Indiana Epsilon, Founded at DePauw in 1942
Founded April 28, 1868 at Monmouth College
Mission Statement: "The mission of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for women is to promote friendship, develop women of intellect and integrity, cultivate leadership potential and enrich lives through community service."
Motto: Union hand in hand
Colors: Wine and Silver Blue
Symbol: Arrow
Philanthropy: First Book
Mascot: Angel
"We love our chapter because it is our home away from home. We're a big, loud, family, and we wouldn't have it any other way!"
Fun Fact:
Pi Beta Phi opened the Pi Beta Phi Settlement School in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, in 1912 to provide education, economic opportunity, and health care to the rural area. Over the years, as the community took over childhood education, Settlement School began to adapt by offering arts and crafts classes in an effort to preserve and promote the region's crafts tradition. An extension of the Pi Beta Phi Settlement School called the Craft Work Shop was begun in 1945 in cooperation with the University of Tennessee. Now an independent nonprofit organization known as the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, it is one of the oldest arts and crafts centers in the South and is a world-renowned facility providing college and graduate level courses. Arrowmont remains a major philanthropic project of Pi Beta Phi.
