The Pi Kappa Alpha Endowment Scholarship
The Gamma Epsilon Chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity has been on the USU campus since 1925. Since its existence, the chapter has sought to impact the lives of its members by encouraging them to live by its motto of “scholars, leaders, athletes and gentlemen”. Famous USU Pikes include David B. Haight and Quentin L. Cook (LDS church leaders), Nolan Bushnell (inventor of Atari and Chuck E Cheese), Dick Motta (NBA coach), Dell Loy Hansen (Utah business leader), Jed H. Pitcher (Chair of Regence BlueCross Blue Shield and Utah higher education leader), Leon J. “Lee” Badger (Founder of Lee’s Marketplace) and many others.
The Pi Kappa Alpha Scholarship was created in 2023 to celebrate current USU Pikes who improve their GPA from one school year to the other. This award is intended to encourage commitment and dedication to improving their efforts to completing their degree.
Please support this scholarship so that it can become fully endowed once it reaches $25,000. All contributions, large or small, will make the difference in helping our current Pike brothers, and their sons and grandsons, in future generations of USU Pikes to come.
How to Give
The Pi Kappa Alpha Endowment Scholarship
Online:
Credit, Debit, PayPal, Venmo or Bank Transfer
Mail:
Utah State University
The Pi Kappa Alpha Endowment Scholarship
1590 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-1590
Make checks payable to "Utah State University."
Phone:
1-888-653-6246
Contact USU Gift Processing at 435-797-1320 or advgifts@usu.edu for instructions.
- Your gift will be used only for the above-stated purpose if the required minimum endowment level of $25,000 is met by December 31, 2028. If not met, the gift will be considered expendable towards the stated purpose.
- The Endowment shall exist in perpetuity. If circumstances arise that render the stated purpose of the Gift (as set forth herein) illegal, impractical, impossible, or wasteful (e.g., a change in law, the elimination of a USU program, the elimination of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity on the USU campus, position, or course of study, the persistent unavailability of scholarship recipients who meet the criteria, etc.), then, as set forth in the Solicitation, under such circumstances and in keeping with Utah Code 51-8-501(1), USU may designate a new purpose for the Gift. Any such new purpose shall be defined by USU’s President and Vice President of Student Affairs, in consultation with the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity Headquarters.
- The Endowment will be invested under the direction of the University Public Treasurer. Oversight and advisement of investments will be provided by the USU Investment Advisory Committee in accordance with USU’s investment policy. The USU Foundation is the legal entity designated by USU to receive charitable gifts in support of its academic mission.
- Distributions from the Endowment shall be governed by USU’s Endowment Spending Policy. The spending policy calls for an annual distribution up to 5% (currently set at 4%) of the value of the endowment account to be expended per the gift agreement. An additional 1.5% of the endowment value shall be used to fund the administration of the endowment and USU advancement efforts. All additional gains shall be retained as appreciation and invested along with the corpus to grow the value of the Endowment over time.
- By letter dated May 21, 2008, the Internal Revenue Service has declared the USU Foundation (federal tax identification number 87-0627128), to be a duly qualified charitable organization under section 501(c)(3) and also an organization described in sections 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(A)(iv) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Foundation is a duly chartered active Utah nonprofit corporation, under the provision of Utah Code, Title 16, Chapter 6a.