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Tau Phi Sigma
Tau Phi Sigma
ΤΦΣ
Founded	November 11, 1992; 32 years ago; University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Type	Multicultural
Former affiliation	NIC
Status	Active
Emphasis	Service
Scope	Regional
Motto	Como Humanos Siempre Unidos, Como Hermanos Jamas Vencidos ("As Humans Always United, As Brothers Never Defeated")
Pillars	Equality, Respect, Unity, Loyalty, and Pride
Colors	Navy Blue Silver
Symbol	Gryphon
Flower	Don Juan Rose
Publication	Gryphon Gazette
Philanthropy	Fight 4 Life Initiative
Chapters	6
Headquarters	, Illinois; United States

Tau Phi Sigma, (ΤΦΣ), is a multicultural service-oriented college fraternity, founded in 1992 at the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

History

Tau Phi Sigma is a multicultural college fraternity, founded on November 11, 1992, at the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The organization's primary purpose is to ensure its members reach higher states of education and progress the cultural awareness of humanity in all parts of the globe while maintaining the values of brotherhood, equality, loyalty, respect, and pride. Since then the fraternity has expanded to eight collegiate chapters and two alumni chapters in the Midwest.^[1]

Founding

On the campus of University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, a group of thirteen students attending the university were unable to find a fraternity that satisfied their ideals of brotherhood. They intended to create a brotherhood that would encompass all ethnicities and backgrounds and make men of good character which would manifest itself in attaining a higher education, providing service to the community, and promoting social and cultural awareness.

The founding fathers were:

Arturo Alvarez
Jose Juan Alvarez
Ceasar Arenas
Francisco Avila
Jorge Covarrubias
Jose Luis Del Real
Mario Del Real
Guadalupe Odilon Diaz
Juan Leonardo Muñoz
Juan Pablo Diaz
Salvador Jaime Garcia
Carlos Haro
Vernan Paul Ituralde
Efrain Lazaro
Elmer Martinez
Javier Alberto Ordaz

The founding fathers devised a pledging process that would ensure fraternal bonds would develop and a true brotherhood would form. After twelve rigorous weeks of hard work, dedication, education, and discipline, ending on May 1, 1993, the first seventeen members of a fraternity they named Sigma Tau Phi emerged.

Another national fraternity had used the same name as early as 1918. As that group had merged into another NIC fraternity and was still known by them as a predecessor group, the new multicultural group at Illinois opted early to change its name from Sigma Tau Phi to Tau Phi Sigma to avoid any confusion.^[2]

The objectives of Tau Phi Sigma are:

To stimulate the ambition of its members
To prepare them for the greatest usefulness in the causes of humanity, freedom, and dignity of the individual;
To encourage the highest and noblest form of manhood;
To aid humanity in its efforts to achieve higher social, economic, and intellectual statues

Symbols

The fraternity's public or open motto is Como Humanos Siempre Unidos, Como Hermanos Jamas Vencidos (As Humans Always United, As Brothers Never Defeated). Its colors were navy blue and silver. Its symbol was the griffin. Its flower was the Don Juan rose. Its principles or pillars were Equality, Respect, Unity, Loyalty, and Pride.

Philanthropy

Tau Phi Sigma is a service-oriented fraternity. To further research and development of major diseases such as cancer, diabetes, epilepsy and cardiologic conditions Tau Phi Sigma established the Fight 4 Life Initiative as its national philanthropy to support the following organizations:

Chapters

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

Name	Chartered	Institution	Location	Status	Reference
Alpha	November 11, 1992 - 2020	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Champaign and Urbana, Illinois	Inactive	^[3]
Beta	February 17, 1996	University of Illinois at Chicago, Dominican University	Chicago, Illinois	Active	^[4]
Gamma	July 26, 1997	Purdue University	West Lafayette, Indiana	Active	^[5]
Delta	September 12, 1997	DePaul University	Chicago, Illinois	Active	?
Epsilon	February 14, 1998	Northern Illinois University	Dekalb, Illinois	Inactive	^[6]
Eta	June 13, 2009	Purdue University Northwest	Hammond, Indiana	Active	^[7]
Zeta colony		Indianapolis Citywide	Indianapolis, Indiana	Inactive
Theta colony		Chicago State University	Chicago, Illinois	Active	?
Omega				Memorial	^[8]

References

^ Formation at Illinois noted in the university's historical record, accessed 8 Nov 2020.
^ This was Sigma Tau Phi, which merged its seven chapters into Alpha Epsilon Pi in 1947. Similar situations arose with many fraternities over the years, as popular combinations of letters were tried, and often adjusted.
^ Alpha chapter is noted among dormant chapters at Illinois, as of 8 Nov 2020.
^ Beta chapter website, accessed 8 Nov 2020.
^ Gamma chapter university portal, accessed 8 Nov 2020.
^ Epsilon chapter is noted as a member of the NIU United Greek Council, accessed 8 Nov 2020.
^ Eta chapter university portal, accessed 8 Nov 2020.
^ Is this reserved as a memorial chapter or for honorary members?