Our mission is to bring together a diverse and supportive community, foster intellectual and personal growth, and cultivate passionate individuals of good character and integrity.
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Benefits of Being a Sibling
Our annual Convention, the Society’s marquee event, gives you the opportunity to connect and network with undergraduates and alumni from across the country. We also encourage bonding between chapters outside of convention through a yearly undergraduate caucus. Financial support is provided for all of this to ensure members can travel to these events.
- We offer leadership opportunities for our chapters on a national level. A significant number of seats on our national governing board are reserved for undergraduates, giving space and priority to your voices and needs.
- We sponsor an Annual Literary Competition with prizes. We also utilize the Alpha Delta Phi Foundation to provide grants to students for aid in the form of scholarships and money to host speakers and educational and literary events.
- We encourage, promote, and run leadership training programs on a variety of topics, including recruiting members, how to run a chapter, managing risks, and building thriving communities.
- In line with our value of inclusion, we offer a Pay What You Can option for joining us, so that money is not a barrier for joining our community.
As a living, breathing organization rooted in a tradition of shared values, we proudly redefine what it means to be a Greek-letter organization.
Joining
All recruitment events for the Alpha Delta Phi Society are alcohol-free. Once a student decides to join a chapter, new member education includes meetings, philanthropic service, social events, and study sessions. New member education is designed to be informative and fun; physical and mental hazing is not tolerated by the Alpha Delta Phi Society.
Academic Excellence
Many Alpha Delta Phi Society chapters have academic requirements, and most chapters help their members achieve higher grades through study hours and by using each other as a resource. All of our chapters and the national organization recognize and reward members’ excellence in literary pursuits.
Leadership
All Alpha Delta Phi Society chapters are working examples of democracy in action. This is often the first time that members are responsible for their own activities and living within their means. This provides an excellent opportunity to experience leadership and the responsibilities of membership.
Social Life
Members organize social functions including picnics, game nights, communal meals, open mic and poetry nights, and cheering each other on during sporting events such as soccer and quadball (the game formerly known as quidditch).