Mu Beta Psi

Mu Beta Psi
ΜΒΨ
Founded November 5, 1925
North Carolina State University
Type Service
Scope National
Colors      Red and      White
Flower Red and White American Beauty Rose
Chapters 18 lettered, 1 alumni
Headquarters Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Homepage mubetapsi.org

Mu Beta Psi National Honorary Musical Fraternity is a service and music fraternity with chapters and colonies at universities throughout the eastern United States. Founded in 1925 at North Carolina State University by the director of bands, Major Percy Walter "Daddy" Price, this group began as a male-only, honorary fraternity for colleges lacking a music major. It spread early to several colleges throughout the southern United States. In 1961 it expanded eligibility requirements to admit women. By the early 2000s, the fraternity had expanded to several colleges throughout the eastern half of the United States.

Although an honorary fraternity, Mu Beta Psi views itself as primarily a music service group. Several of the chapters run scholarship programs and pride themselves on providing service to their music departments.

Any member of the fraternity is referred to as a "Brother" without regard to the member's sex. This practice comes from the fraternity's beginnings and is used in context as a designation of membership status, not gender.

Chapters

The chapters were named in order of their acceptance to Mu Beta Psi. Chapters are:

ChapterLocationCharteredStatus (Inactive Date)
Alpha (Α)North Carolina State University1925Active
Beta (Β)Davidson College1929Inactive (1931)
Gamma (Γ)never chartered†N/AN/A
Delta (Δ)Clemson University1937Inactive (2005)
Epsilon (Ε)Washington and Lee University1965Inactive (ca. 1985)
Zeta (Ζ)Michigan Technological University1967Active
Eta (Η)Virginia Military Institute1970Inactive (1971)
Theta (Θ)St. Augustine's College1973Inactive (ca. 1986)
Iota (Ι)Duke University1981Inactive (ca. 1984)
Kappa (Κ)Wofford College1989Inactive (1996)
Lambda (Λ)Anderson University1991Inactive (1992)
Mu (Μ)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1993Inactive (2012)
Nu (Ν)State University of New York at Oswego1994Active
Xi (Ξ)Saint Vincent College1996Inactive (2006)
Omicron (Ο)Roanoke College2001Active
Pi (Π)Rutgers University2007Active
Rho (Ρ)Northern Michigan University2008Active
Sigma (Σ)St. Louis University2009Inactive (2012)
Tau (Τ)American University2011Active
Alumni Association‡N/A1970Active

† Gamma Chapter was never formally designated; Percy Price died before a school could be finalized and a Charter issued, and the effort was lost. Records speculate that Gamma was going to be at The College of William and Mary but that has never been confirmed.

‡ The Mu Beta Psi Alumni Association is a separate organization, but considered an active chapter. The Alumni Association is open to alumni of all Mu Beta Psi chapters, active or otherwise.

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