Kappa Phi, also called the Kappa Phi Club, is an American national Christian student society.[1]
Collegiate chapters
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In the following list of collegiate chapters, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are in italics.[2][3][4]
Chapter
|
Charter date and range
|
University
|
Location
|
Status
|
References
|
Alpha
|
1916
|
University of Kansas
|
Lawrence, Kansas
|
Inactive
|
[5][6]
|
Beta
|
1917
|
University of Iowa
|
Iowa City, Iowa
|
Inactive
|
[5][6][7]
|
Gamma
|
December 13, 1917
|
Iowa State University
|
Ames, Iowa
|
Inactive
|
[5][6][7][8]
|
Delta
|
1919
|
University of Minnesota
|
Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
Inactive
|
[6][7]
|
Epsilon
|
1919
|
Ohio State University
|
Columbus, Ohio
|
Inactive
|
[6][7]
|
Zeta
|
1920
|
University of Nebraska
|
Lincoln, Nebraska
|
Inactive
|
[6][7]
|
Eta
|
1920
|
University of Wyoming
|
Laramie, Wyoming
|
Inactive
|
[6][7]
|
Theta
|
1920
|
Oklahoma State University–Stillwater
|
Stillwater, Oklahoma
|
Inactive
|
[6][7]
|
Iota
|
1921
|
Kansas State Agricultural College
|
Manhattan, Kansas
|
Inactive
|
[6][7]
|
Kappa
|
1921
|
University of Oklahoma
|
Norman, Oklahoma
|
Inactive
|
[6][7]
|
Lambda
|
1922
|
Miami University
|
Oxford, Ohio
|
Active
|
[7]
|
Mu
|
1923
|
University of Washington
|
Seattle, Washington
|
Inactive
|
[9][10]
|
Nu
|
1923
|
University of Michigan
|
Ann Arbor, Michigan
|
Inactive
|
[9]
|
Xi
|
1924
|
University of Pittsburgh
|
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
Inactive
|
[9]
|
Omicron
|
1927
|
Smith College
|
Northampton, Massachusetts
|
Inactive
|
[11]
|
Pi
|
1927
|
West Virginia University
|
Morgantown, West Virginia
|
Inactive
|
[9][11]
|
Rho
|
1927
|
University of South Dakota
|
Vermillion, South Dakota
|
Inactive
|
[9][11]
|
Sigma
|
1927
|
University of California, Berkeley
|
Berkeley, California
|
Inactive
|
[9][11]
|
Tau
|
1928
|
University of Idaho
|
Moscow, Idaho
|
Inactive
|
[9]
|
Upsilon
|
|
Iowa State Teachers College (now University of Northern Iowa)
|
Cedar Falls, Iowa
|
Inactive
|
[12][13]
|
Phi
|
1928
|
Ohio University
|
Athens, Ohio
|
Active
|
[9][14]
|
Chi
|
1932
|
University of Puget Sound
|
Tacoma, Washington
|
Inactive
|
[9][15]
|
Psi
|
1933
|
Fort Hays State University
|
Hays, Kansas
|
Inactive
|
[9][16]
|
Omega
|
1934
|
San Jose State College
|
San Jose, California
|
Inactive
|
[9]
|
Alpha Alpha
|
1935
|
Goucher College
|
Towson, Maryland
|
Inactive
|
[9][17]
|
Alpha Beta
|
1937
|
Indiana University
|
Bloomington, Indiana
|
Inactive
|
[9]
|
Alpha Gamma
|
May 21, 1938
|
Bowling Green State University
|
Bowling Green, Ohio
|
Inactive
|
[9]
|
Alpha Delta
|
1942
|
University of Colorado
|
Boulder, Colorado
|
Inactive
|
[18]
|
Alpha Epsilon
|
1942
|
Southern Illinois University
|
Carbondale, Illinois
|
Inactive
|
[18]
|
Alpha Zeta
|
1943
|
Mansfield University
|
Mansfield, Pennsylvania
|
Inactive
|
[18][19]
|
Alpha Eta
|
1943–19xx ?; April 24, 1993
|
Northeastern State University
|
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
|
Active
|
[18][20]
|
Alpha Theta
|
1945
|
Kansas State Teachers College
|
Emporia, Kansas
|
Inactive
|
[18]
|
Alpha Iota
|
1948
|
Southwestern University
|
Georgetown, Texas
|
Inactive
|
[18][21]
|
Alpha Kappa
|
1948
|
Pennsylvania State University
|
University Park, Pennsylvania
|
Inactive
|
[18][22]
|
Alpha Lambda
|
1948
|
Kent State University
|
Kent, Ohio
|
Active
|
[18]
|
Alpha Mu
|
1952
|
College of Emporia
|
Emporia, Kansas
|
Inactive
|
[18]
|
Alpha Nu
|
1952
|
Bennett College
|
Greensboro, North Carolina
|
Inactive
|
[18]
|
Alpha Xi
|
1952
|
Baldwin Wallace College
|
Berea, Ohio
|
Inactive
|
[23][18]
|
Alpha Omicron
|
1954
|
Wichita State University
|
Wichita, Kansas
|
Inactive
|
[18]
|
Alpha Pi
|
1954
|
Western Michigan University
|
Kalamazoo, Michigan
|
Inactive
|
[18][24][25]
|
Alpha Rho
|
1957
|
Michigan State University
|
East Lansing, Michigan
|
Inactive
|
[18]
|
Alpha Sigma
|
1959
|
West Virginia Wesleyan College
|
Buckhannon, West Virginia
|
Inactive
|
[18]
|
Alpha Tau
|
1959
|
Central Michigan University
|
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
|
Inactive
|
[18]
|
Alpha Upsilon
|
1963
|
Oklahoma City University
|
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
Active
|
[26][18]
|
Alpha Phi
|
1964
|
American University
|
Washington, D.C.
|
Inactive
|
[18]
|
Alpha Chi
|
1968
|
University of Akron
|
Akron, Ohio
|
Inactive
|
[27]
|
Alpha Psi
|
1969
|
Mount Union College
|
Alliance, Ohio
|
Inactive
|
[27]
|
Alpha Omega
|
1971
|
Ohio Northern University
|
Ada, Ohio
|
Active
|
[27]
|
Beta Alpha
|
1983
|
Eastern Michigan University
|
Ypsilanti, Michigan
|
Inactive
|
[27]
|
Beta Beta
|
1988
|
West Liberty University
|
West Liberty, West Virginia
|
Inactive
|
[28][27]
|
Beta Gamma
|
1989
|
Ohio Wesleyan University
|
Delaware, Ohio
|
Inactive
|
[27]
|
Beta Delta
|
1993
|
University of Central Oklahoma
|
Edmond, Oklahoma
|
Active
|
[29]
|
Beta Epsilon
|
1993
|
Bloomsburg University
|
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
|
Inactive
|
[29]
|
Beta Zeta
|
1995
|
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
|
Weatherford, Oklahoma
|
Inactive
|
[29]
|
Beta Eta
|
1997
|
PennWest Edinboro
|
Edinboro, Pennsylvania
|
Inactive
|
[29]
|
Beta Theta
|
1999
|
Texas A&M University
|
College Station, Texas
|
Active
|
[29]
|
Beta Iota
|
2002
|
Bradley University
|
Peoria, Illinois
|
Active
|
[29]
|
Beta Kappa
|
April 21, 2012
|
Palm Beach Atlantic University
|
West Palm Beach, Florida
|
Inactive
|
[29]
|
Beta Lambda
|
2014
|
Northwestern State University
|
Natchitoches, Louisiana
|
Active
|
[29]
|
Beta Mu
|
2016
|
Cincinnati Christian University
|
Cincinnati, Ohio
|
Inactive
|
[29][a]
|
Beta Nu
|
2016
|
Fresno Pacific University
|
Fresno, California
|
Inactive
|
[29]
|
Beta Xi
|
|
Rogers State University
|
Claremore, Oklahoma
|
Active
|
|
- ^ College closed in 2019.
In the following list of alumnae chapters, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are in italics.[3][30]
Chapter
|
Greek name
|
Charter date
and range
|
Location
|
Status
|
References
|
|
Alpha
|
|
Kansas
|
Inactive
|
|
Ames
|
Gamma
|
|
Ames, Iowa
|
Active
|
|
Minneapolis
|
Delta
|
|
Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
Inactive
|
|
Lincoln
|
Zeta
|
|
Lincoln, Nebraska
|
Active
|
|
Pittsburgh
|
Xi
|
|
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
Active
|
|
|
Sigma
|
|
Berkeley, California
|
Inactive
|
|
|
Chi
|
|
Tacoma, Washington
|
Inactive
|
|
Akron
|
|
|
Akron, Ohio
|
Active
|
|
Athens
|
|
|
Athens, Ohio
|
Active
|
|
Central Oklahoma
|
|
|
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
|
Active
|
|
Central Pennsylvania
|
|
|
State College, Harrisburg, Hershey, Pennsylvania
|
Active
|
|
Cincinnati
|
|
|
Cincinnati, Ohio
|
Active
|
|
Cleveland
|
|
|
Cleveland, Ohio
|
Active
|
|
Columbus
|
|
|
Columbus, Ohio
|
Active
|
|
District of Columbia
|
|
|
Washington, D.C.
|
Inactive
|
|
Florida
|
|
|
South Florida
|
Active
|
|
Illinois
|
|
|
Peoria, Illinois
|
Active
|
|
Indiana
|
|
|
Indianapolis, Indiana
|
Active
|
|
Kalamazoo
|
|
|
Kalamazoo, Michigan
|
Active
|
|
Mansfield
|
|
|
Mansfield, Pennsylvania
|
Active
|
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Miami Valley
|
|
|
Dayton, Ohio
|
Active
|
|
Mt. Pleasant
|
|
|
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
|
Active
|
|
Northeast Oklahoma
|
|
|
Tulsa, Oklahoma
|
Active
|
|
Northern Ohio Valley
|
|
|
Southeast Ohio and Southwest Pennsylvania, and West Virginia
|
Active
|
|
Northwest Ohio
|
|
|
Bowling Green, Ohio
|
Active
|
|
Texas
|
|
|
Houston, Texas
|
Active
|
|
Wichita
|
|
|
Wichita, Kansas
|
Active
|
- ^ Shedd, Clarence Prouty (1938). The Church Follows Its Students. Yale University Press. p. 126 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Active Chapters". The Kappa Phi Club. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Chapter Locations". Kappa Phi. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
- ^ Lurding, Carroll and Becque, Fran. (May 2, 2022) "Kappa Phi" Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities. Urbana: University of Illinois. Accessed July 29, 2023.
- ^ a b c "History « Kappa Phi Club". 2014-05-25. Archived from the original on 2014-05-25. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Three Aims of Kappa Phi". The Christian Student. 23 (4): 160. November 1922 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Sanders, Kathy Guy; Goodenow, Mary Seiler. "Kappa Phi Beginnings and Rose's College Days, University of Kansas 1918-1923" (PDF). Kappa Phi | History. pp. 16–17. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ "New Kappa Phi Club". University Daily Kansan. Lawrence, Kansas. 1917-12-19. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-07-29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Goodenow, Mary Seiler; Sanders, Kathy Guy. "Kappa Phi's Twenty-Five and Rose's College Days, Bowling Green State University 1938-1941" (PDF). Kappa Phi | History. p. 10. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ Lucas, Elizabeth (October 1926). "Kappa Phi Council, Seattle, Washington". Women's Home Missions. 43 (10). Cincinnati, Ohio: 14 – via Google Books.
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- ^ The Alumnus. Vol. 31, n1, January 1947. Iowa State Teachers College. January 1947. p. 11.
- ^ "Kappa Phi Club (Ohio University)". Athens First United Methodist Church -. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
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- ^ Donnybrook Fair. Townson, Maryland: Goucher College, 1949. via JSTOR, accessed July 29, 2023.
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- ^ "Named Delegte to California". Pottsville Republican. Pottsville, Pennsylvania. 1961-06-14. p. 15. Retrieved 2023-07-29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Home". Kappa Phi Alpha Eta Chapter Northeastern State University. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
- ^ Sou'wester. Georgetown, Texas: Southwestern University, Georgetown, 1962, p. 99. via JSTOR, accessed July 29, 2023.
- ^ "About". Kappa Phi at Penn State. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
- ^ "Pledged to Chapter". The Post-Star. Glens Falls, New York. 1963-11-25. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-07-29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Brown and Gold. Kalamazoo: ScholarWorks at Western Michigan University, 1958, p. 122. via JSTOR, accessed July 29, 2023
- ^ "Miss Joyce Herrick Attends Conference". The Ludington Daily News. Ludington, Michigan. 1958-06-27. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-07-29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Christian sorority wins national award". The Oklahoma Conference of the United Methodist Church. November 1, 2013. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
- ^ a b c d e f Sanders, Kathy Guy; Goodenow, Mary Seller. "Kappa Phi is Seventy-Five and Rose's College Days, Oklahoma City University 1987-1991" (PDF). Kappa Phi. p. 26. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ Blakemore, Haley (2022-03-20). "Kappa Phi seeks to add more sisters to Christian based sorority". The Trumpet. West Liberty University. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Goodenow, Mary Seiler; Sanders, Kathy Guy. "Kappa Phi is One Hundred and Rose's College Days, Palm Beach Atlantic University 2011-2015". Deta Phi. p. 33. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
- ^ "Alumnae Chapters". The Kappa Phi Club. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.