Phi Delta Psi Fraternity, Inc. () is a social fraternity. It was founded as an African American fraternity in 1977 on the campus of Western Michigan University.
History
Phi Delta Psi was founded as an African American fraternity on the predominately white campus of Western Michigan University on March 27, 1977. Its Founding Fathers include Kwameh Barnett, Derek Bell, Richard Bell, Gregory Brown, Charles Cameron, Gerald Dixon, Denis Jones, Peter McClain, Michael Mosby, and Daulton Tansil.
Its founding fathers wanted to create a fraternity that would meet the social, economic, and political challenges of African American men. The fraternity continues to honor its founders' mantra of community service for the benefit of its universities, families, communities, and the world.
One of the fraternity's first initiatives was its Sickle Cell Testing Initiative, followed by Great American Smokeout. The group's current project is Stopping Aids by Forever Educating or the S.A.F.E Initiative.
Symbols Phi Delta Psi motto is "All that we put into the lives of others comes back into our own". It was founded on the pillars of eternal honor, perseverance, leadership, achievement, and brotherhood. Its colors are cardinal red and Aztec gold. Its symbol is the blazing torch. Its flower is the red rose.
Its publication is The Lion's Den.
Chapters Following are the Phi Delta Psi chapters. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are shown in italics. Note that the Phi Delta Psi local fraternity established in 1966 at Southern New Hampshire University has never been affiliated with this organization. ChaptersCharter and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusReferenceAlpha1977Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, MichiganActiveBeta 1981University of Detroit MercyDetroit, MichiganActiveGamma1981Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, MichiganActiveDelta1982Wayne State UniversityDetroit, MichiganActiveEpsilon1982Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, MichiganActiveZeta1995Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, MichiganActiveEta 1998Saint John’s UniversityNew York City, New YorkActiveTheta1999Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MichiganActiveIota 1999Saint John’s UniversityQueens, New York City, New YorkActiveKappa2000Norfolk State UniversityNorfolk, VirginiaActiveLambda2002Hampton UniversityHampton, VirginiaActiveMu2003Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaActiveNu2003Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MichiganActiveXI2004Alabama A&M University Normal, AlabamaActiveOmicron2004Saint Augustine's UniversityRaleigh, North CarolinaActivePi2004Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaActiveRho2004Pennsylvania State University University Park, PennsylvaniaActiveSigma 2004Savannah State UniversitySavannah, GeorgiaActiveTau2005Kentucky State UniversityFrankfort, KentuckyActiveUpsilon2005Columbia College ChicagoChicago, IllinoisActivePhi2005–2010University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana and Champaign, IllinoisInactiveChi2008Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, OhioActive
See also List of African-American fraternities List of social fraternities and sororities
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