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Template:Short description Template:Infobox Fraternity Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. (Script error: No such module "Lang".) 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.

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.[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'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.[2]

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.[1] Other alumnae chapters followed.[3]

The sorority's national office is located in Norfolk, Virginia.[4]

Symbols

The motto of Theta Nu Xi is "Sisters of Diversity, Together as ONE".[5] Its tenets or pillars are scholarship, service, sisterhood, leadership, and multiculturalism.[5]

Theta Nu Xi's badge is a replica of its shield.[5] The sorority's colors are black, lavender, and Carolina blue.[5] Its symbol is the tiger swallowtail butterfly.[5] Its flower is the sterling silver rose.[5]

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.[3][2]

Chapter Charter date and range Institution Location Status Reference
Alpha Template:Dts University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina Inactive [6]
Beta Template:Dts North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina Active [7]
Gamma Template:Dts University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina Active [8]
Delta Template:Dts Duke University Durham, North Carolina Active [9]
Epsilon Template:Dts Utah State University Logan, Utah Active [10]
Zeta Template:Dts Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia Active [11]
Eta Template:Dts Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia Active [12]Template:Efn
Iota Template:Dts University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Inactive [13]
Kappa Template:Dts East Texas A&M University Commerce, Texas Inactive [13]Template:EFN
Lambda Template:Dts Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida Inactive [14]
Mu Template:Dts University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona Inactive
Nu Template:Dts University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Inactive [15]
Omicron Template:Dts University of Houston Houston, Texas Inactive [13]
Pi Template:Dts University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Inactive [16]
Rho April 27, 2003 Muhlenberg College Allentown, Pennsylvania Inactive [17]Template:Efn
Sigma Template:Dts Syracuse University Syracuse, New York Inactive [13]
Tau Template:Dts Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona Inactive [18]Template:Efn
Upsilon Template:Dts Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, Indiana Active [19]
Phi Template:Dts University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas Inactive [20][13]
Chi Template:Dts Columbia University New York City, New York Inactive [13]
Psi Template:Dts University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Active [21]Template:Efn
Alpha Alpha Template:Dts University of Florida Gainesville, Florida Active [22]
Alpha Beta Template:Dts Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan Active [23]
Alpha Gamma Template:Dts College of New Jersey Ewing Township, New Jersey Inactive [13]
Alpha Delta Template:Dts East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina Inactive [13]
Alpha Epsilon Template:Dts University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Inactive
Alpha Zeta Template:Dts University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado Inactive [24]
Alpha Eta Template:Dts University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, Texas Inactive [13]
Alpha Theta Template:Dts Ramapo College Mahwah, New Jersey Active [25]
Alpha Iota Template:Dts State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, New York Active [26]
Alpha Kappa Template:Dts Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia Active [27]
Alpha Lambda Template:Dts Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Massachusetts Active [28]
Alpha Mu Template:Dts Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, Florida [13]
Alpha Nu Template:Dts Emory University Atlanta, Georgia Active [29]
Alpha Xi Template:Dts University of Denver Denver, Colorado Active [30][13]Template:Efn
Alpha Omicron Template:Dts University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky Active [13]
Alpha Pi Template:Dts Our Lady of the Lake University San Antonio, Texas Active [13]
Alpha Rho Template:Dts University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Active [31]
Alpha Sigma Template:Dts University of Georgia Athens, Georgia Active [32]
Alpha Tau Template:Dts Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma Active [33]
Alpha Upsilon Template:Dts Florida International University Miami, Florida Active [13]
Alpha Phi Template:Dts Miami University Oxford, Ohio Active [13]

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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.[3]

Chapter Charter date and range Location Status Reference
Xi Alpha Template:Dts New York City Metro Area and New Jersey Active [34]
Xi Beta Template:Dts Greensboro, North Carolina Active [35]
Xi Gamma Template:Dts Mid-Atlantic (Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia) Active [36]Template:Efn
Xi Delta Template:Dts North-East Texas Inactive [37][13]
Xi Epsilon Template:Dts Atlanta Metro Area, Georgia Active [38]
Xi Zeta Template:Dts Southeast Florida (based in Miami, Florida) Active [13]
Xi Eta Template:Dts Arizona and Southern California Inactive [39][13]
Xi Theta Template:Dts Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina Active [40][13]
Xi Iota Template:Dts Midwest (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) Active [41]
Xi Kappa Template:Dts Salt Lake City, Utah Inactive [13][42][3]Template:Efn
Xi Lambda Template:Dts Northeast Florida (based in Tallahassee, Florida) Inactive [13]
Xi Mu Template:Dts Central Florida (based in Orlando, Florida) Inactive [13]
Xi Nu Template:Dts Houston, Texas Inactive [13]
Xi Xi Template:Dts Mahwah, New Jersey Inactive [43][13]
Xi Omicron Template:Dts Richmond, Virginia Active [44][13]Template:Efn
Xi Pi Template:Dts Detroit, Michigan Active [13][45]Template:Efn
Xi Rho Template:Dts Boulder, Colorado Active [13][46]Template:Efn
Xi Sigma Template:Dts Austin, Texas Inactive [13]
Xi Tau Template:Dts Tampa Bay Area, Florida Inactive [13][47]Template:Efn
Xi Upsilon Template:Dts Indianapolis, Indiana Active [48]Template:Efn
Xi Phi Template:Dts Charlotte, North Carolina Active [49]Template:Efn
Xi Chi November 21, 2020 Northeast Florida (based in Jacksonville, Florida) Inactive [13]
Xi Psi April 8, 2010 Northern California, Oregon, and Washington Active
Tucson Tucson, Arizona Inactive [13]
Las Vegas Template:Dts Las Vegas, Nevada Inactive [50]
Rio Grande Albuquerque, New Mexico Active [51][13]
Xi Omega July 7, 2022 Oklahoma Active
Xi Alpha Alpha September 25, 2022 New England (based in Boston, Massachusetts) Active

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See also

References

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