Kappa Psi-Beta Kappa

Happy birthday to Beta Kappa! In 106 short years, our beloved chapter has grown from 45 brothers to 83 active collegiate brothers and numerous graduate brothers and alumni all across the world. See a comparison between the chapter in 1913 and the chapter now in 2019 - as well as the Beta Kappa charter and the proceedings of our chartering as reported by the Mask.

2018 RUSH SCHEDULE

Back to school season and Kappa Psi Rush go hand-in-hand! Whether you're considering rushing this year or fondly remembering your own Rush days, please take the time to admire this really nice flyer we made.

Thanks to everyone who made the Back-to-School Picnic a success! All the Brothers had a fantastic time meeting the class of 2020, and we hope the new students love the pharmacy school as much as we do!

This past weekend, several of our Brothers and Grads were at the Spring 2016 Mountain East Province. Special thanks to Delta Kappa Chapter for hosting us.

The Chapter is proud to announce that for the Annual School of Pharmacy Dean's Theme Competition, Kappa Psi won for "Most Impact" on our Patient Care project. This year, we focused on Project Immunization and collaborated with Student Health to educate on HPV and Meningococcal vaccines. We reached over 300 students on Pitt's campus.
Special thanks to our Patient Care Chairs, Iris Tang and Heather Johnson, for organizing these events.

Every year at the Annual Formal, the Beta Kappa Chapter votes on the Brothers that best exemplifies our core values, the Leasure K. Darbaker Brother of the Year award, Best New Brother, among a variety of other traits. On April 2, 2016, the following Brothers are commended for their achievements during the 2015-2016 School Year.

Brother of the Year: Karen Hoang
Best New Brother: Danielle Nichols
Industry: Taylor Buck
Sobriety: Meredith Sparks
Fellowship: Dominic Leader
High Ideals: Dylan Atkinson

Thank you all for your leadership by example this year.

A belated congratulations to one of our Brothers, Dylan Atkinson, for being elected Speaker of the House for APhA-ASP at the 2016 APhA Annual Convention. We are excited to see what you will accomplish in this position.

Atkinson Named APhA-ASP Speaker of the House On Sunday, March 6, 2016 at the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Baltimore, Maryland, student, Dylan Atkinson (Class of 2017) was elected as the 2016-2017 Speaker of the House by a committee of his peers. Through this position, Atkinson will serve as one of just five members of the National Executive Committee as part of APhA-ASP (American Pharmacists Association – Academy of Student Pharmacists). APhA-ASP is one of three academies housed within APhA and represents between 32,000 and 36,000 student pharmacists across the nation.

Atkinson will chair the Policy Standing Committee in APhA-ASP, and will serve as a delegate to the APhA House of Delegates. In addition, Atkinson will be an acting member of the APhA Government Affairs Committee and Political Action Committee. In his role, Atkinson will serve a one-year term.

Look at our Brothers serving the community for National Poison Prevention week. Find us at UPMC Presbyterian and Falk Pharmacy today and Wednesday, and we would love to share more about the Pittsburgh Poison Center. Make sure to like their page to help support this wonderful resource for our community!

University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy students from the Kappa Psi-Beta Kappa chapter have been sharing poison prevention information at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital for National Poison Prevention Week. Stop by today or tomorrow afternoon to learn more!

The Chapter would like to recognize 6 Brothers from the FPC 2014 class on their induction into Rho Chi. Congratulations to Brian Keaton, Heather Johnson, Meredith Sparks, Kimberly Goehring, Addie Brown, and Dominic Leader on your academic achievements!