A Thing of the Spirit
"Those who educate children
well
Are to be honored like parents,
For one gave life, the
other the art of living well."
- Aristotle
Alpha Affairs
The Alpha Rho undergraduates maintain an active and vibrant academic and social life. Their scholarship activities are supervised by the Resident Academic Advisor who assists the leadership in offering the full complement of programs sponsored by the National Chi Psi Educational Trust. These programs include retreats for the purpose of honing management skills as well as programs that assist the actives with improving scholarship and establishing career goals. The costs of these programs are often subsidized by the Alpha Rho Memorial Foundation which has been dedicated since 1949 with instilling the values of academic excellence. The Foundation also provides support of outstanding scholarship efforts which provide incentives to the actives relative to their academic work.
The Resident Academic Advisor, who lives in the newly refurbished “apartment”, also works closely with each active in providing assistance with meaningful co-curricular and extra-curricular activities that allow for realistic and productive “out of classroom experiences” which redound to the benefit of each brother.
If you are able to assist the Alpha Advisor in providing internships and/or experiences for active Brothers, then please contact the Alpha Advisor at the Lodge.
Since the re-founding of the Alpha in 2004, the actives have led the campus community in philanthropy. In each year since the refounding the actives have led the way in raising money for ALS, cancer and blood disorder research. Indeed, for each of the last three years the Chair of the Rutgers Dance Marathon has been a Chi Psi Brother.
In All Things, Excellence
Alpha Rho Active and Alumni Brothers pose with the Thayer Trophy in 2007, symbolic of having been named as the best Alpha
in the nation.