Theta Nu Xi
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| Motto | Sisters of Diversity, Together as ONE |
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| Colors | Lavender,Carolina Blue and Black |
| Symbol | Butterfly |
| Flower | Sterling Silver Rose |
| Founded | 1997 at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Type | Multicultural |
| Scope | National |
| Headquarters | CB# 5100, 01 Steele Building Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA |
| Chapters | 41 |
| Homepage | National Website |
Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. ΘNΞ developed during the surge of multicultural Greeks in the 1980s and 1990s. ΘΝΞ was the first multicultural sorority founded in the Southeastern United States, a region of the U.S. with a legacy of severe intolerance and racial discrimination. The Sorority has since grown to more than forty chapters and colonies in its ten years of existence. As such, it is the fastest growing organization of its kind.
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[edit] History
In the spring of 1996, Melissa Jo Murchison-Blake sought a sisterhood that openly embraced all women and crossed cultural boundaries. As a bi-racial woman, she did not want to choose between historically Caucasian or African-American sororities. Murchison-Blake felt that if she did choose one, she would be denying half of her heritage.
Murchison-Blake recruited six other women who would become the national founders of Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority. In the early days of its existence, the Sorority met resistance from its campus of founding. The Director of Greek Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill advised the national founders to consider joining an existing organization, expressing his concern that a new Greek organization based on the principle of multiculturalism, would not survive at UNC-CH. Despite such resistance, the national founders' continued efforts set the stage for Theta Nu Xi's presence in the Greek, non-Greek, and surrounding communities.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill officially recognized Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority as the Alpha Chapter on April 11, 1997. To commemorate the end result of their perseverance, the national founders - now known as the Founding Monarchs - acknowledged April 11, 1997 as the official founding date of the organization. With the collaborative efforts of the Founding Monarchs and the initiates of Spring 1998, the organization grew exponentially.
The earliest members of Theta Nu Xi addressed an immediate need to develop an official process of expansion which would support new entities as well as serving the interests of the Sorority. Under the visionary guidance of Anna Lamadrid, two new chapters of the Sorority were founded in the spring of 1999 - one at N.C. State University and one at UNC-Greensboro. The three groups of women designated themselves Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, respectively, and thus the notion of expansion was born.
The Sorority incorporated on April 29, 1999 and with the participation of the Alpha Chapter and Beta and Gamma Colonies, the National Organization was established at the first annual National Convention on August 21, 1999. The first out-of-state expansion effort resulted in the founding of a chapter Utah State University in the spring of 2000.
In 2001, Theta Nu Xi became the first multicultural sorority to offer full membership through an established Graduate, Alumnae and Professional (GAP) program. Four women were initiated at this level by the spring of 2001 and, on April 11, 2002, the first GAP chapter was founded in New York City. The GAP Program continues to serve the needs of mature, professional women whose priorities lie with their families and careers.
[edit] Foundations
The mission of Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. is to promote leadership, multiculturalism, and self-improvement through academic excellence, involvement in and service to the campus and community, as well as being living examples of sisterhood across different races, cultures, religions, backgrounds, and lifestyles.
The tenets of the Sorority are Scholarship, Service, Sisterhood, Leadership, and Multiculturalism.
The motto of the Sorority is "Sisters of Diversity, Together as ONE".
[edit] National Founders (The Founding Monarchs)
- Geeta Nadia Kapur
- Natalie Nicole Barker
- Peggy Virginia Long
- Melissa Jo Murchison-Blake
- Brenda Imade Eribo
- Katherine Ellen Stanley
- Janelle Kalia Poe
[edit] Undergraduate Chapters
- Alpha Chapter - UNC at Chapel Hill [1] - Apr 11, 1997
- Beta Chapter - NC State University [2] - Mar 31, 1999
- Gamma Chapter - UNC at Greensboro [3] - Apr 21, 1999
- Delta Chapter - Duke University [4] - Apr 14, 2000
- Epsilon Chapter - Utah State University [5] - Apr 22, 2000
- Zeta Chapter - Georgia State University [6] - Dec 10, 2000
- Eta Chapter - Virginia Tech University [7] - Feb 25, 2001
- Iota Chapter - University of Utah [8] - Feb 24, 2001
- Kappa Chapter - Texas A & M [9] - Commerce - Apr 1, 2001
- Lambda Chapter - Florida State [10] - July 28, 2001
- Mu Chapter - University of Arizona [11] - Dec 2, 2001
- Nu Chapter - University of Pittsburgh [12] - Apr 14, 2002
- Omicron Chapter - University of Houston [13] - Dec 4, 2002
- Pi Chapter - University of Virginia [14] - Dec 7, 2002
- Rho Chapter - Allentown, PA [15] - Apr 27, 2003
- Sigma Chapter - Syracuse University [16] - Nov 1, 2003
- Tau Chapter - Arizona State University [17] - Nov 8, 2003
- Upsilon Chapter - IN University, Bloomington [18] - May 2, 2004
- Phi Chapter - University of TX [19] - Austin - Oct 17, 2004
- Chi Chapter - Columbia University [20] - Nov 20, 2004
- Psi Chapter - University of New Mexico [21] - May 2, 2005
- Alpha Alpha Chapter - University of Florida [22] - June 4, 2005
- Alpha Beta Colony - Wayne State University - July 8, 2005
- Alpha Gamma Chapter - The College of New Jersey [23] - Dec 3, 2005
- Alpha Delta Colony - East Carolina University - April 14, 2006
- Alpha Epsilon Colony - University of Michigan - December 9, 2006
[edit] Graduate, Alumnae, and Professional (GAP) Chapters
- Xi Alpha Chapter - New York City, NY [24] - April 11, 2002
- Xi Beta Chapter - Greensboro, NC [25] - Sept 30, 2002
- Xi Gamma Chapter - Mid-Atlantic (DC, MD, VA, WV, DE) [26] - Nov 2, 2002
- Xi Delta Chapter - North-East TX [27] - Aug 4, 2003
- Xi Epsilon Chapter - Atlanta, GA [28] - Jan 15, 2004
- Xi Zeta Chapter - South FL - Jan 23, 2004
- Xi Eta Chapter - Arizona & Southern CA [29] - March 9, 2004
- Xi Theta Chapter - Raleigh, Durham, & Chapel Hill, NC [30] - April 16, 2004
- Xi Iota Chapter - Chicago, IL [31] - Aug 25, 2004
- Xi Kappa Chapter - Salt Lake City, UT - Dec 9, 2005
- Xi Lambda Chapter - North FL
- South TX Colony - Houston, TX
- Central Virginia GAP - VA
- Central FL GAP - Central FL
- GAP-At-Large Chapter [32]
