What is Rush?

Rush is a time for the brothers of Sig Tau to meet non-Greek students that might be interested in pledging the fraternity. Participating in rush allows you the opportunity to meet the brothers and learn more about our fraternity. All Geneseo male students are welcome at our rush events. All those interested in rush should sign up for rush at IGC's website or fill out a grade waiver form at our informal rush event. Lastly, participating does not mean you are obligated to pledge.

Anyone with questions pertaining to Geneseo Greek Life or how to sign up for rush should view IGC's website found here.

Sigma Tau Psi Rush - Spring 2011

Zach Rapaport is the Spring 2011 Rush Chairman for Sig Tau. If you have any questions regarding the rush process, please feel free to e-mail him at zr1@geneseo.edu.

Rush Sign-up: Begins January 19

Informal Rush Party
This is the first rush event of the semester for Sig Tau. No invitiation is required. All Geneseo male students are encouraged to come.

Formal Rush Party
Attendance at the Formal Rush Party is by invitation. Invitations will be delivered to rushees by saturday morning Rushees will dine with the brothers for a formal dinner at Villa on the Green.

Dirty Rush
Dirty Rush offers brothers and rushees a chance to get to know one another further after the formal rush. All those interested in pledging Sig Tau are especially encouraged to stop by Dirty Rush.

Final Bids
Final Bids will be delivered to rushees in the morning. A bid is a formal invitation to pledge Sigma Tau Psi.

Why Go Greek?

Fraternities and sororities add a special dimension to life here in Geneseo. They make a large campus smaller, give you a place to call home, and offer a chance to make friends like never before.

Joining a Greek Organization opens doors for students that never existed for them before. Ask any Greek on campus what they have learned from their time in their fraternity or sorority and you will hear things like implimenting leadership skills, budgeting, organization skills, scholarship, philanthropy, initiative, social awareness, time management skills, moral and personal values, and much more. Not convinced yet? View the following facts about greek life.

Why should I pledge a greek organization?

* Forty-three of 50 of the nation's largest corporations are led by Greeks.
* Two-thirds of all Presidential Cabinet members since 1900 have been Greek.
* 48% of all U.S. Presidents, 42% of all U.S. Senators, 30% of all U.S Congressmen/women and 40% of all U.S. Supreme Court Jusitces are members of Greek Organizations.
* 30% of Fortune 500 executives are members of a Greek Organization.
* 9 Million Members comprise all of the Greek Organizations. Within that 9 million, 750,000 current Undergraduate members make up 12,000 Chapters and are located on 800 campuses in USA and Canada.
* Well over 7 million dollars and a million man hours are contributed to charities and social service agencies each year by fraternities alone.
* A U.S. Government study shows that 71% of fraternity/sorority members persist to graduate versus just over 50 of all non Greek students.

What Can Greek Life offer you?

* Academic Support: One of the purposes of the Greek system is to encourage and develop high scholastic achievement among its members. Fraternity and Sorority members help each other succeed.
* Opportunities to Serve the Community: Greek Organizations make up the largest network of volunteers in the United States offering 10 million hours of volunteer service each year. The Greek Community at SUNY Geneseo participates in over fifty community service projects each semester. Check out our numbers below for more information.
* Alumni Ties: Joining a Greek Organization gives you access to an extensive alumni network throughout the country. Chances are there is an alum in the career field you wish to pursue and they can help you.
* Development of Social Skills: Greek Organizations are the largest and most visible value-based organizations on college campuses. Also, in the "real" world, book smarts can only get you so far. To succeed a person must develop skills and values that will help them effectively communicate and interact with people of all different origins.
* A Home: Greek Organiations are the largest not for profit student landlords! They own and manage $3 Billion in student housing and provide homes for 250,000 students in 8,000 facilities.

Facts about Greek Life at SUNY Geneseo

* SUNY Geneseo boasts 22 IGC-recognized Greek Organizations, with three National Sororities and two National Fraternities.
* All membership in Greek Organizations total 727, or 14% of the student body.
* 140 new members joined a Greek Organization in Spring 2003.
* $15, 356: The amount of money raised by Greek Organizations in Fall 2003
* 2377 hours: Estimated amount of service returned to the communtiy by fraternity and sorority members.
* Greeks participated in 107 other student organizations, honor societies, professional organizations and athletic teams: 17 honor societies, 12 athletic teams, and 7 performance groups. 49 Greeks hold executive board positions in these organizations. Eight are Presidents.
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Dated 1947 Richard L. Greene (former president of Wells College in Aurora, NY) elaborated on the benefits fraternal organizations offer to college students:

The enjoyment and stimulus which come from a sense of belonging to a reputable group stronger and more deeply rooted in the parent institution than the individual; experience in self-discipline and the assumption of responsibility for the conduct of an organization's affairs; the working out of personal relations ranging from tolerance to deep friendship within a stable group, from which withdrawal is difficult; and finally, sheer fun, which is much too short a word for a report and which I must therefore change to 'unpremeditated and not formally objective-pointed recreational activity.'

Now, I maintain that these interests are not irreconcilable with the process of education in the American college, that, on the contrary, they are closely related to the special kind of education which we call liberal and have so much trouble in defining. They are not the whole of liberal education by any means. Nor is fraternity life the whole of college. The attempt to make it so is a sure recipe for failure. But, if we recognize the four-fold development of intellectual, spiritual, physical and social man, which educators so glibly profess to be seeking, the experiences that I have mentioned are as close to the social education of the twenty-year old as the library to his mental life or the swimming pool to his physical training.