The Delta Upsilon chapter house at 11020 86 Avenue NW, Edmonton
Delta Upsilon crest

Delta Upsilon · Alberta Chapter

Fall Rush2026

Sept 1 – Oct 1  ·  Open to all
Free. No signup. No obligation.

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Fall Rush 2026

Sept 1 – Oct 1

Every date, every time

The Schedule

Show up to one. Show up to all of them. Nothing here costs money and nothing here requires signing up. Walk in the door and start asking questions.

Weekly Chapter MeetingsEvery Monday · 6:00 PM · 11020 86 Ave NW

The rush list is not a commitment. It gives us your name and your email so we can send you event reminders, let you know when plans change, and actually introduce ourselves instead of hoping you find us at a barbecue. You can come to every event without filling it out.

Dates can shift. The calendar is always current.

The chapter

This Is The Year

Chapter members at the annual Rush Stag
Rush Stag
Chapter members at a summer volleyball tournament
Summer volleyball
Members on a chapter trip in the Rockies
Rockies trip
Members at a formal chapter event
Formals
Aerial view of the Garneau neighbourhood beside the University of Alberta
Two minutes from campus

If you want the long version

Read Up

Tap any of the three to open it. None of this is required reading. The schedule above is the only thing you actually need.

01Why Delta Upsilon

Building Better Men at the University of Alberta since 1935.

Academics

Chapter GPA
Above 3.3 in both fall and spring terms.
Measurable growth
Members commonly gain 0.3–0.6 GPA in a year.
Study support
Group study hours, tutoring, and course guidance.
Scholarships
Over $12,000 available to chapter members.

Leadership

Executive roles
Run finance, recruitment, and chapter operations.
Leadership Institute
DU's annual international convention.
Regional Leadership Academy
Officer training held each February in the U.S.
DUEL
DU's program for emerging first- and second-year leaders.

Networking

Every discipline
Brothers working across a variety of fields.
Recent grads
Contacts who interviewed for your target job last year.
Warm introductions
A network that answers when you reach out.

Brotherhood

Formals
Chapter events worth clearing your calendar for.
Brotherhood events
Regular nights that build something lasting.
Study partners
People invested in your grades, not just your weekends.
Lifelong friendships
Relationships that outlast the degree.

The chapter house

Home base
Somewhere to land between classes.
Study space
Study rooms, and people to work alongside.
Always open
Somewhere to be without making plans.
Your own space
Rare on a campus this size.

Our alumni

Campus buildings named in their honour
Winspear Centre, Foote Field, Clare Drake Arena.
Peter Lougheed
Premier of Alberta · Alberta 1952.
Randy Gregg
NHL defenceman, five Stanley Cups.

Non-secrecy

Founded 1834
The world's first non-secret fraternity.
Only one here
The sole non-secret fraternity at the U of A.
Nothing hidden
Open rituals, open meetings, open answers.
Ask anything
If a chapter won't tell you, ask why.
02Why Join A Fraternity

Professional development

Alumni network
Connect with brothers working across every major industry.
Internships & referrals
Hear about openings before they're posted publicly.
Mentorship
Learn from upper-years who've already walked your path.
Interview material
Graduate with experience you can actually talk about.

Leadership

Executive roles
Manage real budgets and answer to real deadlines.
Elected positions
Earn the job, don't just sign up for it.
Team management
Learn to lead people your own age.
Accountability
Make decisions the whole chapter lives with.

Academic support

GPA standards
Academic requirements that keep the chapter honest.
Study groups
Scheduled hours with brothers in your faculty.
Course advice
Learn which professors and sections to take.
Tutoring
Someone in the house has already passed your class.

Brotherhood

Daily support
Study partners, gym partners, and roommates, built in.
Real accountability
People who notice.
Lifelong friendships
The guys standing beside you at your wedding.

Social life

Formals
Proper events worth getting dressed up for.
Brotherhood events
Regular nights that turn acquaintances into friends.
Exchanges
Socials with sororities across the Greek community.
Never bored
A calendar that fills itself every weekend.

Campus network

Beat the commute
Instant community on a campus that empties by evening.
Every faculty
Friends in engineering, business, science, and arts.
Upper-year access
People who've survived the courses you're taking.

Philanthropy

Bikeathon
The chapter's signature fundraising event.
Run it yourself
Organize the event, don't just attend it.
Global Service Initiative
DU's international service program, open to members.
Real impact
Money and hours that reach actual causes.

Four years, not four months

Lifetime membership
You join once and stay a member forever.
Alumni for life
The network keeps working after you leave.
Compounding returns
What you put in keeps paying out.
03How Rush Works

What is rush?

Recruitment
How chapters and students get to know each other.
All September
Events run through the first month of classes.
Free
No cost, no application, no obligation.

Week one

Clubs Fair
Every fraternity has a booth in Main Quad.
House barbecues
Daily, informal, walk-in.
No signup
Just show up and start asking questions.
Meet actives
Talk to current members, not a recruiter.

The rest of September

Event schedule
Check socials for each chapter's rush schedule.
Show up
One visit isn't enough to judge a chapter.
Ask hard questions
Cost, time commitment, expectations.

What to look for

Academics
How are the chapter's grades?
Leadership
Are members holding real positions?
The members
Do you want to spend your time with these guys?
Personality fit
Every house is different. Keep an open mind.

Getting a bid

A bid
The formal invitation to join a chapter.
Sent in batches
Bids go out all month, not all at once.
A slow start is normal
No bid in week two means nothing.
Rush many, choose one
You accept one chapter, so decide carefully.

Associate membership

Accept a bid
You become an associate member.
After rush, before initiation
Time to learn the chapter before committing.
Big brother
An older member assigned to guide you.

Initiation

Full membership
Pin, letters, and voting rights.
House access
You get a house key once you initiate.
Lifetime status
Membership doesn't end at graduation.

The words people will use

Chapter
A local branch of a fraternity.
IFC
The Interfraternity Council. It governs the fraternity system on campus.
PNM
Potential new member. That's you.
Bid
A formal invitation to join.
Associate member
Accepted a bid, not yet initiated.
Active
A current undergraduate member.

Where everything happens

The Chapter House

The Delta Upsilon chapter house

11020 86 Ave NW

Two minutes off campus in Garneau. Most rush events start here, and the ones that don't start here meet here first.

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The chapter boardroom The chapter house basement

Look through the whole house before you ever knock on the door.

Questions, at any hour

Just Ask

We're the only non-secret fraternity at the U of A. If you have a question, there is no version of it we won't answer.

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