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Belonging & Inclusion

Creating Connections for All Brothers

Belonging & Inclusion programming is vital to ensure all brothers feel like they belong within the Fraternity. It also supports brothers so they may become strong members of their campus and community.

• Reporting Responsibility Role: Built to Lead or Belonging Chairman

Fraternity Programs:

• Danger of a Single Story
• How to Go Beyond Diversity & Inclusion to Belonging

Graduate Engagement

Introduction to Graduate Brotherhood

Graduate Engagement gives undergraduates a variety of meaningful opportunities to engage with graduate brothers. It provides a sense of connection to the Fraternity post-graduation, preparing undergraduates for lifelong membership. Additionally, this programming allows undergraduate and graduate brothers to engage in healthy, semi-structured activities, while allowing graduates to give undergraduates advice for life after graduating.

• Reporting Responsibility Role: Built to Lead Chairman or Graduate Relations Chairman

Fraternity Programs

• Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years? (Mock Interview):  This interactive-facilitated program helps brothers identify strategies for researching a company before an interview; list the three main responsibility types a potential employer will likely ask questions about; and discuss formulating a response to situational questions.

Leadership

Courageous Leaders Impacting Their Communities

Leadership programming focuses on key leadership skills that will be helpful throughout the undergraduate experience, as well as in brothers’ lives after graduation. It also helps brothers stand out on campus and in their careers. Completing this programming will help brothers build confidence as they explore leadership roles and develop ambitious professional goals.

• Reporting Responsibility Role: Built to Lead Chairman

Fraternity Programs

• Building a Chapter of Courageous Leaders: This graduate facilitated, interactive program gives participants the opportunity to examine the three elements of courageous leadership, practice courageous leadership with realistic scenarios, and develop a plan for the chapter to better fulfill Phi Gama Delta’s mission.
• Building Trust: In this discussion-based program, Frances Frei, Harvard Business School professor and advisor to executives embarking on large-scale change initiatives, discusses how leaders can build trust, speak authentically and empower workers to do their best. Frei is a guest on the WorkLab podcast, where host Elise Hu has conversations with economists, technologists and researchers who explore the data and insights into why and how work is changing.
• Mastering Difficult Conversations: Most people do not enjoy having difficult conversations, but it’s something that needs to be done. While these conversations might come naturally to some, most leaders need to develop this expertise. Listen to Episode 16 of our Executive Leadership Podcast for tools that will help you with difficult conversations and create lasting, productive relationships with your team. (Format: Podcast and discussion)
• Mission Possible: Understanding Your Personal Values & Mission: In this interactive facilitated program, brothers will be able to: identify their core values; describe how their core values can impact their collegiate experience; discuss the difference between a job and a purpose; and state their individual mission statements.
• The Problem with All Stars: Butler Bulldogs have a habit of shocking college basketball fans by beating top teams with far more talent. How do they do it? Adam Grant joins the team to talk about why stars are overrated, role players are underrated and how humility can go hand in hand with confidence. Also featuring “Moneyball” author Michael Lewis and Brad Stevens, coach of the Boston Celtics. (Format: Podcast and discussion)
• Start with Why: Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership – starting with a golden circle and the question: “Why?” His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Wright brothers. (Format: TED talk video and discussion)
• What Is Leadership, How to Be a Great Leader & Game Theory: In 2009, Simon Sinek started a revolution. It wasn’t started with bombs or bullets, but with an idea, a TEDx talk and a best-selling book: “Start With Why.” His idea was that good leaders inspire people to act by giving them a sense of purpose or belonging – a “why.” In this talk, Simon discusses what leadership is and how to be a great leader through game theory. (Format: TED talk video and discussion)
• Why Everyone Should See Themselves As a Leader: Sue Ashford, a professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, breaks down her decades of research on leadership – who achieves it and how a group grants it. She explains the world isn’t divided into leaders and followers. Instead, it’s a state everyone can reach, whether they are officially in charge or not. She also explains why shared leadership benefits a team and organization. Ashford offers tips on how to effectively grow leadership in yourself and your employees. (Format: Podcast and discussion)

Life Skills

Skills for the Modern Fraternity Man

Life Skills programming ensures brothers can confidently transition from living in a close-knit campus community to living independently and navigating common challenges not covered in traditional undergraduate education. This programming also supports brothers’ abilities to thrive in adulthood.

• Reporting Responsibility Role: Built to Lead Chairman

Fraternity Programs

• Bandages, Bruises & Brotherhood: This interactive facilitated program allows brothers to discuss basic wound care; determine when an injury needs professional attention; perform skills to assist someone choking; describe signs of a concussion; demonstrate how to check for breathing and a pulse in a compromised individual; and explain the side-lying recovery position and when it is most appropriate to use.
• Budget Basics: This interactive facilitated program ensures brothers can develop a budget for current expenses and describe values-based budgeting – including philanthropic giving.
• Getting Out of Debt: (Follow-up to Budget Basics) This interactive facilitated program helps members identify at least three steps they can take to address any current debt.
• I Have an Opinion! (Civics): This interactive facilitated program allows brothers to be able to list the steps for voter registration; describe the voting process and relevant timetables; access resources about political candidates; define healthy discourse; and demonstrate the ability to engage in healthy discourse.
• Practical Car Care: In this interactive facilitated program members will be able to identify where a car’s washer fluid is; change wiper blades; describe how to check a car’s oil; describe the purpose of changing oil; describe how to jump a dead battery; demonstrate how to check tire pressure and refill its air; demonstrate how to change a tire; and discuss how to check all exterior lighting.
• Sticky, Slimy & Smelly (Housekeeping): This interactive facilitated program ensures brothers can identify appropriate products to clean common household areas/items; discuss the frequency for cleaning common household areas/items; review sanitizing procedures for common issues; and describe the process for completing laundry.
• Wait, I Have to Pay Taxes?: This interactive facilitated program helps brothers to identify documentation necessary for the tax process and list options for completing and submitting tax documentation.

Additional Program Ideas

• Career connections with campus career center
• Cooking class with graduate brothers or campus/community kitchen
• Healthy relationships and violence prevention with campus health center

Philanthropy & Service

The Call to Serve Others

Service is one of Phi Gamma Delta’s five core values, and every brother participates in meaningful civic engagement and philanthropic work.

• Reporting Responsibility Role: Built to Lead Chairman, Philanthropy and/or Service Chairman

Program Ideas:

• Host a fundraiser for one of Phi Gamma Delta’s philanthropic partners: Donate Life, Red Cross or the USO
• Coordinate a donor drive supporting the Immortal Phi Gam Project (organ and tissue donation)
• Volunteer at a local nonprofit

Success in College

Connecting with Resources

Success in College programming is designed to help brothers better utilize resources supporting their undergraduate experience, particularly with academic success. Attending certain on-campus activities may fulfill programming requirements. This programming also allows brothers to find tailored support as they strive for academic and personal excellence.

• Reporting Responsibility Role: Scholarship Chairman, Wellness Chairman or Built to Lead Chairman

Fraternity Programs

• Behind Happy Faces: This peer-facilitated programming includes nine guided mental health conversations hosted by the Human Power Project. Specific content depends upon which lesson(s) are utilized.
• Graduate Lead Hazing Discussion: The purpose of this program is to provide graduate brothers with a guide for a productive conversation with undergraduates about the “number one killer” of fraternity chapters. Learning outcomes are to define hazing and identify the types of activities that are considered hazing; show the conflict between hazing and our values; identify the consequences and risks of hazing; and set graduates’ expectations regarding member education and hazing.
• I Don’t Have Time to Be Healthy: Introduction to Physical Wellness: Through this interactive facilitated program, brothers will be able to identify effective bodyweight exercises that can be done at home; list components of a healthy fitness regimen; recognize healthy alternatives to common snack foods; and discuss the importance of balanced nutrition as part of a healthy lifestyle.

Additional Program Ideas

• Campus safety with campus police/safety
• Internship preparation
• Time management skills

Work & Play

Brotherhood Building Activities

Work & Play programming teaches brothers that life is meant to be experienced and is best experienced when they take care of themselves. The programs also encourage brothers to consider engaging in activities that promote physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. Your chapter may select other Work & Play events with the approval of the Senior Director of Education.

• Reporting Responsibility Role: Brotherhood Chairman or Built to Lead Chairman

Fraternity Programs

• Dinner Etiquette: Through this interactive facilitated program, brothers will learn how to correctly set a table for a meal with utensils and list common etiquette rules when dining with others.
• Escape Room: We Escaped, Now What?: After participating in an escape room activity, brothers will: 1) recognize how the activity’s frustrations are similar to frustrations within the chapter; 2) discuss their contributions to the activity; and 3) identify ways their contributions mirror how they can contribute to their chapter.

Additional Program Ideas

• Day hike or outdoor activity
• Game night
• Shared meal with rotating discussion questions
• Sports activities: football, basketball, e-sports, etc.