Alpha Chi Omega Membership Criteria
Academic Interest
Alpha Chi believes in the importance of intellectual development and urges sound scholarship and superior intellectual achievement.
Character
Alpha Chi expects members to accept and reflect moral integrity and dignity, social awareness, financial responsibility, fraternity loyalty and interest.
Financial Responsibility
Alpha Chi expects each member to be responsible for prompt payment of all dues and fees and other financial commitments.
Leadership
Alpha Chi believes that character, personality, and leadership develop through participation in campus activities and urges each collegian to be interested in her community.
Personal Development
Alpha Chi believes in the development of our members in cultural appreciation and the further development of one's social graces.
Since 1885, Alpha Chi Omega has created collegiate chapters on 131 college campuses around the country. The UT chapter currently has about 180 members and is accepting more of the best and brightest women at UT each fall.
We are so very excited about Recruitment 2008! August is right around the corner, and we are counting down the days! All of us Alpha Chi Omegas are working very hard this summer to make sure that Recruitment 2008 is better than ever. Panhellenic Recruitment will probably be one of the most exciting and memorable experiences you will have at The University of Texas, and we want to ensure that it remains a great experience for everyone. All of us Alpha Chi Omega's are eagerly awaiting to meet all of the fabulous women coming through this fall!
If you know an Alpha Chi Omega collegian or alumna, she can write a letter of recommendation on your behalf. A Chi O's should send these letters to:
Alpha Chi Omega
Attn: Katie Love
Collegiate Recruitment Information Chair
2420 Nueces
Austin, Tx 78705
For detailed information about recruitment please visit the UT Panhellenic website at www.texaspanhellenic.org. For specific information about Alpha Chi Omega recruitment please feel free to contact Britt Morgan and Kelly Oberschelp at brittandkelly@gmail.com and they will gladly answer any questions you might have.
Click for Recommendation Form!
2008 Recruitment Dates
Sunday - July 1
Deadline for submitting RIF's
Wednesday - August 20
All potential new members must be registered with Panhellenic by midnight
Thursday - August 21
Open House
14 events
Friday & Saturday - August 22 & 23
10 events total (5 each day)
First Period (Philanthropy)
Sunday - August 24
6 events
Second Period (Skit Night)
Monday - August 25
3 events
Third Period (Pref Night)
Tuesday - August 26
Bid Day!
Notable Alumni
Sherron Watkins (Alpha Phi, Texas) Sherron Watkins is the former Vice President of Enron Corporation who alerted then CEO Ken Lay to accounting irregularities within the company. TIME magazine named Sherron, along with two others, as their 2002 Persons of the Year for being "people who did right just by doing their jobs rightly." Now an independent speaker and consultant, she co-authored "Power Failure: the Inside Story of the Collapse of Entron" (Doubleday, 2003) She is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Masters in Professional Accounting as well as a B.B.A. in accounting and business honors from University of Texas at Austin.
Deidre Downs (Zeta Lambda, Virginia) Deidre Downs was crowned 2005 Miss America on September 18, 2004. She earned the title through her hard work and dedication to raising awareness and research funds for childhood cancer. Upon completion of her term, she will continue her studies in pediatric medicine at the University of Alabama Medical School.
Jane Jayroe Gamble (Gamma Tau, Oklahoma City) Miss America, 1967; civic leader in Oklahoma.
Laura Innes(Gamma, Northwestern) Appears as Dr. Carrie Weaver on the television series ER. She has been nominated twice for an Emmy award for her performance on the program.
Dr. Condoleezza Rice (Gamma Delta, Denver) Current U.S. Secretary of State. Former National Security Advisor under President George W. Bush and former Provost of Standford University.
Meredith Monroe (Upsilon, Millikin) Appeared as Andie McPhee on the television series Dawsons Creek.
Trista Rehn Sutter (Alpha Mu, Indiana) ABCs original Bachelorette. Trista graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Exercise Science. In 1995 she was accepted at the University of Miami where she pursued her Masters and graduated with honors. Her passion for dancing led her to successfully audition for the NBAs Miami Heat dancers. After her appearance on the Bachelorette, Trista went on to compete in Dancing with the Stars, also on ABC.
Dawn Wells (Rho, Washington) Appeared as Mary Ann on the television show Gilligans Island. Co host and co producer of the Childrens Miracle Network Telethon, owner of Wishing Wells Collections, offering easy-closure clothing for the disabled.