About Fiji

About Fiji

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"A fraternity is an association of men, selected in their college days by democratic processes, because of their adherance to common ideals and aspirations. Out of their association arises a personal relation which makes them unselfishly seek to advance one another in the arts of life and to add, to the formal instruction of the college curriculum, the culture and character which men acquire by contact with great personalities, or when admitted to partnership in great traditions."

-- Newton D. Baker (Johns Hopkins 1892, Washington and Lee 1894)

The International Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta, headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, is a college-based fraternity founded in 1848 at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, by John Templeton McCarty, Samuel Beatty Wilson, Naaman Fletcher, Daniel Webster Crofts, James Elliott, Jr. and Ellis Bailey Gregg.

With chapters on nearly 130 college and university campuses in the United States and Canada, Phi Gamma Delta has approximately 5,000 Undergraduate and over 90,000 Graduate Brothers spread throughout the world.

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Membership in Phi Gamma Delta (also known as "Fiji") is premised on five key VALUES:

We are united by FRIENDSHIP. It is the basis of our brotherhood. Because of it we accomplish far more than we do as individuals. Friendship is the sweetest influence.

We promote the pursuit of KNOWLEDGE. It is the key to a fuller, richer life. We gain it through education, the harmonious development of the powers of the individual.

We encourage SERVICE. We have the ability, the opportunity, and the duty to serve our fellow human beings. Our reward is the satisfaction that comes from serving.

We believe in MORALITY. As gentlemen of quality we must do what is right as individuals and as a group. Moral behavior is the basis of society's existence.

We strive for EXCELLENCE. It is attained only when we fulfill our total potential. Mankind benefits when each of us becomes all that we can be.

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Mission Statement

Phi Gamma Delta exists to promote lifelong friendships, to reaffirm high ethical standards and values, and to foster personal development in the pursuit of excellence. Phi Gamma Delta is committed to provide opportunities for each brother to develop responsibility, leadership, scholarship and social skills in order to become a fully contributing member of society.

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