20 founders
Ethel Hedgman Lyle | 1879- 1957 Educator Founder chartering president of Chi Omega Chapter |
Anna Easter Brown | 1885-1975 Educator |
Beulah Elizabeth Burke | 1884-1949 educator |
Lille E. Burke | 1901 educator |
Marjorie Hill | 1886-1976 educator |
Margaret Flagg Holmes | 1887-1950 educator |
Lavinia Norman | 1882-1983 educator |
Lucy Digs Slowe | 1885-1937 College dean |
Marie Woolfolk Taylor | 1893-1960 Social work |
Joanna Berry Shields | 1884-1965 educator |
Norma Elizabeth Boyd | 1888-1985 educator |
Ethel Jones Mowbray | 1948 Culinary artist |
Sarah Meriwether Nutter | 1950 educator |
Alice Porter Murray | educator |
Carrie E. Snowden | 1948 educator |
Harriet Josephine Terry | 1885-1967 educator |
Nellie May Quander | |
Julia Evangeline Brooks | |
Nellie Pratt Russel | |
Minnie B. Smith |
9 original pearls, 7 sophomores , 4 incorporators
Incorporation date: January 29, 1913
Founded: January 15, 1908
Initiatives:
Empower our families
Build our economic wealth
Enhance our environment
Advocate for social justice
Uplift our local community
Mission statement
To cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and friendship among college women, to study and help alleviate problems concerning girls and women in order to improve their social stature, to maintain a progressive interest in college life, and to be of service to all mankind.
Motto
By culture, by merit
Symbol
Ivy leaf
Colors
Salmon Pink- femininity
Apple green- vitality
International president
Danette Anothony Reed
Membership
114,000 active members and over 360,000 initiated members
Flower
Ivy leaf
Alpha Phi Chapter
Founded- January 12, 1932
2024-2025 executive board members
President : Breyanna Robinson
Vice President: Summer Buxton
Recording Secretary: Mayla Hudson
Assistant Secretary: Assistant Secretary
Treasurer: Deja Parks
Financial Secretary: Alaina Lopez
Corresponding Secretary: Lauren Raven
Hostess: Korin Murray
Historian: Monika Kajangu
Kayden Skeete: Parliamentarian
Ivy Leaf Reporter: Ariel Carr
Chaplain: Kelsey Lonon
Graduate Advisor: Denise Hicks-Mail
Assistant Graduate Advisor: Lori Lawrence
Campus Advisor: Darlenen Norman
Focus areas: the lifelong personal and professional development of each of its members; and galvanizing its membership into an organization of respected power and influence, consistently at the forefront of effective advocacy and social change that results in equality and equity for all citizens of the world.