Why Lambda Chi?

What Is Fraternity?
Fraternity-Lambda Chi Alpha-is a very personal thing that will provide you a storehouse of memories and experiences.
Yet, it is much, much more.

Lambda Chi Alpha is belonging.
When you need someone to talk to, you will always find a brother who is genuinely interested and who really cares about what happens to you. You will find a brother who understands that you are only human and are seeking to improve yourself in many ways. You will find a brother who offers to help before you have a chance to ask.

Lambda Chi Alpha is brotherhood.
In a very real sense, the Fraternity creates a family relationship among its members. It aims to bring together a group of young men who will be congenial, loyal, and helpful to one another during some of the best years of their lives-the college years. Thus Lambda Chi Alpha offers its members the nearest possible equivalent to home that can be found on the college campus, and these close ties often bind men in friendships for life.

The Miracle of Fraternity
Within the span of four years, Lambda Chi Alpha provides the opportunity to:

* Develop lifelong friendships
* Engage in responsibilities managing and governing chapter affairs
* Have a voice at the General Fraternity
* Have the chance to develop your leadership talents
* Receive the help needed to expand your mind establish a favorable atmosphere for academic achievement
* Gain self-confidence, a sharpened sense of human relations, and a mature sense of justice.


Undoubtedly, you have expectations of Lambda Chi Alpha. You expect Lambda Chi Alpha to be a source of good times, learning experiences, and lifelong friendships. You also expect Lambda Chi Alpha to help you realize your goals in college and beyond. Through a stimulating environment, you expect to advance as a student, leader, and member of society. This is possible through the unique structure of the Fraternity and the moral support of your brothers. You also expect positive social opportunities that will be enhanced through close friends and good fellowship. You expect your time with Lambda Chi Alpha to be rewarding and worthwhile. Overall, you expect Lambda Chi Alpha to be a great fraternity.

The following 13 basic membership expectations serve as fundamental guidelines by which Lambda Chi Alpha members should govern their individual fraternal experiences.


Basic Member Expectations

Reprinted with permission from the Lambda Chi Alpha National Website.