Theta Nu Xi

Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. is an American historically multicultural sorority founded on April 11, 1997, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). Theta Nu Xi was incorporated on April 29, 1999.

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History

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.
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.
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's 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 of 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. 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.
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. The national board granted the Alumnae chapter status, allowing them to send representatives to the 2000 National Convention. Other alumnae chapters followed.
The sorority's national office is located in Norfolk, Virginia.

Symbols

The motto of Theta Nu Xi is "Sisters of Diversity, Together as ONE". Its tenets or pillars are scholarship, service, sisterhood, leadership, and multiculturalism.
Theta Nu Xi's badge is a replica of its shield. The sorority's colors are black, lavender, and Carolina blue. Its symbol is the tiger swallowtail butterfly. Its flower is the sterling silver rose.

Chapters

Undergraduate chapters

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
Alpha		University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Inactive
Beta		North Carolina State University	Raleigh, North Carolina	Active
Gamma		University of North Carolina at Greensboro	Greensboro, North Carolina	Active
Delta		Duke University	Durham, North Carolina	Active
Epsilon		Utah State University	Logan, Utah	Active
Zeta		Georgia State University	Atlanta, Georgia	Active
Eta		Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, Virginia	Active
Iota		University of Utah	Salt Lake City, Utah	Inactive
Kappa		East Texas A&M University	Commerce, Texas	Inactive
Lambda		Florida State University	Tallahassee, Florida	Inactive
Mu		University of Arizona	Tucson, Arizona	Inactive
Nu		University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Inactive
Omicron		University of Houston	Houston, Texas	Inactive
Pi		University of Virginia	Charlottesville, Virginia	Inactive
Rho		Muhlenberg College	Allentown, Pennsylvania	Inactive
Sigma		Syracuse University	Syracuse, New York	Inactive
Tau		Arizona State University	Tempe, Arizona	Inactive
Upsilon		Indiana University Bloomington	Bloomington, Indiana	Active
Phi		University of Texas at Austin	Austin, Texas	Inactive
Chi		Columbia University	New York City, New York	Inactive
Psi		University of New Mexico	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Active
Alpha Alpha		University of Florida	Gainesville, Florida	Active
Alpha Beta		Wayne State University	Detroit, Michigan	Active
Alpha Gamma		College of New Jersey	Ewing Township, New Jersey	Inactive
Alpha Delta		East Carolina University	Greenville, North Carolina	Inactive
Alpha Epsilon		University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Inactive
Alpha Zeta		University of Colorado Boulder	Boulder, Colorado	Inactive
Alpha Eta		University of Texas at El Paso	El Paso, Texas	Inactive
Alpha Theta		Ramapo College	Mahwah, New Jersey	Active
Alpha Iota		State University of New York at Plattsburgh	Plattsburgh, New York	Active
Alpha Kappa		Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond, Virginia	Active
Alpha Lambda		Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Worcester, Massachusetts	Active
Alpha Mu		Florida Gulf Coast University	Fort Myers, Florida
Alpha Nu		Emory University	Atlanta, Georgia	Active
Alpha Xi		University of Denver	Denver, Colorado	Active
Alpha Omicron		University of Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky	Active
Alpha Pi		Our Lady of the Lake University	San Antonio, Texas	Active
Alpha Rho		University of Oklahoma	Norman, Oklahoma	Active
Alpha Sigma		University of Georgia	Athens, Georgia	Active
Alpha Tau		Oklahoma State University	Stillwater, Oklahoma	Active
Alpha Upsilon		Florida International University	Miami, Florida	Active
Alpha Phi		Miami University	Oxford, Ohio	Active

Graduate, alumnae, and professional (GAP) chapters

These are the non-collegiate or GAP chapters of Theta Nu Xi, with active chapters indicated in bold and inactive chapters in italics.

Chapter	Charter date and range	Location	Status
Xi Alpha		New York City Metro Area and New Jersey	Active
Xi Beta		Greensboro, North Carolina	Active
Xi Gamma		Mid-Atlantic	Active
Xi Delta		North-East Texas	Inactive
Xi Epsilon		Atlanta Metro Area, Georgia	Active
Xi Zeta		Southeast Florida	Active
Xi Eta		Arizona and Southern California	Inactive
Xi Theta		Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Active
Xi Iota		Midwest	Active
Xi Kappa		Salt Lake City, Utah	Inactive
Xi Lambda		Northeast Florida	Inactive
Xi Mu		Central Florida	Inactive
Xi Nu		Houston, Texas	Inactive
Xi Xi		Mahwah, New Jersey	Inactive
Xi Omicron		Richmond, Virginia	Active
Xi Pi		Detroit, Michigan	Active
Xi Rho		Boulder, Colorado	Active
Xi Sigma		Austin, Texas	Inactive
Xi Tau		Tampa Bay Area, Florida	Inactive
Xi Upsilon		Indianapolis, Indiana	Active
Xi Phi		Charlotte, North Carolina	Active
Xi Chi		Northeast Florida	Inactive
Xi Psi		Northern California, Oregon, and Washington	Active
Tucson		Tucson, Arizona	Inactive
Las Vegas		Las Vegas, Nevada	Inactive
Rio Grande		Albuquerque, New Mexico	Active
Xi Omega		Oklahoma	Active
Xi Alpha Alpha		New England	Active