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DELTA UPSILON State of the

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“i will absolutely be back to serve again, but until i do, i issue a challenge to the brothers of delta upsilon. don’t come to Jamaica to ‘feel all right’, come to Jamaica to serve.”

– matt lucciola, rutgers, ‘14. gloBal SerVice initiatiVe: Jamaica may 11 – 18, 2013 June 8 – 15, 2013 Photo: grant Weekes, Bucknell ’13 playing with school children while tyler mahoney, oklahoma ’15 takes a break from working during the January 2013 gSi trip.

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average chapter size up from 26 in 2007

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3,718 undergraduates highest number recorded in the fraternity's history

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459 2012 Leadership Institute Attendance Highest in more than 25 years "Next year I will be a sophomore in college. It is my turn to put as much as I can into this fraternity, and more specifically, my chapter. I could not be more motivated than I am right now to double my chapter's m e m b e r s h i p , and triple involvement with the university community.”

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Chapters Visited Twice

89

total chapter visits

“Delta Upsilon is an engineer of innovation and forward thinking.”

Veronica Hunter – Director, Student Athlete Academic Services, Lehigh University

3.04 3.03 2.98 Delta Upsilon GPA

All Fraternity GPA

All Men’s GPA

“Delta Upsilon is quickly becoming the fraternity that colleges and universities have been waiting for.”

Jeremiah Shinn – Director of Student Involvement and Leadership Center Boise State University

“Delta Upsilon is a trend-setting organization.

It is becoming a trusted higher education partner.”

Steve Veldkamp Assistant Dean of Students, Indiana University

971

Total Members attending Educational Programs

( 8 3 3 in 2 0 1 1 ) "The Principles apply on a global scale and GSI proves it. I was able to find specific examples from one week in Jamaica to fit every one of the Four Founding Principles and my understanding of them increased exponentially.

If you want a deeper connection to Delta Upsilon, GSI is the way to do it."

Alex Campea, Carthage ’13

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2012-2015 Strategic Plan As a distinguished Fraternity looking to the future, we can learn a great deal from corporate America.

Companies that enjoy enduring success have core values and a core purpose that remains fixed over time while their business strategies and practices endlessly adapt to a changing world. The dynamic of preserving the core while encouraging and embracing new, fresh strategies is the reason that companies such as Hewlett-Packard, 3M, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Merck, and Sony have became elite institutions, able to renew themselves and achieve superior long-term performance. Their employees know that radical change in operating practices, cultural norms, and business strategies do not mean losing the spirit of the company’s core principles. These companies continually question their structure and revamp their processes while preserving the ideals embodied in their missions. These companies were studied for the book “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies” and found that they have outperformed the general stock market consistently since 1925.

Leaders of truly great organizations understand the difference between what should never change and what should be open for change, between what is genuinely sacred and what is not. This rare ability to manage continuity and change—requiring a consciously practiced discipline—is what our Fraternity leadership has undertaken.

In 2009, the Fraternity’s International President, Dr. Bernard Franklin, Kansas State ’75, convened the President’s Task Force. We established a team consisting of some of higher education’s most esteemed student life professionals with the mission of exploring the relevance of the social fraternity on the 21st century college campus and in an emerging global economy. We considered how our strategies should change to better prepare men for global leadership. The Task Force concluded that our core principles should endure another 50 to 100 years; they are unchangeable. But there were a number of areas where Delta Upsilon could advance our great mission and become a global leader.

To that end, the group identified a number of considerations that would inform and guide the Board of Directors and staff as they worked to develop the strategic plan that follows.

Delta Upsilon is committed to Building Better Men through its programs and services. To realize this commitment, Delta Upsilon has identified three areas of focus that will be outlined in detail throughout this plan: Consistency of Undergraduate Brand Alumni and Volunteer Engagement Alignment with Higher Education Using this plan as a guide, we believe that Delta Upsilon is uniquely positioned to: Be a fraternity that consistently and purposefully adds significant and lasting value to the lives of our undergraduate and graduate members in new and innovative ways Be a fraternity that is a known and trusted higher education partner The time is now for Delta Upsilon. In our 178-year history, Delta Upsilon has never been better positioned and more poised to impact our members, our communities, and the global world. We encourage you to join us in implementing the innovative strategic plan that follows.

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Consistency of Undergraduate Brand Delta Upsilon will develop and perfect a franchise model to ensure consistency among individual chapters and purposeful alignment with the principles of the fraternity.

Undergraduate Development • Develop and implement a standardized new member education program for the fraternity and enact necessary protocols for consistently socializing potential members and new members into the Delta Upsilon experience.

• Develop and implement a member development program that embeds targeted education and reflection activities into key junctures in the Delta Upsilon experience.

• Increase the number of undergraduate members participating in fraternity educational programs such as the Global Service Initiative, Leadership Institute, Winter Educational Conference, Regional Leadership Seminars and Building Better Men Weekends.

• Develop and implement a broad global citizenship/education program.

• Develop a mechanism that facilitates member awareness (tracking) of their growth relative to fraternity purpose and/or articulated learning and developmental outcomes.

• Develop a framework for the development of individual chapter academic excellence plans that utilize the unique resources offered by the chapter’s host institution.

Chapter Experience • Develop and implement a process whereby chapters will be assessed, evaluated and recertified on a consistent and recurring basis.

• Develop and implement a comprehensive, principles-based new member recruitment philosophy and a set of associated protocols that will result in chapter memberships that reflect the diversity of each host campus.

• Examine and adjust chapter officer roles, responsibilities and expectations to more effectively drive organizational purpose and engage members (at all levels) in chapter leadership.

• Review and revise Chapter Excellence Plan (CEP) to ensure consistency with officer structure, organizational purpose, and continued relevance to the development of high-functioning chapters.

• Articulate a formalized purpose-based expansion and colony development program.

• Articulate a set of academic expectations for potential new members, initiated members, and chapter officers.

• Standardize expectations for Delta Upsilon residential facilities, including live-in advisors, safety/risk reduction measures, contract language and assignment of educational space.

• Adopt and formalize chapter officer learning outcomes and an online learning platform for chapter officer education.

Alumni & Volunteer Engagement

Alignment with Higher Education

Delta Upsilon will engage alumni and volunteers toward the purposeful and consistent development of individual members and the advancement of high-functioning chapters.

Delta Upsilon will align its outcomes, practices and aims to become a trusted partner with higher education.

Alumni Members • Develop and formalize a curriculum focused on the transition from the undergraduate experience into the alumni experience (should extend beyond individual chapter experience).

• Develop and implement a plan for the engagement of Delta Upsilon alumni beyond the traditional volunteer and chapter advising roles.

• Develop a skill set matrix that articulates ideal DUIF Board makeup.

• Maintain a “three-deep” roster of potential Board candidates, in accordance with the aforementioned skill set matrix.

Volunteers • Revise the international/regional volunteer structure to ensure alignment with fraternity aims and purposeful engagement of talented and committed Delta Upsilon alumni.

• Develop and implement a strategy for the recruitment, engagement and recognition of non-members toward the advancement of Delta Upsilon.

• Purposefully communicate the message of Delta Upsilon to volunteers, higher education professionals, parents and other stakeholders.

• Develop a volunteer engagement matrix that describes the skills and/or experiences necessary for various projects/roles.

• Maintain a roster of potential volunteers, in accordance with the aforementioned volunteer engagement matrix.

Chapter Advising Team • Develop a comprehensive training program for new and existing chapter advisory boards.

• Educate each member of the chapter advising team on the purpose, teachings and contemporary relevance of the Delta Upsilon Ritual of Initiation.

• Engage each member of the chapter advising team in a conversation about the 21st century Delta Upsilon, its aims, philosophy and expectations.

• Increase the number of chapters with full advisory boards.

Internal Operations • Elevate the responsibilities, experience level and expectations of fraternity staff members.

• Secure permanent and predictable funding to further education and professional development in the areas of college student development, training and curriculum.

• Adopt a set of higher education learning outcomes to drive Delta Upsilon programs, protocols and decision-making.

• Establish a research and assessment arm for the fraternity to become a more data-driven organization.

Assessment • Articulate a comprehensive assessment plan that guides decisionmaking and actions.

• Identify available technology and/or resources to further assessment initiatives.

• Standardize and institutionalize assessment tools for individuals, chapters and programs.

• Identify funding sources that seek to further student learning through purposeful assessment.

• Commit to consistent presentation/sharing of relevant assessment data at scholarly and professional conferences.

• Develop strategic alliances with peer organizations, professional associations and campuses to augment Delta Upsilon’s understanding of the undergraduate experience.

Partnerships • Develop comprehensive higher education partnership protocols to guide expansion discussions and decision-making.

• Develop a chapter/campus-specific resource database to encourage chapter partnerships with on-campus entities and participation in campus programs.

• Formalize staff liaison relationships with higher education associations.

• Serve as the convener for conversations related to promoting research and assessment in fraternities and sororities.

• Increase the number of advisors.

• Develop a strategy for the recruitment of non-member volunteers to serve on the chapter advisory team.

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Educational Programs PRESIDENTS ACADEMY The Presidents’ Academy is a training program for Delta Upsilon’s newly elected chapter and colony presidents. This program offers operational and soft-skills training to help prepare presidents for their term in office.

Advisors Academy The Advisors’ Academy is a training program for primary chapter advisors, providing education on advising, facilitation techniques, and strategies for working effectively with university students. The academy is held in conjunction with the Presidents’ Academy, which offers the advisors the chance to join new chapter presidents in certain areas of programming and build relationships.

REGIONAL LEADERSHIP SEMINARS The Regional Leadership Seminars are designed to improve the quality of leadership within the Fraternity. Beginning each February, leaders from DU’s undergraduate chapters spend a weekend at various locations around the country, deeply immersed in presentations, discussions, and problem solving sessions about chapter operations and other issues that affect a chapter’s viability. The Regional Leadership Seminars impact the greatest number of students with face-to-face training in a given year. recrUitment symposiUm The Recruitment Symposium is a training program for chapter and colony vice presidents of membership recruitment. This multi-day training teaches the officers the necessary skills to lead the chapter in a successful values-based membership recruitment and selection.

GLOBAL SERVICE INITIATIVE The Delta Upsilon Global Service Initiative offers members a unique opportunity to work with global and local communities, while uniting Delta Upsilon competencies and principles with substantive volunteer service. Students travel to, study in, and work with communities where social and economic conditions are substandard. During the global experience, students engage in service-learning to make a meaningful impact in our global society to address the issues plaguing urban societies; these members will roll-up their sleeves to create or rebuild areas of need.

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EMERGING LEADERS EXPERIENCE The Delta Upsilon Emerging Leaders Experience (DUEL) is designed to help young leaders meet the challenges and responsibilities of life and in his chapter. Each participant identifies and develops their unique leadership strengths utilizing the StrengthsQuestTM philosophy.

Participants are immersed into conversations of diversity and sharedvalues to effectively collaborate and lead through courage and conversation. Participants are also offered the opportunity to gain an understanding of the historical roots of Delta Upsilon by visiting the founding site at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The program effectively leads participants into creating a personal vision of the future for themselves and leading their chapter.

LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE The Leadership Institute is our annual leadership conference/ fraternity convention. More than 400 undergraduate students participate in defined tracks focusing on leadership development and service learning. During the institute, students meet in the Undergraduate Convention/ Business Meeting to discuss the matters of legislation that affect the fraternity.

BUILDING BETTER MEN WEEKENDS Building Better Men weekends are intensive weekend-long retreats customized to meet the needs of a chapter. Senior fraternity staff facilitate the retreats, which focus on creating chapter buy-in to a shared plan of action.

Undergraduate Interfraternity institute The Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute® (UIFI®) brings together fraternity men and sorority women from across North America to create opportunities to explore, define, and enhance their leadership skills, and grow to expect values-based action from themselves and others.

Delta Upsilon provides a limited number of UIFI scholarships available for students. greeklifeeDU This online training program educates members on the facts of alcohol abuse, hazing and sexual assault. This program helps to empower students to make informed decisions and provides simple strategies to help keep themselves and their friends safe.

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