Alpha Sigma Phi has arrived on campus, and they are looking to recruit.

Matt Humberger, director of chapter and colony development, said he is looking for a group of founding fathers that want to be part of something new and something that compliments the other fraternities. Fresno State would be the only four-year university in Central California to have an Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity.

“We have five groups in Northern California, and we want to go into Southern California,” he said. “Before we do that we wanted to have something in between northern and southern California that we can have be the staple for the state ”” the premier chapter ”” and we are hoping that the group we create in Fresno can be that.”

Humberger said that before the fraternity can become an official chapter, it must become a colony first.

“It’s just a lot of getting your name out to the campus, recruiting more individuals and starting to operate like an actual fraternity does,” he said. “Typically it could take anywhere between nine and 15 months.”

Ryan Bakita, expansion coordinator for Alpha Sigma Phi, has been on campus since Jan. 31 giving presentations and holding meetings for students who are interested in joining.

“We couldn’t be more excited to be on a campus like this,” Bakita said in a release. “The community has been so welcoming and we’re thrilled to create a group of like-minded men who want to collaborate with the university and the Greek community to make Fresno State an even better place than it already is.”

Bakita said that in the short time they have been on campus, they have already had several individuals who are interested in joining their organization.

“We are well on our way to being successful here,” he said.

Alpha Sigma Phi was founded in 1845 at Yale University. More recently, the fraternity has expanded to other California State Universities including Sonoma State, San Francisco State and California State University, Chico.