Rho Delta Chi

Rho Delta Chi (ΡΔΧ) (also known as "Rhos"), is an Asian-interest, but not Asian exclusive, sorority founded at the University of California, Riverside on January 17, 1991. This multicultural sorority that has chartered seven chapters in California and Texas.

Rho Delta Chi
ΡΔΧ
Founded	January 17, 1991 (January 17, 1991) University of California, Riverside
Type	Social
Affiliation	Independent
Status	Active
Scope	Regional
Motto	"Together as One, Striving for Excellence"
Pillars	Sisterhood, Scholastics, Service, Social
Colors	Dusty Rose and   Teal Green
Symbol	Heart with a Halo on the Left Side
Flower	White rose with red trim
Mascot	White Dove
Chapters	5
Headquarters	Riverside, California United States
Website	rhodeltachi.weebly.com/about-us.html

History

Rho Delta Chi was established on January 17, 1991 as the first Asian American sorority at the University of California, Riverside. The sorority was formed by fourteen women called Founding Mothers.

Its Founding Mothers are:

Rose An Kathy Bak Janet Fukuhara Kim Hirano Christine Ige Shimane

Sue Lee Jackie Phaphui Christine Sato Yamazaki Jina Song Mina Song

Stephanie Tanaka Chang Stephanie Uchida Lee Lana Wong Min Yi Kim

Symbols

The founding mothers of the Alpha chapter chose the Greek letters ΡΔΧ in hopes of bringing harmony among all ethnicities. These letters were also chosen to symbolically infer the Latin word "Pax", which means "peace" in English. The sorority's mascot is the white dove. Its colors are dusty rose and teal green. Its flower is a white rose with red trim.

The sorority's pillars are Sisterhood, Scholastics, Service, and Social. Its motto is "Together as One, Striving for Excellence".

Rho Chant

This sorority chant was drafted at the 2012 Rho Delta Chi National Convention through the collaboration of the Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Epsilon chapters. Although the national Rho Chant is used in every chapter, shorter variations may exist among individual chapters. The national Rho Chant is as follows:

Who are we?

Rho D.

D. What?

Delta Chi

One-Nine

Nine-One

Rise Together
Rhos Forever.

Philanthropy

In 2016, Rho Delta Chi established a national philanthropy. Rho Delta Chi's national philanthropy is partnered with the American Lung Association (ALA).

Chapters

Rho Delta Chi has four active chapters and one colony. Active chapters are indicated in bold, inactive chapters in italics.

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha	January 17, 1991–2019	University of California, Riverside	Riverside, California	Inactive
Beta	November 10, 1995	Texas A&M University	College Station, Texas	Active
Gamma	November 9, 2002–20xx ?	University of California, San Diego	San Diego, California	Inactive
Delta	May 21, 2005	University of the Pacific	Stockton, California	Active
Epsilon	February 19, 2012	San Francisco State University	San Francisco, California	Active
Zeta	February 2, 2013	California State University, Northridge	Northridge, California	Active
Eta	July 13, 2013	The University of Texas at San Antonio	San Antonio, Texas	Colony

See also

• List of social fraternities and sororities
• List of Asian American fraternities and sororities
• Cultural interest fraternities and sororities