Founded in 1895 at the University of Arkansas, Chi Omega is the largest women’s fraternal organization in the world with over 300,000 initiates and 171 collegiate chapters. Throughout Chi Omega’s long and proud history, the Fraternity has brought its members unequaled opportunities for personal growth and development.
Chi Omega’s Mission
Chi Omega is a sisterhood that provides a network of friends and lifelong development for collegiate and alumnae members.
Chi Omega is committed to:
- Personal integrity
- Excellence in academic and intellectual pursuits
- Inter-generational participation
- Community service
- Leadership opportunities
- Social enrichment
Chi Omega’s Vision
- To be the premier national women’s organization in the 21st century;
- To establish renewed value and respect for all women by promoting
High Moral Standards and Ethics
- Personal Growth
- Professional Development
- A Network of Friendship and Support
Additional Information about Chi Omega
- Founded: April 5, 1895 at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR
- Founders: Dr. Charles Richardson, Alice Simonds, Ina May Boles, Jobelle Holcombe, Jean Vincenheller
- Colors: Cardinal (Red) and Straw (Yellow)
- Flower: The White Carnation
- Mascot: The Owl
- Jewels: The Pearl and The Diamond
- Chi Omega is the second largest women’s organization in the world next to the largest which is The Girl Scouts of America.
For more information about the History of Chi Omega go to this website: www.chiomega.com
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, Northwestern University, 1904
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