About Us
Chartered on May 13, 1972, the Rho Alpha Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta (commonly known by the nickname FIJI) has been on the Virginia Tech campus for more than 50 years now, and has never closed or otherwise gone inactive. Our fraternity prides itself on our values of Friendship, Knowledge, Service, Morality, and Excellence, and is always looking for new undergraduate men who embrace and live our values. Virginia Tech FIJIs are very active among the various activities at Virginia Tech and are always continuing to pursue the goal of excellence.
The International Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta is a college-based men’s social fraternity founded on May 1, 1848 at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, Phi Gamma Delta proudly boasts ~140 active chapters on college and university campuses throughout the United States and Canada. With approximately 10,000 undergraduate and over 120,000 living graduate brothers, FIJI Brothers have a profound influence throughout the continent and the world.
The Rho Alpha chapter of Phi Gamma Delta currently has 129 undergraduate brothers as of Sept 2025, along with a few active graduate brothers attending graduate school here at Virginia Tech. Several graduate brothers also serve as chapter advisors and on the house corporation, some here in Blacksburg and some far away. We have owned our chapter house at 202 Church Street ever since we were chartered, just a few steps from downtown. As of Sept 2025, almost 1100 men have come through the Rho Alpha Chapter since 1972.
mission
Recruit the best, morally-centered young men who have entered Virginia Tech, and provide them with the friendship, guidance, experiences and resources needed to turn them into humble, confident, and courageous leaders, who then go on to do great things for the Fraternity, the university, their families and communities, and the world.
VIsion
Be an organization of honorable men recognized by all to be a positive, shining example of the five values of Phi Gamma Delta, Friendship, Knowledge, Service, Morailty, and Excellence, vigorously combined with the Ut Prosim (“That I May Serve”) spirit of Virginia Tech.
RECENT RECOGNITION
2024-2025
PLATINUM rating by VT Fraternity & Sorority Life (FSL) Office
VT Fraternity Chapter of the Year Award (out of 32 chapters)
VT FSL Chapter Collaboration Award Winner
2023-2024
PLATINUM rating by VT Fraternity & Sorority Life (FSL) Office
VT FSL Chapter Collaboration Award Winner
VT FSL Outstanding Fraternity Alumnus of the Year won by our Purple Legionnaire (advisor) Dana Hesse