Pi
Delta Psi Fraternity was founded by eleven men from various backgrounds (Chinese,
Japanese, Korean, Filipino and Vietnamese). Already established leaders within
their own university sponsored cultural organizations, these men assembled to
devise a structure that would create an understanding between the various Asian
cultures, build relationships extending beyond the academic years and most importantly,
finding and building an individual's skill sets. These eleven men envisioned
an infrastructure that would continuously motivate and challenge individuals.
This infrastructure of a fraternal society, which has been around since 1776
would become the building blocks of their endeavor.
Pi Delta Psi was founded on February 20, 1994 in Binghamton University, State
University of New York. The eleven men were responsible for architecting the
guiding principles, which have now developed into one of the nation's largest
Asian Cultural Interest Fraternities. Over the next three years (1994-1996),
Pi Delta Psi had expanded into the University at Buffalo and Hofstra University.
Every expansion resulted in positively impacting the school and surrounding
community.
By 2000, Pi Delta Psi had
expanded to 11 prestigious campuses spanning four states, setting a record
for the fastest growing organization of its kind since inception. With a fierce
growth in the brotherhood and a strengthened alumni base, the fraternity rebuilt
its National Council in 1999, standardizing Pi Delta Psi throughout all its
chapters.
Today, the Fraternity continues
to grow in size and prestige. What began as a dream for the eleven founders,
has become the work and dedication of hundreds across the country and across
seas.
The
mission of Pi Delta Psi Fraternity, Inc. is to maintain its Fraternal existence
by instilling values that nurture and perpetuate the continual growth and development
of the individual through Academic Achievement, Cultural Awareness, Righteousness,
Friendship and Loyalty while fostering ethical behavior, leadership, and philanthropy.
Pi Delta Psi was founded on these principles to help promote Asian Awareness
amongst ourselves and throughout the community. We envisioned this to be possible
by going out of the boundaries of an organization and creating a Fraternity
on the basis of common goals and ideals in the form of a brotherhood. We believe
that through education, we can become more knowledgeable about the different
Asian cultures, overcome obstacles of racism and discrimination, therefore unifying
us as a whole.
This mission statement embodies
the purpose of our Fraternity and is set forth as a guide that empowers each
member to better himself, the Brotherhood, community, and society as a whole.
We, the Brothers of Pi Delta
Psi, are the Fraternity's most valuable resource and strength. We are the
means by which the goals and objectives of Pi Delta Psi will be achieved.