Kappa Phi Lambda

Kappa Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. is an Asian-interest sorority that was founded in 1995 at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York. The sorority is represented at 34 schools with over 4,000 members nationally. It is a member of the National APIDA Panhellenic Association.

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History

Seven women came together to establish Kappa Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. at Binghamton University on March 9, 1995. The seven founders were Elizabeth Choi, Karen Eng, Rei Hirasawa, Hee Cho Moon, Chae Yoo Park, Samantha Somchanhmavong, and Connie Yang.
The sorority was conceived through the notion of an organization that would provide a culturally sound and educationally inspiring grounding for Asian-American women. These women saw there was a need for an organization of this kind that would give inspiration and education to their community.
This sorority is open to women of all nationalities and backgrounds who want to learn about, actively speak for, and represent Pan-Asian culture.

Symbols

The sorority's colors are red, white, and heather grey. Its flower is the orchid. Its jewel is the diamond. The sorority's mascot is the phoenix. The pillars of Kappa Phi Lambda are "Sisterhood, Service, and Cultural Diversity".

Philanthropy

Kappa Phi Lambda has selected CARE, a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty, as its national philanthropy. The organization also takes initiative in spreading cultural awareness regarding Asian American culture through events like "Amazing Race: Asian Edition" which is regularly hosted alongside fellow undergraduate chapters of the fraternity Pi Delta Psi.

Chapters

There are currently 25 active chapters and nine associate chapters of Kappa Phi Lambda. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are indicated in italic.

Chapter	Founding/Range	Campus	Location	Status	Reference
Alpha		Binghamton University	Binghamton, New York	Active
Beta	–20xx ?	University at Buffalo	Buffalo, New York	Dormant
Gamma		Syracuse University	Syracuse, New York	Active
Delta		Stony Brook University	Stony Brook, New York	Active
Epsilon associate chapter	–xxxx ?; May 1, 2016	New York University	New York, New York	Active
Zeta		St. John's University	Queens, New York	Active
Eta		Rutgers University	New Brunswick, New Jersey	Active
Theta	–20xx ?	Baruch College	New York, New York	Dormant
Iota		Cornell University	Ithaca, New York	Active
Lambda	–20xx ?	University of Maryland, Baltimore	Baltimore, MD	Dormant
Mu		University of Massachusetts Amherst	Amherst, Massachusetts	Active
Nu		Northwestern University	Evanston, Illinois	Active
Xi		Northeastern University	Boston, Massachusetts	Active
Omicron		Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	Active
Pi associate chapter	–20xx ?; November 17, 2018	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Active
Rho		University of Florida	Gainesville, Florida	Active
Sigma		University of Connecticut	Storrs, Connecticut	Active
Tau		Columbia University	New York, New York	Active
Upsilon		University at Albany	Albany, New York	Active
Phi		University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Active
Chi		University of Maryland, College Park	College Park, Maryland	Active
Psi		University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, Illinois	Active
Alpha Alpha		George Mason University	Fairfax, Virginia	Active
Alpha Beta		George Washington University	Washington, D.C.	Active
Alpha Gamma		University of Texas at Austin	Austin, Texas	Active
Alpha Delta		Northern Illinois University	DeKalb, Illinois	Active
Alpha Epsilon		North Carolina State University	Raleigh, North Carolina	Active
Alpha Zeta		University of South Florida	Tampa, Florida	Active
Alpha Eta		University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Active
Alpha Theta		University of Nevada, Reno	Reno, Nevada	Active
Associate chapter	–20xx ?	Miami University	Oxford, Ohio	Dormant
Associate chapter	–20xx ?	Duke University	Durham, North Carolina	Dormant
Associate chapter	–20xx ?	University of Denver	Denver, Colorado	Dormant
Associate chapter		University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina	Active
Associate chapter	–20xx ?	American University	Washington, D.C.	Dormant
Associate chapter		Drexel University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active
Associate chapter		University of North Carolina at Greensboro	Greensboro, North Carolina	Active
Associate chapter		University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio	Active
Associate chapter		University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Active
Associate chapter		Wright State University	Dayton, Ohio	Active
Associate chapter		Elon University	Elon, North Carolina	Active	-
Associate chapter		Creighton University	Omaha, Nebraska	Active