Delta Epsilon Chi, a college division of DECA Inc.

Delta Epsilon Chi offers your students, program and school the opportunity to be part of an international student association that focuses on creating tomorrow s business leaders out of today's students.

Use our step–by–step guide to starting a chapter on your campus. The lessons you learn starting a Delta Epsilon Chi chapter will transfer into skills that support a rewarding career. The following steps will help you handle the challenges and rewards of starting your chapter.

Explore
Explore all the reasons Delta Epsilon Chi membership is vital to your campus and discover the program model that works best.

Recruit
Recruit classmates, roommates, high school DECA alum - energized students who will help you start your chapter.

Organize
Organize a core group of members who will lead the chapter start-up effort together

Support
An Advisor can contribute so much to supporting your efforts. First identify who on campus, faculty, staff and administrators, support your efforts. With that list of supporters it will be easier to identify a potential advisor for your new chapter.

Establish
File for campus recognition, elect officers and develop your program of work to give new members reason to be active and involved in your chapter.

Promote

Get out the message that Delta Epsilon Chi is here! Advertise in your school newspaper, host information sessions at the dorms, and let people know you are there. Anybody and everybody will benefit from membership in Delta Epsilon Chi!
Questions? Contact us at: Jeff_Collins@DECA.org

Ready. Set. Go!
Now that you have pulled all the pieces together it is as easy as 1–2–3 to get established.

Follow this link to access the Online Membership System Follow directions to start a new chapter. Once you have registered and received a user name and password, log into the system and begin adding your student and advisors to the roster.
Unsubmitted members show you the students and advisors that you've entered. Look carefully to be sure you have entered all of the names with correct spellings, and for advisors you've entered correct email addresses.
Submit! Hit that submit button and you've told us that you are officially a chapter. At this point follow directions to generate an invoice and then send a check, or call the membership department with a credit card, to pay your dues.

Celebrate

Success is yours! You have recruited new members, established your chapter on campus and begun working hard to bring great activities to your members. It's time to celebrate!

Besides providing outstanding student programs and services, an active Delta Epsilon Chi chapter is a great way to recruit the nearly 185,000 high school DECA members to your college or university.

Enter the DECA College Connection and follow directions to be added to your school's listing of interested students. What happens? An email is sent to you with a list of all the student's interested in membership. You automatically have a good group of your peers to join and help make your chapter strong! The DECA College Connection also gives you more information about who in your area to contact for additional support and resources.

Keep in mind that YOU determine what and who your local chapter represents, and what the name of your local chapter will be. If you already have a successful local "business" club, you may want to retain the same name of your organization. The only difference is that your organization will gain an "international association with Delta Epsilon Chi," offering your members to a huge resource for professional development while retaining your established local identity.

Check with your campus activities director to find out what you need to do at your school to take the next step as a professional student organization and join Delta Epsilon Chi. Remember that every school has its own procedures and qualifications for student organizations. We are happy to help you address your unique circumstances. Contact: Jeff_Collins@DECA.org for additional resources.

Additional materials are available to you as you develop your chapter, recruit more members, and prepare for the exciting educational and professional leadership, community service and competitive activities offered through Delta Epsilon Chi.

The Delta Epsilon Chi Passport for success encourages local chapters and individual members to plan activities and participate in events that enhance the experiences of members at the local, state and national levels. The passport seeks to reward action taken by members and chapters that build personal and professional skill sets. Members and chapters participating in, and earning the various levels of Passport success will be recognized for their efforts at the International Career Development Conference.