Phi Epsilon Kappa () is a national professional fraternity for persons engaged in or pursuing careers in the fields of physical education, health, recreation, dance, human performance, exercise science, sports medicine and sports management.

History

Phi Epsilon Kappa was founded on April 12, 1913 at the Normal College of the American Gymnastics Union in Indianapolis,

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.Professional Fraternities by Professional Interfraternity Conference - 1950
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when that institution assimilated American College. Phi Epsilon Kappa extended membership to women beginning in 1975. Since its founding, Phi Epsilon Kappa has installed over one hundred collegiate chapters and twenty-three alumni chapters.According to its national website
accessed 21 Aug 2020. Phi Epsilon Kappa joined the

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in 1928, remaining a member of the PIC through at least 1968. Baird's Manual is also available online here
The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage
However, Baird's Manual of 1991 lists them as an independent professional fraternity.

Objectives and Traditions

The national fraternity notes seven objectives: *To be organized and operated exclusively for educational and charitable purposes as a non-profit organization dedicated to advancement of those educational interest areas of Physical Education, Health, Recreation, Dance, Human Performance, Exercise Science, Sports Medicine, and Sports Management. *To foster scientific research. *To facilitate the exchange of information and experience gained in the various countries of the world including programs, methods, techniques, materials, training and research. *To provide a medium through which the membership can contribute to the advancement of the profession. *To publish periodicals to be distributed to members and to the general public for the purpose of disseminating information about the corporation, the membership, and the profession. *To make awards for outstanding work. *To foster a spirit of loyalty and fraternity and bonds of fellowship and mutual assistance. The principal publication of the Fraternity is ''The Physical Educator,'' a professional journal published four times annually and originally published in 1940. The Fraternity's esoteric manual is ''Black and Gold,'' published three times annually.

Chapters

Early chapter list through ''Beta Delta chapter'' installed in 1961 is from Baird's Manual, 1968 edition. Later chapters identified from national website that shows active chapters along with recently ''inactive chapters'', but does not provide a comprehensive listing of all inactive chapters. Unverified chapter names that fit within the alphabetical progression of names are listed with a "?" waiting for confirmation that those names were actually used. *1913 Alpha, Normal College of the American Gymnastic Union, Indianapolis, IN *1920 Beta, American College of Physical Education, Chicago, Chicago *1921 ''Gamma, Temple, Philadelphia, PA (20xx)'' *1923 ''Delta,

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, NJ (1943)'' *1924 ''Epsilon, Akron, OH (1937)'' *1924 ''Zeta, Columbia, New York City, NY (20xx)'' *1924 ''Eta, Trenton State, NJ (20xx)'' *1925 ''Theta, Wisconsin, Madison, WI (20xx)'' *1925 ''Iota, Iowa (20xx)'' *1925 ''Kappa, Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (20xx)'' *1926 ''Lambda, UCLA (20xx)'' *1926 ''Mu, Ithaca (20xx)'' *1926 ''Nu, Wisconsin State, LaCrosse, WI (20xx)'' *1927 ''Xi, Wyoming (20xx)'' *1928 ''Omicron, Oregon (20xx)'' *1928 ''Pi, Montana (20xx)'' *1929 ''Rho, Illinois (20xx)'' *1930 ''Sigma, Minnesota (20xx)'' *1930 ''Tau, Nebraska (20xx)'' *1930 ''Upsilon, Cincinnati (20xx)'' *1930 ''Phi, Kansas State (20xx)'' *1931 ''Chi, Occidental (20xx)'' *1931 ''Psi, Ohio Wesleyan (20xx)'' *1932 ''Omega, Ohio State (1936)'' *1934 ''Alpha Alpha, Indiana (20xx)'' *1934 ''Alpha Beta, Pennsylvania State College, State College, PA (20xx)'' *1934 ''Alpha Gamma, Washington State College, Pullman, WA (20xx)'' *1934 ''Alpha Delta, Kent State University, Kent, OH (20xx)'' *1935 ''Sigma Alpha, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (1952)'' *1939 ''Alpha Epsilon, San Jose State (20xx)'' *1941 ''Alpha Zeta, Boston (1956)'' *1943 Alpha Eta, Manhattan, NY *1948 ''Alpha Theta, Utah State (1953) '' *1949 Alpha Iota, Miami (Ohio) *1949 ''Alpha Kappa, North Dakota (20xx)'' *1949 ''Alpha Lambda, Wake Forest (20xx)'' *1950 Alpha Mu, Michigan State *1950 ''Alpha Nu, Buffalo (20xx)'' *1950 ''Alpha Xi, Brooklyn (20xx)'' *1950 ''Alpha Omicron, Syracuse (20xx)'' *1951 ''Alpha Pi, Northeast State, Monroe, LA (20xx)'' *1951 ''Alpha Rho, Cal State, LA (20xx)'' *1953 ''Alpha Sigma, College of the Pacific, CA (20xx)'' *1953 ''Alpha Tau, Bowling Green, OH (20xx)'' *1956 ''Alpha Upsilon, Washington (20xx)'' *1956 ''Alpha Phi, Arizona State, Tempe, AZ (20xx)'' *1956 ''Alpha Chi, Southeastern Louisiana, Hammond, LA (20xx)'' *1957 ''Alpha Psi, Kansas (20xx)'' *1957 ''Alpha Omega, Idaho (20xx)'' *1957 ''Beta Alpha, Long Beach State, CA (20xx)'' *1958 ''Beta Beta, Florida State (20xx)'' *1960 ''Beta Gamma, Texas Tech (20xx)'' *1961 Beta Delta, Central Michigan *19xx Beta Epsilon - Slippery Rock State University *1962 ''Beta Iota - East Carolina University (20xx)'' *19xx Beta Pi - College at Brockport (NY) *19xx ''Beta Tau - Indiana State University (20xx)'' *19xx ''Beta Omega - East Stroudsburg (20xx)'' *19xx Gamma Alpha - West Chester State University. (PA) *19xx Gamma Beta - Texas A&M University *19xx Gamma Epsilon - University of Missouri *1969 Gamma Zeta - Grambling State University (LA) *19xx Gamma Mu - Shepherd University (WV) *19xx ''Gamma Omicron - Grand Valley State University (20xx)'' *19xx Gamma Tau - Indiana University Pennsylvania *19xx Delta Alpha - ''

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(MI)'' *19xx ''Delta Beta - Ohio Northern University (20xx)'' *19xx Delta Gamma - James Madison University (VA) *19xx Delta Delta - ''

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'' *19xx ''Delta Xi - Edinboro University (20xx)'' *19xx Delta Omicron - Anderson University (IN) *19xx ''Delta Pi - Barry University (20xx)'' *19xx Delta Rho? *19xx Delta Sigma - Troy State University (AL) *19xx Delta Tau - University of Pittsburgh Bradford (PA) *19xx Delta Upsilon - Nebraska Wesleyan *19xx Delta Phi ? *19xx Delta Chi - Truman State University (MO) *19xx ''Delta Psi - Winthrop University (20xx)'' *19xx Delta Omega? *19xx Epsilon Alpha - Western Michigan *19xx ''Epsilon Beta - Ursinus College (20xx)'' *19xx Epsilon Gamma- Missouri Western State College *19xx Epsilon Delta - Keene State College (NH) *19xx Epsilon Epsilon ? *19xx Epsilon Zeta - Tarleton State University (TX) *19xx Epsilon Eta - Florida Southern College *1999 Epsilon Theta - Salisbury State University (MD) *19xx Epsilon Iota? *19xx Epsilon Kappa? *19xx Epsilon Lambda ? *19xx Epsilon Mu? *19xx Epsilon Nu? *19xx Epsilon Xi? *19xx Epsilon Omicron - University of Florida *19xx Epsilon Pi - McMurry University (TX) *19xx Epsilon Rho? *19xx Epsilon Sigma - Marywood University (PA) * Epsilon Lambda - Towson University (MD) *2003 ''Epsilon Tau - West Liberty University (20xx)'' West Liberty's chapter was established in May of 2003
according to this article accessed 22 Aug 2020. *20xx ''Epsilon Upsilon - Hardin-Simmons University (20xx)'' *20xx ''Epsilon Phi - Messiah College (20xx)'' *20xx Epsilon Chi? *20xx Epsilon Psi - Longwood University *20xx Epsilon Omega -

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*20xx ''Zeta Alpha - Olivet College (20xx)'' *2004 Zeta Beta - Plymouth State University *2004 Zeta Gamma - University oi Scranton *20xx ''Zeta Delta - Highpoint University (20xx)'' *20xx Zeta Epsilon? *20xx Zeta Zeta - Jackson State University (MS) *20xx ''Zeta Eta - Wingate University (20xx)'' *20xx Zeta Theta - Albion College (MI) *20xx ''Zeta Iota - Fairmont University (20xx)'' *20xx Zeta Kappa - Auburn University Montgomery (AL) *20xx Zeta Lambda - Whittier College (CA) *2006 Zeta Mu - Texas A&M Kingsville *20xx Zeta Nu - Mitchell College (CT) *20xx Zeta Xi - Johnson C. Smith University (NC) *20xx ''Zeta Omicron - Eastern Michigan University (20xx)'' *20xx ''Zeta Pi - West Virginia University (20xx)'' *20xx Zeta Rho? *20xx Zeta Sigma - Berea College (KY) *20xx Zeta Tau - Immaculate University (PA) *20xx Zeta Upsilon? *20xx ''Zeta Phi - California State Chico (20xx)'' *20xx ''Zeta Chi - Linfield College (OR) (20xx)'' *20xx Zeta Psi - Tennessee Tech University *20xx Zeta Omega - Lynchburg College (VA) *20xx Eta Alpha - North Carolina Central University *20xx Eta Beta - University of Louisiana Monroe *20xx Eta Gamma - University of Indianapolis *20xx Eta Delta - North Carolina A&T State University *20xx Eta Epsilon? *20xx Eta Zeta -

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(AR) *20xx Eta Kappa - University oi The Pacific *20xx ''Eta Lambda - Cardinal Stritch College (20xx)'' *20xx Eta Mu - Stephen F. Austin State University *20xx Eta Nu - Emporia State University *20xx Eta Xi - Shenandoah University *20xx Eta Omicron - Jacksonville University *20xx Eta Pi - Morehouse College *20xx Eta Rho - Central Connecticut University *20xx Eta Sigma - University of Dayton (OH) *20xx Eta Tau - Chowan University (NC) *20xx Eta Upsilon - Endicott College (MA) *20xx Eta Phi - University of Wyoming *20xx Eta Chi - Delaware State University *20xx Eta Psi - Southern Connecticut University *20xx Eta Omega - Concordia University Irvine (CA) *2014 Theta Alpha - Evangel University (MO) *2015 Theta Beta - Prairie View A&M University (TX) *2019 Theta Omicron - University of Central Arkansas (AR) *2020 Theta Tau - University of La Verne (CA)

References

{{Professional Fraternities Fraternities and sororities in the United States Professional fraternities and sororities in the United States Student organizations established in 1913 1913 establishments in Indiana Former members of Professional Fraternity Association

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