What Chi Omega is All About

Now that the subject has been breached, let me take the opportunity to set the record straight and share what my Greek sorority, Chi Omega, is all about. There are too many negative stereotypes about Greeks, and I have a feeling that if people really knew what they were about much more people would be apt to join or at least stop talking trash.

From chiomega.com:

Purposes: Throughout Chi Omega's long and proud history, six purposes have guided the direction of every chapter and brought its members unequaled opportunities for personal growth and development. Those purposes are Friendship, High Standards of Personnel, Sincere Learning and Creditable Scholarship, Participation in Campus Activities, Career Development, and Community Service.

The Chi Omega Foundation is the fund-raising organization of Chi Omega. Its purpose, through contributions from members, is to underwrite leadership, educational, and charitable programs. Through its tax-exempt, non-profit status, the Foundation is able to assist members with scholarships, grants, and leadership programs. Our Foundation provides the helping hand to sisters in need of important funds to complete their education, become vital community members, and to ultimately serve Chi Omega as role models and leaders.

Chi Omega Symphony - What We Live By: “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, 1909