Pi Beta Phi - Famous Events

Famous Events

  • First to have a national philanthropy, the Pi Beta Phi Settlement School in Gatlinburg, Tennessee (now the Arrowmont School for Arrow and mountain) From Pi Beta Phi to Arrowmont
  • First to have a Canadian philanthropy, Northern Libraries Project (now Arrow in the Arctic)
  • First to have an alumnae department
  • First to form Alumnae Advisory Committees (AAC) to support collegiate chapters
  • One of seven founders of the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC)

Second organization of college women to be founded as a national fraternity, after that of Kappa Alpha Theta. First to recognize the value of service of the alumnae by organizing alumnae department.

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