Recent University of Pittsburgh graduate, Kenny White, is on the DU campus with one goal: assist in the early stages of starting a new Delta Chi chapter on campus. White owes Delta Chi for his great college experience, he says, and wants to help provide that to others. To accomplish this, in his role as leadership consultant, White has been on campus for the past few weeks helping with recruitment and informing the DU community about the fraternity’s upcoming arrival in spring.
There’s a process behind opening a new chapter. Delta Chi’s supervisor first sends out application packets and contacts potential universities interested in expansion. After this lengthy procedure, it’s ultimately the university who decides whether they want Delta Chi on their campus. Afterwards, the recruitment phase begins. White and fellow consultants are currently reaching out to students via tabling, referrals, chalking the sidewalks, posting flyers and Instagram. They are providing students interested in Delta Chi with various chances to address any questions they may have through short, informal one-on-one meetings, larger-scale informational sessions and fun recruitment events for students to meet and socialize with potential brothers.
“We definitely try to target everybody. We’re not just targeting students who are fraternity, fraternity, fraternity, we want to target students who also may have never thought of a fraternity before,” said White.
The fraternity’s goal is to develop men of action. To accomplish this Delta Chi’s values include: promoting friendship, developing character, advancing justice and assisting in the acquisition of a sound education. “Day in and day out we’re educating our men on how we take our values and apply what we learn in our Delta Chi world to the world outside of Delta Chi,” said White. To make sure each value is implemented in the student’s day to day lives, the DU chapter will focus each week on one of those values.
The third value, advancing justice, has recently transformed to signify more than its original meaning. White explains that advancing justice includes social justice. One way to accomplish this is through inclusivity. In 2016, during the fraternity’s international convention in Louisville, Kentucky, members voted that anybody who identifies themselves as male is eligible to receive a bid.
“We’re Delta Chi because we all believe in the same things. We all believe in Delta Chi but we’re not in Delta Chi because we’re molds of each other,” said White, “(…) The only way you have a strong brotherhood is by having brothers with individuality who challenge each other.”
When it comes to philanthropic work, the fraternity’s international charity is V Foundation for Cancer Research. Chapters do not have a keynote event, but they do independently organize events to support their philanthropy.
“We’re really excited to give people that home, give people that community, give people that personal growth. A big saying that we have in the Delta Chi world is ‘personal growth through brotherhood.’ To me, at the end of the day, when you boil down what fraternity what sorority means, to me that’s what it means,” said White.
Those interested in Delta Chi can send a message to @dudeltachi on Instagram.
