1. Have knowledge of Phi Sigma Pi
2. Have a Desire to Serve 3. Devotion of Time and Energy 4. Accept Responsibility 5. Work with others in team spirit 6. Diligence and motivation 7. Learn to take criticism 8. Ability to face adversity 9. Delegate authority when necessary 10. Make Decisions 11. Freedom from prejudices 12. Praise, share credit, and give credit where credit is due 13. Concentrate under difficult conditions 14. Assume Responsibility for your mistakes 15. Grow and Learn 16. Pass on what you have learned 17. Maintain a positive attitude
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Phi Sigma Pi is a National Honor fraternity whose members possess outstanding scholarship, leadership, and fellowship. Because of its three ideals, I knew that this organization was perfect for me. I sincerely care about my scholarship, leadership, and fellowship, and I absolutely love that I am a part of an organization that is founded upon all three. Phi Sigma Pi helped me to grow and learn in so many ways. It helped to strengthen my progress in achieving each number of the 17 points of an ideal brother. It gave me my wonderful big, and two amazing littles. It also gave me a family with brothers who are going to be my life-long friends.
"You pulled me from the loneliness, you made me feel at home You taught me about brotherhood, now I know I’ll never roam We started out as strangers, but now we’re more than friends We’ve become a family that I know will never end" ~Thomas Daniels What is the Time Commitment of being a member of Phi sigma pi?The involvement for PSP includes attending 1/2 interest meetings to try to recruit new members in the beginning of the semester. Next, a brother was expected to attend 2/3 open rush events and 2/3 closed rush events. Then, there is a mandatory bid ceremony where the new initiates receive their invitations to the fraternity. A mandatory pinning ceremony follows where new members officially become initiates. Then, initiates go through 5 weeks of 2 study halls and brother hours per week.
Study halls are an hour where two historians teach the initiates all of the history of the fraternity. After that, the brothers come in to get to know the initiates better. The second study hall of the week is where the initiates take their test. Another brother hour follows. Brothers are required to attend at least three brother hours in order to vote on the initiates. There are four tests and a mock national exam. After those five weeks, there is Initiation Week. The initiates are tested on the entire history of the fraternity during that week. Each night represents a leg of the tripod: scholarship night, leadership night, fellowship night. Each night is mandatory for brothers and initiates. Then, they take their national exam, and a final vote is casted. If the initiates make it through the entire process, they get initiated at the initiation ceremony and become a brother. The initiates are also required to interview every brother in the fraternity throughout their process. Big Reveal, Paddle Exchange, Big Appreciation Week, and other events are also going on during the semester. On top of being involved with the new members, brothers are expected to attend chapter every Sunday, pay dues each semester, and attend a certain amount of events put on by executive members and committee heads. It is required that a brother gets 2 fundraising points, 2 awards and scholarship points, 2 RU Involved points, 2 service points, and 2 social points. |