Joining Delta Phi opens the door to learning new things. Curiosity is one of the building blocks of innovation and leadership and we encourage all our brothers to be constantly learning. It comes in many different forms – learning new life skills that will help you after you leave RPI; making new friends and following your passions through the many clubs available on campus; working together on joint tasks, projects and new adventures. All opportunities to strengthen friendships and brotherhood:

  • Our weekly brother meals give you the chance to learn how to make healthy and delicious meals and how to work together to make that happen
  • Most of our brothers take on leadership positions in the chapter that help them learn business skills like financial management and budgeting, marketing, human resources and facility management
  • Our alumni fund membership dues that allow our brothers to participate in a broad range of club activities and pursue their specific interests
  • Throughout the school year, alumni and undergraduate brothers meet together for dinners, seminars, projects and social events (an Alumni weekend dinner gathering and a casual summer barbeque) to share ideas and build friendships
  • Delta Phi is a social fraternity and our brotherhood offers a wide range of social events you can join in, including group outings and trips, meals we prepare and enjoy together, social events at the house or just some time relaxing over a game of pool or watching a movie in our dedicated media room
  • We include our undergraduate brothers in alumni-initiated projects that will benefit the alumni and the undergraduates and provide opportunities to build new skills – restoring our billiard table; building new furniture and fixtures for the chapter house; volunteering to help in projects that benefit and give back to the local community
  • We are building an environment that makes it easier to stay ahead of the demands of your schoolwork – an inventory of electronic prototyping tools that allow brothers to model and create interactive projects; professional in-house printing capabilities; virtual meeting capabilities that make it easy to attend conferences and webinars and conduct interviews at home

All of this has one common thread – a brotherhood that provides the opportunity to make lifelong friendships with the brothers you live and socialize with in The Academy and the alumni who are there to guide you through your time at Rensselaer.

Our annual Bob and Donna Miller BarBQ brings our alumni and undergraduates together for great food and socializing
Brothers from the pledge class of 1968 having lunch together 57 years later

You can choose to live in our state-of-the-art chapter house, offering you large, comfortable single and double rooms, an entire floor of common area with an industrial-quality kitchen, a substantial dining area, our own billiard room, a media room for movie-watching and gaming, a library for studying and conferencing, and a private parking lot. All a five-minute walk from campus and across from 84-acre Prospect Park.

At RPI, fraternities recruit new members in both the Fall and Spring semesters. Freshman recruitment occurs annually during the Spring semester. Prospective members are encouraged to meet all our brothers during the rush season and to attend several chapter-sponsored rush events to determine if Delta Phi is the place they want to call home for their time at university. Our current or upcoming recruitment calendar can be found on our Events page.