Tau Kappa Epsilon

Greek Letters

𝚻𝚱𝚬

Nicknames

TKE, Teke

Founded

Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, IL

January 10, 1899; 125 years ago

Colors

Primary

Cherry Red: ■
Pearl Grey: ■

Secondary

Black: ■
White: ■

Flower

Red Carnation

Patron Greek Divinity

Apollo

Symbol

Equilateral Triangle

Flag

Coat of Arms

Co-Designed by Emily Helen Butterfield of Alpha Gamma Delta

Publication

The Teke

Motto

“Better Men for a Better World”

Philanthropy

St Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Badges

Georgia Chapters

Chapter	Dates	University	Status
Beta-Pi	June 5, 1948	Georgia Tech	Active
Zeta-Nu	January 17, 1959	Valdosta State University	Active
Lambda-Upsilon	May 25,1968-19xx?; 199x-2011; 2017	Georgia Southern University	Active
Lambda-Omega	November 29, 1968-19xx?	Georgia State University	Inactive
Xi-Theta	June 5, 1971-1978; May 7, 1988-1997; 2000-2019; 202x?	University of West Georgia	Active
Xi-Lambda	March 25, 1972-2003; 2011-2022	University of Georgia	Inactive
Xi-Chi	February 24, 1973	Kennesaw State University	Active
Omicron-Sigma	January 22, 1977-2020	Columbus State University	Inactive