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Founded in 1852 - 17th oldest Fraternity.
More than 100,000 members in over 150 years.
Over 100 chapters and colonies nationwide.
Our four-year cost of membership is below the average for National Fraternities and includes benefits that are not included in the fees of some other fraternities.
The Endowment Fund - Phi Kappa Psi established one of the first endowment funds in the nation and awards over $200,000 in scholarships each year to Phi Psi students. It also provides 200,000 in grants to support programs in leadership, scholarship and service.
A "National" Fraternity - Phi Kappa Psi was first founded with the intent of expansion to campuses across the nation, it has never merged with any other national fraternity. Almost every other men's college fratern ity was founded as a local club and later determined that growth to other campuses was good.
Undergraduate Control - government is majority undergraduate, helping it to be in tune with the needs and concerns of students. This type of government provides for an undergraduate majority at every level. Both our Grand Arch Council (biennial convention) and our Executive Council (board of directors) are made up of a majority (about 60%) of undergraduates. No matter of significance to the Fraternity is decided upon without a majority vote by undergraduates.
Lifetime Activity - While many fraternities require annual dues or donations for members to remain on mailing lists or receive the national magazine, Phi Kappa Psi does not. The undergraduate initiation fee includes the badge of the Fraternity and a lifetime subscription to our magazine, The Shield. We encourage and appreciate donations, but they are not necessary for alumni to enjoy the benefits of membership in the Fraternity.
A Fraternity within a Fraternity - The Order of the S.C. recognizes our most loyal alumni. It is a secret organization within the Fraternity whose initiates must have attended at least seven of our biennial conventions. Members of the Order wear a special badge of recognition and honor and hold a special dinner and initiation at each Grand Arch Council.
Appreciation of Diversity - The Ritual of Phi Kappa Psi, is based on universal values and ideals, rather than those of any specific religion. As such, Phi Psi does not exclude membership on the basis of religious beliefs. In fact, where oaths are to be taken, initiates may request the use of any religious text that may hold the most significance to the individual.
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The Idea Behind Phi Psi
The Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity is a private association of educated men who endeavor to live honorably and humanely. Its Brotherhood is open to men of talent and character, but to those in particular who as gentlemen feel an affinity with one another in the common ways of college life and, moreover, in the pursuit of excellence.
Such men may differ in their origins, backgrounds, and beliefs, and even be set upon diverse purposes, interests and vocations. Yet as Brothers in Phi Kappa Psi, they are vitally united in their dedication to the highest standards of intellectual, emotional, and spiritual integrity.
Phi Kappa Psi encourages all its Brothers to express the true measure of their abilities and personalities through the great joy of serving others. Although the Fraternity is not in itself a religion, its ethical principles are derived from ancient wisdom and hallowed tradition s that serve to advance the noble elements within human nature and thus work to overcome baseness and corruption.
Phi Kappa Psi reaffirms its sense of fraternity to be joyous and life giving for men capable of comprehending and accepting the meaning of its privileges, challenges and obligations. Relying on the discipline and responsibility of its individual Brothers, Phi Kappa Psi, alone of all the fraternities, entrusts the governance of its Chapters and of the general Fraternity to its student leaders, whose exercise of authority is balanced and complemented by its alumni.
For young men, Phi Kappa Psi helps to shape the random experiences of the college years into a more stable form in which life begins to reveal larger, clearer purposes, and friendships become firm and lasting. In the middle years the Fraternity helps to sustain mature men in the settled courses of life, strengthening their resolve and renewing their spirits through the ripening of friendship.
In later life the Fraternity helps to impart the harmony and wholeness that can lead the principled man, upheld by the loyalty of his friends, to understanding and contentment. Above all, Phi Kappa Psi creates a moral order for the conduct of life that, generation after generation, unites men of honor, decency, and good will in enduring friendship and Brotherly love.
