Phi Beta Chi

Phi Beta Chi (ΦΒΧ) is a national sorority in the United States Phi Beta Chi was founded in 1978 on Christian values and celebrates its Lutheran heritage.

Phi Beta Chi
ΦΒΧ
Founded	March 26, 1978; 47 years ago (1978-03-26) University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Type	Social
Affiliation	Independent
Status	Active
Emphasis	Lutheran heritage
Scope	National
Motto	Amor Via Vitae in Christo Love through Life in Christ
Colors	Azure Blue and   White
Symbol	Ellipse
Flower	White Rose of Sharon
Publication	The Ellipse
Philanthropy	AbleLight and the YMCA
Chapters	5 active, 24 installed
Headquarters	267 Timber Drive #2274 Garner, North Carolina 27529-9998 United States
Website	www.phibetachi.org

History

Phi Beta Chi was founded on March 26, 1978 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At inception, it was formed as a collegiate Christian sorority to support collegiate women socially, spiritually, and academically. Founders were from the Lutheran Church heritage.^[1][2]

Chapters

Approximately 25 chapters have been formed, of which five are active. Active chapters noted in bold, inactive chapters in italics.^[1]

Name	Chartered	Institution	Location	Status	Notes	Reference
Alpha	March 26, 1978 –200x ?	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Urbana, Illinois	Inactive		[1]
Beta	1980	Purdue University	West Lafayette, Indiana	Active		[3][4]
Gamma	1982–xxxx ?	Eastern Illinois University	Charleston, Illinois	Inactive		[1]
Delta	198x?–xxxx?	University of Missouri	Columbia, Missouri	Inactive		[1]
Epsilon	1986–xxxx?	University of Nebraska at Kearney	Kearney, Nebraska	Inactive		[1]
Zeta	1990	Texas A&M University	College Station, Texas	Active		[3][5]
Eta	199x ?–xxxx?	Northern Illinois University	DeKalb, Illinois	Inactive		[1]
Theta	1992–200x ?	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Lincoln, Nebraska	Inactive		[1]
Iota	1994–2020 ?	Iowa State University	Ames, Iowa	Inactive		[1]
Kappa	2000	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Active		[3][6]
Lambda	200x ?–20xx ?	Chapman University	Orange, California	Inactive		[1]
Mu	2003–20xx ?	Wake Forest University	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Inactive		[1]
Nu	200x ?–20xx ?	Concordia College [7]	Bronxville, New York	Inactive		[1]
Xi	2002–201x ?	Sam Houston State University	Huntsville, Texas	Inactive		[1]
Omicron	2003–20xx ?	University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Inactive		[1]
Pi	2003 ?–201x ?	Texas State University	San Marcos, Texas	Inactive		[1]
Rho	?	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California	Inactive		[1]
Sigma	?	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Inactive		[1]
Tau	2005	East Carolina University	Greenville, North Carolina	Active		[3][8]
Upsilon	2008 ?	University of Arizona	Tucson, Arizona	Inactive		[1]
Phi	2009	University of Delaware	Newark, Delaware	Inactive		[1]
Chi	2013–2019 ?	University of Iowa	Iowa City, Iowa	Inactive		[1]
Psi	2015–2019	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Inactive		[1]
Omega	2016	University of Pittsburgh at Bradford	Bradford, Pennsylvania	Active		[3][9]

See also

• Christian sorority (fraternities and sororities)
• List of social sororities and women's fraternities