Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
The fundamental purpose of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. is achievement in every field of human endeavor. This fraternity strives to unite college men of culture, patriotism, and honor in a bond of fraternity; to encourage honorable achievement in every field of human endeavor; to promote the spiritual, social, intellectual, and moral welfare of its members; to assist the aims of colleges and universities; and to inspire service in the public interest. Membership is open to all who are interested.
Kappa Alpha Psi is comprised of functioning Undergraduate and Alumni Chapters on major campuses and in cities throughout the country, is the crystallization of a dream. It is the beautiful realization of a vision shared commonly by the late Revered Founders Elder Watson Diggs; John Milton Lee; Dr. Byron Kenneth Armstrong; Dr. Guy Levis Grant; Dr. Ezra Dee Alexander; Attorney Henry Tourner Asher; Dr. Marcus Peter Blakemore; Paul Waymond Caine; Edward Giles Irvin and George Wesley Edmonds.
It was the vision of these astute men that enabled them in the school year 1910 -
11, more specifically the night of January 5, 1911, on the campus of Indiana University
at Bloomington, Indiana, to sow the seed of a fraternal tree whose fruit is available
to, and now enjoyed by, college men everywhere, regardless of their color, religion
or national origin. It is a fact of which Kappa Alpha Psi is justly proud that the
Constitution has never contained any clause, which either excluded or suggested the
exclusion of a man from membership merely because of his color, creed, or national
origin. The fraternity has over 150,000 members with 721 undergraduate and alumni
chapters in every state of the United States, and international chapters in the United
Kingdom, Germany, Korea, Japan, United States Virgin Islands, Nigeria, and South Africa.
The Constitution of Kappa Alpha Psi is predicated upon, and dedicated to, the principles
of achievement through a truly democratic Fraternity.
Nickname: Kappa, Kappa Man, Kappa Fellow, Nupe
Colors: Crimson and Creme
Flower: Red Carnation
Chapter: Theta Beta Chapter
Nationally Founded: January 5, 1911 at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN
Founded Locally: May 25, 1975
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Polemarch (President): Jacob Roberts