List of Kappa Epsilon chapters

Kappa Epsilon is an American professional women's pharmacy fraternity founded in Iowa in 1921.

Collegiate chapters

In the following list of Kappa Epsilon collegiate chapters, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are in italics.

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	City	State	Status
Alpha	May 13, 1921	University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Active
Beta	May 13, 1921	University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy	Omaha	Nebraska	Active
Gamma	May 13, 1921	University of Iowa	Iowa City	Iowa	Inactive
Delta	June 10, 1922	University of Montana Skaggs School of Pharmacy	Missoula	Montana	Active
Epsilon	February 19, 1926	Ohio State University	Columbus	Ohio	Inactive
Zeta	April 21, 1926	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Madison	Wisconsin	Inactive
Eta	November 30, 1928	Western Reserve University	Cleveland	Ohio	Inactive
Theta	May 23, 1930	University of Colorado Boulder	Boulder	Colorado	Inactive
Iota	May 29, 1930	North Dakota State University	Fargo	North Dakota	Inactive
Kappa	May 12, 1939	University of Florida College of Pharmacy	Gainesville	Florida	Active
Lambda	January 12, 1940	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	Active
Mu	May 13, 1942	University of Kansas School of Pharmacy	Lawrence	Kansas	Active
Nu	November 19, 1942	Loyola University of the South	New Orleans	Louisiana	Inactive
Xi	March 21, 1943	University of Texas at Austin	Austin	Texas	Active
Omicron	February 22, 1945	Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	Inactive
Pi	April 1, 1948	Purdue University	West Lafayette	Indiana	Active
Rho	February 4, 1949	University of Cincinnati James L Winkle College of Pharmacy	Cincinnati	Ohio	Active
Sigma	October 28, 1951	University of Arizona R. K. Coit College of Pharmacy	Tucson	Arizona	Active
Tau	May 20, 1953	School of Pharmacy Medical College of Virginia	Richmond	Virginia	Active
Upsilon	March 5, 1953	University of Houston	Houston	Texas	Active
Phi	January 28, 1956	Auburn University	Auburn	Alabama	Inactive
Chi	May 24, 1956	South Dakota State University	Brookings	South Dakato	Active
Psi	December 4, 1957	Ohio Northern University	Ada	Ohio	Active
Omega	April 12, 1958	University of Missouri-Kansas City	Kansas City	Missouri	Active
Alpha Alpha	April 10, 1959	University of Utah	Salt Lake City	Utah	Inactive
Alpha Beta	January 28, 1960	Southwestern Oklahoma State University	Weatherford	Oklahoma	Active
Alpha Gamma	May 12, 1960	University of Mississippi Pharmacy School	Oxford	Mississippi	Active
Alpha Delta	May 20, 1960	Mercer University College of Pharmacy	Atlanta	Georgia	Active
Alpha Epsilon	October 15, 1960	University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Pharmacy	Monroe	Louisiana	Active
Alpha Zeta	May 15, 1961	George Washington University	Washington	District of Columbia	Inactive
Alpha Eta	April 13, 1962 – 1966	University of Puerto Rico	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Inactive
Alpha Theta	April 25, 1964	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Little Rock	Arkansas	Active
Alpha Iota	April 24, 1965	University of Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Inactive
Alpha Kappa	April 30, 1965	University of Wyoming	Laramie	Wyoming	Inactive
Alpha Lambda	October 22, 1966	South Carolina College of Pharmacy	Columbia	South Carolina	Active
Alpha Mu	December 7, 1968	University of New Mexico	Albuquerque	New Mexico	Inactive
Alpha Nu	November 24, 1978	Xavier University	Cincinnati	Ohio	Active
Alpha Xi	February 13, 1971	Florida A&M University	Tallahassee	Florida	Active
Alpha Omicron	May 1980	University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis	St. Louis	Missouri	Active
Alpha Pi	1984	Howard University	Washington	District of Columbia	Active
Alpha Rho	August 1987	Campbell University	Buies Creek	North Carolina	Active
Alpha Phi	October 17, 1999	Duquesne University	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Active
Alpha Chi		Shenandoah University	Winchester	Virginia	Active
Alpha Psi		Palm Beach Atlantic University	West Palm Beach	Florida	Active
Alpha Omega		University of Florida	Gainesville	Florida	Active
Beta Alpha		University of Florida College of Pharmacy	Jacksonville	Florida	Active
Beta Beta	April 30, 2004	University of Florida College of Pharmacy	Orlando	Florida	Active
Beta Gamma		South University School of Pharmacy	Savannah	Georgia	Active
Beta Epsilon	2008	University of Mississippi	Oxford	Mississippi	Active
Beta Zeta	February 18, 2009	University of Findlay College of Pharmacy	Findlay	Ohio	Active
Beta Eta		East Tennessee State University	Johnson City	Tennessee	Active
Beta Theta	December 12, 2009	University of the Incarnate Word Feik School of Pharmacy	San Antonio	Texas	Active
Beta Iota	May 2010	Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine	Bradenton	Florida	Active
Beta Kappa	October 29, 2012	Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy	Clinton	South Carolina	Active
Beta Lambda	February 18, 2013	University of Kansas School of Pharmacy	Wichita	Kansas	Active
Beta Mu		University of North Carolina at Asheville	Asheville	North Carolina	Active
Beta Nu colony		South University School of Pharmacy	Columbia	South Carolina	Active
Beta Omicron	March 4, 2014	Wingate University School of Pharmacy	Wingate	North Carolina	Active
Beta Pi		Concordia University Wisconsin School of Pharmacy	Mequon	Wisconsin	Active
Beta Rho	May 2, 2015	Midwestern University College of Pharmacy	Glendale	Arizona	Active
Beta Tau	February 26, 2016	University of South Florida College of Pharmacy	Tampa	Florida	Active
Beta Sigma	April 5, 2016	Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine	Suwanee	Georgia	Active

Alumni chapters

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

Chapter	Charter date and range	City	State	Status
Twin City Alumni	1924	Minneapolis and Saint Paul	Minnesota	Active
Gamma Alumnae	1927	Iowa City	Iowa	Inactive
Zeta Alumnae	1929	Madison	Wisconsin	Inactive
Cleveland Alumni	1930	Cleveland	Ohio	Active
Beta Alumnae	1932	Omaha	Nebraska	Inactive
Nu Alumnae	1944	New Orleans	Louisiana	Inactive
Iota Alumnae	1949	Fargo	North Dakota	Inactive
Omincron Alumnae	1949	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Inactive
Delta Alumnae	1950	Missoula	Montana	Inactive
Columbus Alumni	1951	Columbus	Ohio	Active
Mu Alumnae	1952	Lawrence	Kansas	Inactive
Xi Alumnae	1952	Austin	Texas	Inactive
Rho Alumnae	1952	Cincinnati	Ohio	Inactive
Chicago Alumnae	1954	Chicago	Illinois	Inactive
Colorado Alumnae	1957		Colorado	Inactive
Quint City Alumnae	1961	Davenport, Rock Island, Moline, and Bettendorf	Iowa and Illinois	Inactive
Kansas City Alumnae	1961	Kansas City	Missouri	Inactive
Indiana Alumni	1962		Indiana	Active
District of Columnia Alumnae	1963	Washington, D.C.		Inactive
Louisiana Alumnae	1968		Louisiana	Inactive
Arkansas Alumnae	1968		Arkansas	Inactive
South Carolina Alumnae	1970		South Carolina	Inactive
Atlanta Alumnae	1970	Atlanta	Georgia	Inactive
New Mexico Alumnae	1973		New Mexico	Inactive
Tar Heel Alumnae	1973		North Carolina	Inactive
Dallas–Ft Worth Alumni	1974–19xx ?; 1997	Dallas and Fort Worth	Texas	Active
Puerto Rico Alumnae	1974		Puerto Rico	Inactive
Arizonza Alumnae	1975		Arizona	Inactive
Central Texas Alumnae	1977		Texas	Inactive
Houston Alumnae	1977	Houston	Texas	Inactive
Wisconsin Alumnae	1977		Wisconsin	Inactive
Florida Alumni	1981		Florida	Active
Phoenix Alumni	1982	Phoenix	Arizona	Active
Greater Kansas City Alumni	1997	Kansas City	Missouri	Active
Charleston Alumni	2006	Charleston	South Carolina	Active
Greater Pittsburgh Alumni	2006	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Active
Greater Atlanta Alumni	2008	Atlanta	Georgia	Active
Greater Triangle Alumni	2008	Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill	North Carolina	Active
Greater Richmond Virginia Alumni	2009	Richmond	Virginia	Active
Greensboro Alumni	2009	Greensboro	North Carolina	Active

Notes

↑ Alpha chapter was formed from the local pharmacy club, originally called the Spatula Club and later known as Kappa Epsilon. It was also the namesake for the national fraternity.
↑ Gamma chapter was formed by absorbing the local pharmacy club, the Crucible Club.
↑ Xi chapter was formed by absorbing the local pharmacy organization Mortar and Pestle Club.
↑ Chi chapter formed by absorbing the local Galen Society, established in February 1955.
↑ Alpha Gamma chapter formed by absorbing the local group, The Pill and Tile Club.
↑ Alpha Xi chapter formed by absorbing the local Alpha Chi Pharmacy Club.
↑ This chapter was initially called Alpha Alumnae.
↑ This chapter was initially called the Eta Alumnae.
↑ This chapter was initially called Epsilon Alumnae.

References

↑ Henderson, Metta Lou (1998). "Zada Mary Cooper: Grand and Glorious Lady of Pharmacy". Pharmacy in History. 40 (2/3). American Institute of the History of Pharmacy: 77–84. JSTOR 41111877.
↑ "Collegiate Chapters | Kappa Epsilon". Retrieved March 10, 2023.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Shehata, Diane Mulvey. "A History of the Women's Professional Pharmacy Fraternities, 1913–1988." Pharmacy in History 52, no. 1 (2010): 33–34. JSTOR 41112453
1 2 3 Shehata, Diane Mulvey. "A History of the Women's Professional Pharmacy Fraternities, 1913–1988." Pharmacy in History 52, no. 1 (2010): 27. JSTOR 41112453
↑ "Kappa Epsilon Pharmacy Fraternity". www.unmc.edu. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
↑ "Kappa Epsilon – Jacks Club Hub". South Dakota State University. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
↑ "College of Pharmacy Kappa Epsilon". University of Louisiana at Monroe. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
↑ Boulden, Ben (August 18, 2017). "Pharmacy Student Organizations Win National Chapter of the Year Awards". UAMS News. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
↑ "Alpha Xi's History". Kappa Epsilon Professional Pharmacy Fraternity Alpha Xi Chapter. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
↑ "Student Organizations | Howard University College of Pharmacy". pharmacy.howard.edu. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
↑ Liggett, Billy. "Kappa Epsilon Fraternity creates new scholarship". News | Campbell University. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
↑ "Student Organizations". www.findlay.edu. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
↑ "Student Organizations | Student Life | University of the Incarnate Word". pharmacy.uiw.edu. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
↑ "School of Pharmacy Student Organizations". Concordia University Wisconsin. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
↑ "You're Invited! Beta Rho Induction". Kappa Epsilon. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
↑ "Welcome Beta Tau Chapter! | Kappa Epsilon". Retrieved March 10, 2023.
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[5] Alpha chapter was formed from the local pharmacy club, originally called the Spatula Club and later known as Kappa Epsilon. It was also the namesake for the national fraternity.

[7] Gamma chapter was formed by absorbing the local pharmacy club, the Crucible Club.

[8] Xi chapter was formed by absorbing the local pharmacy organization Mortar and Pestle Club.

[10] Chi chapter formed by absorbing the local Galen Society, established in February 1955.

[11] Alpha Gamma chapter formed by absorbing the local group, The Pill and Tile Club.

[15] Alpha Xi chapter formed by absorbing the local Alpha Chi Pharmacy Club.

[24] This chapter was initially called Alpha Alumnae.

[25] This chapter was initially called the Eta Alumnae.

[26] This chapter was initially called Epsilon Alumnae.

[:0-1] Henderson, Metta Lou (1998). "Zada Mary Cooper: Grand and Glorious Lady of Pharmacy". Pharmacy in History. 40 (2/3). American Institute of the History of Pharmacy: 77–84. JSTOR 41111877.

[2] "Collegiate Chapters | Kappa Epsilon". Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[:5-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Shehata, Diane Mulvey. "A History of the Women's Professional Pharmacy Fraternities, 1913–1988." Pharmacy in History 52, no. 1 (2010): 33–34. JSTOR 41112453

[:1-4] 1 2 3 Shehata, Diane Mulvey. "A History of the Women's Professional Pharmacy Fraternities, 1913–1988." Pharmacy in History 52, no. 1 (2010): 27. JSTOR 41112453

[6] "Kappa Epsilon Pharmacy Fraternity". www.unmc.edu. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[:4-9] "Kappa Epsilon – Jacks Club Hub". South Dakota State University. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[12] "College of Pharmacy Kappa Epsilon". University of Louisiana at Monroe. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[13] Boulden, Ben (August 18, 2017). "Pharmacy Student Organizations Win National Chapter of the Year Awards". UAMS News. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[14] "Alpha Xi's History". Kappa Epsilon Professional Pharmacy Fraternity Alpha Xi Chapter. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[16] "Student Organizations | Howard University College of Pharmacy". pharmacy.howard.edu. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[17] Liggett, Billy. "Kappa Epsilon Fraternity creates new scholarship". News | Campbell University. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[18] "Student Organizations". www.findlay.edu. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[19] "Student Organizations | Student Life | University of the Incarnate Word". pharmacy.uiw.edu. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[20] "School of Pharmacy Student Organizations". Concordia University Wisconsin. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[21] "You're Invited! Beta Rho Induction". Kappa Epsilon. Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[22] "Welcome Beta Tau Chapter! | Kappa Epsilon". Retrieved March 10, 2023.

[:6-23] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Alumni Chapters | Kappa Epsilon". Retrieved March 10, 2023.