History

The Phi Alpha Kappa story

Start with the Newsreels, then step through the moments that carried Phi Alpha Kappa from a small 1929 fellowship to the brotherhood of today.

A PAK tradition since 1934

The Newsreel archive

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1929 to today

The Phi Alpha Kappa story, decade by decade.

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1920s

Calvin College graduates studying at Michigan saw that Christian students had no shared place to live, so they founded Phi Alpha Kappa in 1929. The new fraternity gave them something rare in Ann Arbor: a home built around faith, friendship, and everyday life together.

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