Sigma Mu Delta

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Sigma Mu Delta

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Motto	"Prevailing Together"
Colors	Blue and Red
Nickname	SMD
Founded	February 9, 1994 at UC Davis, California
Founders	Roger Fong, Duc Tran, Loc Trieu
Fraternity Type	Professional
Scope	Premedical
Chapters	2 Active Chapters
Homepage	[1]

Note: For the Carnegie Mellon Fraternity, see Sigma Mu Delta (Carnegie Mellon University).

ΣΜΔ (Sigma Mu Delta), or SMD, is a premedical fraternity founded at University of California, Davis, in 1994 and has over 125 initiated members. Currently, Sigma Mu Delta has chapters at University of California, Davis and University of California, Berkeley. Sigma Mu Delta also has members in a variety of other health care fields, including dentistry, optometry, and pharmacy.

[edit] History

Sigma Mu Delta was founded by eleven pre-medical undergraduates of the University of California at Davis on February 9, 1994. With the shared goal of forming a bond between pre-medical students on campus and of motivating each other in their pursuit of becoming physicians, the eleven founding fathers created a fraternity that was based upon the principles of Brotherhood, Education, and Dedication.

These ideals were first recognized by three of its founding brothers: Roger Fong, Duc Tran, and Loc Trieu. As they struggled in the process of preparing for the MCAT, a strong bond of friendship was established. Even after the MCAT, their support for one another continued; there was an unselfishness of teaching, learning, and sharing between them. No longer did any of them feel alone in their journey towards medical school. Soon after, having realized the benefits of sharing knowledge and experience among peers, the three decided to expand their circle of friendship to the eleven young men who would later form Sigma Mu Delta. Their common struggle was the building of a new pre-health fraternity based on those three principles of Brotherhood, Education, and Dedication. Each founding member contributed their time and effort on different tasks to create a foundation for the fraternity. Together they wrote a constitution, a pledge manual, and made specific offices. The founding fathers established the rituals and symbols of the fraternity, and developed the ceremonies of initiation and activation, which were to be carried out during each pledge term thereafter. The eleven founding fathers of Sigma Mu Delta hoped to create a strong foundation for future brothers of the fraternity to rely upon as pledges and actives.

The Mission of Sigma Mu Delta:

To unify pre-medical students in a brotherhood dedicated to academic excellence. Sigma Mu Delta's foundation is based on the principles of Brotherhood, Education, and Dedication. The Fraternity provides a motivational and inspirational atmosphere to promote maturity.

Whereas the Fraternity has been, and always shall be, a Fraternity devoted toward Medicine, a number of our brothers have successfully enter law, dentistry, biomedical engineering, physician assistant, pharmacy, education, and other health and/or non-health related fields.

[edit] Other Affiliates

Kappa Gamma Delta is the sister sorority involved in medicine and health.

[edit] External links

• Sigma Mu Delta