Omega Delta Phi

Omega Delta Phi
Omega Delta Phi
ΩΔΦ
The official crest of Omega Delta Phi.
Founded November 25, 1987
Texas Tech University
Type Social
Emphasis Service
Scope National
Motto Crescit Eundo It grows as it goes
Colors Scarlet, Silver and Black
Symbol Knight
Flower Silver Rose
Chapters 50
Headquarters Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Homepage www.omegadeltaphi.com

Omega Delta Phi (ΩΔΦ), also known as O D Phi, is an intercollegiate fraternity that was founded on November 25, 1987 by seven students attending Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Its seven founders known as the "Men of Vision" to fraternity members wanted to create an organization to help students graduate. This initial organization became Omega Delta Phi Fraternity. Over the past twenty years the Fraternity has changed and adopted other values such as an emphasis on Community Service. Omega Delta Phi was named Fraternity of the Year for 2003, 2004, and 2005 by the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations[1]. Although one of the Greek organizations that founded NALFO, Omega Delta Phi withdrew their membership in December of 2008.[2]

Omega Delta Phi is a multicultural service/social fraternity that aims at graduating its members while giving back to the community. The Fraternity has established itself on 52 campuses and is predominantly centered in Texas and the Southwest. However, the Fraternity has been experiencing tremendous growth in the Midwest the last 10 years. Although founded mainly by Latinos, the Fraternity has traditionally always been open to men of different backgrounds, as demonstrated through its "One culture, any race" philosophy.

In the early 1990s, Omega Delta Phi chapters were established in university systems such as the Texas A&M University System, University of Texas System, New Mexico and Arizona systems. Later on, because of the increasing popularity of the Internet, the fraternity experienced growth and chapters were founded in cities such as the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex area, Houston, and Seattle. The fraternity established a short-lived chapter in Mexico City, Mexico as well.[citation needed]


In 2000, Omega Delta Phi founded an alumni association to provide a support group for its alumni base[3]. The fraternity now has several alumni chapters throughout the U.S. and Mexico[citation needed] The organization continues to grow beyond the Southwest and Midwest United States and now has chapters, colonies, and clubs in both the west and east coasts.


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History

Founding

Omega Delta Phi was founded by the following seven individuals in the fall of 1987 at Texas Tech University:

  • Joe Cereceres
  • Eugene Dominguez
  • Arturo Barraza
  • Juan Barraza
  • Tommy Hurtado
  • Chris Forbes
  • Elliot Bazan


According to members of Omega Delta Phi, the fraternity was the "Brain Child" of Joe Cereceres. Joe Cereceres is credited as being the founder who came up with the idea of starting the fraternity. He had originally been influenced by a sorority known as Kappa Delta Chi Sorority, Inc. which had also been founded earlier that year at Texas Tech under the same values(subsequently, today members of these organizations collectively refer to themselves as the 87 Family, however, no official affiliation exists between the two). Cereceres, seeing how a male organization with a similar fraternal structure could be beneficial, began searching for others that would share in his vision. After getting together six other men they began to have weekly meetings. These meetings consisted of informal discussions about what they were going to do as a group. At the time not everyone was on board with starting a Fraternal organization because of the negative stigma that surrounded Fraternities. However, after many lengthy meetings the group decided that they could change that stigma through positive actions. They decided to focus on graduation and service as the main goals of their new organization. On November 25th, 1987 the group was officially recognized as a Fraternity and granted Charter status from Texas Tech University. In 1988 Omega Delta Phi initiated its first class with 12 new members that would later be known as the Charter Class.

Early History

Much of Omega Delta Phi's early history dealt with finding an identity. It was at this time that many of the first traditions of the fraternity were born. The Crest, as well as the sacraments, and motifs were adopted during this time. It was also at this time that the practice of consumption of any alcohol while wearing Omega Delta Phi paraphernalia was forbidden. An identity issue that arose was whether or not the organization would identify itself as a social or service organization. In the end the organization identified itself as a "service/social" organization. During this early history, word has spread about Omega Delta Phi to another man named Jaime Mendez. Mendez seeing the potential in the organization started his own chapter of Omega Delta Phi at the University of Texas at El Paso. The chapter was founded without the consent of the original Texas Tech Chapter. After some minor controversy, the chapters reconciled their differences and set up an expansion strategy that spread across the country.

Entities

Chapters

Colonies

Alumni Organizations

References

  1. ^ http://www.nalfo.org nalfo.org
  2. ^ "NALFO membership update". http://www.nalfo.org/images/stories/news/Press-Releases/nalfo_membership_update_dec_2008.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-16. 
  3. ^ Omega Delta Phi Alumni

Others

Not to be confused with:

v · d · eNorth-American Interfraternity Conference

Acacia • Alpha Gamma Rho • Alpha Gamma Sigma • Alpha Delta Gamma • Alpha Delta Phi • Alpha Epsilon Pi • Alpha Kappa Lambda • Alpha Sigma Phi • Alpha Tau Omega • Alpha Phi Alpha • Alpha Phi Delta • Alpha Chi Rho • Beta Sigma Psi • Beta Theta Pi • Beta Chi Theta • Delta Epsilon Psi • Delta Kappa Epsilon • Delta Sigma Phi • Delta Tau Delta • Delta Upsilon • Delta Phi • Delta Chi • Delta Psi • FarmHouse • Zeta Beta Tau • Zeta Psi • Theta Delta Chi • Theta Xi • Theta Chi • Iota Nu Delta • Iota Phi Theta • Kappa Alpha Order • Kappa Alpha Psi • Kappa Alpha Society • Kappa Delta Rho • Kappa Delta Phi • Lambda Theta Phi • Lambda Sigma Upsilon • Lambda Phi Epsilon • Lambda Chi Alpha • Nu Alpha Kappa • Pi Kappa Alpha • Pi Kappa Phi • Pi Lambda Phi • Sigma Alpha Epsilon • Sigma Alpha Mu • Sigma Beta Rho • Sigma Lambda Beta • Sigma Nu • Sigma Pi • Sigma Tau Gamma • Sigma Phi Delta • Sigma Phi Epsilon • Sigma Phi Society • Sigma Chi • Tau Delta Phi • Tau Epsilon Phi • Tau Kappa Epsilon • Tau Phi Sigma • Triangle • Phi Beta Sigma • Phi Gamma Delta • Phi Iota Alpha • Phi Kappa Theta • Phi Kappa Sigma • Phi Kappa Tau • Phi Kappa Psi • Phi Lambda Phi • Phi Lambda Chi • Phi Mu Delta • Phi Sigma Kappa • Phi Sigma Phi • Chi Phi • Chi Psi • Psi Upsilon • Omega Delta Phi

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