History
It all began on April 5, 1895, at the University of Arkansas when four young women, with the help of a local dentist, established the secrets and symbolism that today bind over 300,000 women. This small band of women founded Chi Omega after realizing a need for an organization that would foster both friendship and respect for the potential and inherent value of women. Over the years, Chi Omega has provided its members with unique opportunities in leadership, scholarship, and lifelong friendship.
Symbols
Chi Omega's symbols are the owl and the skull and cross bones. Our flower is the white carnation and our colors are cardinal and straw. Our symbols, flower, and colors all represent the principles we were founded upon and strive to live by each day.
Philanthropy
Chi Omega's national philanthropy is The Make-A-Wish Foundation. To honor our commitment to helping grant wishes, the Pi Alpha chapter holds our annual King of Wings competition. King of Wings is a night of wing eating contests and raffles in which all of the proceeds benefit The Make-A-Wish Foundation. To find out more information about The Make-A-Wish Foundation, visit http://www.wish.org/
Mission Statement
Chi Omega is an intergenerational women's organization forever committed to our founding purposes:
• Friendship
• Personal integrity
• Service to others
• Academic excellence and intellectual pursuits
• Community and campus involvement
• Personal and career development
Our 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.
Written by Ethel Switzer Howard, Xi Chapter, 1904
It all began on April 5, 1895, at the University of Arkansas when four young women, with the help of a local dentist, established the secrets and symbolism that today bind over 300,000 women. This small band of women founded Chi Omega after realizing a need for an organization that would foster both friendship and respect for the potential and inherent value of women. Over the years, Chi Omega has provided its members with unique opportunities in leadership, scholarship, and lifelong friendship.
Symbols
Chi Omega's symbols are the owl and the skull and cross bones. Our flower is the white carnation and our colors are cardinal and straw. Our symbols, flower, and colors all represent the principles we were founded upon and strive to live by each day.
Philanthropy
Chi Omega's national philanthropy is The Make-A-Wish Foundation. To honor our commitment to helping grant wishes, the Pi Alpha chapter holds our annual King of Wings competition. King of Wings is a night of wing eating contests and raffles in which all of the proceeds benefit The Make-A-Wish Foundation. To find out more information about The Make-A-Wish Foundation, visit http://www.wish.org/
Mission Statement
Chi Omega is an intergenerational women's organization forever committed to our founding purposes:
• Friendship
• Personal integrity
• Service to others
• Academic excellence and intellectual pursuits
• Community and campus involvement
• Personal and career development
Our 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.
Written by Ethel Switzer Howard, Xi Chapter, 1904