Rush AKΨ

ALPHA KAPPA PSI

RECOGNIZED AS THE PREMIER DEVELOPER OF
PRINCIPLED BUSINESS LEADERS

WHAT IS RUSH?

Rush, also known as “recruitment”, is a two-way process when the fraternity can get to know you, as well as allow you to get to know the fraternity. It’s a series of events that offer the opportunity to ask questions, get to know brothers, and to see if Greek life is something you’re really interested in.

How Will Alpha Kappa Psi Benefit You?

Starting from the pledging process and into the brotherhood, Alpha Kappa Psi hones the necessary soft skills used in the business world that is not taught in the classroom. Some skills include:

Interviewing skills
Professionalism
Resume writing and building
Time Management
Leadership Development
Networking

Requirements

Alpha Kappa Psi is open to ALL majors. The following requirements are needed to be considered for a bid:

Maintain a minimum GPA of declared major or higher
Resume
Unofficial Transcript
Be a full-time student at the University at Buffalo
Be willing and ready to improve upon your professional and interpersonal skills
Have an open Mind

𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗟𝗬 𝗔𝗦𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦

𝟭. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗛?

𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫.

𝟮. 𝗗𝗢 𝗜 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗛 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧?

𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝟯. 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗛 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗟𝗣𝗛𝗔 𝗞𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗔 𝗣𝗦𝗜?

𝐀𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚 𝐏𝐬𝐢 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐎-𝐄𝐃 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡/𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞.

𝟰. 𝗗𝗢 𝗜 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗔 𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗝𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗛

𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲, 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

𝟱. 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗜 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗛 𝗜𝗙 𝗜 𝗔𝗠 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬/ 𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬

𝐀𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚 𝐏𝐬𝐢 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡.

𝟲. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗣𝗛𝗔 𝗞𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗔 𝗣𝗦𝗜'𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗭𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗬?

𝐀𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚 𝐏𝐬𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐏𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐨𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.

𝟳. 𝗜𝗙 𝗜 𝗗𝗢 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗔 𝗕𝗜𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥, 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗜 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗛 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡?

𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.