Pi Kappa Alpha
| Pi Kappa Alpha | |
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| ΠΚΑ | |
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| Founded | March 1, 1868 University of Virginia |
| Type | Social/Secret |
| Scope | International |
| Vision statement | "Pi Kappa Alpha will set the standard of integrity, intellect, and achievement for our members, host institutions, and the communities in which we live." |
| Colors | Garnet Old Gold |
| Symbol | The Oak Tree, Shield & Diamond, White Horse, Dagger & Key |
| Flower | Lily of the Valley |
| Jewel | Diamond |
| Publication | Shield and Diamond |
| Chapters | 225 |
| Members | 15,590 (2014) collegiate 280,000 lifetime |
| Nicknames | Pikes |
| Headquarters |
8347 West Range Cove Memphis, Tennessee United States |
| Homepage | http://www.pikes.org |
Pi Kappa Alpha (ΠΚΑ) or Pike is a college fraternity founded at the University of Virginia in 1868. The fraternity has over 225 chapters and colonies across the United States and Canada with over 15,500 undergraduate members and 280,000 lifetime initiates.
Pi Kappa Alpha was founded on March 1, 1868, at 47 West Range (The Range) at the University of Virginia by six graduate students: Robertson Howard, Julian Edward Wood, James Benjamin Sclater Jr., Frederick Southgate Taylor, Littleton Waller Tazewell Bradford and William Alexander. On March 1, 1869, exactly one year after the Alpha Chapter at the University of Virginia was formed, the Beta Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha was founded at Davidson College. Theta Chapter, at Rhodes College, took over the responsibilities of Alpha chapter when the Fraternity was in decline in its infancy. John Shaw Foster, a junior founder from Theta Chapter, helped to reestablish Alpha Chapter at the University of Virginia. Theta Chapter is the longest continual running chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha since its inception in 1878. After almost a decade of decline, Pi Kappa Alpha was "re-founded" as part of the Hampden-Sydney Convention, held in a dorm room at Hampden–Sydney College. The four delegates to the Hampden-Sydney Convention are referred to as the Junior Founders. Pi Kappa Alpha was not originally organized as a sectional fraternity, however by constitutional provision it became so in 1889. It remained a southern fraternity until the New Orleans Convention in 1909 when Pi Kappa Alpha officially declared itself a national organization.
Its rituals are based on Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
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