Phi Delta Psi Fraternity was founded on March 21, 1977 on the campus of Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University is a public university located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1903 by Dwight B. Waldo, and as of the Fall 2010 semester, its enrollment is 25,045....

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Organizational philosophy

Phi Delta Psi was founded on the principles of eternal

Eternity

While in the popular mind, eternity often simply means existence for a limitless amount of time, many have used it to refer to a timeless existence altogether outside time. By contrast, infinite temporal existence is then called sempiternity. Something eternal exists outside time; by contrast,...

 honor, perseverance, leadership, achievement and brotherhood. The founding fathers of the organization sought to create a fraternity

Fraternities and sororities

Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...

 that would meet the social, economic and political challenges of males. Phi Delta Psi places importance on their founders' mantra of community service

Community service

Community service is donated service or activity that is performed by someone or a group of people for the benefit of the public or its institutions....

for the benefit of their universities, families, communities and the world.

Induction policy

The founders of Phi Delta Psi felt that an intake process should be conducted for the purpose of developing men capable of supporting the ideals of the organization. It is the policy of the organization to induct members based on "the intelligence of their mind and content of character rather that the thickness of their hide."