Tau Phi Sigma

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PrideHeadquartersP.O. Box #10627
, Illinois
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Tau Phi Sigma, (ΤΦΣ), is a multicultural college fraternity, founded in 1992 at the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, now with eight Midwestern chapters and colonies.

History

Tau Phi Sigma is a multicultural college fraternity, founded on November 11, 1992, at the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The organization's primary purpose is to ensure its members reach higher states of education, progress the cultural awareness of humanity in all parts of the globe, while maintaining the values of brotherhood, equality, loyalty, respect, and pride. Since then the fraternity has expanded to eight collegiate chapters and two alumni chapters in the Midwest.^[1]

Founding

On the campus of University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign a group of thirteen students attending the university were unable to find a fraternity that satisfied their ideals of brotherhood. Their intent was to create a brotherhood which would encompass all ethnicities and backgrounds and make men of good character which would manifest itself in attaining a higher education, providing service to the community, and promoting social and cultural awareness. The founding fathers of the organization devised a pledging process which would ensure fraternal bonds would develop and a true brotherhood would form. After twelve rigorous weeks of hard work, dedication, education, and discipline, ending on May 1, 1993, the first seventeen members of a fraternity they named Sigma Tau Phi emerged.

Name change

Another national fraternity had used the same name as early as 1918. As that group had merged into another NIC fraternity and was still known by them as a predecessor group, the new multicultural group at Illinois opted early to change its name from Sigma Tau Phi to Tau Phi Sigma to avoid any confusion.^[2]

Founding fathers

Tau Phi Sigma was founded by seventeen young men:

Beliefs

The objective of Tau Phi Sigma are:

• To stimulate the ambition of its members
• To prepare them for the greatest usefulness in the causes of humanity, freedom, and dignity of the individual;
• To encourage the highest and noblest form of manhood;
• To aid humanity in its efforts to achieve higher social, economic and intellectual statues.

Purpose and goals

• To promote higher education
• To serve the community
• To provide social and cultural awareness

Open motto

Since its founding the Fraternity has promoted a public, or open motto:

Como Humanos Siempre Unidos, Como Hermanos Jamas Vencidos
      (As Humans Always United, As Brothers Never Defeated)

National Board of Directors

• President – Khai Yoo
• Internal Vice-President – Ulises Moralez
• External Vice-President – Joel Medina
• Dean of Associates – John Vazquez
• Treasurer - Rogelio Tovar
• Secretary – Jose Rios

Philanthropy

Tau Phi Sigma is a service-oriented fraternity. In order to further research and development of major diseases such as cancer, diabetes, epilepsy and cardiologic conditions Tau Phi Sigma established the "Fight 4 Life Initiative" as its national philanthropy. The Fight 4 Life Initiative seeks to develop financial support for the following organizations:

• American Cancer Society
• American Diabetes Association
• American Epilepsy Society
• American Heart Association

Chapters and colonies

Chapters

Active chapters and colonies noted in bold, inactive chapters noted with italics.

Name	Chartered	Institution	Location	Status	Notes	Reference
Alpha	November 11, 1992	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Champaign and Urbana, IL	Inactive		[3]
Beta	February 17, 1996	University of Illinois at Chicago, Dominican University, others	Chicago, IL	Inactive		[4]
Gamma	July 26, 1997	Purdue University	West Lafayette, IN	Inactive		[5]
Delta	September 12, 1997	DePaul University	Chicago, IL	Inactive		?
Epsilon	February 14, 1998	Northern Illinois University	Dekalb, IL	Inactive		[6]
Eta	June 13, 2009	Purdue University Northwest	Hammond, IN	Inactive		[7]
Zeta colony		Indianapolis Citywide	Indianapolis, IN	Inactive		?
Theta colony		Chicago State University	Chicago, IL	Inactive		?
Omega				Reserved		[8]

External links

• Tau Phi Sigma National Website <--Domain name has lapsed

References