Real. Strong. Women.
By: Madeline Plesac (Alpha Beta, Purdue University), Associate Director of Advancement Since its earlier days, Alpha Chi Omega has embraced service to others as an important expression of our core values and beliefs. In 1978, Alpha Chi Omega built on that tradition by establishing the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation so members and friends could financially […]
This June we welcomed over 280 national volunteers to Volunteer Summit. Seeing the range of alumnae that gather for sisterhood and leadership training makes for an empowering weekend. See what some of the biggest takeaways were for these attendees. Meet the Attendees! Priscilla B. Varner (Theta Sigma, University of North Florida) Current volunteer role: Chapter […]
By: Scott Fussell, Director of marketing and education at CSL Management What do you remember most about your collegiate Alpha Chi Omega experience? What were the best times, the most meaningful? Was it the football tailgate? Homecoming? Maybe spring break or that intramural championship? Or were the best times, the most memorable and formative times, […]
See the impact 32 real, strong women can make in one week serving in Jamaica!
By Lauren Filippini, Alpha Chi (Butler University) In my job as editor, I have the opportunity to talk with so many incredible women doing things I could only dream of and to highlight their accomplishments in The Lyre. But once a year, my interactions with inspiring sisters are multiplied as I put together the summer […]
By Erica N. Brown, Epsilon Theta (California State University, Sacramento) You may have heard the saying, “It’s not four years, it’s for life!” Whether you were in the chapter for four years or just one semester/quarter, sorority and sisterhood doesn’t end when you become an alumna. Or at least it shouldn’t! You’ve gone through Hall […]
The Collegiate Global Service Initiative (GSI) combines direct service, immersion, and Alpha Chi Omega principles and values into one unique experience. Three participants of the 2019 GSI trip share about their experience in Jamaica. Arrival and Negril By Stephanie Van Horn (Iota Chi, Middle Tennessee State University) Jamaica. For many this country is a place […]
The third biennial Volunteer Summit was an amazing weekend of learning and sisterhood, but don’t take just our word for it! Check out what sisters had to say on social media using #AXOVS19. “Really enjoyed Karen Walrond’s keynote speech at #AXOVS19 – a wonderful boost of positivity, self-awareness, grace and embracing vulnerability. Thank you!” – […]
By: Jenna Majeski (Lambda Nu, Northeastern University) This spring Alpha Chi Omega sent consultants to my school, Northeastern University, with the mission of establishing a new chapter. An email about the new chapter piqued my interest, but I was hesitant to reach out. I always had an interest in joining a sorority, and I even […]
By: Allison Aprahamian (Iota Sigma, Southern Methodist University) Like I have found to be true with most things in life, formal recruitment with Alpha Chi Omega prepared me extremely well for my trip to D.C. where I advocated for the sorority and fraternity experience. Much like polish week, my fellow student lobbyists and I spent […]