-Responsible Social Conduct — Beta Theta Pi is committed to standards of social conduct which are guided by principles of urbane, civil, courteous and responsible deportment.

 

-Commitment to Community — The experience of being a Beta encourages men to serve their university, fraternal and local communities.

Vision Statement

 

Beta Theta Pi will be the exemplary standard for collegiate fraternal societies. Through implementation of Men of Principle, Beta will have successfully implemented policies and programs to achieve these objectives:

 

• Betas will be universally known as friends, gentlemen and scholars.

• Beta Theta Pi will be acclaimed and respected by the academic community

• Beta Theta Pi will be endorsed by parents who will advocate membership for young men.

• Betas will be universally known as friends, gentlemen and scholars.

• Beta Theta Pi will be acclaimed and respected by the academic community.

• Beta Theta Pi will be endorsed by parents who will advocate membership for young men.

• Betas will be in high demand by leaders of business, government and the professions.

• Beta Theta Pi will engender bonds of friendship and brotherhood which create a lifelong commitment to serve and support the Fraternity.

 

 

 

Nine Goals:

 

These nine goals describe the distinctive character of the Beta culture. They flow directly from the Mission and anticipate the Vision. While these goals are listed in numerical order, they are in fact interrelated and of equal value. There is no hierarchy. No single goal is more or less important than the others. They work together systematically.

 

Reading them in sequence gives a sense of systemic wholeness, of how they relate, fit together and mutually support one another. The programs relate specifically to the goals. When successfully implemented, the cumulative effect will be the achievement of the Mission and Vision.

 

I. Cultivation of the Intellect 
The achievement of intellectual excellence is an enduring object of Beta life. Commitment to the cultivation of the intellect requires the culture of the chapter to encourage and support academic achievement.

 

II. Leadership Development & Self Governance 
It is incumbent upon each chapter to identify future leaders, provide for their education and training, give them progressive leadership experiences and help them assume positions of leadership within the chapter, the host academic institution and community.

 

III. Commitment to Community 
Beta Theta Pi calls for a commitment by the chapter and by each member of the chapter to make a meaningful contribution to his university, fraternal and local community.

 

IV. Member Education 
Beta Theta Pi rejects hazing as a part of fraternity life, and emphasizes an educational experience which is morally uplifting and intellectually stimulating. The ongoing member education program teaches Beta ritual as the critical element of lifelong brotherhood.

 

V. Responsible Personal Conduct 
Betas live by the highest standards of social conduct. The elimination of substance abuse through education, intervention, mutual support and progressive sanctions calls for and imposes the highest level of chapter self-governance, monitoring and discipline.

 

VI. Chapter Advisors 
A network of advisors is a chapter resource of inestimable value. Advisors can enrich the intellectual culture of the chapter, assist with the administration of chapter affairs and help instill as sense of lifelong brotherhood.

 

VII. Member Recruitment 
The process of consistently identifying good men year after year is a critical responsibility of chapter leadership, calling for the implementation of a Member Recruitment Management system, with Recruitment Through Scholarship as a natural element of this goal.

 

VIII. Communication 
Each chapter and the General Fraternity must address the specific communication needs of their constituents. These include alumni, college faculty and administrators, prospective members and parents.

 

IX. Lifelong Fraternal Brotherhood 
Fraternal brotherhood is created and strengthened by the intensity and integrity of effort required for success and enriched by the shared responsibility for achievement that endures.