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Kappa Alpha Psi has been the official name since April 15, 1915. [8] In 1947, at the Los Angeles Conclave, the National Silhouettes of Kappa Alpha Psi were established as an auxiliary group, whose membership comprises wives or widows of fraternity members. In 1980, the Silhouettes were officially recognized and granted a seat on the board of ...
The campus of Indiana University at that time did not encourage the assimilation of Blacks. Kappa Alpha Psi is the second oldest existing collegiate historically Black Greek letter organization and the first intercollegiate fraternity incorporated as a national body. [1]
The Delta Chapter was founded by Elder Watson Diggs in 1915. The Delta Chapter was the last Chapter chartered under the fraternity's original name, Kappa Alpha Nu, and the first chapter designated after the fraternity's name change to Kappa Alpha Psi. Delta was the first chapter established at an historically black university. Epsilon 1915
Alpha Kappa Alpha: ΑΚΑ: Sorority January 15, 1908 Howard University: Chicago, Illinois: 1,074 [8] 360,000 [8] 1930 First intercollegiate African American sorority. First NPHC sorority to be nationally incorporated. Kappa Alpha Psi: ΚΑΨ: Fraternity January 5, 1911 Indiana University Bloomington: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 649
In 1923, Alpha Kappa Psi became the first professional fraternity to have a headquarters facility and, since then, has moved from location to location as the fraternity grew. Today, AKPsi occupies a building near Indianapolis that is the headquarters for both the Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity and Alpha Kappa Psi Foundation.
The 116-year-old Black sorority has more than 360,000 members and focuses on leadership, scholarship, service, and excellence.
Pi Delta Psi: ΠΔΨ: 1994 National NAPA: Asian Active Pi Kappa Alpha: ΠΚΑ: 1868 International NIC: Traditional φφκα: Active Pi Kappa Phi: ΠΚΦ: 1904 National NIC: Traditional ΟΥΔΕΝ ΔΙΑΣΠΑΣΕΙ ΗΜΑΣ (Nothing shall tear us asunder) Active Pi Lambda Phi: ΠΛΦ: 1895 International NIC: Traditional NOSTROS AMEMUS (Love our ...
Kappa Alpha Order (ΚΑ), commonly known as Kappa Alpha, KA, or simply The Order, is a social fraternity and a fraternal order founded in 1865 at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. As of December 2015, the Kappa Alpha Order lists 133 active chapters, five provisional chapters, and 52 suspended chapters. [ 2 ]