Main article: List of Phi Kappa Psi chapters Phi Psi chapter house at Purdue University It funds scholarships, grants, fellowships, and assistantships for cPhi Psis and other students across the country. Organized in 1914, the Phi Kappa Psi Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, public educational foundation. The words which the initials 'S.C.' represent are held secret by its members. The Order meets every two years, during Phi Kappa Psi's biennial Grand Arch Council. Entrance can only be gained by performing, to the satisfaction of the Order, one or more acts of benefit to the fraternity and attending at least seven Grand Arch Councils. It regarded by Phi Kappa Psi as a 'fraternity within a fraternity'. was formed in 1920 at the Grand Arch Council to recognize the most loyal of alumni.

Beginning in 1888, nearly all G.A.C.s have occurred biennially, except 1944 which was canceled due to World War II and 2020 which was canceled due to the COVID-19 epidemic. The council meet at an irregular schedule until an entirely new form of government was ratified in 1886. The first Grand Arch Council convened in 1853, one year after the fraternity's founding. The supreme governing body of Phi Kappa Psi is the Grand Arch Council (G.A.C.). Main article: List of Phi Kappa Psi Grand Arch Councils Four alumni also serve on the Executive Council and are elected at Grand Arch Councils, held during even-numbered years. Archons are elected during meetings of each District during District Councils, held during odd-numbered years. These undergraduates, known as Archons, represent the six Districts of Phi Kappa Psi, which divide the nation into roughly equal parts based on the number of chapters represented. This unique system of governance is achieved by a governing body, the Executive Council, which is made up of a majority of elected undergraduates. Since its founding, Phi Kappa Psi has been controlled by undergraduates. The Executive Council of Phi Kappa Psi is composed of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and six Archons. Its root dates back to the traditional song ' Annie Lisle'. A smaller version is available with proportions roughly three and one-half feet wide by two feet high. The colors are the official fraternity colors and the design is three vertical stripes of equal width, a hunter green in the middle, flanked on either side by a cardinal red stripe.

The fraternity flag is in the proportions of eight and one-half feet wide by six feet high. In the center of the shield are the Greek letters Φ, Κ, and Ψ.

The badge is a textured bordered shield with a lamp resting on a book at the bottom and an eye surrounded by two stars at the top. The fraternity's official colors are Cardinal Red and Hunter Green. The coat of arms as adopted in 1908 has a sable (black) field, but today it is most often seen as shown in the adjacent infobox. Letterman and Moore founded Phi Kappa Psi in Widow Letterman's home on the campus of Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on February 19, 1852. The following school year, Letterman and Moore decided to found a fraternity based on 'the great joy of serving others' that they experienced during the epidemic. They chose to care for their classmates who were stricken with the contagious disease, and a strong bond was formed. Among those who remained were William Henry Letterman and Charles Page Thomas Moore. In the winter of 1850, a typhoid fever epidemic hit Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. History The Letterman home, where Phi Kappa Psi was founded Phi Kappa Psi and Phi Gamma Delta, both founded at the same college, form the Jefferson Duo.

More than 179,000 men have been initiated into Phi Kappa Psi since its founding. The fraternity has over ninety chapters at accredited four-year colleges and universities throughout the United States. Phi Kappa Psi ( ΦΚΨ), commonly known as Phi Psi, is an American collegiate social fraternity that was founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania in 1852.

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