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Chi Omega was founded
Chi Omega was founded at the Universtiy of Arkansas -
The first Eleusis was published
This was the first Chi Omega magazine, which Chi Omega membors still get to this day. When this first came out their was less than 100 members and it cost one dolllar for the year. Now they mail over 200,000 copies of this magazine and there are three different onces that come out each year. -
First badge made
The first badge was made by the first and only male Dr. Charles Ridchardson and was made from scraps of hammered dential gold -
The Crest was adopted
Centered on the crest is the white carnation, which is the flower that represents Chi Omega. On the left of the carnation is the greek letter for Chi and on the right is the greek letter for Omega. Above the carnation is the two symbols that represents Chi Omega, the skull and cross bones and the owl. At the bottom of the carnation are the letters, Rho, Beta, Upsilon, Eta, and Sigma. Lastly is the Laurel wreath, used by acient greeks to honnor scholars and heroes, surrounds all of the emblems. -
The Owl was chosen as the symbol, representing wisdom
This reminds all members of thier responsibility to strive for knowledge and understanding thoughout life. -
Chi Omega joined the National Panhellenic Conference
National Panhellenic Conference covers 26 membered groups on 654 campuses, including 2,968 undergraduate chapters all over the nation. -
Chi Omega held their thrid biennial convention in St. Louis, MO
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17 Chapters were founded by the ten year anniversary!
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At convention they decided on the offical badge
At convention they decided to only use two types of stones for the badges. (Pearls and Diamonds) -
Chi Omegas first headquarters
Home of Mary Love Collins and Elizabeth Dyer was the Chi Omega Headquarters from 1947 to 1973 -
Chi Omega's second Head Quarters
Chi Omega moved to the 33rd floor of the Carew Tower in Cincinnati, Ohio. Chi Omega was the first womens fraternity to have an Executive Office building. -
The Headquaters moved to the 31st floor of the same building
They stayed there until 1993! -
Headquarters moved a 3rd time to Memphis, TN
They are still located in Memphis. -
Chi Omega initiated the 300,000th member
We are the first National Panhellenic Conference to reach this goal.
