What is Recruitment?
Recruitment, commonly referred to as RUSH, is the process by which Fraternities acquire new members. The University of Idaho Chapter of Delta Chi treats this as a year round process. We are continuously looking for and recruiting new members.
In addition to our year-long recruitment efforts on campus, we participate in formal rush every fall semester. Formal rush is a three-day period at the end of August where all incoming freshmen decide upon the Fraternity that they will call home. Formal rush is full of events and entertainment. Delta Chi hosts volleyball tournaments and dunk basketball tournaments where the winners receive scholarships. We host comedians, game shows, and bring in inflatable sumo suits and a mechanical bull. Formal rush is a fun opportunity to not only meet some of your first college friends but to meet the men you will call brothers for the rest of your life.
Joining
The first step in joining Delta Chi is to get to know the guys and touring the chapter house. If you are interested in visiting with one of our Rush Chairmen, please contact either Nick Miller (208-852-6271) or Brandon Cary (208-731-7802). If you are a senior in high school be sure to register for Vandal Friday, where you can come visit us, spend the night with many other incoming freshmen, and see what we are all about. Also be sure to register for Formal Recruitment. Formal rush is free to all men, but a forty-five dollar fee will be charged if you do decide to join a fraternity.
Note to Parents
Many parents are somewhat apprehensive about sending their son off to college to live in a single building with fifty-eight other men. Parents voice concerns about grades, hazing, and drinking. Indeed, these are all very legitimate concerns. Here at Delta Chi we pride ourselves on scholarship, character, and brotherhood.
We have study table programs for all of our members and pledges where the hours of monitored study table are based on GPA. We also have a mentoring program where every incoming freshmen is paired with an older member of a similar major. The member monitors their scholastic progress and works with them on time management and study habits.
Hazing is absolutely not tolerated at the University of Idaho Chapter or any other chapter of Delta Chi. The incoming freshmen do participate in what we call a pledge program, but it is one of learning, not hazing. The pledges will learn about everything from the history of The International Delta Chi Fraternity to the Idaho Chapter. They will learn about the history of the house we live in, the way our meetings are run, and what the various positions do to make the Fraternity function smoothly. The pledge program is a semester of bonding that is enjoyed by all.
Brotherhood is a very fragile thing. It can be ruined forever with a single mistake, such as hazing. We pride ourselves on building freshmen up to become better men, rather then tear them down with hazing and disrespect.