The Oregon Alpha chapter of Pi Beta Phi has long been one of the University of Oregon’s most outstanding chapters. Our chapter was originally organized in 1915. A group of women were affiliated with a music honorary, which was well respected on campus. Several women who were very active members of their campus and of the honorary, decided they were looking for more of a fraternal bond than that offered by the music honorary. Within less than a year these women organized together and were approved to start a Pi Beta Phi chapter at University of Oregon where they carried on their already strong campus commitment to Greek Life.

Since these early days of campus commitment our chapter has continued to strive to uphold our early outstanding foundation. In more recent years we have been honored by the college Panhellenic with several awards, including Highest Member Grade Point Average for six years in a row, Outstanding Leadership Development Program (’07) and Best Overall Membership Plan (’07). We also have members frequently honored for their commitment to academics, the Greek community, and their service to our campus and surrounding communities. Pi Beta Phi has also been awarded the Greek Leadership Cup for sororities by Greek Life. This award recognizes the most outstanding chapter on campus on the basis of community involvement, philanthropic support, campus leadership and academics. Our members are very proud to have been awarded with this honor for the second year in a row (’06-’07).