List of Pi Kappa Delta chapters

Pi Kappa Delta is an American honor society and organization for intercollegiate debaters, public speakers, and instructors teaching speech, debate, and oral communication.[1] Established in 1913 at Ottawa University, the organization is the oldest debating society in the country.[1][2] In the following list of Pi Kappa Delta chapters, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters and institutions are in italics.[1][3][4][5]

Notes

  1. ^ Chapter formed at Colorado Agricultural College, now Colorado State University.
  2. ^ The chapter went inactive when the university closed in 1929.
  3. ^ The university closed in 2005.
  4. ^ Chapter formed at the State Normal School of Colorado, now the University of Northern Colorado.
  5. ^ The college closed in 1933.
  6. ^ Chapter formed at Intermountain Union College, which is now the Rocky Mountain College.
  7. ^ Chapter formed at Central Missouri State Teachers College, now the University of Central Missouri.
  8. ^ Chapter formed at the Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg, now Pittsburg State University.
  9. ^ The chapter formed at the Bradley Polytechnic Institute, now Bradley University.
  10. ^ Chapter formed at the Michigan State Normal College, now Eastern Michigan University.
  11. ^ The college closed in 1931.
  12. ^ Chapter formed at Northern State Teachers College, now Northern State University.
  13. ^ Chapter consolidated with Kansas Kappa.
  14. ^ Chapter formed at the Northwestern Oklahoma Teachers College, now Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
  15. ^ Chapter formed at Henderson-Brown College, now Henderson State University.
  16. ^ Chapter formed at the Connecticut Agricultural College, now University of Connecticut.
  17. ^ Chapter formed at Kearney State Teachers College, now University of Nebraska at Kearney.
  18. ^ Chapter formed at Western Union College, later known as Westmar University. The university closed in 1997.
  19. ^ Chapter formed at theKansas State Teachers College of Hays Fort, now Hays State University.
  20. ^ The chapter went inactive when the college closed in 1930.
  21. ^ Chapter formed at East Texas State Teachers College, now East Texas A&M University.
  22. ^ Chapter formed at Central Missouri State Teachers College, now University of Central Missouri.
  23. ^ Chapter formed at the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, now North Carolina State University.
  24. ^ Chapter formed at Louisiana College, now Louisiana Christian University.
  25. ^ The college closed in 1957.
  26. ^ Chapter formed at the State Teachers College, later Longwood College, and now Longwood University.
  27. ^ Chapter formed at Oshkosh State Teachers College, now the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh.
  28. ^ Chapter formed at theSouthwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning, now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
  29. ^ Chapter formed at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, now Truman State University.
  30. ^ Chapter formed at the Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, now Southeast Missouri State University.
  31. ^ Chapter formed at Western State Teachers College, now Western Michigan University.
  32. ^ The chapter went inactive when the college closed in 1944.
  33. ^ Chapter formed at the Alabama College, State College for Women, now the University of Montevallo.
  34. ^ Chapter formed at Arizona State Teachers College at Flagstaff, later called Arizona State College and now Northern Arizona University.
  35. ^ Chapter formed at theNorthern Illinois State Teachers College, now Northern Illinois University.
  36. ^ Chapter formed at Central State Teachers College, now the University of Central Oklahoma.
  37. ^ Chapter formed at Southwest Texas State Teachers College, now Texas State University.
  38. ^ Chapter formed at Arizona State Teachers College, now Arizona State University.
  39. ^ Chapter formed at the River Falls State Teachers College, now the University of Wisconsin–River Falls.
  40. ^ Chapter formed at Nebraska State Teachers College, now Chadron State College.
  41. ^ Chapter formed at Georgia State College for Women, now Georgia College & State University.
  42. ^ Chapter formed at theTennessee Polytechnic Institute, now Tennessee Technological University.
  43. ^ Chapter formed at Eastern Illinois State Teachers College, now Eastern Illinois University.
  44. ^ The college closed in 1992.
  45. ^ Chapter formed at Whitewater Teachers College, now the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater.
  46. ^ Chapter formed at the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, now Louisiana Tech University.
  47. ^ Chapter formed at the North Idaho Teachers College, now Lewis–Clark State College.
  48. ^ Chapter formed at the Texas College of Arts and Industries, now Texas A&M University–Kingsville.
  49. ^ In 1956, the college became part of the University of Wisconsin, and subsequently the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee's primary campus.
  50. ^ Chapter formed at Chico State College, now California State University, Chico.
  51. ^ Chapter formed at Morris Harvey College, now the University of Charleston.
  52. ^ Chapter formed at David Lipscomb College, now Lipscomb University.
  53. ^ Chapter formed at Humboldt State College, now California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt.
  54. ^ Chapter formed at Fresno State College, now California State University, Fresno.
  55. ^ Chapter formed at Southern State College, which became the University of South Dakota–Springfield and ceased operations in 1984.
  56. ^ Chapter formed at the Eastern Montana College of Education, now Montana State University Billings.
  57. ^ Chapter formed at thePanhandle Agricultural and Mechanical College, now Oklahoma Panhandle State University.
  58. ^ Chapter formed atSan Fernando Valley State College, now California State University, Northridge.
  59. ^ Chapter formed at Texas Western College of the University of Texas, now the University of Texas at El Paso.
  60. ^ Chapter formed at Southern Colorado State College, now Colorado State University Pueblo.
  61. ^ Chapter formed at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, now PennWest Clarion.
  62. ^ Chapter formed at California State College, now PennWest California
  63. ^ Chapter formed at Arkansas State Teachers College, now University of Central Arkansas.
  64. ^ Chapter formed at California State College at Hayward, now California State University, East Bay.
  65. ^ Chapter formed at Lock Haven State College, now Commonwealth University-Lock Haven.
  66. ^ Chapter formed at Northeast Louisiana University, now the University of Louisiana at Monroe.
  67. ^ Chapter formed at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, now Commonwealth University-Mansfield.
  68. ^ Chapter formed at the Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology, now Montana Technological University.
  69. ^ Chapter formed at Trenton State College, now The College of New Jersey.
  70. ^ Chapter formed at Edinboro State College, now PennWest Edinboro.
  71. ^ The college closed in 1992.

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