Sigma Mu Delta
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| Motto | "Prevailing Together" |
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| 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 between both chapters. There are over 300 total lifetime members of the fraternity. 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.
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[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] Member Success
Sigma Mu Delta is well known for its members' success rate for gaining admission to medical, and other health-related professional schools. Alumnus of Sigma Mu Delta have attended or currently attend the following health professional schools:
Medical School
Chicago University School of Medicine; Creighton University School of Medicine; Drexel University School of Medicine; Finch University School of Medicine; Guadalajara School of Medicine (Mexico); King's College School of Medicine (UK); Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine; New York University School of Medicine; Northwestern University School of Medicine; Nova Southeastern College of Medicine; St. George School of Medicine; Texas College of Medicine; Touro University College of Medicine; Tufts University School of Medicine; University of California, Davis; University of California, Irvine; University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine; Western University College of Medicine; Virginia Commonwealth School of Medicine
Medical Residency Positions (area of medicine)
Neurosurgery; Dermatology; ER; Family Practice/Psychiatry; Internal Medicine; Ophthalmology;
Dental School
Columbia University School of Dental Medicine; University of the Pacific, School of Dentistry; University of California, San Francisco
Veterinary School
University of California, Davis
Optometry
Southern California College of Optometry
Chiropractic
Palmer College of Chiropractics
Alumnus from Sigma Mu Delta have gone on into other areas including graduate school in the sciences, Physician Assistant, Biotechnology, Business, Law, and teaching.
[edit] Other Affiliates
Kappa Gamma Delta is the sister sorority involved in medicine and health.
