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The Kappa Alpha Society (ÊÁ) is the oldest college fraternity in the North America. It was formed at Union College in Schenectady, New York on November 26, 1825 by a group of college students. Kappa Alpha was the first to combine aspects of secret Greek-letter societies, literary societies and formalized student social groups and is thus considered the first modern fraternity. Kappa Alpha is also the oldest collegiate secret society still in existence. AS OF APRIL 2005, KA CHAPTERS: Active U.S. Chapters CH - Hobart and William Smith Colleges VL - Lehigh University VP - University of Pennsylvania Active Canadian Chapters UM - McGill University VA - University of Alberta VOO - University of Western Ontario VT - University of Toronto Inactive U.S. Chapters CC - Union College (Recolonization efforts for 2006) CW - Williams College UP - Princeton University UW - Wesleyan University VC - Cornell University (New York) VV - University of Virginia Inactive Canadian Chapters UC - University of Calgary This organization is not to be confused with the Kappa Alpha Order, a completely separate (and much larger) fraternity that operates exclusively at schools in Southern U.S. and border states.
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