Fraternity/Sorority Leadership Institute

DeltaSigStan · #1 04-23-2005, 01:25 PM

So, I sent in my app, essay and letters of rec couple of months back.

Today I just found out I got accepted to the Delta Sig Leadership Institute, a week-long, all expenses paid trip to Indiana in July. Apparently, since only 50 get chosen, this is a real big honor.

Question: Does your national have somehting like this, and if they do, what should I expect out of these types of things?

TSteven · #2 04-23-2005, 01:36 PM

Congratulations!

Sigma Chi's Balfour Leadership Training Workshop

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Balfour Leadership Training Workshop
2005 Registration is Open Now!
Early bird registration closes May 31, 2005.

Get Ready for Ball State in 2005
Balfour Leadership Training Workshop 2005 will be held
Aug. 5-7 at Ball State University

About Balfour LTW

The Balfour Leadership Training Workshop, established in 1947, is a program designed to improve the quality of leadership in the Fraternity. Each August, leaders from Sigma Chi's undergraduate chapters spend four days on a college campus, deeply immersed in presentations, discussions, and problem solving sessions about chapter operations and other issues that affect a chapter's viability.

More than 1,000 students and alumni gathered at Kansas State University for Balfour Leadership Training Workshop 2004. "The Renaissance Begins" was the year's theme, with a curriculum focused on ending hazing and improving recruitment.

Tom Earp · #3 04-23-2005, 04:19 PM

Stan, Congratulations Man! Ya The Man.

LXA has many different things like this, but, go in with a humble Head.!

I was to old to do some of the things that I did and got rug burns diving for the prize! Well, it was an exercise, but beat the kids. Hurt like hell for a while. Just showed that there is still Heart in Our/Your Fraternity.

This is a Great Honor, shows what a True Brother You are for DSPhi.

NebraskaDelt · #4 04-23-2005, 05:18 PM

Delta Tau Delta has a couple different leadership type events. There is the Leadership Academy which is a big honor to attend. Members spend either a week at our founding chapter in W. Virginia, spend time on an ocean yaht in Maine, or a wilderness academy in Colorado. The fraternity also hosts a President's retreat in Indiana for chapter presidents and chapter advisors, and this year has a Recruitment Academy in a couple different parts of the country for recruitment chairmen.

PhiPsiRuss · #5 04-23-2005, 05:23 PM

Programs for Undergraduates
Woodrow Wilson Leadership School (WWLS) - held biennially in the summer of odd numbered years. Focuses on leadership skills in the context of chapter operations. Subsidized by our Foundation.

Presidents Leadership Academy - held annually in Indianapolis, near our HQ. Participants pay $75, which includes airfare, lodging, and meals. Addresses changing issues in the fraternity world, as well as leadership issues that chapter presidents face.

Fraternity Educators Leadership Academy - held annually in Indianapolis, near our HQ. Participants pay $75, which includes airfare, lodging, and meals. Addresses planning, and implementing fraternity education programs.

Men of Excellence - This is our new values based membership development program. It is holistic in scope, so leadership skills development is part of it. It is implemented at the chapter level.

The Leadership Experience - Developed in-house, this is conducted at a retreat, near a chapter, by fraternity staff.

Cabo Alpha Leadership Academy - Funded, and operated by one of our foundation's trustees, this is offered to Phi Psis during their spring break. It is extremely popular, and has proven to be very effective.

Programs for Alumni
Dab Williams Alumni College - Held concurrently with the WWLS, this offers a range of topics to help Phi Psi alumni become more effective in volunteering for their fraternity.

National Housing Educational Conference - Held annually, at the beggining of the school year, in Las Vegas to keep Phi Psi alumni leaders on the cutting edge of fraternity housing information.

New Volunteer Orientation - Held annually, at the beginning of the calendar year, this provides leadership training for new advisors, alumni corp. officers, and alumni association officers.

sigtau305 · #6 04-23-2005, 08:27 PM

congrats, Stan

Kevin · #7 04-24-2005, 12:40 PM

Congrats!

We have a biannual set of leadership workshops called the College of Chapters. It's held on the campus of Washington & Lee, so a HQ visit and a visit to the VMI parade grounds is part of the experience. I was privileged to attend our first College of Chapters that was held there for a long time -- now it's there permenantly.

For those of you at W&L -- your dorms suck. How do you pay that much in tuition and get such crappy dorms???

hoosier · #8 04-24-2005, 08:31 PM

You'll have a great chance to see IU, one of the prettiest large campuses and one impressive fraternity row.

If you have time, rent "Breaking Away", the great movie about the campus' famous Little 500 bicycle race.

You probably won't have time, but a great side trip would be to one of the local quarries (the opening of "Breaking Away" is filmed at one of the best known) for a swim.

Have fun.