Pi Kappa Sigma was an American national collegiate pedagogical sorority. It was established in 1894 at the Michigan State Normal School. On May 15, 1959, Pi Kappa Sigma was absorbed by Sigma Kappa. The sorority chartered 51 chapters, mostly at normal schools and teachers colleges. Following is a list of chapters of Pi Kappa Sigma, with inactive chapters and institutions are in italics.
ChapterCharter date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusAlpha – May 15, 1959Eastern Michigan CollegeYpsilanti, MichiganMerged ()Beta – May 15, 1959Northwestern State CollegeAlva, OklahomaMerged ()Gamma1902–1918, – May 15, 1959Central Michigan Normal School Mount Pleasant, MichiganMerged ()Delta1905–1918State Normal School at CheneyCheney, WashingtonInactiveEpsilon1907–1911Wisconsin State Normal SchoolMilwaukee, WisconsinInactiveZeta1909–1918, – May 15, 1959State Teachers College at Indiana Indiana, PennsylvaniaMerged ()Eta – 1938Miami UniversityOxford, OhioInactiveTheta1917–1919Cincinnati CollegeCincinnati, OhioInactiveIota – May 15, 1959Kansas State Teachers CollegeEmporia, KansasMerged ()Kappa1919–1923, – May 15, 1959Southeastern State College Durant, OklahomaMerged ()Lambda – May 15, 1959Central Missouri State College Warrensburg, MissouriMerged ()Mu – May 15, 1959Colorado State CollegeGreeley, ColoradoMerged ()Nu – 1956East Central Oklahoma UniversityAda, OklahomaInactiveXi –1933Ohio UniversityAthens, OhioInactive Omicron – May 15, 1959Marshall CollegeHuntington, West VirginiaMerged ()Pi – May 15, 1959Northeast Missouri State Teachers College Kirksville, MissouriMerged ()Rho –1954State University College for Teachers at BuffaloBuffalo, New YorkInactiveSigma – 1932Drake UniversityDes Moines, IowaInactiveTau – May 15, 1959Chico State CollegeChico, CaliforniaMerged ()Upsilon – 1930Florida State College for Women Tallahassee, FloridaInactivePhi – 1939University of California at Los AngelesLos Angeles, CaliforniaInactiveChi – 19xx; - May 15, 1959Black Hills Teachers CollegeSpearfish, South DakotaMerged ()Psi – 1947 Kent State UniversityKent, OhioMerged () Omega –1940University of Southern California Los Angeles, CaliforniaInactiveAlpha Alpha – 1937Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn UniversityAuburn, AlabamaInactiveAlpha Beta – 1941College of Pittsburg Pittsburg, KansasInactiveAlpha Gamma – May 15, 1959Wayne State UniversityDetroit, MichiganMerged ()Alpha Delta – May 15, 1959Northwestern State College of Louisiana Natchitoches, LouisianaMerged ()Alpha Epsilon – May 15, 1959 Longwood CollegeFarmville, VirginiaMerged ()Alpha Zeta – May 15, 1959 Western State College of Colorado Gunnison, ColoradoMerged ()Alpha Eta 1929–1937James Millikin UniversityDecatur, IllinoisInactiveAlpha Theta – 1940John B. Stetson University DeLand, FloridaInactiveAlpha Iota1929–1937Butler UniversityIndianapolis, IndianaInactiveAlpha Kappa – 1938Harris Teachers CollegeSt. Louis, MissouriInactiveAlpha Lambda 1930–1936Wittenberg CollegeSpringfield, OhioInactiveAlpha Mu – 1940, 1957 – May 15, 1959Fort Hays State CollegeHays, KansasMerged ()Alpha Nu – May 15, 1959 State Teachers College in Lock HavenLock Haven, PennsylvaniaMerged ()Alpha Xi – May 15, 1959Southern Illinois University CarbondaleCarbondale, IllinoisMerged ()Becque, Frances DeSimone. A History of the Fraternity System at Southern Illinois University from 1948 through 1960 (Masters Thesis). Carbondale: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, April 1995..Alpha Omicron – May 15, 1959 Madison CollegeHarrisonburg, VirginiaMerged ()Crowley L. Sean (2006) James Madison University: 1908-1909 to 1958-1959: An Annotated, Historical Timeline Harrisonburg: James Madison University. p. 120.Alpha Pi – May 15, 1959Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, IllinoisMerged ()Alpha Phi – May 15, 1959Arkansas State Teachers College Conway, ArkansasMerged ()Alpha Chi1945 – May 15, 1959Ball State Teachers College Muncie, IndianaMerged ()Alpha Rho 1945 – May 15, 1959 Northern Illinois UniversityDeKalb, IllinoisMerged ()Alpha Sigma 1946–1952Henderson State Teachers College Arkadelphia, ArkansasInactiveAlpha Tau 1946–1957District of Columbia Teachers CollegeWashington, D.C.InactiveTheta Nu 1947 – May 15, 1959Southwest Missouri State CollegeSpringfield, MissouriMerged ()Alpha Omega 1948 – May 15, 1959 Fairmont State CollegeFairmont, West VirginiaMerged ()Alpha Upsilon 1950 – May 15, 1959 Central State CollegeEdmond, OklahomaMerged ()Gamma Theta 1951 – May 15, 1959Women's Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute Radford, VirginiaMerged ()Delta Psi 1954–1958University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IllinoisInactiveBeta Alpha 1956 – May 15, 1959Waynesburg CollegeWaynesburg, PennsylvaniaMerged ()
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