The following is reposted from a September 22 blog written for Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.

Most men who will join the fraternity this year are 18 years old right now.

On average, they will live to be 75.6 years old.

This means they will be with Delta Tau Delta for approximately 57.6 years, or 2,995 weeks.

They will be alumni for 53 years, or 2,756 weeks.

They will chapter members for approximately 3.5 years, or 182 weeks.

And for the next 6 to 8 weeks, they will be your new members.

Your job as a new member educator is not to achieve the pinnacle of fraternity within 8 weeks. It is to help new members lay the foundation for a life of excellence. Consider what this means for your education program:

To view the rest of this blog, please visit the original post on Delta Tau Delta's site.