October 20th 2019
On October 20th, 2019, after becoming eligible for Chapter status with the initiation of the "Final Four", The Lambda Zeta Colony became The Rho Upsilon Chapter
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated is the second oldest collegiate historically Black Greek Letter Fraternity and the first intercollegiate Fraternity incorporated as a national body.
On January 5th 1911, our Founding Fathers initiated a bond that has produced many firsts: the first Black astronaut, the first Black Mayor of a major U.S. city, legendary athletes, and a multitude of Black legislators and litigators; truly living up to its purpose of Achievement In Every Field of Human Endeavor.
At Indiana University, where Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated was founded, Blacks made up less than 1% of the student body.
On January 5th, 1911 , Elder Watson Diggs , Byron K. Armstrong, John M. Lee, Henry T. Asher, Marcus P. Blakemore, Guy L. Grant, Paul W. Caine, George W. Edmonds, Ezra D. Alexander and Edward G. Irvin, our Founding Fathers, sought to bring Black men together on a campus where Blacks could go weeks without seeing one another.
Chartered and incorporated originally under the laws of the state of Indiana as Kappa Alpha Nu on May 15th, 1911.
The name was changed to Kappa Alpha Psi on the resolution offered and adopted at the fourth Grand Chapter in December 1914. This change became effective on April 15th, 1915.
The Showtime Nupes were not the first Kappas on The Johns Hopkins University Campus. Throughout history many Hopkins Nupes crossed through Coppin State University, the Zeta Gamma of Kappa Alpha Psi , but in 2017 our first polemarch, Kaceme Porter, worked with Calvin Smith to bring a chapter of our bond to Hopkins through the Lambda Zeta Chapter.
As a Colony of Towson University, the Lambda Zeta of Kappa Alpha Psi, three lines crossed at The Johns Hopkins University:
Kaceme Porter (Ace)
Uchenna Nwokeji (Deuce)
Chijoike Oranye (Tre)
Xavier Griffith (Tail)
Christopher Bean (Ace)
Alpha Bah (Deuce)
Noah Wright (Ace)
Emmanuel Ochieng (Deuce)
Nigel Opoku-Achampong (Tre)
Talal Widatalla (Tail)
On October 20th, 2019, after becoming eligible for Chapter status with the initiation of the "Final Four", The Lambda Zeta Colony became The Rho Upsilon Chapter
Cross Date: Fall 2017
Graduation Year: 2019
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Home Town: Cherry Hill, NJ
Aspirtions: Neo-Natologist
Cross Date: Fall 2017
Graduation Year: 2019
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Home Town: Harrisburg, Philadelphia
Aspirations: Cardiologist
Cross Date: Fall 2017
Graduation Year: 2020
Major: Public Health
Home Town: Benin City, Nigeria
Aspirations: Healthcare Consultant and Politician
Cross Date: Fall 2017
Graduation Year: 2019
Major: Engineering
Home Town: Baltimore County, Maryland
Aspirations: Bio-Medical Engineer
Cross Date: Fall 2018
Graduation Year: 2021
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Home Town: Sacramento, CA
Aspirtions: Orthopedic Surgeon
Cross Date: Fall 2018
Graduation Year: 2021
Major: Natural Science & Public Health
Home Town: Atlanta, Georgia
Aspirations: Physician & Behavioral Scientist
Cross Date: Spring 2019
Graduation Year: 2022
Major: Psychology
Home Town: Teaneck, NJ
Aspirations: Human Resources Manager
Cross Date: Spring 2019
Graduation Year: 2022
Major: Cognitive Science
Home Town: Columbus Ohio
Aspirations: Healthcare Administrator
Cross Date: Spring 2019
Graduation Year: 2022
Major: Public Health
Home Town: Ware, Massachusetts
Aspirations: Orthopedic Surgeon
Cross Date: Spring 2019
Graduation Year: 2022
Major: Cell Biology
Home Town: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Aspirations: Bio-technician / Physician
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Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, Rho Upsilon (E) Chapter
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Baltimore MD 21218