Delta Phi Epsilon ( ΔΦΕ ) or Delta Phi Epsilon Foreign Service Council the largest national American professional foreign service fraternity and sorority. Founded on January 25, 1920, it was the first fraternity dedicated to careers in foreign diplomacy in trade. Its Alpha chapter went on in the first half of the twentieth century to colonize new chapters at many other universities throughout the country, although most chapters went defunct in the latter half of the century. In 1973 Delta Phi Epsilon Foreign Service Sorority was founded, with its Alpha chapter at Georgetown University. As of 2021, there remained ten active collegiate chapters, half of which were created between 2016 and 2018.
39-485: Delta Phi Epsilon ( ΔΦΕ ) may refer to: Delta Phi Epsilon (professional) , the professional foreign service fraternity and sorority Delta Phi Epsilon (social) , a National Panhellenic Conference affiliated social sorority Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Delta Phi Epsilon . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
78-524: A foreign service fraternity independently. They were drawn together by their common vision for a professional foreign service fraternity for future graduates of the School of Foreign Service and others in the field. Later these men joined with seven other interested undergraduates (future brothers Sandager, Butts, Ash, MacKenzie, Brooks, Sullivan, Scott, and Bates) and signed the Articles of Agreement . After choosing
117-516: A magazine of arts and ideas. It also publishes Arts & Letters Daily . In 1957, Corbin Gwaltney, founder and editor of the alumni magazine at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore , joined with editors from magazines of several other colleges and universities for an editorial project to investigate issues in higher education in perspective. The meeting occurred on the day the first Sputnik circled
156-517: A name and nominating officers, Delta Phi Epsilon Foreign Service Fraternity was formally founded at the Catholic Community House at 6th and E Streets, NW, on January 25, 1920. The group was incorporated in the District of Columbia on April 20, 1920. Early expansion focused on both East and West Coast schools. The fraternity's activities and expansion ceased during World War II . After the war,
195-497: A news publication. He and other board members of EPE met to plan a new publication which would be called The Chronicle of Higher Education . The Chronicle of Higher Education was officially founded in 1966 by Corbin Gwaltney, and its first issue was launched in November 1966. Although it was meant for those involved in higher education, one of the founding ideas was that the general public had very little knowledge about what
234-538: A second time at either of the next two conventions. In June 1972, the Alpha chapter at Georgetown changed to include both a fraternity and a sorority of the Delta Phi Epsilon Professional Foreign Service. The two groups operated separately when it came to recruiting and initiating members. However, the two groups worked together for professional and social programs. The Alpha chapter of
273-544: Is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 1960. Its purpose is to give scholarships to students. In September 2021, The Washington Post reported that the foundation stopped issuing scholarships in 1984, including withholding $ 52,000 in bequests that were designated for scholarships. Active chapters are listed in bold . Inactive chapters are listed in italic . The fraternity initiates Line Brothers, those who pledge when they are students, and National Brothers, mostly those already out of school who only go through
312-449: Is a 501(c)(7) nonprofit corporation. This corporation is a member-based nonprofit corporation. This organization is rare, and perhaps unique, among American fraternal organizations in that its membership as a whole does not elect the members of its board of directors. The board is self-appointed. Sitting board members select replacements to fill board seats as seats become vacant. The Delta Phi Epsilon Foundation for Foreign Service Education
351-581: Is required to read some articles. The Chronicle is based in Washington, D.C. , and is a major news service covering U.S. academia. It is published every weekday online and appears weekly in print except for every other week in May, June, July, and August and the last three weeks in December. In print, The Chronicle is published in two sections: Section A with news, section B with job listings, and The Chronicle Review,
390-526: The Alpha chapter officers resigned and closed the chapter's activities after Georgetown University's student newspaper, The Hoya , published an opinion piece authored by presidents of Eta , Chi , and Pi chapters calling for Georgetown students to boycott Alpha chapter . Boyle appointed new student leadership for the Alpha chapter from outside of Georgetown; however, several of the fraternity's other chapters indicated that they would not recognize this new leadership. On June 1, 2020, Terrence J. Boyle,
429-519: The Delta Phi Epsilon Foreign Affairs Council , incorporated and recognized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization in 2016. The council originally selected its leaders from Delta Phi Epsilon members to support international relations education, promote public engagement in foreign policy, and provide career development tools to Delta Phi Epsilon brothers and sisters. In 2016, the first co-ed chapter, Delta chapter ,
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#1732897589381468-526: The League of Nations . The four founders of the fraternity were Alfred O. Arseneau, Wesley O. Ash, Samuel C. Bartlett, and T. J. Patrick O'Connell. At first, three of them, all undergraduates in Georgetown's SFS living together on 10th Street, held in common only their experience in overseas military service and their interest in foreign service careers. Soon they met the fourth, Pat O'Connell, who thought of founding
507-508: The Vietnam War , foreign service was closely associated in many minds with current United States foreign policy, which was protested against at many member institutions. After some attempts during the 1990s, several of these defunct chapters were revived in the 2000s. The Alpha chapter at Georgetown University went defunct but was revived in 1990 after ten years of inactivity and revived again in 1998 after another five years of inactivity. In
546-493: The 1970s, the Chronicle was attracting enough advertising to become self-sufficient, and in 1978 the board of EPE agreed to sell the newspaper to its editors. EPE sold the Chronicle to the editors for $ 2,000,000 in cash and $ 500,000 in services that Chronicle would provide to EPE. Chronicle went from a legal non-profit status to a for-profit company. This sale shifted the focus of non-profit EPE to K-12 education. Inspired by
585-497: The Delta Phi Epsilon International Society of Business and Foreign Affairs which was to be open to both men and women. However, that society failed to develop, Another movement to make the fraternity coed emerged in the late 1960s. During the 1972 National Convention, members voted to amend the bylaws to admit female members. However, the amendment ultimately failed because the members did not approve it
624-536: The Earth, October 4, 1957, so the Moonshooter project was formed as a supplement on higher education for the college magazines. The college magazine editors promised 60 percent of one issue of their magazine to finance the supplement. The first Moonshooter Report was 32 pages long and titled American Higher Education, 1958 . They sold 1.35 million copies to 15 colleges and universities. By the project's third year, circulation
663-588: The Foundation for Foreign Service Education to buy a house on 34th Street NW in 1990. In addition, Boyle sold the fraternity's chapter house for $ 2.6 million when it was appraised for $ 4 million. Mr. Boyle, the Treasurer of DPE, and Matthew W. Schmidt, the President of DPE, secretly transferred ownership of the fraternity house from the fraternity to the Foundation. Mr. Boyle was the treasurer of both organizations. This
702-547: The Treasurer of DPE, Inc., donated Alpha House to a separate corporation named the Delta Phi Epsilon Foundation for Foreign Service Education. In 2021, the District of Columbia Attorney General, Karl Racine , filed a case against Mr. Boyle, the Foundation for Foreign Service Education and the Delta Phi Epsilon corporation. The complaint alleged that Mr. Boyle unlawfully used charitable funds belonging to
741-543: The defendants breached their fiduciary duties. The Order was signed by D.C. Superior Court Judge, Judge Shana Frost Matini . On November 30, 2023, the D.C. Office of the Attorney General and the three defendants signed a Consent Judgment , which was approved by the D.C. Superior Court. Under the terms of the Consent Judgment, Mr. Boyle was required to make a restitution payment in the amount of $ 100,000. Mr. Boyle
780-442: The foundation, not the fraternity or the Delta Phi Epsilon corporation. It would be based on a clubhouse model and would be owned by the foundation. It would not be a boarding house and would not be owned by the Delta Phi Epsilon corporation, which had owned 3401 Prospect Street. Several distinct and separate corporations use the name Delta Phi Epsilon. Delta Phi Epsilon, Incorporated is a professional foreign service fraternity that
819-502: The fraternity saw even greater expansion into institutions across the United States . and by the 1960s, the fraternity began to see a decline in the number of its chapters. During the 1970s most of the fraternity's collegiate chapters went inactive, leaving only the original Alpha . This decline is attributed to two major factors: a national decline in professional fraternities and a negative perception generally of foreign service. During
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#1732897589381858-400: The fraternity's National Convention endorsed a proposal for joint fraternity-sorority projects, including publishing a peer-reviewed Delta Phi Epsilon Journal of Foreign Affairs , operating a scholarship competition for students who had been initiated into Delta Phi Epsilon, and holding an annual symposium promoting alumni and student international relations research. This project developed into
897-510: The fraternity's general secretary for nearly 40 years, controlled the alumni newsletter, and oversaw pledge recruitment for the Alpha chapter . Charges included making the sorority members clean the bedrooms and wash the socks of the fraternity members. In addition, no females had held national leadership positions. In the article and in a petition shortly following it, leaders from most fraternity chapters, along with many non-DPE Fraternity members, called for Boyle's resignation. In August 2018,
936-534: The increasingly predictable political divide." The New Republic , The Nation , Reason , and The American Prospect were among the finalists in the category. In 2012, reporter Jack Stripling won a special citation for "Beat reporting", from the Education Writers Association (EWA), as well as sharing a second-place Single-Topic News, Series or Feature award with Tom Bartlett and other Chronicle reporters for their seven-part series, "College for
975-469: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Delta_Phi_Epsilon&oldid=1037272745 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Delta Phi Epsilon (professional) The fraternity
1014-572: The model established by the Chronicle , and with the support of the Carnegie Corporation and other philanthropies, EPE founded Education Week in September 1981. In 1993, the Chronicle was one of the first newspapers to appear on the Internet, as a Gopher service. The Chronicle grossed $ 33 million in advertising revenues and $ 7 million in circulation revenues in 2003. Over the years,
1053-744: The paper has been a finalist and winner of several journalism awards. In 2005, two special reports – on diploma mills and plagiarism – were selected as finalists in the reporting category for a National Magazine Award . It was a finalist for the award in general excellence every year from 2001 to 2005. In 2005, its reporter Carlin Romano was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in criticism. In 2007, The Chronicle won an Utne Reader Independent Press Award for political coverage. In its award citation, Utne called The Chronicle Review "a fearless, free-thinking section where academia's best and brightest can take their gloves off and swing with abandon at both sides of
1092-493: The required final initiation ritualistic ceremonies. University of Arizona , and chancellor of the University of Southern California The Chronicle of Higher Education The Chronicle of Higher Education is an American newspaper and website that presents news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty and student affairs professionals, including staff members and administrators. A subscription
1131-474: The sorority held its first initiation on February 24, 1973. A second chapter of the sorority, Epsilon chapter, was founded at UC Berkeley in 2003. In January 2021, the American University chapter withdrew from the national organization, saying that the national board "was unrepresentative of its values." The group continued as the local organization Sisterhood for International Engagement. In 2016,
1170-456: The succeeding eighteen months. In late February 2020, Alpha initiated the chapter's 200th line of ten initiates, just before the fraternity's 100th Founders' Day Banquet. In the 1950s, some members suggested that the fraternity accept women. Gregory Creutz (Alpha 1921), national general secretary led the way to a compromise. In 1956 the National Board of Directors of the fraternity created
1209-633: The summer of 2003, the first reactivation of a dormant chapter, Epsilon chapter at UC Berkeley, occurred. In 2016, the first co-ed chapter, Delta chapter , was founded at USC by Jacob Lokshin and eleven other USC students. This was soon followed by the creation of Pi chapter , Psi chapter , Chi chapter , Eta chapter , Gamma chapter , and Mu chapter . Alpha chapter was the longest-lived collegiate chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon; its undergraduate officers all resigned in 2018 and suspended all chapter activities in protest to actions of national leadership. The chapter three successive one-person initiations over
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1248-411: Was barred for 10 years from being an officer, director, trustee or employee of any nonprofit organizations operating in the District of Columbia. Matthew W. Schmidt was barred from being a director of DPE in the future. The fraternity purchased the former Seymour House in Georgetown as a chapter house for $ 27,500 in 1940. Constructed in 1869 by merchant William E. Seymour, 3401 Prospect Street Northwest
1287-500: Was deemed a conflict of interest. Journalists Fredrick Kunkle and Jonetta Rose Barras published several articles about the scandals. In January 2022, Brian Schwalb become the second elected attorney General of he District of Columbia. In April 2022, the Office of the Attorney General filed a motion for summary judgment in the case. In September 2021, D.C. Superior Court issued an Order for Partial Summary Judgment. The court ruled that
1326-541: Was founded at the University of Southern California by Jacob Lokshin and eleven other USC students. The Gamma chapter also merged the sorority and fraternity into a single co-ed chapter in 2016. However, some of the national fraternity's leadership continue to oppose the admission of women. In July 2018, The Chronicle of Higher Education published several accounts of student and alumni fraternity members, accusing Terrence Boyle of sexism and bigotry. Boyle has served as
1365-704: Was founded in the wake of World War I , in a time of increased interest in world politics and solving global issues with diplomacy. In 1919, Fr. Edmund A. Walsh , S.J. at Georgetown University founded the School of Foreign Service (SFS) and in 1924, the Rogers Act formed the basis of the United States Foreign Service . During this time, other groups with similar missions, such as the Council on Foreign Relations , were founded, along with international bodies such as
1404-540: Was going on in higher education and the real issues involved. Originally, it did not accept any advertising and did not have any staff-written editorial opinions. It was supported by grants from the Carnegie Corporation and the Ford Foundation . Later on in its history, advertising would be accepted, especially for jobs in higher education, and this would allow the newspaper to be financially independent. By
1443-541: Was home to the Alpha chapter until 2020. The three-story brick chapter house had fifteen rooms. It is a contributing property to the Georgetown Historic District and became a National Historic Landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1967. For decades, the Alpha chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon was the only fraternal organization at Georgetown University with its own house. It
1482-595: Was over three million for the supplement. In 1959, Gwaltney left Johns Hopkins Magazine to become the first full-time employee of the newly created Editorial Projects for Education (EPE), which was later renamed "Editorial Projects in Education", starting in an office in his apartment in Baltimore and later moving to an office near the Johns Hopkins campus in Baltimore. He realized that higher education would benefit from
1521-460: Was used for keg parties and social events. During the February 2020 annual meeting of Delta Phi Epsilon, its members voted to sell 3401 Prospect Street for as much money as possible. Alpha chapter's historic house purportedly had to be sold because it was believed that Georgetown University implemented a rule requiring undergraduates to live on campus for four years. A new house might be purchased by
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