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Originally Posted by violetpretty
A few exceptions in the NPC:
*Alpha Omicron Pi allows each colony to choose the chapter designation, usually based on a chapter sub-motto. For example, the colony at the University of Arkansas became the Xi Omicron chapter, for "excellence overall".
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Many chapters chose their names to honor sisters, ie. Phi Chi at Univ of Chicago was named for Peg Crawford, AOII International President, who was instrumental in getting them started as the first NPC on campus. Not all names have direct correlations from chapter designation to sub-motto either. For example, our newest chapter at Washington University in St. Louis is Delta Kappa, but their sub-motto is Kalokagathia meaning "Excellent/Beautiful and Good." There is no word signified by Delta in their sub-motto. I wonder how they come up with the ideas for chapter names...I'm glad I didn't have to!