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Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity. By: Alayna Leduc 8am TR. Meaning of Alpha Chi Omega. Alpha- Meaning first Chi- Meaning and Omega- Meaning possibly the last such fraternity founded in the school of music
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Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity By: Alayna Leduc 8am TR
Meaning of Alpha Chi Omega • Alpha- Meaning first • Chi- Meaning and • Omega- Meaning possibly the last such fraternity founded in the school of music • Alpha Chi Omega is a Sorority founded on the values of musical talent and intellectual ability
Founding Date and Founders • Alpha Chi Omega was founded in 1885 at DePauw University in Greencastle, IL by a group of 7 women. • Anna Allen • Bertha Denistin • Olive Burnette • Bessie Grooms • Estelle Leonard • Amy Dubuis • Nellie Gambles
Chapters • There are 132 Chapters of Alpha Chi Omega as of September 1st 2011 • The chapter here at Western Michigan is the Gamma Xi chapter which was chartered in 1951. • There are 5 other chapters of Alpha Chi Omega in Michigan
Symphony • Each Sorority and Fraternity has a symphony and this is Alpha Chi’s
Big and Little • Every sorority and fraternity have Big and Little brothers or sisters. • Active members pick potential new members to take under their wing basically and show them the ropes
Not all Sorority girls are dumb • Alpha Chi’s have not been represented as well as we should be in the past few years • On the popular show Tosh.O and Alpha Chi was featured on it and embarrassed the rest of the Alpha Chi Omega population • Not all sorority girls are like this though, it only take one to ruin it for the rest of us. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sd-j0rKeKw
Involved in the Community • Alpha Chi Omega participates in Crack The Bat each year which is our philanthropy, its to raise awareness for domestic violence and prevent it from happening. In the past year we have raised over 5,000 dollars for the YWCA of Kalamazoo Michigan.
Love of the Lyre • The lyre is Alpha Chis badge • It was the first musical instrument played on Mt. Olympus by the Greek gods, thus is keeping with our founders interests are badge is the lyre.