Kappa Epsilon Explained

Kappa Epsilon
Letters:Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΚΕ
Crest:Kappaepsilonlogo.png
Birthplace:Iowa City, Iowa
Affiliation:PFA
Former Affiliation:PPA
Status:Active
Type:Professional
Emphasis:Pharmacy
Scope:National
Motto:Latin: Cogito Ergo Sum
(I think, therefore, I am)
Colors: Red and White
Flower:Red rose
Jewel:Pearl
Chapters:43 collegiate, 10 alumni
Address:6510 Telecom Drive, Suite 200
City:Indianapolis
State:Indiana
Zip Code:46278
Country:United States

Kappa Epsilon (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΚΕ) is an American professional women's pharmacy fraternity founded in Iowa in 1921.[1] Today, KE has 43 collegiate chapters and ten alumni chapters. Over 20,000 women and men have been initiated into ΚΕ since its founding.[2]

History

Kappa Epsilon was established on May 13, 1921, in the Hall of Pharmacy and Chemistry at the University of Iowa.[3] Its founders were professor Zada M. Cooper and members of women's pharmacy clubs at the University of Iowa, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Nebraska. The fraternity was founded to unite female pharmacy students in an era when women were a minority in the profession. Its name was taken from the pharmacy club at the University of Minnesota, the oldest of the three clubs.

In 1942, the fraternity published an official songbook that included original compositions such as the "Kappa Epsilon Pledging Song."[4] The songbook was revised in the 1960s. To encourage women to become pharmacists, Kappa Epsilon published several books, including Women in Pharmacy in 1950, She Is a Pharmacist in 1958, and Pharmacy-Career for the Modern Girl in 1970.

The fraternity was incorporated in January 1960 in Minnesota.[5] Every two years, the fraternity holds a convention where national officers are elected and collegiate and alumni members can network. At the 15th convention in April 1947, the fraternity updated its policies to allow Jews to be admitted. At its 31st convention in 1977, Kappa Epsilon voted to allow men to join as full members; this action was in response to Title IX and the loss of chapters from campuses that prohibited gender discrimination.

Symbols

The official colors of Kappa Epsilon are red and white. Its flower is the red rose and its jewel is the pearl.

Philanthropy

The Kappa Epsilon Foundation was established on May 21, 1992, to support educational programs, provide student loans, and fund research in pharmacy. The Zada Cooper Scholarship, named for the fraternity's founder, is given to five students every year by the foundation. The Nellie Wakeman Fellowship is given to a member in his/her last year of pharmacy school who wishes to pursue graduate study. For both awards, the recipient must be a fraternity member in good standing.

Kappa Epsilon's national project is the promotion of breast cancer awareness. Many ΚΕ chapters participate in the Race for the Cure or Relay For Life. KE chapters are also encouraged to promote awareness of other women's health issues such as osteoporosis. KE's recently added the Pharmacy Career Opportunity Recruitment Project (Pharm-CORP) to their National Project. Pharm-CORP works to introduce pharmacy careers to middle and high-school-aged students and encourages them to excel in math and the sciences.

Collegiate chapters

Following is a list of Kappa Epsilon collegiate chapters.[6] [7] Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are in italic.

ChapterCharteredInstitutionCityStateStatusReference
AlphaUniversity of Minnesota College of PharmacyMinneapolisMinnesotaActive
BetaUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center College of PharmacyOmahaNebraskaActive[8]
GammaUniversity of IowaIowa CityIowaInactive
DeltaUniversity of Montana Skaggs School of PharmacyMissoulaMontanaActive
EpsilonOhio State UniversityColumbusOhioInactive
ZetaUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonMadisonWisconsinInactive
EtaWestern Reserve UniversityClevelandOhioInactive
ThetaUniversity of Colorado BoulderBoulderColoradoInactive
IotaNorth Dakota State UniversityFargoNorth DakotaInactive
KappaUniversity of Florida College of PharmacyGainesvilleFloridaActive
LambdaUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of PharmacyChapel HillNorth CarolinaActive
MuUniversity of Kansas School of PharmacyLawrenceKansasActive
NuNew OrleansLouisianaInactive
XiAustinTexasActive
OmicronPhiladelphia College of Pharmacy and SciencePhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaInactive
PiPurdue UniversityWest LafayetteIndianaActive
RhoUniversity of Cincinnati James L Winkle College of PharmacyCincinnatiOhioActive
SigmaUniversity of Arizona R. K. Coit College of PharmacyTucsonArizonaActive
TauSchool of Pharmacy Medical College of VirginiaRichmondVirginiaActive
UpsilonUniversity of HoustonHoustonTexasActive
PhiAuburn UniversityAuburnAlabamaInactive
ChiSouth Dakota State UniversityBrookingsSouth DakatoActive[9]
PsiOhio Northern UniversityAdaOhioActive
OmegaUniversity of Missouri-Kansas CityKansas CityMissouriActive
Alpha AlphaUniversity of UtahSalt Lake CityUtahInactive
Alpha Beta Southwestern Oklahoma State UniversityWeatherfordOklahomaActive
Alpha GammaUniversity of Mississippi Pharmacy SchoolOxfordMississippiActive
Alpha DeltaMercer University College of PharmacyGeorgiaActive
Alpha EpsilonUniversity of Louisiana at Monroe College of PharmacyMonroeLouisianaActive[10]
Alpha ZetaGeorge Washington UniversityWashington, D.C.Inactive
Alpha Eta – 1966University of Puerto RicoSan JuanPuerto RicoInactive
Alpha ThetaUniversity of Arkansas for Medical SciencesLittle RockArkansasActive[11]
Alpha IotaUniversity of OklahomaOklahoma CityOklahomaInactive
Alpha KappaLaramieWyomingInactive
Alpha LambdaSouth Carolina College of PharmacyColumbiaSouth CarolinaActive
Alpha MuUniversity of New MexicoAlbuquerqueNew MexicoInactive
Alpha NuCincinnatiOhioActive
Alpha XiTallahasseeFloridaActive[12]
Alpha OmicronUniversity of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. LouisSt. LouisMissouriActive
Alpha Pi1984Howard UniversityWashington, D.C.Active[13]
Alpha RhoCampbell UniversityBuies CreekNorth CarolinaActive[14]
Alpha PhiDuquesne UniversityPittsburghPennsylvaniaActive
Alpha ChiShenandoah UniversityWinchesterVirginiaActive
Alpha PsiPalm Beach Atlantic UniversityWest Palm BeachFloridaActive
Alpha OmegaGainesvilleFloridaActive
Beta AlphaUniversity of Florida College of PharmacyJacksonvilleFloridaActive
Beta BetaOrlandoFloridaActive
Beta GammaSouth University School of PharmacySavannahGeorgiaActive
Beta Epsilon2008University of MississippiOxfordMississippiActive
Beta ZetaUniversity of Findlay College of PharmacyFindlayOhioActive[15]
Beta EtaEast Tennessee State UniversityJohnson CityTennesseeActive
Beta ThetaUniversity of the Incarnate Word Feik School of PharmacySan AntonioTexasActive[16]
Beta IotaLake Erie College of Osteopathic MedicineBradentonFloridaActive
Beta KappaPresbyterian College School of PharmacyClintonSouth CarolinaActive
Beta LambdaUniversity of Kansas School of Pharmacy WichitaKansasActive
Beta MuUniversity of North Carolina at AshevilleAshevilleNorth CarolinaActive
Beta Nu colonySouth University School of PharmacyColumbiaSouth CarolinaActive
Beta OmicronWingate University School of PharmacyWingateNorth CarolinaActive
Beta PiConcordia University Wisconsin School of PharmacyMequonWisconsinActive[17]
Beta RhoMidwestern University College of PharmacyGlendaleArizonaActive[18]
Beta Tau University of South Florida College of PharmacyTampaFloridaActive[19]
Beta SigmaPhiladelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineSuwaneeGeorgiaActive

Notes

Alumni chapters

Following are the alumni chapters of Kappa Epsilon. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are in italic.

ChapterCharteredCityStateStatusReferences
Twin City Alumni1924Minneapolis and Saint PaulMinnesotaActive[20]
Gamma Alumnae1927Iowa CityIowaInactive
Zeta Alumnae1929MadisonWisconsinInactive
Cleveland Alumni1930ClevelandOhioActive
Beta Alumnae1932OmahaNebraskaInactive
Nu Alumnae1944New OrleansLouisianaInactive
Iota Alumnae1949FargoNorth DakotaInactive
Omincron Alumnae1949PhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaInactive
Delta Alumnae1950MissoulaMontanaInactive
Columbus Alumni1951ColumbusOhioActive
Mu Alumnae1952LawrenceKansasInactive
Xi Alumnae1952AustinTexasInactive
Rho Alumnae1952CincinnatiOhioInadtve
Chicago Alumnae1954ChicagoIllinoisInactive
Colorado Alumnae1957ColoradoInactive
Quint City Alumnae1961Davenport, Rock Island, Moline, and BettendorfIowa and IllinoisInactive
Kansas City Alumnae1961Kansas CityMissouriInactive
Indiana Alumni1962IndianaActive
District of Columnia Alumnae1963Washington, D.C.Inactive
Louisiana Alumnae1968LouisianaInactive
Arkansas Alumnae1968ArkansasInactive
South Carolina Alumnae1970South CarolinaInactive
Atlanta Alumnae1970AtlantaGeorgiaInactive
New Mexico Alumnae1973New MexicoInactive
Tar Heel Alumnae1973North CarolinaInactive
Dallas-Ft Worth Alumni1974–19xx ?; 1997Dallas and Fort WorthTexasActive
Puerto Rico Alumnae1974Puerto RicoInactive
Arizonza Alumnae1975ArizonaInactive
Central Texas Alumnae1977TexasInactive
Houston Alumnae1977HoustonTexasInactive
Wisconsin Alumnae1977WisconsinInactive
Florida Alumni1981FloridaActive
Phoenix Alumni1982PhoenixArizonaActive
Greater Kansas City Alumni1997Kansas CityMissouriActive
Charleston Alumni2006CharlestonSouth CarolinaActive
Greater Pittsburgh Alumni2006PittsburghPennsylvaniaActive
Greater Atlanta Alumni2008AtlantaGeorgiaActive
Greater Triangle Alumni 2008Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel HillNorth CarolinaActive
Greater Richmond Virginia Alumni2009RichmondVirginiaActive
Greensboro Alumni2009GreensboroNorth CarolinaActive

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See also

Notes and References

  1. 41111877 . Zada Mary Cooper: Grand and Glorious Lady of Pharmacy . Henderson . Metta Lou . Pharmacy in History . 77–84 . American Institute of the History of Pharmacy . 40 . 2/3 . 1998 .
  2. Web site: KappaEpsilon.org . 2006-10-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070530102719/http://www.kappaepsilon.org/history.shtml . 2007-05-30 . dead .
  3. Shehata, Diane Mulvey. “A History of the Women’s Professional Pharmacy Fraternities, 1913-1988.” Pharmacy in History 52, no. 1 (2010): 27. via JSTOR
  4. Shehata, Diane Mulvey. “A History of the Women’s Professional Pharmacy Fraternities, 1913-1988.” Pharmacy in History 52, no. 1 (2010): 34-35, 38-39. via JSTOR
  5. Web site: Kappa Epsilon R. K. Coit College of Pharmacy . 2023-03-10 . www.pharmacy.arizona.edu.
  6. Web site: Collegiate Chapters Kappa Epsilon . 2023-03-10 . en.
  7. Shehata, Diane Mulvey. “A History of the Women’s Professional Pharmacy Fraternities, 1913-1988.” Pharmacy in History 52, no. 1 (2010): 33-34. via JSTOR
  8. Web site: Kappa Epsilon Pharmacy Fraternity . 2023-03-10 . www.unmc.edu . en.
  9. Web site: Kappa Epsilon - Jacks Club Hub . 2023-03-10 . South Dakota State University.
  10. Web site: College of Pharmacy Kappa Epsilon . 2023-03-10 . University of Louisiana at Monroe.
  11. Web site: Boulden . Ben . 2017-08-18 . Pharmacy Student Organizations Win National Chapter of the Year Awards . 2023-03-10 . UAMS News . en.
  12. Web site: Alpha Xi's History . 2023-03-10 . Kappa Epsilon Professional Pharmacy Fraternity Alpha Xi Chapter . en.
  13. Web site: Student Organizations Howard University College of Pharmacy . 2023-03-10 . pharmacy.howard.edu.
  14. Web site: Liggett . Billy . Kappa Epsilon Fraternity creates new scholarship - News Campbell University . 2023-03-10 . News Campbell University . en-US.
  15. Web site: Student Organizations . 2023-03-10 . www.findlay.edu.
  16. Web site: Student Organizations Student Life University of the Incarnate Word . 2023-03-10 . pharmacy.uiw.edu.
  17. Web site: School of Pharmacy Student Organizations . 2023-03-10 . Concordia University Wisconsin . en.
  18. Web site: You're Invited! Beta Rho Induction Kappa Epsilon . 2023-03-10 . Kappa Epsilon . en.
  19. Web site: Welcome Beta Tau Chapter! Kappa Epsilon . 2023-03-10 . en.
  20. Web site: Alumni Chapters Kappa Epsilon . 2023-03-10 . en.