternities on campus, but we can speak for ourselves. Please come by the lodge or call our rush chair Greg @ (972) 489-0208 for more detailed answers. Welcome to our chapter website!

Concerns you, as a Greek Prospect, may have:

1. I don't have the money!
o Our fraternity costs less than college dorms or most apartments, even with national dues added in. In comparison to the tuition at the Texas Tech University,our dues and/or rent are very minimal.
o Only half of one's education comes in class.
The other half comes from one's life. Where can you get better leadership experience, management training or lessons in teamwork than in Delta Sigma Phi? If you contemplate this for a moment, how could you not afford
to join?

2. I don't have the time!
o We all have the same amount of time; we spend it differently. Successful people learn how to manage their time. Learning to manage time is one of the most valuable lessons of our Fraternity education. Everyone spends time watching TV, daydreaming, playing games, etc. Delta Sigma Phi teaches our men to organize effectively. In all reality, pledging takes little more than a few hours a week!

3. My parents don't want me to join a fraternity!
o All parents have a concern about their sons joining a Fraternity. They are afraid that grades will drop, that time will be wasted, or hazing will occur. None of this applies to Delta Sigma Phi.
o If your parents have any concerns about your interest in Delta Sigma Phi, we will gladly call and
explain to them about the ideals that we stand by as a Fraternity. I'm sure they will have no objections after.

What exactly is Delta Sig about???

1. Academics First
Education. It's the primary reason for the existence of our fraternity, so Delta Sigma Phi helps each member
gain the most from his college education. All of our chapters strive to maintain an academic standing that
sets them above the all male average on campus. How do they do this? Our many chapters exercise a diverse
array of scholastic programs. Today's standard is set by a program allowing the close monitoring of each
brother's and pledge's academic progress by the scholarship director. Meanwhile, all chapter houses
attempt to maintain an atmosphere that's conductive to study. Delta Sigma Phi prides itself on a long list of
very successful alumni - university presidents, deans and professors, along with leaders in countless other
fields. Our emphasis on scholarship helps make such success possible.

2. Leadership Development
Through the use of our innovative Engineered Leadership program, Delta Sigma Phi helps prepare members to
become today's campus leaders and tomorrow's community leaders. Developed by an undergraduate chapter in 1954, Engineered Leadership has since become a national program emphasizing the development of a balanced
schedule of study, work, and play. The goals of Engineered Leadership are to coordinate the group's efforts and assist individual members in developing an understanding of how to work with others toward a common goal. Each member of the chapter has an opportunity to direct various aspects of fraternity operation - because in Delta Sigma Phi we are all leaders. And, all across the nation, Delta Sigs use the skills they learn within the chapter to become leaders in campus interfraternity councils, student governments and various other student organizations.

3. Community Service and Philanthropy
There are many aspects to the college student's social life. Being able to interact comfortably and casually with others is a valuable asset to every man. Delta Sig social events, such as our formal affair, the Carnation Ball, as well as the Sailor's Ball, sorority exchanges and a wide variety of other events, give members the opportunity to develop those skills.

Though parties and other social events are important to us all, there's another important side to social development - becoming socially aware and involved. Working together to promote a stronger community is a vital aspect of the Fraternity's overall program.

In the early 1970's, Delta Sigma Phi adopted the March of Dimes as our national philanthropy. At the 1993
Biennial Convention, Adopt-a-School was endorsed as our national community service program. Chapters across the country hold fundraisers throughout the school year that allow Delta Sigma Phi, cumulatively, to donate in
excess $100,000 per year to the March of Dimes for the prevention of birth defects in tomorrow's newborns.
Meanwhile, Adopt-a-School encourages each brother of a given chapter to volunteer his time once every two or
three weeks to assist in a local elementary school. Tutoring, coaching and positive role modeling are just
a few examples of this assistance. In 2004, here at Tech we donated over five thousand dollars to the March
of Dimes philanthropy.

4. Athletics and Sportsmanship
An integral part of the chapter program, intramural sports offer us an energetic break from our studies. At the same time, such activities promote a team spirit within the chapter. And though winning is always desirable, the important thing is that men learn to show the ability to win or lose gracefully. The development of sportsmanship, through both individual and team effort, is a valuable asset for any college man to attain. In Delta Sigma Phi, we encourage all of our members to become skilled in as many activities as possible. We also encourage all athletically talented members to participate in intercollegiate sports as well, for we wish all of our members to strive towards excellence in all that they do.

5. A Strong, Growing National Fraternity
By pledging Delta Sigma Phi you're not just joining a single chapter, but a national brotherhood of men with common goals, values, and pursuits. Becoming a member of Delta Sigma Phi is truly an experience to be remembered, yet you shouldn't find hazing or any other type of degrading or humiliating experience associated with your pledgeship. Your membership will give you a brother's welcome at any of over 130 chapters nationwide. If that sounds like a lot of chapters, it's because Delta Sigma Phi is one of the nation's largest fraternities. Our chapters aren't isolated outposts of Delta Sigma Phi. On the contrary, they meet regularly at district conclaves, regional leadership seminars and biennial conventions. We have 6 chapters in Texas alone.

Founded on December 10, 1899 at the College of the City of New York and headquartered in the lovely Taggart
House in Indianapolis, Delta Sigma Phi is among the fastest growing social fraternities in America. It's reassuring to know that by becoming a Delta Sig, you're joining a strong and well-respected national fraternity.

6. The Delta Sigma Phi Educational Foundation
In 1951 the Delta Sigma Phi Foundation was created to operate as a beneficent, charitable and educational
organization with its earnings to be devoted to scholarships, student aid and other worthy purposes. Perhaps the greatest service provided by the Foundation is the College of Engineered Leadership. The College, held annually, provides leadership training for our Fraternity's top undergraduate members. Another function of the Delta Sigma Phi Foundation is the annual programs of scholarships provided to active members. As a member, you too, would be eligible for consideration. The funds for these and other programs, such as Chapter Officer Workshops, are provided by tax- deductible alumni contributions. The Foundation also has an internship program through which undergraduate members are given the opportunity to work with headquarters staff towards improving educational and charitable programs.

7. A Strong Spirit of Brotherhood
Your membership in Delta Sigma Phi is a brotherhood for life. Your status as an undergraduate member ends upon
graduation, but as an alumnus you're joining well over 100,000 other Delta Sig alumni who maintain warm fraternity friendships and are active in alumni chapters across the nation. The Fraternity also offers something more - the opportunity to find continuing satisfaction working with the other Delta Sigs in the areas of chapter, alumni and national operations.

Probably one of the best descriptions of the true value of brotherhood comes form one of our alumni, Dr. Robert
Felix, former Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, who wrote, "While the Fraternity is of great importance and of enormous constructive significance in the life of the undergraduate, it is also important to the alumnus; and interestingly enough, the older the alumnus the more the Fraternity means, at least so it seems to this alumnus of thirty-five years. As one grows older, the friendships made in youth become even more treasured because they are the ones tried and proven by time. These words take on even more value when one can call such friends, 'my brothers' ".

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