Welcome Parents
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As your son enters college, we understand that you may have some questions as he looks to Greek life. We added this page to help answer some of those questions and to give you some insight from our current parents. We hope you enjoy this page and we encourage you to look at the rest of our website to get a bigger picture of Greek life and especially Pi Kappa Alpha! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
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"I love the group of friends that my son has found through his membership in Pikes."
- Maureen Ramshaw (Mother- Matt Ramshaw '05)
"Pikes gives my son the opportunity to experience college to the fullest and network to help with opportunities in the future."
- Mark Pieper (Father- Eric Pieper '05)
"We definitely enjoyed spending the Mother's Day weekend with not just our family, but the families of my son's friends."
- Sue Zona (Mother- E.J. Foreman '05)
"As a Pike, Scott has developed many supportive friendships, worked on local community service projects, participated on the National level, developed leadership and teamwork skill, all while creating career networking opportunities."
- Bruce Hannigan (Father - Scott Hannigan '05)
"I had such a wonderful time visiting our son, his friends, and their Mom's at last years Pike Mom's Day. I can't wait to return again next year!"
- Robyn Middeke (Mother - Andy Middeke '04)
Mom's Day
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This event is held during the fall semester. This is a great chance for the Mom's to visit their sons and see what the fraternity is all about! Enjoy a day at the winery and wonderful dinner at the Lodge!
Dad's Day
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This event is held in the spring semester. The Dad's have a chance to come down and spend the day with their sons at the Lodge. A funfilled day of barbeque, washer and horseshoe tournaments, as well as blackjack and craps.
Greek Facts
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71% of all fraternity men persist to graduation while only 50% of all non-fraternity members graduate.
Nationally, fraternity members acquire grade point averages above all other college men's scholastic rankings.
There is an academic requirement for a member to be in good standing. Fraternities offer advice and tutoring from older brothers who know the courses and the professors
71% of those listed in "Who's Who in America" belong to a fraternity.
Of the nation's 50 largest corporations, 43 are headed by fraternity men.
85% of the Fortune 500 executives belong to a fraternity.
40 of 47 U.S. Supreme Court Justices since 1910 (85 percent) were fraternity men.
76% of all Congressmen and Senators belong to a fraternity.
Every U.S. President and Vice President, except two in each office, born since the first social fraternity was founded in 1825 has been members of a fraternity.
100 of the 158 Job Recruiters know that the fraternity experience prepares a man for success. Although fraternity alumni number less than 2% of the population, they make up 52% of the U.S. Senate, 33% of the House of Representatives and 75% of the top executives of the 500 largest business corporations.
