11 Facts About Chi Omega

Chi Omega is a women's fraternity and a member of the National Panhellenic Conference, the umbrella organization of 26 women's fraternities.

Chi Omega has 181 active collegiate chapters and approximately 240 alumnae chapters.

Chi Omega was founded April 5, 1895 at the University of Arkansas by Ina May Boles, Jean Vincenheller, Jobelle Holcombe, and Alice Simonds, with the help of Dr Charles Richardson.

In 1973, Chi Omega moved to the 33rd floor of Carew Tower, the tallest building in Cincinnati.

Chi Omega was the first women's Sorority to have an Executive Office in an Office Building.

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Since the start of this alliance, Chi Omega has raised more than 19 million dollars and has volunteered over one million hours for Make-A-Wish and contributed more than a million dollars annually.

Chi Omega is an "intergenerational women's organization" that states its founding purposes as: "friendship, personal integrity, service to others, academic excellence and intellectual pursuits, community and campus involvement and personal and career development".

The ethos of the fraternity is embodied in a document known as the Chi Omega Symphony, composed in 1904 by Ethel Switzer Howard of the Xi Chapter at Northwestern University.

Each chapter of Chi Omega receives at least an annual visit from a National Consultant who aids in the development of the members.

Nancy Walton Laurie Leadership Institute of Chi Omega is a leadership training program for collegiate and alumnae members.

An anonymous Chi Omega member told the school newspaper, The Crimson White, that their university-employed rush adviser dropped a black girl who received perfect scores after the first round of recruitment.