Enrichment “Represented symbolically by the diamond in the badge, Beta undergraduates need the cutting of education and the polishing of experience. These, too, are our promises to keep.”
Our Promises to Keep… I. Expand Access of Award-Winning Men of Principle Programs
II. Implement New Chapter Technologies, Programs and Services
Keystone – Create new endowment fund to keep student fees low and fully fund the educational portion of the program.
Create new online development program for all undergraduates, alumni, volunteers and Friends of Beta.
Leadership College – Lower registration fee, provide travel funding and increase participation from 250 to 500 students.
Implement high-quality evaluation process to maximize return on investment of Beta’s leadership programs.
Wooden Institute – Grow from 3 to 5 sessions thereby increasing participation from 255 to 425 students each summer. UIFI – Increase student participation from 20 to 100 each summer. Presidents Academy – Expand endowment to fully fund program without relying solely on annual fundraising. Men of Principle Scholarship – Increase grants from $500 to $1,000 annually for every Beta chapter and colony.
III. Launch Brennan Hall Modernization Plan and Archives Preservation Initiative Hire full-time Fraternity Archivist. Renovate Administrative Office with state-of-the-art technology conference center and interior/exterior updates. Implement archives preservation and traveling exhibits program. Enhance Beta museum in Oxford and create digitization process for preserving irreplaceable documents and artifacts.
“In the fall of 2008, I joined the Zeta Zeta Chapter at Wisconsin-Oshkosh, but I was given orders to deploy to Iraq shortly after joining the Fraternity. I returned home safely one year later and wasn’t sure if I even wanted to return to school and affiliate with the chapter. When I made the decision to come back to campus, the men of Zeta Zeta welcomed me into the family as if I had never left. I can’t express enough how much Beta Theta Pi means to me because of the opportunities I’ve been given to become a strong leader and a successful student. Beta enriches my life because I grow as a person every day and am challenged to become the individual I’ve always wanted to be.
The sense of family and lifelong brotherhood shown to me by my chapter brothers has inspired me to become chapter president and to continue crossing the bridge that Beta built for me.” — Joshua Wittkowske, Wisconsin-Oshkosh ’13
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