Delta Epsilon Mu

Delta Epsilon Mu, Incorporated (ΔΕΜ) is an American professional fraternity for students and professionals in clinical or applied practice with interests or focus in pre-health or health-related fields. It was established at Binghamton University in 1996.

History

In the fall of 1995, Binghamton University students Marianna Strakhan, Teri Broklawski, Debbie Amste, and Ellen Hoffman began planning a pre-health fraternity to unite students interested in entering various pre-health professions on campus. Broklawski recruited Sherine Banton, Wendy Cooper, Wendy Goldstein, and Keri Weintraub to help solidify the foundations of the fraternity. These eight students presented the Student Association of Binghamton University (SABU) with 100 student signatures in support of the formal establishment.

In January 1996, the SABU formally recognized Delta Epsilon Mu fraternity as a student organization. The coed fraternity advocates for health care and education by participating in fundraising, outreach programs, and service activities.

In February 1996, the fraternity hosted its first formal recruitment event, selecting 36 students of various pre-health interests to become the founding members of Delta Epsilon Mu. Its National Founders' Day is recognized on May 3, 1996, in commemoration of the date the first ratification documents for the fraternity were signed.

Though the founders had no expectations of the future growth of the organization, word of the fraternity's establishment met the ears of students at the University of California, Davis, which eventually formed the Beta chapter in 2003. From 2003 to 2009, active charters were issued to the University of Maryland at College Park, the University of Central Florida, the Virginia Commonwealth University, and the University of California, Merced.

The fraternity's first national convention was held at the University of Maryland at College Park in 2013, where the first national bylaws were ratified. The first recognized national executive committee, headed by newly-elected national president John "Jake" Koster and national vice president Bradley Dmuchowski, brought on a new vision for continued growth and establishment of infrastructure. In 2015, the national fraternity was recognized as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation by the IRS.

Delta Epsilon Mu is a member of the Professional Fraternity Association.

Symbols

The letters Delta, Epsilon, and Mu were selected for specific meanings. Delta represents fellowship, loyalty, and connection with a shared creed and ideology. Epsilon was selected because it is the astrological name of several nearby stars; it stands for achieving distant goals through cooperation and hard work. Mu represents barely visible entities that have normal influence but have the capacity for significant impact when brought together.

The fraternity's founding principles or pillars are Loyalty, Dedication, Friendship, and Support. Its motto is "Helping People, Together".

The fraternity national emblem was redeisgned in 2013 by the Ashley Gofraternityta chapter and represredesignedre-health fields. The colors of Delta Epsilon Mu are crimson red, white, and black. Red symbolizes a passion to succeed. Black and white represent duality and the bringing together individuals of different backgrounds. Graduating members can wear the fraternity's cord, consisting of black and red cords knotted together with tassels at each end.

Activities

The members of Delta Epsilon Mu serve the community by advocating health education and care, and through active participation in service activities, fundraising, and outreach programs. Members are allowed to directly participate in health-oriented workshops and discussions, thereby attaining access to pertinent academic and career information through association with professors, advisors, career professionals, alumni members, and fellow active members.

The fraternity supports summer camps for children with medical needs, including Camp Dragonfly Forest, Camp Korey, and Camp Tall Tree.

Membership

Delta Epsilon Mu focuses on pre-health students in the fields of dentistry, medicine, nursing, psychology, and veterinary studies. However, its membership is open to students in all majors.

Governance

Delta Epsilon Mu maintains a National Executive Committee, with a national president and eight vice presidents, and nineteen directors. It also has a National Membership Council that meets monthly and holds a national convention annually.

Chapters

In the following list, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are in italics.

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status
Alpha	May 3, 1996	Binghamton University	Binghamton, New York	Inactive
Beta	January 17, 2003	University of California, Davis	Davis, California	Active
Gamma	March 3, 2005	University of Maryland, College Park	College Park, Maryland	Active
Zeta	May 13, 2006	University of Central Florida	Orlando, Florida	Active
Eta	April 25, 2007 – April 5, 2024	Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond, Virginia	Inactive
Theta	February 7, 2009	University of California, Merced	Merced, California	Active
Iota	April 16, 2010	George Washington University	Washington, D.C.	Active
Kappa	April 24, 2011	University of Kansas	Lawrence, Kansas	Active
Lambda	April 15, 2012	Texas A&M University	College Station, Texas	Inactive
Mu				Unassigned
Nu	May 5, 2012	California State University, Sacramento	Sacramento, California	Active
Xi	2012	University of Missouri	Columbia, Missouri	Inactive
Omicron	2012 - 20xx	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	Baltimore, Maryland	Inactive
Pi	2012	Kansas State University	Manhattan, Kansas	Inactive
Rho	December 1, 2012	University of California, Irvine	Irvine, California	Active
Sigma	April 27, 2013	University of Texas at Austin	Austin, Texas	Active
Tau	May 9, 2014	University of the Pacific	Stockton, California	Active
Upsilon	May 10, 2014	Marist College	Poughkeepsie, New York	Active
Phi	December 6, 2014	Miami University	Oxford, Ohio	Active
Chi	December 7, 2014	University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Active
Psi	December 12, 2014	University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	Active
Alpha Alpha	April 12, 2015	Wayne State University	Detroit, Michigan	Active
Alpha Beta	April 19, 2015	University of Richmond	Richmond, Virginia	Inactive
Alpha Gamma	April 19, 2015	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, Virginia	Active
Alpha Zeta	May 3, 2015	University of Rhode Island	Kingston, Rhode Island	Active
Alpha Eta	December 5, 2015	Florida International University	Miami, Florida	Active
Alpha Theta	April 3, 2016	University of California, Riverside	Riverside, California	Inactive
Alpha Iota	September 11, 2016	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Active
Alpha Kappa	February 18, 2017	University of Washington	Seattle, Washington	Active
Alpha Lambda	May 13, 2017	University of California, San Diego	La Jolla, California	Active
Alpha Nu	April 14, 2018	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Active
Alpha Xi	April 15, 2018	Nova Southeastern University	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Active
Alpha Omicron	February 3, 2019	Santa Clara University	Santa Clara, California	Active
Alpha Pi	April 13, 2019	Stockton University	Galloway Township, New Jersey	Active
Alpha Rho	May 4, 2019	San Francisco State University	San Francisco, California	Inactive
Alpha Sigma	June 21, 2019	University of California, Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, California	Active
Alpha Tau	November 24, 2019	New York University	New York City, New York	Active
Alpha Upsilon	May 3, 2020	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	Pomona, California	Active
Alpha Phi	November 6, 2020	Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, Ohio	Active
Alpha Chi	November 8, 2020	Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan	Active
Alpha Psi	May 29, 2021	University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley, California	Active
Beta Alpha	May 31, 2021	California State University, Fullerton	Fullerton, California	Active
Beta Beta	July 24, 2021	The College of New Jersey	Ewing Township, New Jersey	Active
Beta Gamma	April 15, 2023	University of Texas at Dallas	Richardson, Texas	Active
Beta Zeta	December 3, 2023	College of William and Mary	Williamsburg, Virginia	Active
Beta Eta	January 18, 2025	Chapman University	Orange, California	Active