Our Story
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 260,000 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 - striving to provide each Sister with a commitment to personal integrity, excellence in academic and intellectual pursuits, intergenerational participation, community service, leadership opportunities and social enrichment.
To be a Chi Omega means more than what can be experienced in four years of college. We like to say that a Chi Omega isn't someone you become, but it's who you've always been... It's really as easy as that! We are all different in our own speical ways, but those differences is what makes our bond so strong. We strive to help enrich all facets of our lives whether that be through our scholastics, or well-rounded involvement on campus and in the community, life-long friendship, career and personal development, and though it's not mentioned in our 6 purposes, we like to accomplish all these things with laughs, smiles, and an inside joke or two. When we all come together all of our different personalities and strengths work together in creating an unique, unbreakable bond of sisterhood and there's just no better place in the world to be. The memories, friendships, experiences, and personal growth continues for the rest of your life from the first exciting day of receiving your bid card and meeting the girls who will be experiencing these years of college with you, to being fully welcomed into the sisterhood during initiation continuing on the tradition like thousands before you, to your last meeting during senior week before graduation. To be a Chi Omega means never having to say good-bye because after everything that is experienced together in these 4 years, there's a bond that you just can't break. It means always having a home away from home. It means simply to embrace who you are, to strive to be the best person you can be, and enjoy the companionship of those who want to see you be as happy and successful as you can possibly be.