Zeta Sigma Chi
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| Founded | March 3, 1991 Northern Illinois University |
| Type | Social and Service |
| Scope | National |
| Motto | Keeping The Dream Alive |
| Colors | Peach and Black |
| Symbol | Unicorn |
| Flower | Peach Rose |
| Principles | Education, Success, Culture, Service, and Sisterhood |
| Headquarters | DeKalb, Illinois, USA |
| Homepage | www.zetasigmachi.com |
Zeta Sigma Chi (ΖΣΧ), (also known as Z-Chi, pronounced "Zee-Kaii") was founded on March 3, 1991 at the Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.
The eight women who founded Zeta Sigma Chi, known as the "Mommy Chi's," envisioned a sisterhood that would unite all women of diverse backgrounds and encourage sisters to achieve success in higher education and careers. As one of the oldest established intercollegiate multicultural sisterhood in the nation, Zeta Sigma Chi is proud of its ability to provide a strong open-minded organization to its members and the community. The sorority believes in maintaining a true sisterhood that is accepting of one another no matter what their differences are. Members of Zeta Sigma Chi are genuine and successful in their attempts to spread multiculturalism and sisterhood to others in the community, and on a global scale. As a steadily growing organization, Zeta Sigma Chi offers members not only a strong support network and system, but also an active National Board and Alumnae Association.
The idea of combining the principles of Education, Success, Culture, Service, and Sisterhood to make an impact in the lives of every woman as well as the community is the main goal of the organization. The uniqueness of the sorority includes its vast multicultural base with regards to culture, ethnic group, race, religion, orientation, opinions, beliefs, and identity. One of its many strengths is pushing academic success among its members in their undergraduate, and post graduate careers.
The purpose of Zeta Sigma Chi is:
"To unify a group of women from diverse cultures for one common goal, success in education. To achieve our goal, we base our beliefs on our unique backgrounds with the purpose of building a strong sisterhood that will assist us in our success. We invite ALL women of diverse cultures to join our sisterhood and share their beliefs, as well as to gain knowledge from our multicultural heritage."
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[edit] National History
In 1990, the sorority was founded with eight founding members known as "Mommy Chis," Maribel Campa, Zandra Cortez, Sandra de le Roca, Veronica Escobar, Sandra Gomez, Jacqueline Herrera, Laura Murrilo, and Julie Sanders.
[edit] Philanthropy
The Philanthropies of Zeta Sigma Chi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. are the Ronald McDonald House and the National Association for Multicultural Education (N.A.M.E.). Sorority members are united together through sisterhood and share the goal to be ready and willing to lend a helping hand to those who are in need on and off a campus environment.
"A Home-Away-From-Home"
The idea behind The Ronald McDonald House is simple: to provide a "home-away-from-home" for families of seriously ill children who are receiving treatment at nearby hospitals.
"The National Association for Multicultural Education (N.A.M.E.)"
The Founders of NAME envisioned an organization that would bring together individuals and groups with an interest in multicultural education from all levels of education, different academic disciplines and from diverse educational institutions and occupations. NAME today is an active, growing organization, with "Zeta Sigma Chi Multicultural Sorority Inc.". http://www.zetasigmachi.com. Retrieved 05-06-2007.
[edit] Chapters
- Alpha Chapter at Northern Illinois University - March 3, 1991
- Beta Chapter at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater - June 4, 1994
- Gamma Chapter at Purdue University Calumet - November 19, 1995
- Delta Chapter at Michigan State University - March 31, 1996
- Epsilon Chapter at University of Michigan - November 14, 1999
- Zeta Chapter at Towson University - June 30, 2001
- Eta Chapter at The University of Texas at Austin - March 29, 2003
- Theta Chapter at University of Maryland, Baltimore County - May 2, 2004
- Iota Chapter at Shippensburg University - April 24, 2005
- Kappa Chapter at Wayne State University - July 30, 2005
- Lambda Associate Chapter at Oakland University - September 10, 2005
- Mu Chapter at University of Wisconsin - Parkside - June 25, 2006
- Nu Chapter at Purdue University- April 15, 2007
- Xi Chapter at University of Pittsburgh- February 24, 2008
- Omicron Chapter at Eastern Michigan University- March 29, 2008
- University of South Carolina Associate Chapter at University of South Carolina - August 21, 2010
- California State University, Sacramento Associate Chapter at California State University, Sacramento - May 1, 2011
"Zeta Sigma Chi Multicultural Sorority Inc.". http://www.zetasigmachi.com. Retrieved 05-06-2007.
