Every spring, hundreds of male students rush to join fraternities. But, as they walk up and down Rugby Road in search of their new band of brothers, they are not likely to visit Alpha Kappa Psi -- this group isn't your typical fraternity.
Don't be fooled by the Greek letters -- while other fraternities recruit males and don't necessarily talk about academics at their meetings, Alpha Kappa Psi is the University's business fraternity and its brothers are both male and female.
According to Alyssa Guo, former president and current brother, Alpha Kappa Psi is "the largest coed professional business fraternity in the nation."
Alpha Kappa Psi was founded in 1904 and incorporated in 1905 at New York University, according to current president John Sweeney.
He said the fraternity's original unifying force was concern about the lack of business curriculum available at colleges and universities.
"Most universities focused heavily on liberal arts, and you had to pursue other avenues if you wanted to go into business," Sweeney said.
Today, even with the prominence of the Commerce School at the University, the fraternity's goals are still "advancing and promoting business courses at universities" according to Sweeney.
The University's Alpha Gamma chapter was started in 1921 and has since been hosting business and social events. Though most events are exclusive to the brotherhood, a few are open to the entire University community. Last Tuesday, for example, the fraternity invited a representative from Goldman Sachs to speak to University students.
The University's chapter of the fraternity operates with the goal of "uniting people with interest in business" and developing "professional leaders for the working world," Guo said.
Even though it is a business fraternity, members are not all Commerce students -
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