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PI KAPPA PHI
Epsilon Eta
Originally chartered on April 12, 1980, Epsilon Eta was re-chartered on the 17th day of April, 2009, Pi Kappa Phi once again lives on at Winthrop University following a 14 year absence. As exceptional leaders, we strive to lead those around us while maintaining the high standards set forth by the fraternity.
National Fraternity
Our founding was certainly not without setbacks. In fact, Pi Kappa Phi was originally founded as Nu Phi, which stood for "non-fraternity." Our founders, disillusioned with campus politics being run exclusively by fraternities, created Nu Phi as a means to attain leadership roles within the Chrestomathic Literary Society. However, the attempt to seize control of the Society was thwarted when some of the Nu Phis proved to be disloyal.
On December 10, 1904, a meeting of the loyal Nu Phis was held at Fogarty's home at 90 Broad Street in order to found a new fraternity. There were seven men in attendance at the meeting: Kroeg, Fogarty, Mixson, Anthony Pelzer Wagener, Thomas F. Mosimann, Theodore ("Teddy") Barnwell Kelley, and James Fogarty.
Wagener was a scholar of Greek and Latin who would go on to teach Greek and Latin at William and Mary. It was he that recommended the letters Pi Kappa Phi and their secret meaning as the official new name of the group. At that first meeting, Harry Mixson wrote out the first minutes of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity in dark green ink.