kickin' it with alpha chi omega

philanthropy is at the core of our sisterhood, and each semester, we host at least one event to support the victims of domestic violence, both locally and nationally. last wednesday night, other chapters on campus and even some alpha chis participated in our first annual "kickin' it with alpha chi omega" kickball tournament at the inter-mural fields. all proceeds from the event went to support the knoxville family justice center. scroll through the pictures below and see how our VP of philanthropy, miss sarah missimer, put on a winning event to support our philanthropy!

our philanthropy event raising awareness for domestic violence and supporting the victims of domestic violence could not have come at a better time. in light of recent events, the conversation about the horrific impact of domestic violence has increased significantly and awareness of domestic violence has greatly risen. the white house released a new video, "it's on us," a sexual assault PSA that alpha chi omega as a sorority would like to share and encourage people to take the pledge to help keep men and women safe from sexual assault. visit http://itsonus.org/ for more information. 

go vols & go alpha chi!

color me alpha chi

this past sunday was our annual sisterhood retreat! in the past, we have square-danced, salsa-danced and other such things but this year, our VP of membership programming, miss ashley aycock, decided to plan something more colorful. the chapter members (both new and old) came together  for an afternoon of field games from water balloon toss to relays, all with a colorful catch involved. each girl wore a plain white shirt with our letters taped on it and throughout the games, paint was splattered and sprayed, thrown and smeared onto their white shirt. after the grand finale paint war, members removed the taped letters to reveal AXO in white on their colorful shirts. the event as a whole was a success and each member left much more colorful than when they came!

each and every member of our chapter brings a different "color" to alpha chi. add color your life with alpha chi, add color your life with sisterhood.

go vols and go alpha chi!

alpha chi's abroad, part 2 of 2

in continuation of the previous post, below are more pictures and information from some of our alpha chi's time abroad this past summer! we had so many worldly sisters that they couldn't all be included in one post! wanderlust away!

MISS SARAH MISSIMER: studied the culture of london at the university of westminster in london, england; traveled to brighton, kent, and faro, portugal (seeing the algrave was a highlight of her trip); loved the view from the london eye (pictured above)!  

MISS JULIA TANES: traveled to australia to study global supply chain and international business with UT; visited brisbane, cairns, sydney, fraser island, mooloolaba, maroochydore, noosa; her favorite thing was going to queenstown, new zealand, where she is pictured above skiing the caldron mountain!

MISS LINDSAY STILWELL: interned with a swimming academy in sydney, australia, where she taught children with disabilities the safety of water, drowning prevention, and how to swim; she loved working with one child in particular named bella who has severe autism (see bella's progress on her Facebook page, bella's walk); snorkeling the great barrier reef, eating kangaroo and climbing the sydney harbor bridge were also some of the best parts of her time in australia! 

MISS MORGAN VEST: studied hospitality and tourism management in london, england, and paris, france; seeing the eiffel tower in person was her favorite part of her time there, as well as experiencing different european cultures; she already can't wait to go back! 

from talking to all of the girls, two things were certainly clear: each one would not trade their time away from america for anything and encourage everyone who can to study abroad and see as much as they can. however, it is nice having all of our alpha chi's back in america! 

go vols & go alpha chi!     

alpha chi's abroad, part 1 of 2

this past summer, many of our sisters were saying "hello" in a different language while studying abroad and experiencing a new culture! from india to england, alpha chi was around the globe. keep reading to see pictures of our delta pi sisters around the world, along with where and what they studied!

MISS SARAH WEINSTEIN-BACAL: studied international business and international marketing in barcelona, spain; visited lagos, portugal, seville, spain, valencia, spain, amsterdam, netherlands, & london, england; her favorite place was lagos, spain, where she was able to visit the place that was once believed to be where the world ended (pictured above). 

MISS MEGAN PECK: studied the history of the british peoples and languages through UT;s honors program; traveled throughout the country on weekly trips, including castle acre, the white cliffs of dover, stonehenge, london and zurich, switzerland; the highlight of her study abroad time was paragliding through the alps! 

MISS ALAINA GREGERSON: traveled to surat, gujurat, india with the non-profit group, dr. interns, to bring medical attention to underprivileged areas and also give future medical professionals experience in global medicine; the group shadowed physicians at a trust hospital and went on cultural outings to better understand the culture and healthcare problems they face; since her trip, alaina has begun to start the dr. interns program here at tennessee! 

MISS ELIZABETH STANFIELD: studied the works of great thinkers of the scottish enlightenment with her haslam scholars program class in edinburgh, scotland; she loved being able to explore the incredible and beautiful city of edinburgh and also loved renting a car and driving to the highlands to inverness, where she woke up at dawn to drive to loch ness! 

MISS MEGAN WHITE: traveled to london, england, to study international business; not only did she travel throughout england, but she also was able to cross the channel and see paris! 

so many of our chapter members travelled abroad this summer that including them all on one post made it far too lengthy! stay tuned for our next post, highlighting more alpha chi's abroad! 

go vols & go alpha chi!