Event Highlights

 RELATIONSHIP CULTIVATION

Free-time

Before and after official Convention sessions, be sure and enjoy everything Oxford has to offer. Take a walk around Miami University’s beautiful campus, grab a bite to eat at one of the “Uptown” restaurants or simply enjoy spending time with your Beta brothers.

All-Convention Welcome Reception

This is a twist for modern-day Conventions. By adjusting the program, time has been created for an all-Convention Welcome Reception that reinforces the basis upon which Beta Theta Pi was founded: friendship. Join your brothers and friends in the East Quad Lawn immediately following the Convention Kickoff for lawn games, heavy hors d’oeuvres and a glass of wine or beer. (IMPORTANT: Only credit/debit cards accepted for purchases of wine or beer. Cash cannot be accepted.)

Heritage Tours

Following the Recognition Ceremony, and upon departing from Armstrong Pavilion at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, the Beta Heritage Tours are your chance to soak in 182 years of history of our Great and Good Fraternity. Stationed tour guides will help you explore locations such as Beta’a founding site in Harrison Hall – Room 304 (Old Main), the Beta Campanile, the recently renovated Alpha Chapter House, and the Administrative Office and Museum. Dinner will be provided at the Administrative Office and Alpha Chapter House.

Movie and Popcorn Beneath the Beta Stars

Following the dessert reception Saturday night, enjoy an outdoor movie and popcorn with your brothers beneath the Beta stars.

Group Pictures

Say GO BETA! Beta’s official Convention photographer, GreekYearBook, will take group photos on a first-come, first-served basis in front of the Beta backdrop after each all-Convention program. Beta’s photo booth will be located in Armstrong Pavilion ballroom, and images will be available for purchase online within a week following the Convention.

 BUSINESS

Convention Legislation

Convention legislation will be at the heart of Saturday’s schedule. Lugar Fellows (undergraduate delegates) and Alumni Association delegates will conduct the business of the Fraternity, which includes voting on charter petitions, chapter reviews, Trustee elections and proposed amendments to The Code of Beta Theta Pi. One must be a registered Convention attendee to gain admittance to the legislation hall.

General Fraternity Officer Meetings

At various points throughout Convention, the Fraternity Board of Trustees, the Foundation Board of Directors, General Fraternity House Corporation Officers, Regional Chiefs and District Chiefs will meet together and independently. Please consult the Master Agenda for meeting times and locations.

 EDUCATION

Leadership & Education Sessions

These sessions serve as the educational focus for this year’s Convention. As the Fraternity prepares for an important first year after the COVID-19 pandemic, an all-star lineup of speakers and topics have been selected to ensure Beta chapters and volunteers hit the ground running this coming academic year.

 INSPIRATION

The Singing Fraternity

Beta’s singing tradition lives on! Throughout the Convention, attendees will join in song to celebrate the sentimental side of the Fraternity and remind everyone that Beta is still “The Singing Fraternity.”

Marching Line

A cherished Convention tradition led by the Board of Trustees, Betas will unite at the Beta Campanile at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday and proceed into the Celebration Banquet while singing Marching Along.

 RECOGNITION & CELEBRATION

Convention Kickoff

Join all Betas, Sweethearts and guests at this opening recognition program on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the Armstrong Pavilion. Focusing on loyal volunteers, including the cherished Convention Countdown, this year’s Convention theme will be kicked off in style.

Celebration Banquet

The closing Celebration Banquet on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in the Armstrong Pavilion is a time to celebrate the accomplishments of Beta Theta Pi, including presentation of the Fraternity’s highest chapter honor, the John Reily Knox Award. The program will also feature the Beta Countdown and presentation of Beta’s highest honor for service to the General Fraternity, the Francis W. Shepardson Award.

A Toast to 50 Years of the Beta Leadership Fund!

Immediately following Saturday’s Celebration Banquet, all Convention attendees are invited to enjoy the closing Dessert Reception in the Armstrong Atrium. (Wine and beer available; only credit/ debit cards accepted. No cash.) Beta Foundation Chairman Mike Feinstein, MIT ’82, will offer brief remarks to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Beta Leadership Fund. Join your brothers and friends as we toast to 50 years of the BLF impact as the Foundation says “thank you” to all brothers and friends who help bring Beta’s Men of Principle mission to life!

BETA LEADERSHIP FUND

developing men of principle for a principled life

EST. 1971

BETA LEADERSHIP FUND

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ANN I V E R S YEAR S ARY

“Older men can lead, direct, encourage, correct and inspire younger men. Likewise, young men can give older men strength, courage, faith and add ‘future to their minds.’ This is what happens when the hand of age grips the hand of youth.” — Dr. Seth R. Brooks, St. Lawrence 1922