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Rush (aka Recruitment) Chairmen – Fall 2026: Ben Kochanny, 847/977-6583, kochannb@gmail.com; Ryan Date, 703/731-5330, rwdate@gmail.com, Coleton Vondersaar, 317/499-2681, Coletone15@gmail.com.
To register for Fall 2026 rush click HERE.
The Fall 2026 recruitment calendar has not yet been set. Feel free to make contact with any of the rush team members.
Thank you for your interest in Pi Kappa Phi at Purdue!
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What follows is some information about the chapter:
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Recruitment (also known as fraternity “rush”) at Purdue is the process of joining a group in the Greek or cooperative housing system. Rushing a fraternity can be a life-changing experience, providing many benefits to members that would not otherwise be experienced during and after college. Rushing one of the 40 campus Interfraternity Council chapters is the first step in experiencing all that Greek Life has to offer.
Purdue has one of the largest Greek systems in the country, with more than 7,200 undergraduate students involved in Greek and cooperative life. Many of Purdue’s most influential and famous alumni were involved in Greek life while at Purdue, including Neil Armstrong, Orville Redenbacher and Drew Brees.
Pi Kappa Phi at Purdue was established on campus in 1922. Since then we have initiated nearly 2,500 members and been influential in many campus events. Since 2008, Pi Kapps has been named the top fraternity at Purdue 11 times (RB Stewart Award) out of the last 18. It has been the top chapter of Pi Kappa Phi in the nation 4 times (Founders Award). Chapter members have won countless intramural titles. In 2019, Pi Kappa Phi received the North American Interfraternity Conference’s Award of Distinction, recognizing it as one of top 5 fraternities in the nation (out of 6,000 plus fraternity chapters).
Each semester, the Purdue Interfraternity Council (the governing body for fraternities) hosts a “Meet the Greeks and Cooperatives” event on campus. In the fall semester, it’s typically held outdoors either on the Memorial Mall or the lawn north of the Krach Leadership Center. In the spring, it’s typically held in one of the ballrooms of the Purdue Memorial Union.
Afterwards, individual chapters host recruitment events (also known as “rush functions”) at their fraternity houses. While there, you should meet as many of the brothers that you can to learn about them and how the chapter operates.
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