Alpha Xi Delta is....

This time last year I had just started my freshman year at a new place where I didn't know anyone, just the few people from my high-school.  Now I'm sitting here a year later and I have the absolute best friends. Coming from a place that is two hours away, I needed friends and family and I got both. Thanks to Alpha Xi Delta I have found my home here and I would not change a thing. Going through recruitment, I have amaXIng friends and have learned to realize my potential. I have asked a few sisters what Alpha Xi Delta means to them and what makes Alpha Xi Delta special so here are some of those stories.

Alpha Xi Delta means courage and strength.

"To me Alpha Xi Delta means courage and strength. It means being able to get up everyday knowing you are making a difference in someone's life. Alpha Xi has given me the strength to become the woman I am today. It means realizing the potential you have in life and having sisters that push you to succeed. Alpha Xi Delta is love and encouragement. Alpha Xi Delta is home." - Molly Clay

Alpha Xi Delta is friendship. 

"Alpha Xi has brought some of my very best and most true friends that I have ever had. These are the kinds of friendships that you know you will have forever and I know that, no matter what, my sisters in Alpha Xi will always encourage and be there for me!"- Julia Bullock

Alpha Xi Delta is realizing your potential.

"If I only had three words to describe my Alpha Xi Delta experience they would be genuine, selfless, and inspiring. I credit this organization for introducing me to some of my best friends. They are the friends I go on spontaneous road trips with, the friends I study with until 3am in the library, and the friends that support me as I aspire to achieve my goals. These same women have left me speechless at times when they freely offered their support and sacrificed their time to assist me. Sometimes that meant taking me to school so I didn’t miss an exam when my keys were locked in my car; other times it meant just helping support other organizations in which I am involved.  Alpha Xi Deltas are inspiring. They are smart, charismatic, and ambitious, and I have enjoying getting close to such a diverse group of girls. Alpha Xi Delta helped transform me into the person I am today, and I have achieved more than I believed possible because of their support." - Lauren Silverwood

And for me, 

It is the amazing feeling of knowing that your sisters will support you.

A lot of personal things went on in my life during my first semester as a freshman and being in Alpha Xi. I was lost and life was very difficult for me, but I did not have to go through it alone. I knew that I could go to them with anything and they would be there to listen and that is what I needed: support and love. They will have your back no matter what and love you for who you are. - Jakira Gilbert

Best Aspects of Recruitment

Recruitment at UAB is right around the corner. The ladies of Alpha Xi Delta are getting pumped to meet everyone! As recruitment gets closer, the ladies of Alpha Xi have been reflecting on the best parts of recruitment.

“Getting to learn more about the sororities and getting to know the ladies in your Pi Chi group. You never know which ones become your sisters!”
 

“Recruitment was so exciting because I was meeting all these girls that were going to be my potential new family. Talking to the sisters at Alpha Xi, I was most excited when I realized these girls had the same values and ambitions that I did and that being a part of their sisterhood would help me through my college career and life.”

 

“The best part was getting to know the girls in my Pi Chi group, who I'm all still friends with!"

"There is no better feeling than the feeling of belonging when you figure out your way during the recruitment process. It can be very stressful and emotional, but the best part is knowing that when it ends, you'll be where you belong.”

“The best part about recruitment is connecting with the many diverse women from different chapters.”

Happy Founders' Day!

April 17, 1893 was the day that Alpha Xi Delta was nationally founded. It is a day where we honor our ten founding members: Cora Bollinger Block, Alice Bartlett Bruner, Bertha Cook Evans, Harriett Luella McCollum, Lucy W. Gilmer, Lewie Strong Taylor, Almira Lowry Cheney, Frances Elizabeth Cheney, Eliza Drake Curtis Everton, and Julia Maude Foster. These ladies made Alpha Xi Delta what it is today, the sorority we call home.

The Theta Phi chapter at UAB is celebrating with alumnae. This is a day to remember where our chapter has come from as well as recognizing the founders hard work to establish Alpha Xi Delta. Our Founders' Day ceremony honors each of our ten founders. We also highlight their accomplishments throughout their college career and beyond. We close with a rededication ceremony to keep us grounded in our values.

"Founders' Day is the day commemorating the ten amazing women that came together to form the organization that today gives me the most amazing and incredible support group that I could ever ask for. April 17th reminds me that ever since 1893 there have been Alpha Xi Delta women who had the same support and love that I experience every day. Being able to call myself an Alpha Xi Delta is something that I take such pride in. In the last 3 years, it has impacted my life and taught me so much about how to be a gracious, strong, smart, and courageous woman. I love Alpha Xi Delta and am so thankful for the ten women who made it all happen over 100 years ago." ~ Bailey Stein

Welcome

On April 17, 1893, ten young women at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois, shared a vision and a dream of a national organization dedicated to the personal growth of women. Their dream became Alpha Xi Delta,  an organization with the vision to Inspire Women To Realize Their Potential.

104 years later on January 25, 1997, the Theta Phi chapter of Alpha Xi Delta was installed on the University of Alabama at Birmingham's campus and what began with a group of friends and a dream has now become the reality of many diverse women seeking to better themselves, their campus, and their community. Because of this amazing organization, we have made friendships and memories that will last a lifetime.

We are so excited to be sharing all that we do and love! We will be sharing our events, sister spotlights, and lots of other things so check back often!

TFJ!