The Future Of Greek Life

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The candidate for new member of the year shall be one who lives by their fraternity's ritual, one who holds their morals high, seeks the betterment of our Greek Community, and excels as a leader. These should be highly considered since this new member is the future of Greek Life as a whole, many universities struggle keeping a positive image of their Greek Life apparent on their campus, having a new member like Jacob Wilkinson proves that Southeast Missouri shall not have to worry about issue that other universities face with the stereotypes. Jacob Wilkinson joined Greek Life for certain reasons, for personal growth, leadership opportunities, and to break the average stereotypes of “River Campus Students” and “Greeks”. Jacob joined Phi Delta Theta knowing their three Cardinal Principles and has yet to let anything get in his way of living by this ritual. Those principles are Friendship, Sound Learning, and Moral Rectitude, all three of which are vital things to live by as a college student who is focused on getting a degree, which is the true purpose of our attending here at Southeast.
A freshman from Eureka, Missouri who is majoring in secondary education
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This requires a huge time commitment, this has allowed him to show not only his chapter, but Southeast as a whole on how to balance and master time management. He has practices almost every night throughout the week, this along with Greek Week are both huge roles in his life, as a chapter we have recognized his abilities and success which is what made Jacob Wilkinson Phi Delta Theta’s first “Phi of the Week” for three consecutive weeks, along with February's “Phi of the Month” prestigious awards given out by the chapter as a whole. These awards are given to brothers who show that they are living by the three cardinal principles, making a difference in the community, and better Greek Life by their

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