Kappa Delta Epsilon |
ΚΔΕ |
Founded |
March 25, 1933; 91 years ago (1933-03-25)
Washington, DC |
Type |
Professional |
Scope |
National |
Motto |
Logos |
Colors |
Purple and White |
Publication |
The Current |
Chapters |
27 Undergraduate, 8 Alumni |
Headquarters |
, USA |
Homepage |
Kappa Delta Epsilon Website |
[1][2][3] |
Kappa Delta Epsilon (ΚΔΕ) is a professional fraternity for students in Education. It was organized on March 25, 1933.[1][3]
History
On March 25, 1933, at the invitation of the Executive Council of Kappa Phi Kappa, professional educational fraternity, representatives from six institutions met in Washington, DC and formed a national honorary professional education organization for women. The movement was sponsored by the following National Officers of Kappa Phi Kappa: Dean Will Grant Chambers of Pennsylvania State College, Professor Fredrick Henke of Allegheny College, and Dr. Arthur Wright; all National Officers of Kappa Phi Kappa fraternity.[1]
The fouunding delegates were:
The Organization, then called sorority, was incorporated under the laws of Georgia in August 1935.
Magazine
- 1935 - The first issue of the magazine of the sorority, THE CIRCLE OF KAPPA DELTA EPSILON, was edited by the National Secretary Miss Mary D. Webb.[1]
- 1936 - A policy of having THE CIRCLE published by the various chapters on a rotating basis was begun. Cornell Chapter initiated the policy.
- 1947 - At the National Convention at Gettysburg, THE CIRCLE was replaced by THE KAPPA DELTA EPSILON CURRENT
Chapters
Chapters include the following.[1]
Chapter |
School |
City |
Year Chartered |
Status |
Alpha |
Allegheny College |
Meadville, Pennsylvania |
1933 |
Inactive |
Beta |
Birmingham-Southern College |
Birmingham, Alabama |
1933 |
Inactive |
Gamma |
Cornell University |
Ithaca, New York |
1933 |
Inactive |
Delta |
Atlanta Area Alumni |
Atlanta, Georgia |
1933 |
Active |
Epsilon |
Illinois State University |
Normal, Illinois |
1933 |
Active |
Zeta |
Temple University |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
1933 |
Inactive |
Eta |
Hamline University |
St. Paul, Minnesota |
1936 |
Inactive |
Theta |
Bucknell University |
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania |
1938 |
Inactive |
Iota |
Gettysburg College |
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
1939 |
Inactive |
Kappa |
Mercer University |
Macon, Georgia |
1940 |
Active |
Lambda |
Millsaps College |
Jackson, Mississippi |
1941 |
Inactive |
Mu |
Mississippi University for Women |
Columbus, Mississippi |
1946 |
Inactive |
Nu |
Northern Arizona University |
Flagstaff, Arizona |
1950 |
Inactive |
Xi |
Emory and Henry College |
Emory, Virginia |
1950 |
Inactive |
Omicron |
Birmingham Southern Alumni |
Birmingham, Alabama |
1950 |
Active |
Pi |
University of South Carolina |
Columbia, South Carolina |
1950 |
Inactive |
Rho |
Belhaven College |
Jackson, Mississippi |
1950 |
Active |
Sigma |
Furman University |
Greenville, South Carolina |
1951 |
Inactive |
Tau |
University of Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
1952 |
Inactive |
Upsilon |
New York University |
New York, New York |
1952 |
Inactive |
Phi |
Southern Connecticut State University |
New Haven, Connecticut |
1953 |
Inactive |
Chi |
Jacksonville State University |
Jacksonville, Alabama |
1954 |
Inactive |
Psi |
Point Loma College |
San Diego, California |
1954 |
Inactive |
Omega |
Samford University |
Birmingham, Alabama |
1954 |
Inactive |
Alpha Alpha |
Idaho State University |
Pocatello, Idaho |
1954 |
Inactive |
Alpha Beta |
Columbia College |
Columbia, South Carolina |
1955 |
Active |
Alpha Gamma |
The American University |
Washington, DC |
1955 |
Inactive |
Alpha Delta |
University of South Carolina Alumni |
Columbia, South Carolina |
1955 |
Inactive |
Alpha Epsilon |
University of Georgia |
Athens, Georgia |
1956 |
Active |
Alpha Zeta |
Limestone College |
Gaffney, South Carolina |
1956 |
Inactive |
Alpha Eta |
Wittenberg University |
Springfield, Ohio |
1956 |
Inactive |
Alpha Theta |
Moravian College |
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
1957 |
Inactive |
Alpha Iota |
Samford University Alumni |
Birmingham, Alabama |
1958 |
Active |
Alpha Kappa |
Duquesne University |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
1958 |
Active |
Alpha Lambda |
Georgia Southern College |
Statesboro, Georgia |
1958 |
Inactive |
Alpha Mu |
Peabody College |
Nashville, Tennessee |
1958 |
Inactive |
Alpha Nu |
Eastern Montana College |
Billings, Montana |
1959 |
Inactive |
Alpha Xi |
Emory University |
Atlanta, Georgia |
1959 |
Inactive |
Alpha Omicron |
Wesleyan College |
Macon, Georgia |
1959 |
Inactive |
Alpha Pi |
Philadelphia Area Alumni |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
1960 |
Active |
Alpha Rho |
State University of New York at Albany |
Albany, New York |
1960 |
Inactive |
Alpha Sigma |
University of Alabama |
Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
1961 |
Active |
Alpha Tau |
Johnson State College |
Johnson, Vermont |
1963 |
Inactive |
Alpha Upsilon |
Louisiana College |
Pineville, Louisiana |
1965 |
Inactive |
Alpha Phi |
Macon Area Alumni |
Macon, Georgia |
1965 |
Inactive |
Alpha Chi |
University of Maine |
Gorham, Maine |
1966 |
Inactive |
Alpha Psi |
Boston College |
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts |
1968 |
Inactive |
Alpha Omega |
Miami University |
Oxford, Ohio |
1968 |
Inactive |
Beta Alpha |
State University of New York at Plattsburgh |
Plattsburgh, New York |
1968 |
Inactive |
Beta Beta |
Georgia State University |
Atlanta, Georgia |
1968 |
Inactive |
Beta Gamma |
Loyola University |
Chicago, Illinois |
1968 |
Inactive |
Beta Delta |
Louisiana State University |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
1969 |
Active |
Beta Epsilon |
California University of Pennsylvania |
California, Pennsylvania |
1970 |
Inactive |
Beta Zeta |
Dunbarton College of Holy Cross |
Washington, DC |
1970 |
Inactive |
Beta Eta |
Gorham Area Alumni |
Gorham, Maine |
1974 |
Inactive |
Beta Theta |
New Haven Area Alumni |
New Haven, Connecticut |
1974 |
Inactive |
Beta Iota |
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Birmingham, Alabama |
1975 |
Active |
Beta Kappa |
Carlow University |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
1975 |
Active |
Beta Lambda |
Southern University |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
1975 |
Inactive |
Beta Mu |
Franciscan University of Steubenville |
Steubenville, Ohio |
1978 |
Inactive |
Beta Nu |
Greesnburg Area Alumni |
Greensburg, Pennsylvania |
1979 |
Inactive |
Beta Xi |
Duquesne University Alumni |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
1980 |
Inactive |
Beta Omicron |
Mercer University (Atlanta Campus) |
Atlanta, Georgia |
1982 |
Inactive |
Beta Pi |
Clark Atlanta University |
Atlanta, Georgia |
1982 |
Inactive |
Beta Rho |
Judson College |
Marion, Alabama |
1982 |
Active |
Beta Sigma |
University of Alabama Alumni |
Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
1982 |
Inactive |
Beta Tau |
Universidad Regiomontana |
Monterrey, Mexico |
1982 |
Inactive |
Beta Upsilon |
University of Mobile |
Mobile, Alabama |
1982 |
Inactive |
Beta Phi |
Washington DC Area Alumni |
Washington, DC |
1983 |
Inactive |
Beta Chi |
Louisiana State University Alumni |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
1985 |
Inactive |
Beta Psi |
Spelman College |
Atlanta, Georgia |
1986 |
Active |
Beta Omega |
University of Alabama at Birmingham Alumni |
Birmingham, Alabama |
1986 |
Active |
Gamma Alpha |
Alice Lloyd College |
Pippa Passes, Kentucky |
1988 |
Inactive |
Gamma Beta |
Jacksonville State University Alumni |
Jacksonville, Alabama |
1988 |
Inactive |
Gamma Gamma |
Caldwell College |
Caldwell, New Jersey |
1990 |
Active |
Gamma Delta |
University of Nevada at Las Vegas |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
1990 |
Inactive |
Gamma Epsilon |
Fort Valley State College |
Fort Valley, Georgia |
1990 |
Active |
Gamma Zeta |
Centenary College |
Hackettstown, New Jersey |
1991 |
Active |
Gamma Eta |
Mississippi Gulf Coast Area Alumni |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
1991 |
Inactive |
Gamma Theta |
Huntingdon College |
Montgomery, Alabama |
1992 |
Active |
Gamma Iota |
Clarksville Area Alumni |
Huntsville, Alabama |
1992 |
Inactive |
Gamma Kappa |
Huntsville Area Alumni |
Huntsville, Alabama |
1992 |
Inactive |
Gamma Lambda |
Palm Beach Atlantic University |
West Palm Beach, Florida |
1992 |
Active |
Gamma Mu |
Central Michigan University |
Mount Pleasant, Michigan |
1993 |
Active |
Gamma Nu |
Alabama A & M University |
Normal, Alabama |
1993 |
Inactive |
Gamma Xi |
University of the Incarnate Word |
San Antonio, Texas |
1993 |
Active |
Gamma Omicron |
Washington and Jefferson College |
Washington, Pennsylvania |
1994 |
Active |
Gamma Pi |
Hillsdale College |
Hillsdale, Michigan |
1994 |
Inactive |
Gamma Rho |
Fort Valley State University |
Fort Valley, Georgia |
1994 |
Inactive |
Gamma Sigma |
Thomasville Georgia Area Alumni |
Thomasville, Georgia |
1996 |
Inactive |
Gamma Tau |
Jackson Area Alumni |
Jackson, Mississippi |
1996 |
Active |
Gamma Upsilon |
La Roche College |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
1997 |
Active |
Gamma Phi |
Rhodes College |
Memphis, Tennessee |
1998 |
Inactive |
Gamma Chi |
Converse College |
Spartanburg, South Carolina |
1998 |
Inactive |
Gamma Psi |
Our Lady of the Lake University |
San Antonio, Texas |
1998 |
Inactive |
Gamma Omega |
Sierra Nevada College |
Incline Village, Nevada |
1998 |
Inactive |
Delta Alpha |
Georgia Regents University |
Augusta, Georgia |
1999 |
Active |
Delta Beta |
Chestnut Hill College |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
2000 |
Active |
Delta Gamma |
Charlotte Area Alumni |
Charlotte, North Carolina |
2003 |
Active |
Delta Delta |
Norfolk State University |
Norfolk, Virginia |
2003 |
Inactive |
Delta Epsilon |
University of New Orleans |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
2006 |
Active |
Delta Zeta |
Florida SouthWestern State College |
Fort Myers, Florida |
2009 |
Active |
Delta Eta |
University of the Pacific |
Stockton, California |
2010 |
Active |
Delta Theta |
Cincinnati Area Alumni |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
2016 |
Active |
References
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