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

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]

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

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 AlphaJefferson College[3]
1856–1861Virginia AlphaUniversity of Virginia[3]
1861–1866Pennsylvania DeltaWashington College[3]
1866–1869Virginia DeltaBethany College[3]
1869–1875Pennsylvania ZetaDickinson College[3]
1875–1878Ohio AlphaOhio Wesleyan University[3]
1878–1881Pennsylvania ThetaLafayette College[3]
1881–1884District of Columbia AlphaColumbian College[3]
1884–1886Pennsylvania EpsilonGettysburg College[3]

Grand Chapter Award winners

YearChapterHost InstitutionRef.
1992Ohio LambdaMiami University
1994Ohio LambdaMiami University
1996Indiana ZetaButler University
1998Ohio LambdaMiami University
2000Ohio ThetaAshland University
2001California BetaStanford University
2002Iowa AlphaUniversity of Iowa
2003Indiana EpsilonValparaiso University
2004Kansas AlphaUniversity of Kansas
2005California BetaStanford University
2006New York ThetaRochester Institute of Technology
2007California BetaStanford University
2008Iowa AlphaUniversity of Iowa
2009Ohio MuUniversity of Dayton[6]
2010California BetaStanford University[7]
2011Ohio MuUniversity of Dayton[8]
2012New Jersey EpsilonRowan University
2013New York ThetaRochester Institute of Technology
2014Indiana DeltaPurdue University
2015Oregon BetaOregon State University
2016Iowa AlphaUniversity of Iowa
2017Pennsylvania ThetaLafayette College
2018Kansas AlphaUniversity of Kansas

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. Van Cleve 1902, p. 61.
  3. 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 2 January 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

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