Chapters
General Information
There are two types of Chapters in Phi Sigma Pi:
- Collegiate Chapters, established at educational institutions granting four-year degrees, which are comprised of Active Members, and
- Alumni Chapters, established by geographic region, and comprised of Alumni Members and Honorary Members.
Naming Conventions
Collegiate Chapters
Collegiate Chapters bear Greek letter designations, granted serially in order of establishment. National Constitution Article IX, Section 4 sets out the method of naming Collegiate Chapters:
"The Collegiate Chapters shall be named in order of establishment, with the letters of the Greek alphabet being used serially, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and so on through the alphabet. The succeeding Collegiate Chapters shall be Alpha Alpha, Alpha Beta, and so on; then Beta Alpha, Beta Beta, and so on."
Of note, the Greek letter designations "Chi" and "Psi" were never used as Chapter names.
Alumni Chapters
Since Alumni Chapters are generally comprised of Alumni Members from many Collegiate Chapters who are living in relatively close geographic proximity, they are not named with Greek letter designations; rather, Alumni Chapters are named for the geographic region in which the Chapter is based.
List of Collegiate Chapters
Active Chapters
Single Letter Chapters
- Alpha - Central Missouri State University
- Beta - Truman State University
- Eta - Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- Theta - Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
- Iota - Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
- Kappa - California University of Pennsylvania
- Lambda - Clarion University of Pennsylvania
- Mu - Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
- Omicron - Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
- Sigma - Millersville University of Pennsylvania
- Tau - East Carolina University
- Upsilon - Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Alpha Group
- Alpha Beta - University of Maryland
- Alpha Delta - Widener University
- Alpha Epsilon - West Chester University of Pennsylvania
- Alpha Zeta - York College of Pennsylvania
- Alpha Eta - University of Delaware
- Alpha Theta - Rutgers University
- Alpha Iota - Montclair State University
- Alpha Kappa - University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
- Alpha Lambda - Temple University
- Alpha Mu - West Virginia University
- Alpha Xi - Radford University
- Alpha Omicron - University of Virginia
- Alpha Pi - Pennsylvania State University
- Alpha Rho - Virginia Tech
- Alpha Sigma - Virginia Commonwealth University
- Alpha Tau - Howard University
- Alpha Upsilon - University of South Carolina
- Alpha Phi - Eastern Michigan University
- Alpha Chi - University of North Carolina - Greensboro
- Alpha Omega - University of Pittsburgh
Beta Group
- Beta Alpha - University of Michigan
- Beta Beta - Kent State University
- Beta Delta - North Carolina State University
- Beta Epsilon - Syracuse University
- Beta Zeta - University of Georgia
- Beta Eta - Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
- Beta Iota - The Ohio State University
- Beta Kappa - Clemson University
- Beta Mu - The George Wahington University
- Beta Nu - Cornell University
- Beta Xi - Miami University (Ohio)
- Beta Omicron - University of North Carolina - Wilmington
- Beta Pi - University of Connecticut
- Beta Rho - James Madison University
- Beta Sigma - Michigan State University
- Beta Upsilon - University of Massachusetts - Amherst
- Beta Phi - Western Kentucky University
- Beta Psi - Middle Tennessee State University
- Beta Omega - Eastern Illinois University
Gamma Group
- Gamma Alpha - Purdue University
- Gamma Beta - Morehead State University
- Gamma Gamma - Georgia Southern University
- Gamma Delta - State University of West Georgia
- Gamma Epsilon - University of Florida
- Gamma Zeta - Western Carolina University
- Gamma Eta - Florida State University
- Gamma Theta - Louisiana State University
- Gamma Iota - College of Charleston
- Gamma Mu - Central Michigan University
- Gamma Nu - University of Southern Mississippi
- Gamma Xi - Drexel University
- Gamma Omicron - Auburn University
- Gamma Pi - Towson University
- Gamma Rho - Western Michigan University
- Gamma Sigma - Missouri State University
- Gamma Tau - Tulane University
- Gamma Upsilon - University of Kentucky
- Gamma Phi - University of Oklahoma
- Gamma Chi - University of Central Florida
- Gamma Psi - College of William and Mary
- Gamma Omega - University of Nebraska
Delta Group
- Delta Alpha - Rochester Institute of Technology
- Delta Beta - University of Alabama
- Delta Epsilon - Duke University
- Delta Zeta - University of Memphis
- Delta Eta - Illinois State University
- Delta Iota - New Mexico State University
- Delta Kappa - University of North Texas
- Delta Mu - University of Maine
- Delta Xi - University of Missouri - Columbia
- Delta Rho - University of Northern Colorado
- Delta Sigma - University of Colorado
- Delta Tau - Mississippi State University
- Delta Upsilon - Sam Houston State University
- Delta Phi - Texas State University
- Delta Chi - Lehigh University
- Delta Psi - University of Texas - Austin
- Delta Omega - University of California - Berkeley
Epsilon Group
- Epsilon Alpha - Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
- Epsilon Beta - Bowling Green State University
- Epsilon Gamma - Southern Louisiana State University
- Epsilon Delta - University of South Florida
- Epsilon Epsilon - University of Houston
- Epsilon Zeta - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Epsilon Eta - Eastern Kentucky University
- Epsilon Theta - Georgia Tech
- Epsilon Iota - Ohio University
- Epsilon Kappa - Wentworth Institute of Technology
- Epsilon Lambda - Minnesota State University - Mankato
- Epsilon Mu - University of Texas - San Antonio
Inactive Chapters
- Gamma - Bradley University (Inactive since 1959)
- Delta - Pittsburgh State University (Inactive since 1938)
- Epsilon - Vanderbilt University (Inactive since 1934)
- Zeta - Dakota State College (Inactive since 1931)
- Nu - Western New Mexico University (Inactive since 1937)
- Xi - Northwestern Oklahoma State (Inactive since 1937)
- Pi - Dickinson State University (Inactive since 1997)
- Rho - University of the District of Columbia (Inactive since 1997)
- Phi - Minot State University (Inactive since 1981)
- Omega - University of Southern Maine (Inactive since 2001)
- Alpha Alpha - Converse College (Inactive since 1990)
- Alpha Gamma - University of Pennsylvania
- Alpha Nu - Utah State University (Inactive since 1992)
- Alpha Psi - Fairleigh Dickinson University (Inactive since 2002)
- Beta Gamma - University of Maine - Farmington (Inactive since 1996)
- Beta Theta - Wright State University (Inactive since 2001)
- Beta Lambda - American University (Inactive since 1995)
- Beta Tau - University of New Hampshire (Inactive since 1998)
- Beta Chi - Bucknell University (Inactive since 2000)
- Gamma Kappa - Piedmont College (Inactive since 1998)
- Gamma Lambda - Louisiana Tech University (Inactive since 2003)
- Delta Gamma - Valdosta State University (Inactive since 2003)
- Delta Delta - University of Arkansas (Inactive since 2000)
- Delta Theta - Morgan State University (Inactive since 2002)
- Delta Lambda - University of Miami (Florida) (Inactive since 2003)
- Delta Nu - University of Hawaii (Inactive since 2002)
- Delta Omicron - University of Mississippi (Inactive since ????)
- Delta Pi - Texas Tech (Inactive since ????)
List of Alumni Chapters
Active Chapters
- Capital Chapter, Washington DC
- Delaware Valley Alumni Chapter, (DVAC) Philadelphia
- New York Metropolitan Area Alumni Chapter, (NYMAAC) New York City
Inactive
- Appalachian Region Alumni Chapter (Inactive since 1999)
- Central New Jersey Alumni Chapter (Inactive since 1999)
- Central North Carolina Alumni Chapter (Inactive since 2001)
- Chesapeake Area Alumni Chapter (Inactive since 1999?)
- Eastern North Carolina Alumni Chapter (Inactive since 2000)
- Penn State Alumni Chapter
- Southern Great Lakes Region Alumni Chapter (Inactive since 1999)
- Western Pennsylvania Alumni Chapter (Inactive since 2005)