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Alumnae Advisory Committees play an important role in the shaping the future of the Fraternity. Members share their experiences and expertise with collegians, helping the current members understand policy and implement programs.

The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi is the official quarterly publication of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity. The purpose of The Arrow is to present matters of value to Pi Beta Phi; furnish a means of communication among collegiate chapters, alumnae clubs and officers; and represent the worthiest interest of Fraternity women.

The Arrow badge is "... the outward and visible sign of the inward and spiritual grace that has placed its approval upon nothing short of the true, honest, just, pure, lovely.”

Each biennium, Pi Phis gather for a very important meeting: Pi Beta Phi convention. Convention serves as a time to conduct the formal business of the Fraternity as well as a time to celebrate milestones and educate membership.

In June of 1873, members of the Kansas Alpha Chapter held a feast to honor one of their own. The University Chancellor in attendance dubbed the event a “Cookie Shine” upon seeing the soiree of good food. By 1885, it had already become a fixture in Pi Beta Phi traditions.

Pi Beta Phi welcomes the opportunity to learn more about campuses and communities looking for new chapters and carefully reviews all inquiries once there is a College Panhellenic vote for extension.

Pi Beta Phi Foundation enables the Fraternity to realize its mission and ensures the future of our sisterhood. Gifts to Pi Beta Phi Foundation create societal benefit far beyond the scope of membership: in communities, across the country, and around the world.

Located in Town and Country, Missouri, Headquarters provides a number of resources to fulfill the ever-evolving needs of current members and alumnae.

Within Pi Phi facilities, our members meet, build sisterhood, grow together and create lifelong friendships. Some of members’ fondest memories are formed from their time spent in Pi Phi housing, resulting in bonds lasting forever.

It was here that a group of young women attending Monmouth College met in a room rented from “Major” Jacob Holt. They, along with two friends not in attendance, formed I.C. Sorosis with the motto of Pi Beta Phi. The rest, as they say, is history.

The Pi Beta Phi brand and corresponding communications are how the organization presents itself to the world, illustrating who we are and what we value. It's our most powerful sales, marketing, morale and loyalty-building tool.

Music is an important part of our Pi Phi history because it brings sisters together, no matter their age or chapter of affiliation.

Pi Beta Phi is a founding member of The National Panhellenic Conference (NPC). Read about our long history together and learn about Pi Beta Phi members who helped shape the fraternity and sorority world as we know it.

These women, through their words and deeds, are admired and adored as particularly outstanding Pi Phis. It is because of their deep, abiding love for Pi Beta Phi that our Fraternity remains a premier organization for women. We are grateful for their exceptional leadership and generous service over the last 150 years.

One hundred and fifty years ago, 10 young women gathered in a second floor bedroom in Monmouth, Illinois. Three hundred thousand young women have since joined the sisterhood. Imagine what they would think about that.

Throughout the Fraternity's history, Pi Phi has been the first to establish a number of original frameworks and governing institutions.

Our founders knew the importance of giving back to their communities to “dispel the gloom from the lives of all around them,” and the earliest chapters were engaged in raising funds to support libraries. The importance of education and the benefits it can bring have always been a driving force for Pi Beta Phi.

Programming offers collegians a way to engage in conversations about the development of collegians personally, intellectually, professionally, as leaders and as dedicated members of their communities.

To celebrate 150 years of Pi Beta Phi, we travelled from coast to coast in our vehicular ambassador, Libbie, and took note of everything we did and saw.

Emma Harper Turner was determined for Pi Beta Phi to find altruistic work large enough to hold the interest of the national organization. In May 1911, Gatlinburg was chosen as the site of a settlement school because it was felt that Pi Phi could truly make a difference in the lives of its residents.