Ohio State chapter of ceramic fraternity Keramos reactivated

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Nearly 110 years after its roots were first established at Ohio State, the Keramos National Professional Ceramic Engineering Fraternity once again has a presence on the OSU campus with the recent reactivation of the university’s chapter. Among the oldest engineering fraternities in the United States, Keramos promotes interest in the ceramic discipline, good scholarship, professional development and community service.

The seeds of Keramos were planted in 1902 when a group of Ohio State students formed the Beta Pi Kappa fraternity to foster interaction between and camaraderie among ceramic engineering professionals and students. Thirty years later the fraternity merged with a chapter at the University of Illinois that had similar interests. The chapter, called Keramos, had been established in 1914. During the next four decades, into the 1970s, Keramos experienced growth with chapters at almost all of the U.S. universities with ceramic engineering programs.

Today, there are 12 student chapters across the country actively promoting the ideals of Keramos and ceramic engineering. With only about a year under its belt, the Ohio State chapter already has accomplished a lot, from raising money for Relay-4-Life to providing high school students with ceramic-focused laboratory demonstrations.

If you’re interested in joining the Keramos Chapter at Ohio State, contact chapter president Kelvin Hux at hux.10@osu.edu

Category: Students