Our coat of arms
Our badge
Alpha Chi Omega was founded in 1885 by seven phenomenal women at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. Today, Alpha Chi Omega membership exceeds 180,000 initiated members with over 130 active collegiate chapters and 200 alumnae chapters.
Our Symbol The Lyre, which was the first musical instrument given to the gods on Mount Olympus.
Our Colors Scarlet Red and Olive Green, commemorating our Autumn Founding.
Our Founders Anna Allen, Olive Burnett, Bertha Deniston, Amy DuBois, Nellie Gamble, Bessie Grooms, Estelle Leonard.
Our National Altruism Domestic Violence Awareness.
Our Badge Our Badge is a golden lyre. It has crown-set pearls and three twisted strings spanned diagonally by a slightly rounded scroll of black enamel inscribed with AXΩ in gold. It is worn by initiated members.
Our Flower The red carnation.
Our Symphony
To see beauty even in the common things of life.
To shed the light of love and friendship round me.
To keep my life in tune with the world that I shall make no discords in the harmony of life.
To strike on the lyre of the universe only the notes of happiness, of joy, of peace.
To appreciate every little service rendered.
To see and appreciate all that is noble in another.
Be her badge what it may.
And to let my lyre send forth the chords of love, unselfishness, sincerity.
This is to be my symphony.
To learn more about Alpha Chi Omega, please visit http://www.alphachiomega.org