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Each chapter in Zeta Psi has a unique name composed of one or two Greek letters. A colony petitioning Zeta Psi to become a chapter chooses a name for their chapter upon receiving their charter. From this point on, the name is fixed. Even if the chapter goes inactive—in that it has no undergraduate members—the name will be taken up by any group that re-establishes a chapter at the university campus.

The name can be based on many different factors. For instance, it is common for new chapters to take on an element from an existent chapter that has helped them form. Theta Xi in Toronto adopted the Xi from their neighbor chapter in Michigan, and in turn every chapter in Ontario has a "Theta" as part of their name from their relationship to the Toronto chapter. Other times, a name is related to other factors like the Roman Catholic Villanova University chapter being named Alpha Omega due to the Christian significance.

A one or two letter name can only be re-used if the chapter possessing the name is pronounced "deceased." This has not happened since 1892.

Active chapters

Name Chartered Institution Location Status Notes Reference
Alpha Epsilon 1909 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL, US Active


Alpha Mu 1938 Dalhousie University

Saint Mary's University

Halifax, NS, CA Active Inactive,
1988-1997
[1]


Alpha Theta 2001 University of Waterloo Waterloo, ON, CA Active


Alpha Pi 1975 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA, US Active


Alpha Psi 1883 McGill University Montreal, QC, CA Active Inactive, 1971-1977


Beta Tau 1977 Tulane University New Orleans, LA, US Active


Gamma Epsilon 2009 Georgetown University Washington, DC, US Active


Delta 1848 Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ, US Active Inactive, 2009-2011


Delta Chi 1969 American University Washington, DC, US Active Inactive
1972-2010


Eta 1889 Yale University New Haven, CT, US Active


Theta 1960 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT, US Active


Theta Eta 2009 Brock University St. Catharines, ON, CA Active


Theta Xi 1879 University of Toronto Toronto, ON, CA Active


Iota 1870 University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA, US Active Notes= Inactive,
(Operating outside of university's IFC constraints)
Iota Alpha 1979 University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX, US Active Inactive
2005-2008


Iota Omicron 2008 University of Oxford Oxford, ENG, UK Active


Kappa 1855 Tufts University Medford, MA, US Active


Kappa Phi 1984 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York City, NY, US Active


Lambda Psi 1910 University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI, US Active Inactive
1933-1997


Mu Theta 1930 University of Alberta Edmonton, AB, CA Active


Mu Pi 2007 Binghamton University Binghamton, NY, US Active


Nu 1884 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH, US Active


Nu Sigma 2003 Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ, US Active


Xi 1858 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, US Active


Omicron 1958 Nebraska Wesleyan University Lincoln, NE, US Active


Omicron Epsilon 1850 Princeton University Princeton, NJ, US Active Inactive
1883-1982


Pi 1865 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY, US Active Inactive
1894-1950


Pi Epsilon 1921 University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB, CA Active


Pi Kappa 1969 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PA, US Active Inactive
1999-2008


Pi Sigma 1960 Pennsylvania State University State College, PA, US Active


Pi Tau 1976 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA, US Active


Rho Alpha 1979 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA, US Active


Sigma 1850 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, US Active


Sigma Epsilon 1926 University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, CA Active Inactive
1993-2012


Sigma Gamma 2007 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US Active Not university recognized


Sigma Phi 1970 University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL, US Active


Tau 1857 Lafayette College Easton, PA, USA Active


Tau Theta 2005 University of Ontario Institute of Technology Oshawa, ON, CA Active


Tau Gamma 1968 Purdue University West Lafayette, IN, US Active


Upsilon 1858 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC, US Active


Phi 1847 New York University New York City, NY, US Active


Phi Epsilon 1976 University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland College Park, MD, US Active


Phi Lambda 1920 University of Washington Seattle, WA, US Active


Psi 1868 Cornell University Ithaca, NY, US Active


Theta Phi 1947 University of Western Ontario London, ON, CA Active


Psi Epsilon 1853 Dartmouth College Hanover, NH, US Active Inactive
1865-1870
1874-1919
[2]


Omega Alpha 1864 University of Chicago Chicago, IL, US Active Inactive
1888-2013


Inactive chapters

Name Chartered Institution Location Status Notes Reference
Alpha 1879 Columbia University New York City, NY, US Inactive,
2009
Inactive,
1937-1980


Alpha Beta 1899 University of Minnesota Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, US Inactive,
2007


Alpha Nu 1991 Claremont Colleges Claremont, CA, US Inactive,
2007


Alpha Omega 1984 Villanova University Radnor Township, PA, US Inactive,
1999


Beta 1868 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA, US Inactive,
2011


Beta Sigma 2007 University of Georgia Athens, GA, US Inactive,
2008


Gamma 1875 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY, US Inactive,
2007
Inactive
1888-1905
[3]


Delta Alpha 1990 University of Colorado Boulder, CO, US Inactive,
1996


Delta Kappa 2001 University of New Brunswick Fredericton, NB, CA Inactive,
2004


Epsilon 1852 Brown University Providence, RI, US Inactive,
1986


Zeta 1848 Williams College Williamstown, MA, US Inactive,
1991


Theta Tau 1994 University of Vermont Burlington, VT, US Inactive,
2002


Iota Delta 1981 University of California at Davis Davis, CA, US Inactive,
1998


Lambda 1867 Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME, US Inactive,
1991


Mu 1892 Stanford University Stanford, CA, US Inactive,
1998


Mu Alpha 1999 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX, US Inactive,
2003


Nu Delta 2000 Marist College Poughkeepsie, NY, US Inactive,
2007


Omicron Sigma 1962 Oregon State University Corvallis, OR, US Inactive,
1971


Rho 1956 Middlebury College Middlebury, VT, US Inactive,
1987


Rho Epsilon 1852 Harvard University Cambridge, MA, US Inactive,
1998


Sigma Zeta 1924 University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, US Inactive,
2009
Inactive
1995-2000


Tau Alpha 1992 Texas A&M University College Station, TX, US Inactive,
1998


Tau Delta 1973 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA, US Inactive,
2002


Upsilon Mu 1975 University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, US Inactive,
2009


Chi 1850 Colby College Waterville, ME, US Inactive,
1989


Chi Gamma 1967 University of Calgary Calgary, AB, CA Inactive,
2007


Psi Zeta 1979 Ohio State University Columbus, OH, US Inactive,
1984


Psi Kappa 1996 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, US Inactive,
1998


Omega 1947 Northwestern University Evanston, IL, US Inactive,
1993


Deceased chapters

Name Chartered Institution Location Status Notes Reference
Alpha 1852 Dickinson College Carlisle, PA, US Deceased,
1856


Beta 1858 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, US Deceased,
1861
[4]


Gamma 1861 Georgia Military Institute Marietta, GA, US Deceased,
1861
Died with the institute's demise following the Civil War [5]


Gamma 1874 United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD, US Deceased,
1874
Due to "government restrictions against fraternities" [6]


Eta 1861 Pennsylvania College (now: Gettysburg College) Gettysburg, PA, US Deceased,
1872
Unfavorable conditions following the Battle of Gettysburg [5]


Theta 1856 Union College Schenectady, NY, US Deceased,
1871
"Due to loss of men during" the Civil War [5]


Mu 1879 Columbia University New York, NY, US Deceased,
1881
[7]


Omicron 1850 Princeton University Princeton, NJ, US Deceased,
1882
[8]


Pi 1858 Amherst College Amherst, MA, US Deceased,
1859
Charter "moved" to Rensselaer after Civil War [5]


Rho 1852 Harvard University Cambridge, MA, US Deceased,
1892
[8]


Psi 1853 Dartmouth College Hanover, NH, US Deceased,
1873
[8]


Omega 1864 University of Chicago (now: Old University of Chicago) Chicago, IL, US Deceased,
1887
Died along with the Old University of Chicago in 1887 [5]


Notes

  1. ^ Pledge Manual of the Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America. Pearl River, NY, USA: Zeta Psi. August 2000. p. 28.
  2. ^ Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America Pledge Manual. Pearl River, NY, USA: Zeta Psi. 2006. p. 22.
  3. ^ Pledge Manual of the Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America. Pearl River, NY, USA: Zeta Psi. August 2000. p. 27.
  4. ^ Biographical Catalogue of the Xi Chapter of the Zeta Psi Fraternity. New York, NY, USA: Zeta Psi. June 1897. p. 7.
  5. ^ a b c d e Pledge Manual of the Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America. Pearl River, NY, USA: Zeta Psi. August 2000. p. 32.
  6. ^ Pledge Manual of the Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America. Pearl River, NY, USA: Zeta Psi. August 2000. p. 33.
  7. ^ Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America: Double Diamond Jubilee. Paducah, KY, USA: Turner Publishing Company. 1997. p. 15.
  8. ^ a b c Semicentennial Biographical Catalogue of the Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America. New York, NY, USA: Zeta Psi. December 1899. p. 161. Cite error: The named reference "SEMCENBICAT" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

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