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Cornerstones • Alumni Mentoring • Cornerstones and Recruitment

A Comprehensive Approach to Membership Development

Cornerstones, The Membership Development Program of Acacia Fraternity, provides a framework for undergraduate members to have the best possible fraternity and college experience and prepares them for life after college. Members participate by completing an individual development plan wherein they clarify their personal values and set goals congruent with those values.

Interaction between active members and alumni mentors takes place in person or via phone call, email, Facebook, IM - whatever is most convenient for the active and the mentor.

Cornerstones encourages extra-curricular activities such as:

• Improving your study skills
• Organizing a community service project
• Working with alumni to enhance your resume
• Playing an intramural sport
• Attending a leadership conference
• Studying the Acacia Ritual

You can find much more information and resources by visiting AcaciaCornerstones.org, and viewing the videos, reading the blog posts, & reviewing the many documents & templates related to personal development.

Personal Development Plan

The Personal Development Plan template is the first step in Cornerstones for all of our pledges and actives. Through this workbook, our members will complete the following exercises: Values Clarification, Write a Mission/Purpose Statement, Identify Personal Strengths, Set Goals, and Create an Action Plan. Please contact Patrick McGovern, Director of Membership Development, to learn more. Brother McGovern can be reached at (317) 872-8210 or by email.

Cornerstones is a program that our members choose to participate in. Those who do make this decision discover a greater connection to our core values of Virtue, Knowledge, and Truth. In more practical terms, those chapters earn better grades, participate in more campus activities, provide a greater benefit to their communities, and position their members better when entering the job market. Members are rewarded for their progress with recognition, and our most exceptional members may receive Acacia Fraternity Foundation scholarships.

Cornerstones provides a unique online experience for our members to track their progress through the program while getting feedback and advice from alumni mentors.

Click here to visit AcaciaCornerstones.org.