The day you became a Beta...something changed forever.  It started with the bond you formed with your brothers in college, making memories and forging friendships for a lifetime.

 "The young man selected for membership in Beta Theta Pi is far more fortunate than he realizes when he first dons the white shield bearing three gold stars.  Only by living the Beta principles year after year will he come to a full appreciation of the privilege that membership in Beta affords.  The fraternity believes in selecting outstanding young men and making good men better."

-Seth R. Brooks, St. Lawrence '22

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It is our firmest belief that the Beta experience is one of the most life changing experiences a young man can have.  We hope to instill Beta's most important principle of brotherhood into the hearts and minds of Epsilon Lambda's next generation.

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Scholarship Opportunity!

Here at the Epsilon Lambda Chapter of Beta Theta Pi, we offer a $500 scholarship to any freshman male coming to UMKC.

Click here to be directed to the Scholarship Application Page to learn more about this opportunity. You may choose to either download then mail in a copy or simply  fill out an online form.

 Some of our members that are in Health-Science Professional Programs (Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy)

About the Recruitment Chairs

Ryan Eckert is a medical student here at UMKC in the six-year program. He is from Leawood, KS and graduated from Rockhurst High School in 2008. In high school Ryan played football and pole vault on the track & field team. At Rockhurst High, he was also president of SADD and started a program at Rockhurst to donate children’s’ magazines to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. He was also very involved in student government. From sophomore to senior year in high school, Ryan completed over 500 hours of community service at Children’s Mercy Hospital. Since starting at UMKC, Ryan has become a member of Alpha Phi Omega community service fraternity and the American Medical Association. In Beta Theta Pi, he has served as the BADD Chair (Brothers Against Drunk Driving) and is currently one of the two Recruitment Chairs. He has participated in many community service projects with Beta and other organizations. Since December, Ryan has been a researcher at both the University of Kansas Medical Center & the Kansas City Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center. His main focus in research is within the department of nephrology. Ryan has been listed as an author on several abstracts. He recently began working on his own project that he plans to complete and publish as a manuscript later this year. Ryan’s current hobbies are reading, playing guitar, wakeboarding, hunting, and trap/skeet shooting. He also enjoys the wide assortment of Beta’s many brotherhood events. In the future after medical school, Ryan hopes to pursue a career as a practicing physician in either the field of Otolaryngology or Cardiology. He has also become interested in participating in research alongside practicing medicine as a physician-scientist.

Jordan Siscel is a Year 4 in the 6-Year Medicine Program. He is from St. Louis, MO where he attended Kirkwood High School and played soccer, cross-country and Lacrosse. He also participated in Youth in Government and Mock Trial. His involvement at UMKC includes IFC where he served as Treasurer and Pan-Hellenic Rep, Roo Camp Counselor, Alpha Phi Omega, and also is a member of Order of Omega. Jordan has served as the Recruitment Chair for Two years as a member of Beta Theta Pi. He would like to specialize in some type of Surgery after Medical School. During his free time he enjoys running, swimming, movie-watching, and hanging out with friends.