List of Theta Phi Alpha national conventions

Theta Phi Alpha is a women's fraternity founded at the University of Michigan in 1912.This is a list of Theta Phi Alpha national conventions.^[1]

Convention number	Date	Location	Reference
1	September 1919	Detroit, Michigan	[1][a]
2	June 1920	Ann Arbor, Michigan	[1][b]
3	June 1921	Champaign, Illinois	[1][c]
4	February 10, 1922 – February 11, 1922	Columbus, Ohio	[1][2][d]
5	August 1923	Athens, Ohio
6	August 28, 1924	Cincinnati, Ohio	[3]
7	June 29, 1925 – July 6, 1925	Lake Geneva, Wisconsin	[4]
8	June 28, 1926 – July 2, 1926	St. Louis, Missouri	[1]
9	August 28, 1928 – August 31, 1928	Estes Park, Colorado	[5]
10	August 18, 1930 – August 21, 1930	Chicago, Illinois	[6][7]
11	June 28, 1932 – July 2, 1932	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	[8]
12	July 7, 1935 – July 11, 1935	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	[9]
13	June 23, 1937 – July 3, 1937	Detroit, Michigan	[10]
14	July 23, 1939 – July 27, 1939	Cincinnati, Ohio	[11]
15	August 10, 1941 – August 14, 1941	State College, Pennsylvania	[1][12][13]
16	September 3, 1946 – September 7, 1946	Swampscott, Massachusetts	[14][15]
17	August 29, 1948 – September 1, 1948	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	[16]
18	August 27, 1950 – August 31, 1950	Syracuse, New York	[1]
19	June 29, 1952 – July 2, 1952	Chicago, Illinois	[1][e]
20	June 27, 1954 – July 1, 1954	Cincinnati, Ohio	[17]
21	June 22, 1956 – June 26, 1956	Burlington, Wisconsin	[18]
22	June 13, 1958 – June 17, 1958	Port Huron, Michigan	[19]
23	June 17, 1960 – June 21, 1960	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	[20]
24	August 25, 1962 – August 30, 1962	Cleveland, Ohio	[1][21]
25	June 17, 1964 – June 22, 1964	Detroit, Michigan	[22][23]
26	June 30, 1966 – July 4, 1966	Chicago, Illinois	[24][25]
27	June 27, 1968 – July 1, 1968	Cincinnati, Ohio	[26]
28	June 1970	Lexington, Massachusetts
29	June 1972	St. Louis, Missouri
30	August 1974	Fort Mitchell, Kentucky
31	August 1976	Akron, Ohio
32	August 1978	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
33	August 1980	Chicago, Illinois
34	August 1982	New Orleans, Louisiana
35	June 1984–July 1984	Fort Mitchell, Kentucky
36	June 26, 1986 – June 29, 1986	Dearborn, Michigan	[1]
37	June 1988	Chicago, Illinois
38	June 1990	Orlando, Florida
39	June 1992	Indianapolis, Indiana
40	June 1994	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
41	June 1996	Buffalo, New York
42	June 25, 1998 – June 28, 1998	Cleveland, Ohio	[27]
43	June 22, 2000 – June 25, 2000	St. Louis, Missouri	[28]
44	June 27, 2002 – June 30, 2002	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	[29]
45	June 24, 2004 – June 27, 2004	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	[30]
46	June 21, 2006 – June 25, 2006	Atlanta, Georgia	[31]
47	July 9, 2008 – July 14, 2008	Lincolnshire, Illinois	[32]
48	July 14, 2010 – July 17, 2010	Nashville, Tennessee	[33]
49	July 10, 2012 – July 15, 2012	Ypsilanti, Michigan	[34][f]
50	July 8, 2014 – July 12, 2014	New Orleans, Louisiana	[35]
51	July 13, 2016 – July 17, 2016	St. Louis, Missouri	[36][37]
52	July 11, 2018 – July 15, 2018	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	[38]

Notes

1. At this convention, it was agreed to propose a charter for national fraternity status.
2. At this convention, the fraternity added the color blue, the pearl jewel, and the white rose as its national symbols. It also created the Grand Officer roles and determined the annual and charter dues.
3. At this convention, the fraternity approved three additional chapters, pledge pins, and the date of the Fraternity's Founder's Day. It also consolidated the Grand Council from ten to four positions.
4. At this convention, the fraternity developed its great seal to put on charter chapters and agreed to the installation of the Kappa chapter.
5. At this convention, the fraternity approved the merger with Pi Lambda Sigma
6. This convention celebrated the fraternity's Centennial.