Triangle Fraternity
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| Founded | April 15, 1907 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Type | Social |
| Emphasis | Engineers, Architects, and Scientists |
| Scope | National |
| Mission statement | The purpose of Triangle shall be to maintain a fraternity of engineers, architects and scientists. It shall carry out its purpose by establishing chapters that develop balanced men who cultivate high moral character, foster lifelong friendships, and live their lives with integrity. |
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Latin: Veritas Omnia Vincit (Truth Conquers All) |
| Colors | old rose (RGB 0x990033) and gray (RGB 0x999999) |
| Symbol | Engineers' transit |
| Flower | White chrysanthemum |
| Publication | Triangle Review |
| Philanthropy | Habitat for Humanity International |
| Chapters | 37 |
| Members | 1,200+ collegiate 26,000+ lifetime |
| Headquarters |
120 South Center Street Plainfield, Indiana United States |
| Homepage | www.triangle.org |
Triangle Fraternity is a social fraternity, limiting its recruitment of members to male students majoring in engineering, architecture, and the physical, mathematical, biological, and computer sciences. It is the only member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference to limit its membership recruitment to these majors.
Triangle Fraternity organized at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the fall of 1906 and was incorporated by the state of Illinois on 15 April 1907, which is celebrated each year as Founders' Day.
There are currently thirty-five chapters and eight colonies of Triangle Fraternity active in the U.S. The headquarters is located in Plainfield, Indiana in a historic building built as a Carnegie library in 1912.
Because Triangle's focus is on men of mostly similar fields of study, it is thought that members are more likely to be able to help each other succeed in their college studies. This focus also helps with professional networking later in life, particularly as there are alumni groups scattered throughout the world.
Triangle Fraternity is one of three national fraternities not to have Greek letters, with the others being FarmHouse and Acacia Fraternity.
Triangle's beginnings came from the desire of some congenial college friends to extend their friendship, not only through college, but also for life. In the fall of 1906, sixteen Civil Engineering juniors at the University of Illinois began the association that became Triangle Fraternity. These founders based their organization on the principles of honor, friendship, character, brotherhood, courage, and ideals. They quickly developed plans and, on 15 April 1907, incorporated Triangle in the State of Illinois. The date of incorporation has been designated as Founders' Day, and Triangle appropriately celebrates it every year at each chapter.
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