Vision:

To be the premier collegiate experience leading to lifelong brotherhood.

A Plan for our Future

Men of Character Committed to Making a Difference is the collective wisdom of the Fraternity of Alpha Kappa Lambda, resulting from an organization wide 28-month process.

This is a living plan, shaped through a process that incorporates the diverse opinions of AKL individual members and chapters, as well as other Greek leaders, inter-fraternal professionals and our publics. Perceptions were explored, familiar ideas challenged and critical issues isolated. Changing member needs, trends and opportunities were foremost in the plan's development.

Men of Character Committed to Making a Difference clearly defines the Fraternity's goals as well as actions to achieve them. It is also an invitation for dialogue. As implementation of Men of Character Committed to Making a Difference begins, the Fraternity continues to invite comments and to listen to the multiple voices of its constituency.

Clearly, the challenge of Men of Character Committed to Making a Difference is to bring our values to life, thus affecting positive change in AKL chapters across the country. Through the collaborative efforts of undergraduate members, universities and alumni, it is the intention of Alpha Kappa Lambda that the following long-term accomplishments will follow:

1. We achieve our Academic Potential
1. Chapter GPA above the All-Men's Average.
2. Graduation Rate exceeds the Campus Average.
3. Each member must institution's academic good standing to remain active and not less than a 2.0 GPA.
4. Each chapter has a documented written scholarship program, which regularly engages chapter members with faculty, recognizes individual achievement, counsels members not in good academic standing, and maintains a productive learning environment for chapter members.
2. We Recruit and Develop Value-Centered Leaders
1. Each chapter has an active value-centered leadership program for all members and pledges that is co-facilitated by the undergraduate chapter leaders, representatives from the Chapter Advisory Council, and a faculty/staff member.
2. Ninety percent of those pledged/affiliated are initiated.
3. We Provide a Safe and Healthy Environment
1. Full compliance with all Risk Management Policies.
2. Substance-Free chapter living (defined as no drugs on chapter property or annexes).
3. Chapter social program includes substance-free events.
4. We Keep Each Other From Harm
1. Members actively intervene when others are at risk.
2. Chapters are free from hazing, harassment and abuse of any individual or group.
5. We Fulfill Our Duty to Serve
1. Individual member participation in a chapter service project that involves hands-on volunteering such as These Hands Don`t Hurt and Adopt-a-School.
6. We Make the Campus and Community a Better Place
1. Every member is involved in at least one campus activity or organization.
2. Close working relationships are established with other chapters, parents, alumni and campus and community leaders in order to make a positive contribution.
7. We Prepare Our Members for Life
1. Implementation by each Chapter of Kai Membership Development Program throughout the undergraduate experience.
2. Each chapter shall strive to achieve Purple and Gold status through members attaining Order of Alethia and Order of Los Amigos.
8. We Provide Guidance and Counsel
1. Establishment of a five person minimum Advisory Council with members from alumni, parents, faculty and staff, and community leaders to work with chapter leaders and meet monthly with the chapter.
9. We Exemplify Our Five Ideals through our values and standards
1. Chapters have a documented and enforced code of conduct using as a minimum standard the Nine Basic Expectations of Fraternity Membership as developed by the NIC Commission of Values and Ethics.

I AM A MAN OF CHARACTER.
I AM COMMITTED TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE. I AM AN AKL.