What is a Fraternity?
What does it do to further the goals of today’s undergraduate men? Simply put, a fraternity is an organization of women or men bound together by friendship, aspirations, and common goals. On a college campus a student will find many opportunities to get involved in an array of different fraternities, whether they are solely based on academic honorary, academic major, community service, religion, ethnicity; or whether they are social fraternities such as Kappa Sigma. Kappa Sigma’s main objective is based on building a better man, while encouraging him to participate in as many other campus organizations that he may choose. More specifically, Kappa Sigma looks to provide the opportunity for the male student to enhance his fellowship circle, leadership skills, scholastic involvement, and service contribution to the local community. 2. Why does Kappa Sigma call itself a “values-based” fraternity? Far too often a parent may have a preconceived notion that a fraternity is based purely on an
Simply put, a fraternity is an organization of women or men bound together by friendship, aspirations, and common goals. On a university campus a student will find many opportunities to get involved in an array of different fraternities, whether they are solely based on academic honorary, academic major, community service, religion, ethnicity; or whether they are social fraternities such as Kappa Sigma.
A fraternity is a male-only association with members who are linked by common interests of some form or another. The most famous form of the fraternity in North America is probably the college fraternity, although it is also possible to find social fraternities and a variety of other fraternal organizations around the world. College fraternities date to 1776, when Phi Beta Kappa was founded in the United States. Many college fraternities are established with academic criteria for membership. People who wish to join typically participate in activities which take place over the course of a week at the start of a semester. Since most colleges with a fraternity system have multiple fraternities, these events usually take place during the same week at all fraternities, allowing people to explore all their options. This period is known as “rush week.” After rush week, current members of the fraternity decide which members should be voted in. Traditionally, new pledges participate in an initi
