List of Phi Kappa Psi Grand Chapters and Grand Chapter Award winners

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Jefferson College, where Phi Kappa Psi was founded, and home to the first Grand Chapter

Phi Kappa Psi, also called "Phi Psi," is an American collegiate social fraternity founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on February 19, 1852. There are over a hundred chapters and colonies at accredited four year colleges and universities throughout the United States. [1]

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Phi Kappa Psi's first form of government centered on a Grand Chapter. [2] One chapter at a time was designated the Grand Chapter, and it was responsible for governing the national fraternity. [2] [3] This lasted until 1886 when a new constitution changed to the current form of government. [4]

In 1992, Phi Kappa Psi began to award one exceptional chapter with the Grand Chapter Award. Its name is derived from the fraternity's first form of government. This award was initially granted biennially at Grand Arch Councils. 2001 marked the first time that this award was granted in an odd-numbered year, and it has been an annual award ever since. [5]

Grand Chapters

YearsChapterHost InstitutionRef.
1852–1856Pennsylvania Alpha Jefferson College [3]
1856–1861Virginia Alpha University of Virginia [3]
1861–1866Pennsylvania Delta Washington College [3]
1866–1869Virginia Delta Bethany College [3]
1869–1875Pennsylvania Zeta Dickinson College [3]
1875–1878Ohio Alpha Ohio Wesleyan University [3]
1878–1881Pennsylvania Theta Lafayette College [3]
1881–1884District of Columbia Alpha Columbian College [3]
1884–1886Pennsylvania Epsilon Gettysburg College [3]

Grand Chapter Award winners

YearChapterHost InstitutionRef.
1992Ohio Lambda Miami University
1994Ohio Lambda Miami University
1996Indiana Zeta Butler University
1998Ohio Lambda Miami University
2000Ohio Theta Ashland University
2001California Beta Stanford University
2002Iowa Alpha University of Iowa
2003Indiana Epsilon Valparaiso University
2004Kansas Alpha University of Kansas
2005California Beta Stanford University
2006New York Theta Rochester Institute of Technology
2007California Beta Stanford University
2008Iowa Alpha University of Iowa
2009Ohio Mu University of Dayton [6]
2010California Beta Stanford University [7]
2011Ohio Mu University of Dayton [8]
2012New Jersey Epsilon Rowan University
2013New York Theta Rochester Institute of Technology
2014Indiana Delta Purdue University
2015Oregon Beta Oregon State University
2016Iowa Alpha University of Iowa
2017Pennsylvania Theta Lafayette College
2018Kansas Alpha University of Kansas
2019Iowa Beta Iowa State University
2020New York Theta Rochester Institute of Technology
2021Minnesota Beta University of Minnesota
2022Iowa Beta Iowa State University
2023Iowa Beta Iowa State University

Footnotes

  1. Collinsworth, Shawn (2010). Collinsworth, Shawn (ed.). "The State of the Fraternity: 2008–2009". The Shield of Phi Kappa Psi. Indianapolis: Phi Kappa Psi. 131 (1): 5–11. ISSN   0199-1280. Archived from the original on 2016-03-23.
  2. 1 2 Van Cleve 1902, p. 61.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Van Cleve 1902, p. 64.
  4. Van Cleve 1902, p. 85.
  5. Collinsworth, Shawn (2009). "2009 Woodrow Wilson Leadership School award winners" (PDF). Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. yimg.com. pp. 22–23. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2010.
  6. Collinsworth, Shawn (2009). Collinsworth, Shawn (ed.). "2009 WWLS Recap Phi Psi's Leadership Program Comes to Buffalo". The Shield of Phi Kappa Psi. Indianapolis: Phi Kappa Psi. 130 (2): 21. ISSN   0199-1280.
  7. Collinsworth, Shawn (2010). Collinsworth, Shawn (ed.). "75th Grand Arch Council". The Shield of Phi Kappa Psi. Indianapolis: Phi Kappa Psi. 131 (4): 44. ISSN   0199-1280.
  8. "Woodrow Wilson Leadership School and District Council Meetings". Phi Kappa Psi. Phi Kappa Psi. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

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