Recruitment

  • Interested in joining Delta Tau Delta? If so, you are about to make one of the best decisions of your life. Being in a Fraternity can define your undergraduate experience giving you the training, responsibility, real-world experience and networking that is neccesary to prepare you for your time after college. The life lessons you learn as a part of Delta Tau Delta really do make for the best four years you could imagine. If you believe Truth Courage Faith and Power could mean something to you, contact our recruitment chairs and get to know Gamma Pi.

     

    Listed below are some breif descriptions of events, practices and other experiences you might encounter as a Gamma Pi Delt.

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    Scholarship


    The members of Delta Tau Delta hold academics in the highest regard.  Our members understand that they are in college to get good grades and develop life skills that will provide them with better opportunities after graduation.  With that being said our fraternity is consistently above the Greek active member average and all university undergrad average.  The most recent 2010 grade report for all Iowa State fraternities can be found here. Delta Tau Delta is currently ranked 6th at Iowa State with a 3.00 Grade Point Average which can compare to the All Men's Undergraduate Average which was a 2.85.

     

    Members in our fraternity receive free tutoring, free printing and can participate in our academics program. Our academics program can vary from year to year depending on the Academic Officer in charge, however, it usually consists of study tables, a mentor program and weekly study hours. Also, ask out recruitment chairs about our Study File collection!

     

  • Leadership


    Delta Tau Delta is an entirely student-run organization. This means that our members can pay the bills, clean and organize the shelter, plan and execute philanthropy events, run meetings, etc. Our programming has led many of our members to not only seek leadership positions in the house, but on campus as well.

     

    This year we have four members who hold positions on the 12 member Iowa State Inter-Fraternity Council which governs all the fraternitites. They hold the positions of President, Recruitment, Academics, and New Member Education.

     

    Dance Marathon, the largest all-student philanthropy event at Iowa State, has Delts serving in various positions throughout the organization including Executive Director during 2010. 

     

    In Blood Drive and Veishea, as well as countless other organizations, you can find Delta Tau Delta members in leadership and participating roles.

     

    Delta Tau Delta's Executive and Admisitrative Committees also make for excellent leadership positions.

     

    Finally, Delta Tau Delta is one of only two fraternities at Iowa State to participate in all four major events: Homecoming, Varieties, Greek Week and VEISHEA. Leadership roles in these events gives practical experience in management, design, engineering and marketing. Check out our photo albums to see what all goes into these great events!

     

    Going Greek creates so many leadership opportunities that will help you develop the skills necessary to get that big-time internship or quality career. 

     

    Along with opportunities on campus, our national organization holds several leadership development seminars throughout the year.  A full list of these top notch and fun opportunities can be found by clicking here.  If you would like to view pictures from our Karnea or Divisionals trips feel free to click here. 

     

    Brotherhood


    Students that join Delta Tau Delta have an immediate connection with 95 other members that are always willing to lend a helping hand.  Although 95 sounds like a daunting number, our members strenghten their friendship with their brothers through all of our involvements and fun brotherhood events. Not only are our new members instantly connected with members at Iowa State, but they also have a connection with over 7,000 undergraduate members and nearly 100,000 Delt alumni across the nation.

     

     

  • Social Life


    Joining Delts not only means an instant connection with Brothers and Alumni across the nation, but it also means an instant connection with other members of the Greek community.  Whether it be socials with sorority houses, working on lawn display with your homecoming pairing, or dinner exchanges with other fraternities/soroties, our social fraternity offers plenty of opportunities to have fun and meet new people.

     

     

    Check out pictures from our last Spring Formal!

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    Check out pictures from our recent house/bus parties!

  • Philanthropy


    Unfortunately, movies like Animal House and American Pie Beta House portray Greek Life in a negative light and completely avoid all of the positive aspects of joining a Greek chapter.  One of the most important opportunities our members have to get involved in are philanthropic events.  There is nothing more satisfying than giving back to the community and those in need.  Our fraternity participates in 5 philanthropy events throughout the year on top of the thousands of dollars raised and hours spent volunteering for Homecoming and Greek Week.  Please click here if you are interested in viewing pictures from our philanthropic events.

    Adopt-A-School is one of our National philanthropies that every Delt chapter across the nation participates in.  Every member of our chapter is asked to volunteer at a local elementary school once a semester.  This past Spring our fraternity was awarded with special recognition from our National organization for having fulfilled the Adopt-A-School requirements.  Along with Adopt-A-School, our fraternity also participates in Adopt-A-Highway, and will be participating in Adopt-A-Campus for the third time this fall.

     

    Angel Tree occurs toward the end of every fall semester.  It is sad to say that not every child around the Ames area will receive a present this Christmas, especially with our Nation's economic situation.  By spending a little money and a little time, our members brighten a kid's Christmas by adopting him or her as their angel and purchasing the item on their wish list.

     

    Dance Marathon is the largest philanthropy event at Iowa State, with a large majority of the members that plan and participate in the event being Greek.  This year many of our members are either on the executive team or committe that helped plan the event, while 21 other members participated.  All of the $160,000+ raised by the event goes to the University of Iowa Children's Hospital.

     

    4 A Good Cause, our other newest annual philanthropy event, takes place toward the beginning of every school year. It is a collaberative event between Delta Tau Delta and three other organizations on campus. All of the money raised goes to help A different local cause every semester.

    Greek Philanthropy Statistics for 2009-2010

    Community Service Hours: over 38,000 hours
    Philanthropy Dollars: over $86,000

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    As listed below, Greek Life in general, regardless of organization, has led many people to success.

     

    Greek Life: The Facts


    • 43 out of 50 of North America's largest companies are headed by Greeks.
    • 7 out of 10 people listed on the Who's Who are Greek.
    • 85% of Fortune 500 executives belong to a fraternity or sorority.
    • 40 of 47 Supreme Court Justices since 1910 were fraternity men.
    • All but three US Presidents belong to a fraternity.
    • Statistics show that fraternity and sorority members have a higher rate of graduation from college than do their non-member counterparts.
    • 63% of U.S. Cabinet members since 1900 belong to a fraternity or sorority.
    • 68% of doctors and 72% of lawyers, nationally belong to a fraternity or sorority.