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Why Join Lambda Chi Alpha?

 

	BROTHERHOOD
	Good friends, forever. Because of the variety of things you do together, you get to know each other really well. Fraternities are often accused of being full of the same kind of people. The reality is that nowhere else can a man get to know as many different men as well as he can in his fraternity. There are also opportunities for making friends on other campuses among the other men with whom you share Lambda Chi Alpha - Regional Conferences, International Conventions, or just a visit to another chapter. Lambda Chi is basically a group of good friends, living, working, studying and having a good time together.
	JOB ADVANTAGES
	Recruiters know that the fraternity experience prepares a man for success. Although fraternity alumni number less than 2% of the population, they make up 52% of the U.S. Senate, 33% of the House of Representatives and 75% of the top executives of the 500 largest business corporations. Alumni often help a brother get a job.
	SOCIAL EXPERIENCES
	No other college lifestyle offers the variety of social life that fraternities can. This social experience leads to the ability to handle yourself with confidence in all kinds of social situations.
	PRESTIGE
	Lambda Chi Alpha has a long tradition and deep heritage. It is a group with which to identify and of which to be proud. Pictured to the right is James Wells. James was the 2006 Southeast Missouri State Man of the Year as well as the 2007 Greek Man of the Year. Matt Knickman recently accomplished this feat as well as the 2007 Southeast Man of the Year and the 2008 Greek Man of the Year.
	PERSONAL GROWTH
	Lambda Chi Alpha will give you the chance to learn the value of teamwork; to learn leadership by doing; to develop a sense of responsibility by taking it on. Fine-tune your professional skills: organization, follow-through, speaking and making presentations in front of groups. Lambda Chi Alpha provides the opportunity to learn from the advice and experiences of older brothers and your alumni. It is a place to go for help with your problems.
	SCHOLASTIC ADVANTAGES
	Worried about your GPA? Greeks at Southeast Missouri State on average have a higher grade point average than the whole campus combined. Lambda Chi Alpha has standards of academic excellence and we make sure that all brothers keep their grades up. At Lambda Chi Alpha, you get advice and tutoring from older brothers who know the courses and the professors.
	ASSOCIATE VS PLEDGE
	What is an "Associate Member"? The most commonly practiced theory of new member education is "pledge training." The labeling is remarkable accurate and implies its inherent fallacies. Certainly by the end of the period, the pledge is well-"trained"-- but will he made a good and resourceful active fraternity member, brother, and gentleman? Since 1972, we at Lambda Chi Alpha have determined to hold "fraternity education" as our ideal. The new member is assigned a trained, knowledgeable Big Brother who guides him through a program of carefully designed education. Instead of being alienated, he is acculturated; rather than a becoming a target of tawdry traditions, he is brought into noble ones.Of course, social situations aside, an A.M. is not a brother, and "no hazing" does not mean a new member's responsibilities are treated lightly. But by treating our little brothers with respect from day one, we hope to bring about a better active member as well as a more mature fraternity system.
	True Brother Initiative
	The True Brother Initiative, penned by the Gamma Sigma chapter at Southern Methodist University and unveiled at the 2007 Stead Leadership Seminar, is a reorganization of the concept of fraternity education. The Initiative is a conceptual framework, modeled after the U.S. Army's Army Values program, that organizes both associate member and initiated brother education throughout their undergraduate years and as alumni. True Brother is an attempt to return to the basic values of our founders focusing on Seven Core Values, the acronym LDRSHIP: Loyalty:Bear true faith and allegiance to Lambda Chi Alpha, your chapter, and your brothers. Duty:Fulfill all your obligations from associate member and ritual oaths. Respect:Treat people as they should be treated. Service and Stewardship:Put the welfare of Lambda Chi Alpha, your chapter, and your brothers before your own. Know that as a brother you hold something of value in trust for others. Honor:Live all our values and be an honorable man. Integrity:Do what is right all of the time — walk the walk. Personal Courage:Demonstrate the courage of your convictions. Using an eight week curriculum Associate Members focuses on demanding, but not demeaning, development. The eight week program is meant to ensure that all new members are ready to experience both Pre-Initiation and the Initiation Ritual. The True Brother journey is designed to support the successful development of young men, understanding the significant developmental tasks of this period of life, maximizing the positive influence of peers and mentors, and moving our brothers towards an increased capacity for self-reflection and self-awareness, empathy, altruism, and intimacy. This program sets up goals of leadership, stewardship, learning and service, and explicates a range of core values associated with being a true brother, which when pursued, leads toward a better tomorrow for Lambda Chi Alpha.
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