Program 02 · Leadership
Member Development
Brothers in Action
Character and competence, taught on purpose.
Brothers in Action is Kappa Sigma's member-development curriculum: character and competence built through experiential learning, taught with direct alumni involvement.
- 8
- Week pledge curriculum
- 60
- Day window to initiation
- 275+
- Alumni in the network
- 1:1
- Big Brother mentorship
The program
Most chapters neglect development. Pi-Theta wrote it into the by-laws and staffed it with alumni, because the men who know Kappa Sigma best are the ones who have already lived it.
The goal is measurable: a positive, lasting effect on the lives, careers, and character of our members, from the pledge process through graduation and beyond.
What it is
A blueprint for developing men, not just processing pledges.
- Education on how the chapter actually operates.
- Workshops that build real career skills.
- Brotherhood activities that deepen the bond between members and alumni.
The pledge program
- An eight-week curriculum with a hard rule: every pledge is initiated within 60 days of accepting his bid.
- Anti-hazing by design: no Big Brother hunts. Little Brothers meet their Big at a group reveal.
- Pledges study the history, pass the written assessments, and serve on a committee of their choosing from day one.
- Every pledge must be active in at least one organization outside the fraternity.
Development that does not stop
- Workshops and speakers pulled from brothers, alumni, and national resources.
- Annual brotherhood retreats built to strengthen bonds and teach a skill at the same time.
- Programming reviewed twice a semester and updated as members need it.
Who runs it
Greg Casvikes
Brothers in Action Chairman
Oversight: Jimmy Nguyen, Grand Master of Ceremonies. Every program answers to the Executive Council and the colony's alumni advisors. See the full roster.
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