Phi kappa tau gamma nu

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The Gamma Nu Chapter of Phi kappa Tau was first Kappa Phi Omega. It was born on November 19, 1962, to increase the Greek opportunities for men at Rochester Institute of Technology. It was founded by a dedicated group of freshman Business Majors, intent on offering the benefits of fraternal life to young men on campus. Rejecting the negative hazing practices so prevalent at the time, they pursued a positive approach to camaraderie and fellowship.

The fraternity set about recruiting new members and becoming involved in campus activities. By 1964-65 Kappa Phi Omega captured top scholarship honors among fraternities, and acquired and improved a Chapter House on the old downtown campus at 141 S. Plymouth Ave., in downtown Rochester, NY [1].

That year also witnessed the group's affiliation with the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity, and upon completing all of the charting requirements, Kappa Phi Omega was installed as the Gamma Nu Chapter of the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity on April 2, l966 [1][2][3]. At two o'clock that afternoon, the Chapter hosted a charter signing ceremony, and a reception at the Chapter House for members of the RIT faculty and administration, other fraternities, and Phi Tau dignitaries.

At Eddie's Chop House (a local banquet hall at the time) that evening, Chapter President Gary Proud formally accepted the Gamma Nu Charter from National President Lou Gerding [2], who then spoke of the importance of the college fraternity system to the campus.

When the RIT campus moved from downtown Rochester to its suburban campus in 1968, the fraternities gave up their historic Victorian Houses for modern, on-campus residences. Gamma Nu's new home was in the prominent building opposite the Southwest corner of the Sun Dial, the center of student residential life.

In 2001 RIT opened six new free-standing mansions and Gamma Nu was relocated to the academic side of campus where it remains today.[4]

  1. ^ Confirmed at the National Website: http://www.phikappatau.org/chapterlocator.aspx?state=NY
  2. ^ Confirmed on the list of Phi Kappa Tau Chapters on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Phi_Kappa_Tau_chapters
  3. ^ Confirmed at the RIT Center for Campus Life Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life Website: http://campuslife.rit.edu/main/fratsorlife/chapterDetails?id=155&type=Fraternity
  4. ^ The existence of the chapter website alone should be sufficient evidence to prove its existence: http://www.gammanu.org