Alpha Kappa Psi's Mission is to develop well trained, ethical, skilled, resourceful and experienced business leaders.

Alpha Kappa Psi, the first professional fraternity in business, was founded at New York University in 1904, followed by the establishment of Delta Sigma Pi in 1907 at the same institution. Alpha Kappa Psi was the first professional business fraternity to become co-ed. The objects of Alpha Kappa Psi, adopted at the time of its founding, are

1. to further the individual welfare of its members;

2. to foster scientific research in the fields of commerce, accounts, and finance;

3. to educate the public to appreciate and demand higher ideals therein;

4. and to promote and advance in institutions of college rank, courses leading to degrees in business administration.

Over 140,000 members have been initiated into Alpha Kappa Psi. Of this number about 4,000 are faculty members, approximately 6,000 are college students working for degrees in business administration, and the remainder are engaged in business throughout the United States and Canada, and in other parts of the world. Of Alpha Kappa Psi's alumni membership, over 17,750 are life members. Members are viewed as being very loyal, friendly, sympathetic, honest, dependable, and trustworthy. Among the benefits of being a member, each member has the opportunity to participate in a number of chapter activities and to be a part of an organization with a strong sense of pride, honor, history and tradition. Each member is encouraged to take an active role in the fraternity. There are tremendous opportunities for growth and leadership on the executive board and various committees.

Through its various alumni groups and members located throughout the country Alpha Kappa Psi offers a permanent professional association with a selected group of college trained individuals whose basic backgrounds are of real value in a professional, as well as a social case.

Alpha Kappa Psi teaches and emphasizes the observance of high standards of personal and professional conduct and ethics, thus providing intangible benefits of value to the student during the formative years.

In addition, there are some other intangible values. Chapter life offers opportunity for improvement of individual personality and ability through the medium of actual experience. Development of the ability to work with others, to plan and carry out various projects, to talk before a group, to preside at a meeting, to lead others, is highly important, and chapter life develops such abilities through the most effective medium, that of actual experience.

Another benefit is the friendly and informal association made possible between student and faculty. Because each chapter has faculty members, the opportunity is provided for joint gatherings during which faculty and students may discuss subjects of mutual interest on an informal and friendly basis.

Contacts with alumni members in business assist student members in vocational guidance, aid them to obtain employment, or to secure more desirable positions.

Last, but not least, is the opportunity offered each member to enlarge the circle of friends and acquaintances. Friends made in college, more often than not, are the most valued in life, and the close fraternal association of Alpha Kappa Psi enables the making of friends of the most desirable type.

Professional Program. Speakers on business and educational subjects, field and industrial trips, films on business and educational subjects.

Service. Projects designed to assist the school of business or its faculty members, the university, or the community.

Social. Dinners and dances, picnics, outings and other activities.

Fund Raising. Projects to raise funds for various purposes.

National Conventions and Regional Leadership Conferences. Attendance of members at national conventions and regional leadership conferences. The national fraternity pays the transportation of one delegate to such meetings.

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