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Phi Sigma Kappa is devoted to our three cardinal principles: the promotion of Brotherhood, the stimulation of Scholarship, and the development of Character. Phi Sig was founded on March 15, 1873 at Massachusetts Agricultural College in Amherst (now the University of Massachusetts). Phi Sigma Kappa merged with Phi Sigma Epsilon in 1985 in what was the largest merger in the fraternal world. The Psi Triton Chapter at Hobart Colleges was officially recognized in 1950 and thrived on the campus until their departure in the late ‘90s. After more then ten years Phi Sigma Kappa has returned stronger then ever to the shores of Seneca Lake. The Current Brothers reside in the fraternity’s original home at 704 South Main St. on the Hobart campus.

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Hobart College

Phi Sigma Kappa is located at Hobart College a prestigious and historic college on the shores of Seneca lake. Hobart College traces its roots to the Geneva Academy, founded in 1796. Hobart College proper was founded in 1822 as Geneva College and renamed in honor of its founder, Episcopal bishop John Henry Hobart, in 1852.

    Geneva at the time was a bustling Upstate New York city on the main land and stage coach route to the West. When John Henry Hobart, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, visited Geneva in 1818, Geneva Academy (founded by the Rev. Henry Axtell) had temporarily closed its doors. Bishop Hobart had a plan to reopen the Academy at a new location, raise a public subscription for the construction of a stone building, and elevate the school to college status. By 1822, sufficient community funds had been raised to complete the stone structure, Geneva Hall, still in use today.

    Hobart and William Smith Colleges’ campus is situated on 170 acres in Geneva, New York, along the shore of Seneca Lake, the largest of the Finger Lakes. A 15 million dollar expansion of the Scandling Campus Center and the Warren Hunting Library was completed in the Fall of 2008. The expansion has added over 17,000 additional square feet to the Scandling Center which will include an expanded cafe, new post office, and more meeting areas.