Америкалық «Epsilon Tau Pi» бауырластығы және «Eagle Scout» иегерлері

American collegiate fraternity

Epsilon Tau Pi (ΕΤΠ) Fraternity was founded in 1999 at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio. Its objective is to provide a collegiate fraternity for Eagle Scouts at universities and colleges in the United States.

Epsilon Tau Pi fraternity was founded by Michael Hammes and Michael A. Mahon, who, with six other students at the University of Dayton, became the founding members of the Alpha chapter. All eight were experienced Eagle Scouts, which became the focus of the new organization. This group of eight formally commenced operation of Alpha chapter on April 28, 1999; This date is celebrated by the fraternity as its national Founder's Day. In 2001, the Alpha chapter authorized the formation of a 5 member national executive board. The board serves to support and bolster the expansion of the fraternity, as well as to support existing collegiate chapters. In 2003 the fraternity began to hold biennial convocations, where alumni and collegiate members alike could meet and conduct fraternity business. Officers and alumni delegates to the national executive board are elected at the convocation. The Fraternity was incorporated in the State of Ohio on January 21, 2006. The Epsilon Tau Pi Foundation, a charitable and educational 501(c)3 organization, was registered on December 19, 2011, to provide scholarship assistance. While not a member of the ACHS, Epsilon Tau Pi has aspects of both an honor society and service fraternity and is characterized by regular projects undertaken for the local communities where chapters are present.

The fraternity was formed with several goals in mind. Foremost, the fraternity dedicated itself to upholding the high ideals of Scouting's Eagle rank. The fraternity enables its members to participate in and promote service to others, to Scouting, the community, their university, and the fraternity itself. Members of the fraternity must maintain strict academic standards, in addition to participation in individual, group, and chapter wide service projects. Epsilon Tau Pi was formed for five different purposes. To create a brotherhood of Eagle Scouts. To serve Scouting and the community. To uphold the principles of Scouting. To promote the achievement of the rank of Eagle Scout. To provide an example to all students of loyalty to the Alma Mater.

The fraternity's colors are red, white, blue, and black. Its symbol is the Bald eagle. Its motto is "May eagles forever soar."

There are five classes of Membership: Candidate, Active, Honorary, Alumni, and Advisory (Faculty). Membership in Epsilon Tau Pi shall be open to all university students who have achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in Scouts BSA or have attained the highest award possible in their respective country’s scouting organization. The Fraternity requires a Candidacy period of at least six and no more than ten weeks.

Following is a list of Epsilon Tau Pi chapters and colonies. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are in italics. ChapterCharter date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusReferencesAlpha1999University of DaytonDayton, OhioActiveBeta 2002 ?–20xx ? ; 2016Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OhioActiveGamma2007Western Carolina UniversityCullowhee, North CarolinaActiveDelta colonyN/AIndiana State UniversityTerre Haute, IndianaInactiveEpsilon colonyN/ACalifornia University of PennsylvaniaCalifornia, PennsylvaniaInactiveZeta2012West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, West VirginiaActiveEta2011Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North CarolinaActiveTheta2014Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro, GeorgiaActiveIota2014Robert Morris UniversityPittsburgh Area, PennsylvaniaActiveKappa colonyN/AAugustana College (Illinois)Rock Island, IllinoisInactiveLambda colonyN/AMissouri Western State UniversitySt. Joseph, MissouriInactiveMu2019East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North CarolinaInactiveNu colony2017 Northwest Missouri State UniversityMaryville, MissouriActiveXi colonyN/AKansas State UniversityManhattan, KansasInactiveOmicron2021University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North CarolinaActivePi2021University of South CarolinaColumbia, South CarolinaActiveRho colonyN/AUniversity of CincinnatiCincinnati, OhioInactive Sigma colony2019 Miami UniversityOxford, OhioActiveTau colony2019 North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh, North CarolinaActiveUpsilon colony2020 Ohio UniversityAthens, OhioActivePhi2022Clemson UniversityClemson, South CarolinaActiveChi colony2021 Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, MissouriActive