Back to School with Pi Kappa Phi 

With summer winding down, it means a new school year is right around the corner. Soon, another class of students will be back on campus and in town, ready to experience another great year at Penn State. Of course, students aren’t the only ones who will be back in town! What are some places around […]

The older we get, the more we need our friends—and the harder it is to keep them

When you’re in middle age, you start to realize how very much you need your friends. After decades of relentless striving — kids, house, career, spouse — we find ourselves coming up for breath at some point in these middle decades. And what remains? With any luck, our friends.   An Atlantic Monthly article (do yourself […]

The Spring 2023 Alpha Musings

Did you receive your Spring 2023 edition of Alpha Musings? If not, you’re missing out! If you didn’t receive your copy in the mail, send your current mailing address to us at [email protected] and let us know to add you to the Alpha Mu Chapter at Penn State mailing list. To read the digital newsletter […]

Thank you to our Honor Roll members!

Thank you to these fine gentlemen listed below in the 2022-23 Honor Roll for their continued support of Alpha Mu Chapter! Because of them, we have been able to not only support our chapter, but support the alumni through communications, reunions, and financing. View the Honor Roll here! Our giving year ends 8/31/2023, and we […]

Chapter Eternal: Rob Trotter ’75

Photo and story courtesy of Dignity Memorial. Robert Jeffrey Trotter, age 69, of Lake Mary, Florida passed away on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at Life Care Center of Altamonte Springs. He was born on January 30,1954 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, son of Clarence Earl Trotter and Margaret Allaine (Kirchner) Trotter. He spent most of his youth […]

Chapter Eternal: Richard Wall ’59

Source Courtesy of the Steven R. Neff Funeral Home Brother Richard M. Wall, of Spring Mills, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2022.  He was 84.  Born January 3, 1938, in Philadelphia, Richard was a son of the late Richard V. and Margaret J. (Michael) Wall.  A 1955 graduate of Susquehanna Township High School, Richard went […]

Welcome Spring 2023 Pledge Class!

The Alpha Mu chapter of Pi Kappa Phi is excited to welcome in our newest pledge class! This pledge class is referred to as Theta 7. Below are pictures and information about each of the fine gentlemen that are part of this pledge class. If you would like to be put in contact with any […]

Allen Snyder ’79: the friendships I made there are everlasting

“For me, my ongoing Pi Kappa Phi friendships are valuable, dependable, and everlasting and I appreciate them more and more as time goes on,” Allen Snyder ‘79 says.   Allen graduated from Pi Kappa Phi Penn State in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in petroleum and natural gas engineering. He married his wife, Eileen, and […]

Join us for the Bi-Annual Pi Kapp Alumni Reunion!

Every other summer in the years between Supreme Chapters since 2005, Pi Kappa Phi alumni and guests come together at the Pi Kappa Phi Alumni Reunion to celebrate the Fraternity and its brotherhood. The event is light on programming to give guests ample time to enjoy the host city and one another. There are no […]

Welcome the newest grads to Alumni Brotherhood! 

It is with great honor that we announce the newest fraternity alums! Join us in welcoming these graduates into the alumni brotherhood!  Seamus Connolly – Pittsburgh, PA John Czarnecki -Westfield, NJ  Austin Gedrich – Philadelphia, PA Joe Brennan – Dallas, PA  Mirko Pandini – Greensburg, PA Ethan Niemeyer – Downingtown, PA Christian Trafford – Audubon, […]