Zeta Sigma Chi () (also known as Z-Chis, pronounced "Zeek eyes") is a multicultural American sorority founded in 1991 at the Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. It was the third national multicultural organization founded in the United States.
History On March 3, 1991, Zeta Sigma Chi Multicultural Sorority Inc. was established at Northern Illinois University by eight founding members known as the Mommy Chis. The Mommy Chis are Maribel Campa, Zandra Cortes, Sandra de la Roca, Veronica Escobar, Sandra Gomez, Jacqueline Herrera, Laura Murillo, and Julie Sanders.
Zeta Sigma Chi is based upon five principles. The organization's principles are education, success, culture, service, and sisterhood, with an emphasis on social justice.
The Oakland University Office for Student Involvement selected its Zeta Sigma Chi chapter as the Fraternity & Sorority Life Organization of the Year for the 2019–2020 academic year.
Symbols Zeta Sigma Chi's colors are peach and black. Its flower is the peach rose and its symbol is the unicorn. Its motto is "Keeping the Dream Alive." Its principles or pillars are Education, Success, Culture, Service, and Sisterhood.
Activities The sorority's philanthropies are the Ronald McDonald House Charities and the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME). The Eastern Michigan University chapter hosts an annual SexapalooZa to encourage positive discussion and education about healthy and safe sex. The University of Michigan chapter held a workshop to discuss homophobia in the Greek system.
Chapters Following are the chapters of Zeta Sigma Chi, with active chapters indicated in bold and inactive chapters in italics. ChapterCharter date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusAlpha – 20xx ? Northern Illinois UniversityDeKalb, IllinoisInactiveBetaUniversity of Wisconsin–WhitewaterWhitewater, WisconsinActiveGamma – 20xx ?Purdue University NorthwestCalumet, IndianaInactiveDelta – 20xx ? Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MichiganInactiveEpsilon – 20xx ?University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MichiganInactiveZeta – 20xx ? Towson UniversityTowson, MarylandInactiveEta – 20xx ?University of Texas at AustinAustin, TexasInactiveTheta – 20xx ? University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyCatonsville, MarylandInactiveIota – 20xx ?Shippensburg UniversityShippensburg, PennsylvaniaInactiveKappa – 20xx ?Wayne State UniversityDetroit, MichiganInactiveLambda Oakland UniversityOakland County, MichiganActiveMu – 20xx ?University of Wisconsin–Parkside Kenosha, WisconsininactiveNu – 20xx ? Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, IndianaInactiveXi – 20xx ? University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaInactiveOmicron – 20xx ? Eastern Michigan UniversityWest Lafayette, IndianaInactivePi California State University, SacramentoSacramento, CaliforniaInactiveRho – 20xx ?University of South CarolinaColumbia, South CarolinaInactiveSigma – 20xx ? University of California, DavisDavis, CaliforniaInactiveTau University of Wisconsin–MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WisconsinActiveUpsilon – 20xx ?California State University, East BayHayward, CaliforniaInactiveOmega Memorial
See also
List of social sororities and women's fraternities Cultural interest fraternities and sororities
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