Delta Chi wins the 2009 Delta Kappa Epsilon International Lion Trophy Award.
Click here to read the winning application.



Rush Week: January 18th, 2010

Rush Week begins on Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 7:00pm in the Appel Multi-Purpose Room. Register for Rush Week, and check back here soon for a schedule of events at DKE, running from Tuesday, January 19th to Monday, January 25th.


DKE History

Delta Kappa Epsilon is one of the oldest distinguished fraternities at Cornell, founded in 1870. DKE International was founded at Yale University in 1844, and is the oldest international secret college fraternity of New England Origin with over 80 chapters. In the spring of 1844, undergraduate politics at Yale precluded a number of high-standing men from joining Alpha Delta Phi and Psi Upsilon. The selection process was so unfair, that some men who did recieve bids rejected them. Such injustice drove fifteen men to found Delta Kappa Epsilon at Yale, intending to be less restrictive and unfair with its membership requirements... Read More