AXO Recruitment
Recruitment is right around the corner and each one of us at Alpha Chi Omega are so excited about meeting each and every one of you! I hope you find the same amazing sisterhood that we have all found here.
-Erin Smith, VP Recruitment 2009
For more information on Greek life at Sam Houston State University or to sign up for recruitment visit the Panhellenic website. http://www.shsu.edu/~slo_sad/v2/greekaffairs/index.html
Alumnae please send in all recommendation form to
Alpha Chi Omega
Attn: Kelsey O'Dell
113 Sendero Dr.
Huntsville,TX 77340
Alpha Chi Omega Membership Criteria
Academic Interest
Alpha Chi believes in the importance of intellectual development and urges sound scholarship and superior intellectual achievement.
Character
Alpha Chi expects members to accept and reflect moral integrity and dignity, social awareness, financial responsibility, fraternity loyalty and interest.
Financial Responsibility
Alpha Chi expects each member to be responsible for prompt payment of all dues and fees and other financial commitments.
Leadership
Alpha Chi believes that character, personality, and leadership develop through participation in campus activities and urges each collegian to be interested in her community.
Personal Development
Alpha Chi believes in the development of our members in cultural appreciation and the further development of one's social graces.
Ever since 1885, Alpha Chi Omega has established 131 chapters all over college campuses. The Sam Houston chapter has around 50 members and is looking for the classiest and brightest girls each fall.
Each and every one of the members are extremely excited for Fall 2009 recruitment! We are all working very hard to make it the best experience that you will go through at Sam Houston. August is right around the corner and cant wait for recruitment week to come.All of us Alpha Chi Omega's are eagerly awaiting to meet all of the fabulous women coming through this fall!
Notable Alumni
Sherron Watkins (Alpha Phi, Texas) Sherron Watkins is the former Vice President of Enron Corporation who alerted then CEO Ken Lay to accounting irregularities within the company. TIME magazine named Sherron, along with two others, as their 2002 Persons of the Year for being "people who did right just by doing their jobs rightly." Now an independent speaker and consultant, she co-authored "Power Failure: the Inside Story of the Collapse of Entron" (Doubleday, 2003) She is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Masters in Professional Accounting as well as a B.B.A. in accounting and business honors from University of Texas at Austin.
Deidre Downs (Zeta Lambda, Virginia) Deidre Downs was crowned 2005 Miss America on September 18, 2004. She earned the title through her hard work and dedication to raising awareness and research funds for childhood cancer. Upon completion of her term, she will continue her studies in pediatric medicine at the University of Alabama Medical School.
Jane Jayroe Gamble (Gamma Tau, Oklahoma City) Miss America, 1967; civic leader in Oklahoma.
Laura Innes(Gamma, Northwestern) Appears as Dr. Carrie Weaver on the television series ER. She has been nominated twice for an Emmy award for her performance on the program.
Dr. Condoleezza Rice (Gamma Delta, Denver) Current U.S. Secretary of State. Former National Security Advisor under President George W. Bush and former Provost of Standford University.
Meredith Monroe (Upsilon, Millikin) Appeared as Andie McPhee on the television series Dawsons Creek.
Trista Rehn Sutter (Alpha Mu, Indiana) ABCs original Bachelorette. Trista graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Exercise Science. In 1995 she was accepted at the University of Miami where she pursued her Masters and graduated with honors. Her passion for dancing led her to successfully audition for the NBAs Miami Heat dancers. After her appearance on the Bachelorette, Trista went on to compete in Dancing with the Stars, also on ABC.
Dawn Wells (Rho, Washington) Appeared as Mary Ann on the television show Gilligans Island. Co host and co producer of the Childrens Miracle Network Telethon, owner of Wishing Wells Collections, offering easy-closure clothing for the disabled.