The Zeta Phi Chapter holds a long and distinguished tradition of academic excellence, and this success is largely a product of our scholarship program. Some of the instruments we employ in attempting to help our pledges achieve academic success include: mandatory study hours, a test file system that is unparalleled on campus, an active mentor program that is designed to foster academic acclamation for pledges, and Yeckel Library. Yeckel Library, completed in 1993, includes two study rooms and a computer lab containing five Windows-based computers, one Macintosh computer, a laser printer, a photocopy machine, and a scanner. The computers in the lab have recently been upgraded with both Windows 2000 and Microsoft Office 2000. All computers are capable of audio and video production, as well as having broadband access to the Internet.

Ties to Beta Theta Pi don't end at graduation. This is evidenced by the continued - and substantial - donations by our alumni. This includes the $100,000 contribution by Mrs. Jane Yeckel, widow of the late Philip J. Yeckel '33, for the library dedicated in his name. Yeckel Library truly is without rival anywhere in the Greek system in terms of supporting academic achievement. In many ways, its magnificence is symbolic of the Beta dedication to academic excellence.