USU Greek’s Newest Fraternity Colonizing

After many years, Utah State University Greeks is pleased to have a new Fraternity on campus.  

Alpha Tau Omega

            These fraternity members are often called “ATOs” or “Alpha Taus” and were founded 146 years ago on September 11, 1865 at Virginia Military Institute. Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity has more than 250 active and inactive chapters, with over 204,000 initiates nationwide.

            Students at Utah State University chose to bring Alpha Tau Omega to the USU campus because they were looking for a different kind of brotherhood that they hadn’t found anywhere else. One of their members, Jarvis Pace stated, “Bringing ATO to campus has been an experience, but even though it [ATO] has encountered some obstacles along the way, ATO has stayed because of the brotherhood that was found among its members.”

 Alpha Tau Omegas at their "Beach and a Beverage" Brotherhood

                  With Alpha Tau Omega being a new fraternity addition to the Utah State University campus, it provides one more option for the men and incoming freshman at USU to consider when choosing to Go Greek. Alpha Tau Omega provides all the same things that you can find in all the other fraternities on campus; brotherhood, friendship, networking, involvement, service, and more. For Jarvis Pace it provided him “the opportunity to belong to something greater than myself and to leave my mark on USU as a founding father of this organization.”

          The colonization of Alpha Tau Omega at Utah State University is scheduled to take place on Friday, September 14^th.  If you are interested in getting involved in Alpha Tau Omega, they will be on campus for 6 weeks starting the middle of August recruiting and answering questions.

           Alpha Tau Omega will join other Utah State Fraternities [Sigma Chi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Delta Sigma Phi, and Psi Sigma Phi] at the Men’s Recruitment BBQ that will be on Tuesday, September 4^th at 6:00 pm on the TSC patio.

If you are interested in participating in Men's Recruitment email Ryan Sanchez at ryan.sanchez@ymail.com 

Where are USU Greeks spending their summer?

The Utah State University Greeks have already had a great start to a wonderful summer. There are many USU Greeks spread all over the world for their summer adventures.

With 8 different fraternities and sororities at the Utah State campus, we have members involved in everything this summer from service projects, internships, study abroad programs, student orientation, or just working at home.

 Members within the Greek community and where they are spending their summer:

Jade Green (ΑΧΩ) has moved to Orlando, Florida and works in sales at the Disney Youth Program in Walt Disney World. Meanwhile Carlos Murrillo (ΔΣΦ) is on the west coast working as a cast member for Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

• Sonina Hernandez (ΘΝΞ), Charley Riddle (ΣΦΕ), Brian Isom (ΣΦΕ)  Anthony ‘TJ’ Pratt (ΨΣΦ), and Douglas Fiefia (ΨΣΦ),  are all spending their summers in Logan as part of Utah State’s A-Team which helps with Freshman SOAR. (Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration)

• Big and Little sisters, Rachelle Webb [left] and Jordan Hamilton [right] (ΚΔ) are in Tanzania, Africa working in an orphanage. (picture right)

• Bracken Allen (ΣΦΕ) will be spending the rest of his summer in the Provo, UT MTC [Missionary Training Center] preparing to serve an LDS Mission in Rochester, NY.

• Matt Welch (ΔΣΦ) and Elizabeth Speckhard [Welch](ΚΔ) are spending their summer in Summervile, South Carolina as sales representatives for AMP.

• Chealsey Leach (ΚΔ) has a summer internship in Washington DC with Fund for American Studies Program and is living in college dorms at Georgetown.

Danley Phillips (ΣΧ) has chosen to spend his summer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi working at The Pastry Garden at Gordon Creek. (pictured left)

While some Greeks chose to move somewhere new for the summer, some decided to move home. Hannah Leve (ΑΧΩ) is in Nashville, TN for the summer working as a nanny. Trent Morrison (ΣΦΕ) is in Salem, Oregon working at a camp for under privileged children, and Jarvis Pace (ΑΤΩ) has moved back to Salt Lake City to work as an intern for the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.

We are so proud of all of the Utah State Greeks accomplishments and can’t wait to see everyone in August!