List of Kappa Tau Alpha chapters

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Kappa Tau Alpha is an American college honor society for journalism and mass communication. In the following list of its chapters, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are in italics. [1] [2]

ChapterInstitutionCharter date and orderLocationStatusReferences
University of Missouri 1910 Columbia, Missouri Active [3]
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 1925 Urbana, Illinois Active [3]
Ohio University 1930 Athens, Ohio Active
West Virginia University 1930 Morgantown, West Virginia Active
Marquette University 1931 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Active
Southern Methodist University 1931 Dallas, Texas Active
University of Colorado Boulder 1933 Boulder, Colorado Active
Ohio State University 1936 Columbus, Ohio Active
University of Iowa 1936 Iowa City, Iowa Active
University of Nebraska–Lincoln 1947 Lincoln, Nebraska Active [4]
University of Minnesota 1948 Saint Paul, Minnesota Active
Northwestern University 1949 Evanston, Illinois Active
University of Georgia 1949 Athens, Georgia Active
University of Florida 1951 Gainesville, Florida Active
University of Oklahoma 1951 Norman, Oklahoma Active
University of Utah 1951 Salt Lake City, Utah Active
Brigham Young University 1952 Provo, Utah Active
University of Tennessee 1952 Knoxville, Tennessee Active
Douglas A. Anderson Pennsylvania State University 1955 University Park, Pennsylvania Active [5]
San Jose State University 1955–202x ? San Jose, California Inactive [6]
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1955 Chapel Hill, North Carolina Active
Michigan State University 1956 East Lansing, Michigan Active
University of Nevada, Reno 1956 Reno, Nevada Active
Oklahoma State University–Stillwater 1959 Stillwater, Oklahoma Active
University of Oregon 1960 Eugene, Oregon Active
University of Maryland, College Park 1961 College Park, Maryland Active
Olin Hinkle University of Texas at Austin 1961 Austin, Texas Active [7]
Duquesne University 1962 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Active
South Dakota State University 1962 Brookings, South Dakota Active
American University 1966 Washington, D.C. Active
LIU Brooklyn 1967 Brooklyn, New York City, New York Active
Texas Tech University 1967 Lubbock, Texas Active
Elmer Beth University of Kansas 1967 Lawrence, Kansas Active [8]
Ball State University 1968 Muncie, Indiana Active
University of South Carolina 1968 Columbia, South Carolina Active
California State University, Northridge 1970 Northridge, Los Angeles, California Active
University of Arizona 1970 Tucson, Arizona Active
Bowling Green State University 1971 Bowling Green, Ohio Active
Drake University 1971 Des Moines, Iowa Active
San Diego State University 1972 San Diego, California Active
University of North Texas 1972 Denton, Texas Active
University of Memphis 1973 Memphis, Tennessee Active
St. Bonaventure University 1974 St. Bonaventure, New York Active
Temple University 1974 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Active
University of Alabama 1974 Tuscaloosa, Alabama Active
California State University, Long Beach 1975 Long Beach, California Active
Syracuse University 1977 Syracuse, New York Active
University of Arkansas at Little Rock 1977 Little Rock, Arkansas Active
University of South Florida 1977 Sarasota, Florida Active
Louisiana State University 1978 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Active
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 1978 Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii Active
University of Mississippi 1978 University, Mississippi Active
Virginia Commonwealth University 1978 Richmond, Virginia Active
Texas Christian University 1979 Fort Worth, Texas Active
David J. Lippert University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh 1979 Oshkosh, Wisconsin Active [9]
Arkansas State University 1981 Jonesboro, Arkansas Active
Hampton University 1981 Hampton, Virginia Active
University of Central Oklahoma 1981 Edmond, Oklahoma Active
Western Kentucky University 1981 Bowling Green, Kentucky Active
Eastern Illinois University 1983 Charleston, Illinois Active
Eastern Kentucky University 1983 Richmond, Kentucky Active
Northern Illinois University 1983 DeKalb, Illinois Active
Charles Arrendell University of Texas at Arlington 1984 Arlington, Texas Active [10]
California State University, Fullerton 1985 Fullerton, California Active
Abilene Christian University 1986 Abilene, Texas Active
Michael Bugeja Iowa State University 1986 Ames, Iowa Active [11]
Northeastern University 1986 Boston, Massachusetts Active
Virginia Tech 1986 Blacksburg, Virginia Active
California State University, Fresno 1987 Fresno, California Active
Kent State University 1990 Kent, Ohio Active [12]
Loyola University New Orleans 1990 New Orleans, Louisiana Active
University of Massachusetts Amherst 1990 Amherst, Massachusetts Active [13]
University of Southern Mississippi 1990 Hattiesburg, Mississippi Active
Winthrop University 1990 Rock Hill, South Carolina Active
Murray State University 1991 Murray, Kentucky Active
Florida International University 1993 Miami, Florida Active
Baylor University 1996 Waco, Texas Active
Florida A&M University 1996 Tallahassee, Florida Active
Colorado State University 1997 Fort Collins, Colorado Active
Texas State University 1997 San Marcos, Texas Active
Samford University 1999 Homewood, Alabama Active
Nicholls State University 1998 Thibodaux, Louisiana Active
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 1999 Chattanooga, Tennessee Active
Texas A&M University 19xx ?–xxxx ? College Station, Texas Inactive
University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire 19xx ?–20xx ? Eau Claire, Wisconsin Active
University of Central Florida 2001 Orlando, Florida Inactive
Rutgers University–New Brunswick 2003 New Brunswick and Piscataway, New Jersey Active
Saint Michael's College 2003 Colchester, Vermont Active [14]
Arizona State University 2006 Tempe, Arizona Active
University of Nebraska Omaha 2006 Omaha, Nebraska Active [15]
North Carolina A&T State University 2007 Greensboro, North Carolina Active
University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2007 Las Vegas, Nevada Active
Middle Tennessee State University 2010 Murfreesboro, Tennessee Active
University of Miami 2010 Coral Gables, Florida Active
Indiana University Bloomington 2011 Bloomington, Indiana Active
Robert W. Dardenne University of South Florida St. Petersburg 2012 St. Petersburg, Florida Active [16]
Iona University 2015 New Rochelle, New York Active
Linfield University 2017 McMinnville, Oregon Active
Southern Illinois University Carbondale 2019 Carbondale, Illinois Active
Louise Benjamin Kansas State University 2021 Manhattan, Kansas Active [17]
Elon University 2022 Elon, North Carolina Active
Western Washington University 2024 Bellingham, Washington Active [18]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kappa Tau Alpha Honor Society Chapters". Association of College Honor Societies. January 9, 2012. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved 2024-08-21– via web.archive.org.
  2. ↑ "Chapters". Kappa Tau Alpha. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  3. 1 2 "Kappa Tau Alpha – Missouri School of Journalism". University of Missouri. 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  4. ↑ "Huskers inducted into journalism honor society | College of Journalism and Mass Communications". University of Nebraska–Lincoln. May 6, 2022. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  5. ↑ "Kappa Tau Alpha - Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State". Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  6. ↑ "Chapters". Kappa Tau Alpha. Archived from the original on February 17, 2020. Retrieved 2024-08-21– via web.archive.org.
  7. ↑ "Kappa Tau Alpha Honors Society | School of Journalism and Media". University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  8. ↑ "Kappa Tau Alpha Honor Society". University of Kansas. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  9. ↑ "Kappa Tau Alpha - UW Oshkosh Department of Journalism". University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  10. ↑ "Kappa Tau Alpha - Journalism Honor Society | MavEngage". University of Texas at Arlington. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  11. ↑ "Kappa Tau Alpha | Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication". Iowa State University. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  12. ↑ "Kappa Tau Alpha". Kent State University. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  13. ↑ "Kappa Tau Alpha : Journalism". UMass Amherst. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  14. ↑ "Kappa Tau Alpha - Media Studies". Saint Michael's College. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  15. ↑ "Kappa Tau Alpha Honor Society | College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media". University of Nebraska Omaha. 2024-05-06. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  16. ↑ "Kappa Tau Alpha | Journalism and Digital Communication | College of Arts and Sciences". University of South Florida. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  17. ↑ "Kappa Tau Alpha journalism and mass communications honor society inducts inaugural class at K-State". Kansas State University. May 5, 2021. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  18. ↑ "Western becomes newest member of Kappa Tau Alpha journalism honors society | WWU News | Western Washington University". Western Washington University. 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
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