WE ARE...

A Co-Ed Honors Fraternity based upon the ideals of Scholarship, Leadership and Fellowship.

As a fraternity we have many leadership positions available and are actively involved everything from Relay for Life to THON to Teach for America.

Founding

The Alpha Pi Chapter of Phi Sigma Pi was founded on October 6, 1991 upon the ratification of the constitution. The first executive board consisted of President: Angela Evans, Vice President: Richard Griffiths, Treasurer: Alicia Sweitzer, Secretary: Gwyn Johnston, Historians: Valerie Holmes and Alison Carroll, Initiate Chairperson: Marc Marino and Parliamentarian: Morgan Janier. Upon its founding in October of '91 Phi Sigma Pi was still not approved as an official organization of the Pennsylvania State University. Thus, they were unable to hold any meetings on campus or participate in campus events under the name of Phi Sigma Pi. Due to their underground status many brothers refused to say the name of the fraternity aloud, even in the presence of other brothers. It was not until November 3, 1991 that President Angela Evans announced to her committee that they were officially recognized.

Early Years

In the first class in 1991 there were 134 inductees, with 3 females to every one male. 55% of the brothers were education majors, 12% were business majors, and 33% were other majors. The first event held by the Alpha Pi chapter was a hayride at Mount Nittany Trail Riders on October 27th. Sixty brothers attended. Brothers spent much of their time holding events in the hopes of getting to know one another better. Some events held by the chapter included ice breakers, informal dinners, food drives, face painting before football games, the Penn State Dance Marathon and the American Heart Association Heartwalk. In an effort to better develop the brotherhood, brothers also developed programs and policies such as an initiation program and an attendance policy within its first years of existence.

The Active Chapter

There are 14 committees within Alpha Pi: Service, Fundraising, Social, Scholarship, Inter-chapter Relations, Rush/PR, Web, Risk Management, Homecoming, THON (Penn State's Dance MaraTHON), History, Bylaws, Intramural Sports, and Alumni. The Prism is the Chapter's newsletter that is sent out to the alumni every semester.

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