Chapter Information
The Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity is devoted to enriching the lives of members through lifetime opportunities of friendship, leadership, learning and service.
Alpha Chi Omega's Founders chose "Alpha," the first letter of the Greek alphabet, because they were forming the first fraternity in the school of music. Since they thought they might also be founding the last such fraternity, "Omega" seemed appropriate. "Kai," meaning "and," was added to form the beginning and the end. "Kai" was soon changed to "Chi," a letter of the Greek alphabet.
Alpha Chi Omega is a national sorority composed of 135 chapters.
Our Flower: Red carnation
Our Colors: Scarlet red and olive green
Our badge: Lyre
Our Symphony: "To see beauty even in the common things of life, to shed the light of love, and friendship round me; to keep my life in tune with the world that I shall make no discords in the harmony of life; to strike on the lyre of the universe only the notes of happiness, of joy, of peace; to appreciate every little service rendered; to see and appreciate all that is noble in another, be her badge what it may; and to let my lyre send forth the chords of love, unselfishness sincerity. This is to be my symphony."
Our open motto: "Together let us seek the heights"
Originally founded as a music sorority.
Alpha Chi Omega has many slogans, but most impressionable is: Real. Strong. Women. Our philanthropy is domestic violence awareness, prevention, and education. Our symbol is the lyre to reflect our heritage as a musical sorority and our flower is the Red Carnation. We celebrate multiple milestones throughout the year including our Founder's Day (October 15, 1885), MacDowell Month (Celebrate's Our Musical Heritage), and Hera Day (Day of service).
Alpha Chi Omega does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, sexual orientation, or religion. Membership in Alpha Chi Omega is based solely on five membership standards. The National Membership Standards are: 1] academic interest; 2] character; 3] financial responsibility; 4] leadership ability; 5] personal development.
Alpha Chi Omega is a national sorority composed of 132 chapters.
Contact Information
GPA Requirement: 3.0
Contact: [email protected]
We also look for evidence of leadership, extracurricular activities, and community service.
**Formal Recruitment Reference Letters should be submitted online to the National Website or directed to:
Recruitment Chair: Alexis Barnwell, [email protected]
Emma Brammer
Email: axochi.prez@gmail.com
310 NW 26th St. Corvallis, OR 97330
Quick Facts
Alpha Chi or AChio
October 15th, 1885 at DePauw University
The first sorority chartered at Oregon State University on March 18, 1915.
In 2020, we were voted the 2019 Panhellenic Chapter of the Year. This award was a peer-selected award based on our Relationship Statement. Among the relationship statement, we fulfilled and excelled in specific areas such as leadership development, academic achievement, risk reduction, and management, diversity and inclusion, membership development, campus engagement, and community service, advising and alumni relations, and community standards.
Alpha Chi Omega is an organization about you: unique, talented, genuine women choosing fun and meaningful way to enhance your college experience and building lifelong bonds that extend long into your alumnae years.
It's about strength in numbers through the 220,000 real, strong women who stand by your side, cheer you on and lead you to a lifetime of growth and connection. It’s about wearing the lyre badge with pride during a Ritual ceremony, volunteering at a women’s shelter, or networking with sisters across the country to land your dream job. It’s about the values you share with your sisters– wisdom, devotion, and achievement – as you celebrate and support each other. Alpha Chi Omega is about empowering you to live as your true self, to reach your potential, and to be the real, strong woman you were meant to be.
Alpha Chi Omega promotes educational and prevention efforts to eliminate domestic violence by supporting programs designed to understand the problem, assist and protect the victims, and work for the well-being of all victims of domestic violence.
Locally, we support CARDV (Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence) with three major philanthropy events throughout the year. Last year alone we worked with the community and other greek organizations to raise over $9000 dollars and many non-monetary donations for their center.
Chi Chapter hosts our biggest philanthropy event Diamond Days each spring. This is a large softball tournament that allows other groups on campus to compete and raise money for CARDV. Each team is coached by two members in the sorority. During the week there are also other smaller events including tabling to raise as much money for CARDV as possible.
In the fall, we host Carry The Weight which is a walk from our house to the Memorial Union where groups on campus come together and gather supplies for CARDV. This ends in a speech from a CARDV representative about the importance of domestic violence awareness and assisting victims. During winter term, we host Healthy Relationships Week, a tabling event at our house where we collect donations and teach others in our community about abuse and domestic violence in hopes of spreading more awareness about this topic.