Kappa Delta Epsilon Explained

Kappa Delta Epsilon
Letters:	Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΚΔΕ
Coat Of Arms:	File:This_is_the_crest_of_Kappa_Delta_Epsilon.jpg
Affiliation:	Independent
Former Affiliation:	PFA
Former Affiliation2:	PPA
Status:	Active
Type:	Professional
Emphasis:	Education
Scope:	National
Motto:	Logos
Address:	c/o Dr. J. Elizabeth Casey Texas A&M University–Central Texas 1001 Leadership Pl
City:	Killeen
State:	Texas
Zip Code:	76549
Country:	USA
Colors:	Purple and White
Chapters:	16 Undergraduate, 5 Alumni
Publication:	The Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΚΔΕ Current    The Circle (until 1947)
Footnotes:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Kappa Delta Epsilon (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΚΔΕ) is a professional fraternity for students in Education. It was organized on March 25, 1933.^{[1] [3]}

History

On, at the invitation of the Executive Council of Kappa Phi Kappa, professional educational fraternity representatives from six institutions met in Washington, DC and formed a national honorary professional education organization for women. The movement was sponsored by the following National Officers of Kappa Phi Kappa: Dean Will Grant Chambers of Pennsylvania State College, Professor Fredrick Henke of Allegheny College, and Dr. Arthur Wright; all National Officers of Kappa Phi Kappa fraternity.^[1]

The founding delegates for the new professional women's society were:

• Mrs. Mina French Mosher, Allegheny College
• Dr. Eoline Wallace Moore, Birmingham–Southern College
• Mrs. Olive Miller Ellis, Cornell University
• Miss Dorothy Orr, and Mrs. Claudius Layton Taylor, Emory University
• Miss Mary D. Webb, Illinois State University
• Mrs. Sylvia Levitt Ostrow, and Mrs. W. W. Cottman, Temple University

The Organization, then called a sorority, was incorporated under the laws of Georgia in August 1935.

Magazine

• 1935 - The first issue of the magazine of the sorority, THE CIRCLE OF KAPPA DELTA EPSILON, was edited by the National Secretary Miss Mary D. Webb.^[1]
• 1936 - A policy of having THE CIRCLE published by the various chapters on a rotating basis was begun. Cornell Chapter initiated the policy.
• 1947 - At the National Convention at Gettysburg, THE CIRCLE was replaced by THE KAPPA DELTA EPSILON CURRENT

Chapters

Chapters include the following. Active undergraduate or alumni chapters are listed in bold, inactive chapters are listed in italics.^[1]

Chapter	School	City	Year Chartered	Status
Alpha	Allegheny College	Meadville, Pennsylvania		1933	Inactive
Beta	Birmingham-Southern College	Birmingham, Alabama	1933	Inactive
Gamma	Cornell University	Ithaca, New York	1933	Inactive
Delta	Atlanta Area Alumni	Atlanta, Georgia	1933	Active
Epsilon	Illinois State University	Normal, Illinois	1933	Active
Zeta	Temple University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1933	Inactive
Eta	Hamline University	St. Paul, Minnesota	1936	Inactive
Theta	Bucknell University	Lewisburg, Pennsylvania	1938	Inactive
Iota	Gettysburg College	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	1939	Inactive
Kappa	Mercer University	Macon, Georgia	1940	Active
Lambda	Millsaps College	Jackson, Mississippi	1941	Inactive
Mu	Mississippi University for Women	Columbus, Mississippi	1946	Inactive
Nu	Northern Arizona University	Flagstaff, Arizona	1950	Inactive
Xi	Emory and Henry College	Emory, Virginia	1950	Inactive
Omicron	Birmingham Southern Alumni	Birmingham, Alabama	1950	Active
Pi	University of South Carolina	Columbia, South Carolina	1950	Inactive
Rho	Belhaven College	Jackson, Mississippi	1950	Inactive
Sigma	Furman University	Greenville, South Carolina	1951	Inactive
Tau	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1952	Inactive
Upsilon	New York University	New York, New York	1952	Inactive
Phi	Southern Connecticut State University	New Haven, Connecticut		1953	Inactive
Chi	Jacksonville State University	Jacksonville, Alabama	1954	Inactive
Psi	Point Loma College	San Diego, California	1954	Inactive
Omega	Samford University	Birmingham, Alabama	1954	Inactive
Alpha Alpha	Idaho State University	Pocatello, Idaho	1954	Inactive
Alpha Beta	Columbia College	Columbia, South Carolina	1955	Inactive
Alpha Gamma	The American University	Washington, DC	1955	Inactive
Alpha Delta	University of South Carolina Alumni	Columbia, South Carolina		1955	Inactive
Alpha Epsilon	University of Georgia	Athens, Georgia	1956	Inactive
Alpha Zeta	Limestone College	Gaffney, South Carolina	1956	Inactive
Alpha Eta	Wittenberg University	Springfield, Ohio	1956	Inactive
Alpha Theta	Moravian College	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	1957	Inactive
Alpha Iota	Samford University Alumni	Birmingham, Alabama	1958	Active
Alpha Kappa	Duquesne University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1958	Active
Alpha Lambda	Georgia Southern College	Statesboro, Georgia	1958	Inactive
Alpha Mu	Peabody College	Nashville, Tennessee		1958	Inactive
Alpha Nu	Eastern Montana College	Billings, Montana	1959	Inactive
Alpha Xi	Emory University	Atlanta, Georgia	1959	Inactive
Alpha Omicron	Wesleyan College	Macon, Georgia	1959	Inactive
Alpha Pi	Philadelphia Area Alumni	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1960	Inactive
Alpha Rho	State University of New York at Albany	Albany, New York	1960	Inactive
Alpha Sigma	University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	1961	Inactive
Alpha Tau	Johnson State College	Johnson, Vermont	1963	Inactive
Alpha Upsilon	Louisiana College	Pineville, Louisiana	1965	Inactive
Alpha Phi	Macon Area Alumni	Macon, Georgia	1965	Inactive
Alpha Chi	University of Maine	Gorham, Maine	1966	Inactive
Alpha Psi	Boston College	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	1968	Inactive
Alpha Omega	Miami University	Oxford, Ohio	1968	Inactive
Beta Alpha	State University of New York at Plattsburgh	Plattsburgh, New York		1968	Inactive
Beta Beta	Georgia State University	Atlanta, Georgia	1968	Inactive
Beta Gamma	Loyola University	Chicago, Illinois	1968	Inactive
Beta Delta	Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	1969	Active
Beta Epsilon	California University of Pennsylvania	California, Pennsylvania	1970	Inactive
Beta Zeta	Dunbarton College of Holy Cross	Washington, DC	1970	Inactive
Beta Eta	Gorham Area Alumni	Gorham, Maine	1974	Inactive
Beta Theta	New Haven Area Alumni	New Haven, Connecticut	1974	Inactive
Beta Iota	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham, Alabama	1975	Active
Beta Kappa	Carlow University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1975	Inactive
Beta Lambda	Southern University	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	1975	Inactive
Beta Mu	Franciscan University of Steubenville	Steubenville, Ohio	1978	Inactive
Beta Nu	Greesnburg Area Alumni	Greensburg, Pennsylvania	1979	Inactive
Beta Xi	Duquesne University Alumni	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1980	Inactive
Beta Omicron	Mercer University (Atlanta Campus)	Atlanta, Georgia	1982	Inactive
Beta Pi	Clark Atlanta University	Atlanta, Georgia	1982	Inactive
Beta Rho	Judson College	Marion, Alabama	1982	Active
Beta Sigma	University of Alabama Alumni	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	1982	Inactive
Beta Tau	Universidad Regiomontana	Monterrey, Mexico	1982	Inactive
Beta Upsilon	University of Mobile	Mobile, Alabama	1982	Inactive
Beta Phi	Washington DC Area Alumni	Washington, DC	1983	Inactive
Beta Chi	Louisiana State University Alumni	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	1985	Inactive
Beta Psi	Spelman College	Atlanta, Georgia	1986	Active
Beta Omega	University of Alabama at Birmingham Alumni	Birmingham, Alabama		1986	Active
Gamma Alpha	Alice Lloyd College	Pippa Passes, Kentucky	1988	Inactive
Gamma Beta	Jacksonville State University Alumni	Jacksonville, Alabama	1988	Inactive
Gamma Gamma	Caldwell University	Caldwell, New Jersey	1990	Active
Gamma Delta	University of Nevada at Las Vegas	Las Vegas, Nevada	1990	Inactive
Gamma Epsilon	Fort Valley State College	Fort Valley, Georgia	1990	Inactive
Gamma Zeta	Centenary University	Hackettstown, New Jersey	1991	Active
Gamma Eta	Mississippi Gulf Coast Area Alumni	Pascagoula, Mississippi	1991	Inactive
Gamma Theta	Huntingdon College	Montgomery, Alabama	1992	Inactive
Gamma Iota	Clarksville Area Alumni	Huntsville, Alabama		1992	Inactive
Gamma Kappa	Huntsville Area Alumni	Huntsville, Alabama	1992	Inactive
Gamma Lambda	Palm Beach Atlantic University	West Palm Beach, Florida	1992	Active
Gamma Mu	Central Michigan University	Mount Pleasant, Michigan	1993	Inactive
Gamma Nu	Alabama A & M University	Normal, Alabama	1993	Inactive
Gamma Xi	University of the Incarnate Word	San Antonio, Texas	1993	Inactive
Gamma Omicron	Washington and Jefferson College	Washington, Pennsylvania	1994	Active
Gamma Pi	Hillsdale College	Hillsdale, Michigan	1994	Inactive
Gamma Rho	Fort Valley State University	Fort Valley, Georgia	1994	Inactive
Gamma Sigma	Thomasville Georgia Area Alumni	Thomasville, Georgia	1996	Inactive
Gamma Tau	Jackson Area Alumni	Jackson, Mississippi	1996	Inactive
Gamma Upsilon	La Roche University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1997	Active
Gamma Phi	Rhodes College	Memphis, Tennessee	1998	Inactive
Gamma Chi	Converse College	Spartanburg, South Carolina	1998	Inactive
Gamma Psi	Our Lady of the Lake University	San Antonio, Texas	1998	Inactive
Gamma Omega	Sierra Nevada College	Incline Village, Nevada	1998	Inactive
Delta Alpha	Augusta University	Augusta, Georgia	1999	Inactive
Delta Beta	Chestnut Hill College	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	2000	Active
Delta Gamma	Charlotte Area Alumni	Charlotte, North Carolina	2003	Active
Delta Delta	Norfolk State University	Norfolk, Virginia	2003	Inactive
Delta Epsilon	University of New Orleans	New Orleans, Louisiana	2006	Inactive
Delta Zeta	Florida SouthWestern State College	Fort Myers, Florida	2009	Active
Delta Eta	University of the Pacific	Stockton, California	2010	Active
Delta Theta	Cincinnati Area Alumni	Cincinnati, Ohio	2016	Inactive
Delta Iota	Texas A&M International University	Laredo, Texas	2017	Active
Delta Theta	Talladega College	Talladega, Alabama	2017	Active
Delta Lambda	Texas A&M University–Central Texas	Killeen, Texas	2021	Active

Notes and References

1. Book: Kappa Delta Epsilon Handbook. March 2016. March 29, 2016.
2. Book: William Raimond Baird. Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. 1977. G. Banta Company. 737–.
3. Book: Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. 1991. Baird's Manual Foundation, Incorporated. V–21–22.