HistorY
The Five Founders of Chi Omega
Founded in 1895 at the University of Arkansas, Chi Omega is the largest women's fraternal organization in the world. Our five Founders were a small band of young women who, with the help of local dentist Dr. Charles Richardson, established the secrets, symbolism, and ritual that now bind together over 375,000 women from 181 collegiate chapters and 246 alumnae chapters. Throughout Chi Omega's long and proud history, the Fraternity has brought its members' unequaled opportunities for personal growth and development.
The Chi Omega Symphony
"To live constantly above snobbery of word or deed; to place scholarship before social obligations and character before appearances; to be, in the best sense, democratic rather than 'exclusive', and lovable rather than 'popular'; to work earnestly, to speak kindly, to act sincerely, to choose thoughtfully that course which occasion and conscience demand; to be womanly always; to be discouraged never; in a word, to be loyal under any and all circumstances to my Fraternity and her highest teachings and to have her welfare ever at heart that she may be a symphony of high purpose and helpfulness in which there is no discordant note."
Ethel Switzer Howard, Xi Chapter
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Fast FActs
Founded: April 5, 1895 at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
TU Chapter Founded: Epsilon Gamma , 1929
Symbols: Owl, Skull and Crossbones
Flower: White Carnation
Colors: Cardinal and Straw
Motto: Hellenic Culture and Christian Ideals
Philanthropy: Make-a-Wish Foundation
Our six purposes
FRIENDSHIP
HIGH STANDARDS OF PERSONNEL
SINCERE LEARNING AND CREDITABLE SCHOLARSHIP
PARTICIPATION IN CAMPUS ACTIVITIES
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY SERVICE
