What is a Fraternity?

The simplest way to describe a fraternity is to say that it is a group of friends. However, in its truest form, a fraternity is a unique form of friendship - it is a family. It is a common bond that will remain with you throughout your life. Just as friends build their relationship through helping one another through times of trouble, sharing excitement and joy, exchanging ideas and feelings, and learning what makes one another unique, fraternity brothers build their bond. It is a bond built upon mutual respect, trust, and good will for one another. While all fraternities can offer this special bond of friendship to their members, Triangle takes this bond a step further.

What is Triangle Fraternity?

Triangle is a national social fraternity with chapters located across the country. Membership in Triangle is reserved for students majoring in engineering, architecture, and the sciences. The result is an organization centered around common educational goals, but with a variety of personalities, races, religions, and backgrounds. Since communication between people is the most important step in building relationships, Triangle's common membership base provides a substantial edge. The name Triangle stands out from the names of other fraternities, just as our members stand out among the best. While most men's fraternities consist of Greek letters, Triangle's name comes from our history and is recognized as the fraternity of engineers, architects, and scientists.

Triangle's Mission & Vision

Triangle exists to provide an environment of excellence in which each individual member will achieve his highest potential (intellectually, socially, and professionally) while building lifelong, enriching friendships upon common bonds and shared experiences. Triangle Fraternity is serious about scholarship, sets and demonstrates high standards, and celebrates achievement. Triangle also emphasizes member development, a dimension of personal growth that provides leadership opportunities that will carry over into a successful career. All it requires of you is a desire to be a participant rather than a spectator.

Benefits of Membership

Triangle, like all fraternities, offers leadership development, training in financial responsibility, support, and friendship. However, Triangle offers the additional benefit of a similar academic experience for its members. While members are encouraged to explore outside of their specific discipline, scholarship is the basic reason you are at school. A problem in a technical area is more quickly understood by someone engaged in that same or related field. Triangle provides a tightly-knit group of peers to help you throughout your educational career. In addition, in Triangle Fraternity you will find... A home while you are in college that is shared with others whose ideals and interests are similar to your own. Friendship to last a lifetime. Encouragement to fully develop your mental capabilities. Ways to learn self-discipline and team work by doing your share of cooperative tasks. Leadership opportunities through participation in chapter operations, regional workshops, leadership schools, and national conventions. Opportunities to further develop social skills. Opportunities to become familiar with business practices. Alumni members become part of your network, which is of great value in your personal and professional life.