Syllabus of Classes
This document gives a description of all the small group
seminars that are taking place on Saturday morning as well as the large group
programs on both Saturday and Sunday. We
are excited to offer a huge variety of programming with outside speakers and presenters,
and we hope you enjoy it as well!
Block A: Saturday, 9:00-9:45am
A1: Bible Studies—What goes into making a
productive Bible study? This class will
go through all the basics of selecting topics, preparing presentations, and
more. This will be especially useful for
Chaplains and Spiritual Growth Chairmen who are looking to improve their
chapter’s/colony’s spiritual “S.”
A2: Resume Building—Learn how to make yourself look as good as possible on a sheet of
high-quality paper. This class will instruct
you in the ways of using a solid format for your resume as well as things that
employers are seeking from potential employees.
A3: Photography—Gain
some experience in the basics of photography and what you should look for to
produce a quality photograph. Having
good pictures is an essential part of producing superior recruitment materials,
publishing excellent magazines and newsletters, and creating a scrapbook that
will stand the tests of time, so this experience would be especially valuable
for a wide range of individuals.
A4: Personal Finance—This class will delve into items that can prove valuable for a young
college graduate to know without having to waste credits in the
A5: Intro to Marketing—As fraternity members, we must market our organizations to many
different constituencies. Learn about
the basic processes of marketing from a representative from our very own
marketing firm, in the hopes of improving your understanding of what needs to
change at your own chapter/colony.
A6: Ice Breakers—Start
the morning with a class of icebreakers!
This is not necessarily designed for members to meet other members, but,
rather, it is designed to give members ideas of icebreakers they can take to
their chapters to use with new or potential members or possibly to get to know
brothers better.
A7: The Christian Leader—In this two-session special class, we discuss the
implications of being a Christian leader in today’s society, both in the terms
of serving the Church and the Fraternity.
We will look at Biblical and modern writing to come to a better
understanding of what it means to be a leader and how we can do a better job of
developing leaders in our chapters and colonies.
Block B: Saturday, 9:50-10:35am
A7: The Christian Leader (resumed)
B2:
B4: Personal Finance
B5: Intro to Marketing
B1: What Not to Wear—Guys need to know how to look good.
This class will give you all-important information on style, how to tie
a tie, what items are essential to a man’s wardrobe, and more that will give
you the ability to dress to impress.
B3: Web Design—You
don’t have to be a Computer Science major to create a good website. After this class, even the most inept
computer users will be able to put a website together that will adequately meet
your group’s needs and convey information that you want others to see.
B6: Effective Meeting Management—Leaders need to know how to make the most of their
fellow members’ time and facilitate productive meetings. This class will teach you tips and
philosophies for leading different types of meetings and, as a result, making
your members happier and more satisfied in conducting fraternity business.
Block C: 10:40-11:25am
C1: What Not to Wear
C3: Photography
C2: Interviewing—Chances
are great that you will have to interview for a job at least once in your adult
life. Find out some things that will
help you prepare for a solid interview, and gain inside knowledge of what
interviewers are thinking and what kinds of questions they like to ask.
C4: Investments—Learn
how to make your money work for you.
This class will teach you the basics of investing money that can benefit
anyone, regardless of how much money you have or may make. College is certainly a good time to start
investing, and now is a great opportunity to learn how it all works.
C5: Buying a Home—Upon
graduating from school, you may consider buying a home. There are many factors to consider, both
financially and regarding the property itself, and this class will give you a
crash course in this decision-making process.
C6: How the Educational Foundation Works—If you’ve ever wanted to gain a better understanding
of what the Educational Foundation does and how it operates, this session will
be the perfect opportunity to engage in a dialogue with a member of the
Educational Foundation’s Board of Directors.
C7: Effective Planning—As individuals, we sometimes get caught in the day-to-day mode of
survival and forget to plan our lives and activities effectively. As leaders, many parts of our organization
require planning, from a chapter calendar to membership education to an exciting
house party. This class will show you a
good model for planning that you can apply to many different facets of your
fraternity and personal life.
Block D: 11:30am-12:15pm
D1: Bible Studies
D2: Interviewing
D3: Web Design
D4: Investments
D5: Buying a Home
D6: Parliamentary Procedure—In our experiences with the Fraternity, few things
are more worse than a poorly-run meeting.
This class will show you the basics of parliamentary procedure applied
within the context of Beta Sigma Psi.
D7: Group Dynamics—As
a leader, you will encounter many different kinds of groups, from the hostile
to the passionate to the unmotivated.
This class will teach you how to spot potential hazards, ways to deal
with phenomena that can derail the productivity of a group, and what you can do
to positively influence people with whom you work.
Large Group Sessions
Saturday, 1:15-3:00pm: Greek Media Presentation
Fraternities are stereotyped,
mostly negatively, in our modern media.
How are we, as a Lutheran fraternity, affected by this? Do we have it easier as a Christian-based
fraternity, or is it more difficult to reconcile these two seemingly incoherent
attributes? What is our responsibility
toward eliminating negative stereotypes?
This program will look at some samples of documentaries, sitcoms, and
movies that portray different pictures of Greek life, followed by dialogue and
conversation to bring us to a greater understanding of our mission and purpose
in the fraternity world.
Sunday, 10:30am-Noon: How to Get What You Want from
Yourself and Others
All our organizations suffer
from issues of apathy and lack of motivation.
Some groups are crippled by the overwhelming presence of apathy, while
some have a few individuals that are just bringing the group down and
preventing it from “moving forward.” All
our groups and members are at a point of “getting with the program” or moving
on. This session will explore different
ways to motivate yourself and others and explain why it is so vital to the
success of our Fraternity to have motivated leaders as well as individuals who
can easily motivate others.