Pi Delta Psi

Pi Delta Psi. (also known as PDPsi) is an Asian American Cultural Fraternity founded at Binghamton University on February 20, 1994. Pi Delta Psi prides itself on achieving excellence in every aspect of college life.

Type: Cultural

Scope: National

Motto: Excellence Through Brotherhood

Colors: Red, White and Black

Chapters: 23

Homepage: umasspdpsi.com

[edit] History

Pi Delta Psi was founded by eleven men from various backgrounds (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino and Vietnamese). Already established leaders within their own university sponsored cultural organizations, these men assembled to devise a structure that would create an understanding between the various Asian cultures, build relationships extending beyond the academic years and also finding and building an individual's skill sets. These eleven men envisioned an infrastructure that would continuously motivate and challenge individuals. This infrastructure of a fraternal society, which has been around since 1776 would become the building blocks of their endeavor.

Pi Delta Psi was founded on February 20, 1994 in Binghamton University, State University of New York. The eleven foundaing fathers were responsible for this, which has now developed into one of the nation's largest Asian Cultural Interest Fraternities. Over the next three years (1994-1996), Pi Delta Psi had expanded into the University at Buffalo and Hofstra University. Every expansion resulted in positively impacting the school and surrounding community.

In 2002, the Fraternity expanded to the University of California, Riverside, bringing the total number of chapters to 14. In 2003, the Fraternity became the first Asian interest Greek organization in our Nation's Capital. Currently, Pi Delta Psi Fraternity, Inc. has 21 chapters in 8 states and the District of Columbia. The Fraternity spreads from Florida in the south, to Massachusetts in the northeast, to California on the west coast.

[edit] Mission statement

The mission of Pi Delta Psi is to maintain its Fraternal existence by instilling values that nurture and perpetuate the continual growth and development of the individual through Academic Achievement, Cultural Awareness, Righteousness, Friendship and Loyalty while fostering ethical behavior, leadership, and philanthropy.

Pi Delta Psi was founded on these principles to help promote Asian Awareness amongst themselves and throughout the community. They envisioned this to be possible by going out of the boundaries of an organization and creating a fraternity on the basis of common goals and ideals in the form of a brotherhood. They believe that through education, we can become more knowledgeable about the different Asian cultures, overcome obstacles of racism and discrimination, therefore unifying themselves as a whole.

This mission statement embodies the purpose of our Fraternity and is set forth as a guide that empowers each member to better himself, the Brotherhood, community, and society as a whole.

[edit] Chapters

• Alpha Chapter - Binghamton University, SUNY - February 20, 1994
  
• Beta Chapter - University at Buffalo, SUNY - December 3, 1994
  
• Gamma Chapter - Hofstra University - December 7, 1996
  
• Delta Chapter - Stony Brook University, SUNY - May 17, 1997
  
• Zeta Chapter - New York University - May 17, 1997
  
• Eta Chapter - University at Albany, SUNY - December 13, 1997
  
• Theta Chapter - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute- December 13, 1997
  
• Iota Chapter - University of Rochester - November 24, 1997
  
• Kappa Chapter - Cornell University - April 25, 1998
  
• Lambda Chapter - Rutgers University, SUNJ - November 21, 1998
  
• Mu Chapter - Ohio State University - April 22, 2000
  
• Nu Chapter - Carnegie Mellon University - December 8, 2001
  
• Xi Chapter - University of Massachusetts, Amherst - November 24, 1999
  
• Omicron Chapter - The George Washington University - July 14, 2007
  
• Pi Chapter - University of Maryland at College Park - November 13, 2004
  
• Rho Chapter - University of California at Riverside - March 30, 2002
• Sigma Chapter - University of Florida - November 13, 2004

[edit] Colonies

• Pennsylvania State University - April 19, 2003
  
• Columbia University - April 23, 2005
  
• Northeastern University - November 19, 2005
  
• Rochester Institute of Technology - November 18, 2006
  
• University of Central Florida
• University of Connecticut - April 12, 2008