Kappa Eta Kappa

Kappa Eta Kappa
KHK

Founded	February 10, 1923 (1923-02-10) University of Iowa
Type	Professional
Scope	International
Colors	Purple and gold.
Symbol	Lightning bolt
Publication	The Electron
Chapters	4 active
Homepage	http://khk.org/

Kappa Eta Kappa (ΚΗΚ) is a co-ed professional fraternity nationally recognized in the USA that was founded in 1923 at the University of Iowa.^[1] KHK requires that members are majoring or will major in electrical engineering, computer engineering or computer science.

Ideals

The preamble to the constitution of KHK states the principles of the organization.

"Believing that the attainment of education as well as technical training is the aim of all true engineers, we band ourselves together to foster and promote fraternal relationships among electrical engineering students; to strive at all times for the maintenance of a complete and lasting understanding and fellowship between faculty and students; to unceasingly cherish and develop the character and ideals of service as the necessary attributes of the profession."^[2]

History

After the founding of the Alpha chapter at Iowa in 1923, other chapters were quickly added. There were five chapters that closed because of World War II.

Currently there are four active chapters:

University of Minnesota - Beta chapter - founded 1923
University of Wisconsin–Madison - Delta chapter - founded 1924
Milwaukee School of Engineering - Theta chapter - founded 1957
St. Cloud State University - Iota chapter - founded 1990

There are five chapters that are inactive:

University of Iowa - Alpha chapter - founded 1923 - inactive since World War II
University of Kansas - Gamma chapter - founded 1924 - inactive since 1968
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Epsilon chapter - founded 1924 - inactive since World War II
Georgia Institute of Technology - Zeta chapter - founded 1928 - inactive since World War II
Kansas State - Eta chapter - founded 1935 - inactive since World War II

References

↑
- Wang, Mark (2009-05-10). "Kappa Eta Kappa - Historical Information". Retrieved 2012-03-21.
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- Wang, Mark. "Kappa Eta Kappa". Retrieved 2012-03-21.

External links

Professional fraternities and sororities organizations and members

Currently active members of the Professional Fraternity Association	Alpha Zeta Alpha Kappa Psi Alpha Rho Chi Alpha Phi Omega Alpha Chi Sigma Alpha Omega Epsilon Delta Epsilon Mu Delta Theta Phi Delta Kappa Alpha Delta Omicron Delta Sigma Pi Epsilon Nu Tau Theta Tau Kappa Epsilon Kappa Psi Lambda Kappa Sigma Mu Phi Epsilon Pi Sigma Epsilon Rho Pi Phi Sigma Alpha Sigma Alpha Iota Tau Beta Sigma Phi Alpha Delta Phi Beta Phi Gamma Nu Phi Delta Epsilon Phi Delta Chi Phi Sigma Pi Phi Chi Theta Omega Tau Sigma Pershing Rifles

Former and formerly active members of the Professional Fraternity Association	Alpha Omega Kappa Kappa Psi Alpha Tau Delta Gamma Iota Sigma Zeta Phi Eta Kappa Delta Epsilon Kappa Eta Kappa Sigma Phi Delta (now social) Phi Chi Phi Delta Phi Psi Omega

North-American Interfraternity Conference	Alpha Gamma Rho

Independent professional fraternities	Alpha Gamma Kappa Alpha Eta Rho Alpha Zeta Omega Gamma Epsilon Tau Delta Phi Epsilon Kappa Gamma Psi

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