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Theta Nu Xi
ΘΝΞ
FoundedApril 11, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-04-11)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
TypeMulticultural
AffiliationNMGC
StatusActive
ScopeNational
MottoSisters of Diversity, Together as ONE
PillarsScholarship, Service, Sisterhood, Leadership, and Multiculturalism
Colors  Black,   Lavender, and   Carolina blue
SymbolButterfly
FlowerSterling Silver Rose
MascotTiger swallowtail
PhilanthropyGirl Up
Chapters61
NicknameButterflies, Bad Butterflies
Websitewww.thetanuxi.org

Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. (ΘΝΞ) is a historically multicultural sorority founded on April 11, 1997, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), by seven women who sought to bridge cultural gaps. Theta Nu Xi was incorporated on April 29, 1999.

History

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Theta Nu Xi was founded during a time when cultural Greek organizations began to proliferate on campuses across the United States. Theta Nu Xi was the first multicultural sorority founded in the Southeastern United States. The sorority has since grown to more than sixty chapters and kaleidoscopes in over twenty years of existence.[1]

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, Inc. The founders were Geeta Nadia Kapur, Natalie Nicole Barker, Peggy Virginia Long, Melissa Jo Murchison-Blake, Brenda Imade Eribo, Katherine Ellen Stanley, and Janelle Kalia Poe[1]

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. 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 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 that would support new entities as well as serving the interests of the sorority. Under the visionary guidance of Anna Lamadrid, new chapters were founded in the Spring of 1999 at North Carolina State University and one at UNC Greensboro. The three groups of women designated themselves Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, respectively, and thus the national organization was born.

The Sorority was incorporated on April 29, 1999, and with the participation of the Alpha Chapter, the Beta Kaleidoscope, and the Gamma Kaleidoscope, 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 the Epsilon Chapter at Utah State University in the Spring of 2000.

Graduate, Alumnae, and Professional (GAP) Program

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In the first national constitution, the earliest members of Theta Nu Xi laid the foundation for an active post-graduate status. On July 19, 2000, sixteen women petitioned the national board to be granted status as an Alumnae chapter. These women requested that a structure be put in place that would allow post-collegiate members the ability to participate fully in Sorority activities and the national organization while a more complete structure was being developed. The national board granted the sixteen pioneers the equivalent of chapter status, allowing them to send representatives to the 2000 National Convention.[1]

At this convention, on behalf of the Alumnae chapter, Soror Jerri Kallam submitted a resolution to establish Alumnae Chapter Standards. During the same meeting, Soror Amanda Greene, representing the Alpha chapter, submitted a resolution to create a committee to examine the role of alumnae and professional membership. These resolutions were adopted and a committee was created. This committee, composed of Sorors Jerri Kallam, Christie Aden, Shannon Stewart, and Melissa Murchison-Blake, was charged with refining and further developing the name, structure, and important documents relating to alumnae and professional membership and so sparked the development of an official Graduate, Alumnae, and Professional (GAP) Program.

At the 2001 National Convention, the alumnae committee submitted a GAP policy along with supporting documents. Through the advocacy of this committee and the success of the program as evidenced by the GAP-initiated women present at the Convention, the GAP program was officially established and became the first of its kind for multicultural sororities. Founding Monarchs Melissa Murchison-Blake and Janelle Poe, along with Sorors Holly Woodard and Rebecca Treherne, officially chartered the first GAP chapter on April 11, 2002.

Being the first multicultural sorority to offer an established Graduate, Alumnae, and Professional Program, Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. began receiving numerous inquiries from interested women. As more women were initiated at this level, and as undergraduate members graduated, the GAP program became a crucial component of the Sorority's structure.

GAP women now serve on the National Board, support the undergraduate sisterhood as advisors, and participate in all aspects of Sorority operations including expansion teams, national committees, ONE Vision - the official Sorority newsletter, and more.

Values

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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". The objectives of the sorority are to incorporate separate cultures into one life, to build self-esteem through sisterhood, to participate in service activities, especially those concerning diversity in the community, to encourage academic excellence and overall self-improvement, and to promote unity among Greek organizations.[2]

Structure

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Regions

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Theta Nu Xi is structured into five regions.

Region States
Mid-Atlantic District of Columbia, North Carolina, Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia
Northeast Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Southeast Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee
Central Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin
West Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming

Chapters

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Undergraduate chapters

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In the following list of Theta Nu Xi undergraduate chapters, active chapters are indicated in bold and the inactive chapters are in italics.

Chapter Charter date and range Institution Location Status Reference
Alpha April 11, 1997 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina Inactive [3][4][5]
Beta March 31, 1999 North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina Active [6][3][5]
Gamma April 21, 1999 University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina Active [3][5][7]
Delta April 14, 2000 Duke University Durham, North Carolina Active [3][5][8]
Epsilon April 22, 2000 Utah State University Logan, Utah Active [9][3][5]
Zeta December 10, 2000 Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia Active [3][5][10]
Eta August 29, 2001 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia Active [3][5][11][a]
Iota February 24, 2001 University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Inactive [3][5][12]
Kappa April 1, 2001 Texas A&M University–Commerce Commerce, Texas Inactive [3][5][12]
Lambda July 28, 2001 Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida Inactive [13][3]
Mu December 2, 2001 University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona Inactive [3][5]
Nu April 14, 2002 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Inactive [14][3][5]
Omicron December 4, 2002 University of Houston Houston, Texas Inactive [3][5][12]
Pi December 7, 2002 University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Inactive [15][3][5]
Rho April 27, 2003 Muhlenberg College Allentown, Pennsylvania Inactive [5][3][16][b]
Sigma November 1, 2003 Syracuse University Syracuse, New York Inactive [3][5][12]
Tau November 8, 2003 Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona Inactive [3][5][17][c]
Upsilon May 2, 2004 Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, Indiana Active [3][18]
Phi October 17, 2004 University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas Inactive [19][3][12]
Chi November 20, 2004 Columbia University New York City, New York Inactive [3][5][12]
Psi May 2, 2005 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Inactive [20][3][5][d]
Alpha Alpha June 4, 2005 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida Inactive [21][3]
Alpha Beta July 8, 2005 Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan Active [3][5][22]
Alpha Gamma December 3, 2005 College of New Jersey Ewing Township, New Jersey Inactive [3][5][12]
Alpha Delta April 14, 2006 East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina Inactive [3][5][12]
Alpha Epsilon December 9, 2006 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Inactive [3][5]
Alpha Zeta November 8, 2008 University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado Inactive [3][5][23]
Alpha Eta March 21, 2009 University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, Texas Inactive [3][5][12]
Alpha Theta April 5, 2009 Ramapo College Mahwah, New Jersey Active [24][3][5]
Alpha Iota April 10, 2010 State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, New York Active [25][3][5]
Alpha Kappa May 2, 2010 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia Active [26][3][5]
Alpha Lambda December 2, 2010 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Massachusetts Active [3][5][27]
Alpha Mu April 25, 2014 Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, Florida [5][12]
Alpha Nu April 3, 2015 Emory University Atlanta, Georgia Active [28][5]
Alpha Xi April 14, 2015 University of Denver Denver, Colorado Active [29][5][12][e]
Alpha Omicron March 5, 2016 University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky Active [5][12]
Alpha Pi April 21, 2017 Our Lady of the Lake University San Antonio, Texas Active [5][12]
Alpha Rho April 28, 2017 University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Active [30][5]
Alpha Sigma April 21, 2018 University of Georgia Athens, Georgia Active [31][5]
Alpha Tau March 11, 2020 Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma Active [32][5]
Alpha Upsilon April 9, 2021 Florida International University Miami, Florida Active [12]
Alpha Phi April 11, 2022 Miami University Oxford, Ohio Active [12]
  1. ^ Started as a colony on February 25, 2001.
  2. ^ Formed as the Rho Colony on April 27, 2003.
  3. ^ Began as Tau Colony on November 8, 2003.
  4. ^ Formed as the Precious Psi Colony on May 2, 2005.
  5. ^ Colony was created from the local group V.I.B.E. (Vision Inspired By Empowerment) which was created in November 2013.

Graduate, alumnae, and professional (GAP) chapters

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These are the non-collegiate or GAP chapters of Theta Nu Xi. Active chapters are indicated in bold; inactive chapters are indicated in italics.

Chapter Charter date and range Location Status Reference
Xi Alpha April 11, 2002 New York City Metro Area and New Jersey Active [3][33]
Xi Beta September 30, 2002 Greensboro, North Carolina Active [34][3]
Xi Gamma November 2, 2002 Mid-Atlantic (Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia) Active [35][3][a]
Xi Delta August 4, 2003 North-East Texas Inactive [36][3][12]
Xi Epsilon January 15, 2004 Atlanta Metro Area, Georgia Active [37][3]
Xi Zeta January 23, 2004 Southeast Florida (based in Miami, Florida) Active [3][12]
Xi Eta March 9, 2004 Arizona and Southern California Inactive [38][3][12]
Xi Theta April 16, 2004 Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina Active [39][3][12]
Xi Iota August 25, 2004 Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) Active [3][40]
Xi Kappa December 9, 2005 Salt Lake City, Utah Inactive [12][41][3][b]
Xi Lambda August 21, 2006 Northeast Florida (based in Tallahassee, Florida) Inactive [3][12]
Xi Mu December 16, 2007 Central Florida (based in Orlando, Florida) Inactive [3][12]
Xi Nu January 26, 2009 Houston, Texas Inactive [3][12]
Xi Xi February 27, 2011 Mahwah, New Jersey Inactive [42][3][12]
Xi Omicron August 9, 2013 Richmond, Virginia Active [43][12][c]
Xi Pi April 1, 2014 Detroit, Michigan Active [12][44][d]
Xi Rho July 6, 2014 Boulder, Colorado Active [12][45][e]
Xi Sigma October 8, 2014 Austin, Texas Inactive [12]
Xi Tau July 1, 2016 Tampa Bay Area, Florida Inactive [12][46][f]
Xi Upsilon July 18, 2014 Indianapolis, Indiana Active [47][g]
Xi Phi June 13, 2019 Charlotte, North Carolina Active [48][h]
Xi Chir November 21, 2020 Northeast Florida (based in Jacksonville, Florida) Inactive [12]
Xi Psi April 8, 2010 Northern California, Oregon, and Washington Active [3]
Tucson Tucson, Arizona Inactive [12]
Las Vegas July 10, 2018 Las Vegas, Nevada Inactive [49]
Rio Grande Albuquerque, New Mexico Inactive [50][12]
Xi Omega July 7, 2022 Oklahoma Active
Xi Alpha Alpha September 25, 2022 New England (based in Boston, Massachusetts) Active
  1. ^ Formed as the Washington, D.C. Mid-Atlantic GAP Colony in September 2000.
  2. ^ Formed on May 29, 2005, as the Northwest GAP Colony.
  3. ^ Established as the Central Virginia GAP Colony on March 5, 2006.
  4. ^ Founded as The Metro-Detroit GAP Colony on January 21, 2014.
  5. ^ Organized as the Colorado State GAP Colony on November 18, 2013.
  6. ^ Formed March 15, 2016, as the Tampa Bay GAP Colony.
  7. ^ Established on July 18th, 2014 as the Indiana GAP Colony.
  8. ^ Formed as the Charlotte Metro GAP Colony on October 12, 2018.

See also

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References

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