Greek Life

Tau Kappa Epsilon

House Web Page: http://www.scorpiontke.org
National Web Page: http://www.tke.org
E-mail: jwf67@cornell.edu

Chapter Name: Scorpion Chapter
National Founding/Date: Illinois Wesleyan University - January 10, 1899
Cornell Founding: 04/26/1914
Flower: Red Carnation
Colors: Cherry and Gray
Philanthropy: IthacAid, Benefiting St. Jude's Children's Hospital

Contact:

Scorpion Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon
Cornell University
105 Westbourne Ln.
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 745-7877

About:

<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false           MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The history of Scorpion TKE began in the year 1907 when Kappa Psi Fraternity was founded at Cornell. The fraternity flourished for many years and on May 24th, 1923 affiliated with Tau Kappa Epsilon as the Sigma Chapter. During the same time in history, Cornell’s Scorpion Fraternity was founded in 1914 by Walter G. Seeley. In the chaotic years that were the great depression, Sigma Chapter of TKE disbanded. In 1940, TKE returned to Cornell in the form of Scorpion TKE, a merger of Scorpion Fraternity and the Sigma Chapter of TKE. Finally, in 1941, Sigma Phi Sigma Fraternity also merged with Scorpion TKE.

The exclusive purpose of this not for profit organization is to promote the ideals of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, being love, charity, esteem, and to enhance the educational, social, moral, and intellectual benefits derived from membership in Tau Kappa Epsilon.