The Journeymen Program is a demanding 9-week process designed to introduce potential new members to Delta Omicron Zeta and strengthen their abilities as leaders. Through weekly meetings and outside leadership, service, and social events, Journeymen are challenged to think critically, to work effectively in groups, and to reflect on their personal growth.

During each chapter meeting, Journeymen participate in group challenges that refine skills in specific areas of leadership. Whether the meeting focuses on understanding personality types, operating with unmotivated followers, leading your friends, communicating effectively, or solving a difficult problems, each week Journeymen have the opportunity to discover the strengths and weaknesses in their own approaches by by contrasting these with the strategies employed by others.

Beyond weekly meetings, Journeyman participate in events such as the DOZ Leadership Speaker Series, service trips, off campus leadership challenges, two retreats a semester, and social events such as Big Sib Night and Invite.

Entering DOZ members also have the unique opportunity to sit down and chat with every single active member on an individual basis. These interviews facilitate learning from established student leaders and bring the fraternity far beyond a club status to its presence as a strongly bonded family.

As our founders before us, each incoming class is tasked with completing a Journeyman project with the mission to observe and practice leadership. Past projects include Leadership 360: Leaders Among Us, A Day at Casa De Rosas, Clubbing for a Cause, and Cookies for Kids.

Armed with leadership experience and a loving host of new friends, Journeymen become initiated into Delta Omicron Zeta once successfully completing the Journeyman semester. Each new class then transitions to active life by applying all they have learned to their involvement at USC and continuing to grow through the active Luminary Program.