AOPi at Arkansas

[TSteven]

Sorry to be late to the party. Congratulations to both Alpha Omicron Pi and to Arkansas! And kudos to the hard working AOII alumnae (many from who post here) as well. Ladies, y'all done good.

By the way, is there a chapter designation yet for Arkansas? I love how each AOII chapter gets to select its own. A very nice tradition.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by TSteven

Sorry to be late to the party. Congratulations to both Alpha Omicron Pi and to Arkansas! And kudos to the hard working AOII alumnae (many from who post here) as well. Ladies, y'all done good.

By the way, is there a chapter designation yet for Arkansas? I love how each AOII chapter gets to select its own. A very nice tradition.

No designation yet. They will select it in the next 2 weeks but then it has some approval channels before it is official. For those who don't understand, AOII does not name its chapters in order. Instead, our colonies choose their own designation, and the designation stands for the sub-motto of that chapter. For example, my chapter at the University of Illinois is Iota. (They selected "I" for "Illinois." Our sub-motto is iso fore which translates from the Greek to sharing equal burdens. Some chapters have English sub-mottos, for example Alpha Gamma at Washington State is "always genuine." It is a neat tradition that our colony and chapter members seem to appreciate.

The tradition does confuse a lot of people who don't understand why our oldest active chapter (UT Knoxville) is Omicron and not Delta (it is our 4th chapter.) So that's a little quirky AOII trivia for you!