OUR CHAPTER

 Fraternity History

On January 5, 1911, the Fraternity then became known as Kappa Alpha Nu, possibly as a tribute to the Black students of 1903 (the Alpha Kappa Nu Greek Society) who preceded them at Indiana University. These men of vision decided Kappa Alpha Nu would be more than another social organization. It would be the only Greek-letter organization founded with the concept of achievement. Kappa Alpha Nu began uniting college men of culture, patriotism and honor in a Bond of fraternity. Primarily, under the efforts and leadership of the calm, methodical, and philosophical Elder W. Diggs and the critical, and scholarly Byron K. Armstrong, the Kappa Alpha Nu Fraternity was founded. Through their combined labors, the fraternity’s ritual and ceremonial forms, constitution, hymn and motto were created, and insignia and emblems were fashioned.

Fraternity Objectives

• To unite college men of culture, patriotism, and honor, in a bond of fraternity

• To Encourage honorable Achievement in every field of human endeavor.

• To promote the spiritual, social, intellectual, and moral welfare of its members

• To assist the aims and purposes of colleges and universities

• To inspire service in the public's interest.

Fraternity Founders