Brotherhood is a major part of fraternity life — it is a group of people who embrace you for who you are and help you develop your character as well as providing a variety of new opportunities to foster personal development. You create a bond with those around you through something deeper than friendship as you all are united due to similar interests. Bonding is a part of brotherhood which is encouraged through activities and events held throughout the semester designed to bring everyone closer together.

Service is a large part around Greek Life, all fraternities have a philanthropy that they fundraise for, volunteer at, and support throughout the course of every year. One way this is displayed throughout Greek Life on Wesleyan’s campus is with the annual Penny Wars battle where change is collected for each organizations philanthropy and then totaled at the end of the time frame to earn points for our annual Greek Week competition!

Leadership is an essential part of your time spent in Greek Life, in order for the organizations to run an executive committee is formed and voted on my members of each individual organization. Here you can choose positions that suit your interests and help you develop essential skills such as: organization, time management, marketing, public speaking, decision making, critical listening, conflict resolution, and many more!

What does that mean?

• Bid: formal invitation to join
• Bid Day: day to accept bids, show off new members, and get to know one another
• Formal Recruitment: structured process to meet with fraternities
• House: location where organizations reside or socialize
• Interfraternity Council: governing body of fraternities on campus
• Philanthropy: charitable organization that is adopted by fraternities
• PNM: Potential New Member
• Rush/Recruitment: process of meeting potential members