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Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American Lutheran collegiate sorority

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 #2274Garner, North Carolina 27529-9998 United States
Website	www.phibetachi.org

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.

History

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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]

Symbols

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The motto of Phi Beta Chi is Amor Via Vitae in Christo or "Love through Life in Christ". Its colors are azure blue and white and its symbol is the ellipse. Its flower is the White Rose of Sharon. Its publication is The Ellipse.[citation needed]

Chapters

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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 – 202x	East Carolina University	Greenville, North Carolina	Inactive	[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 – 202x	University of Pittsburgh at Bradford	Bradford, Pennsylvania	Inactive	[3][9]

See also

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

v t e Fraternities and sororities
Active academic fraternities originating from North America
General	Colony North American fraternity and sorority housing Stepping U.S. racism Hazing in Greek letter organizations U.S. deaths Philippines deaths Mother of Fraternities
History	Fraternities and sororities North America Secret societies High school Professional Service Canada Lists by country/territory France Philippines Puerto Rico
HistoricallyAfrican-American	ΑΚΑ ΑΦΑ ΔΣΘ ΖΦΒ ΗΦΒ ΙΦΘ ΚΑΨ ΣΓΡ ΦΒΣ ΦΡΗ ΩΨΦ WΨΦ
HistoricallyAsian/Pacific Islander-American	ΑΙΟ αΚΔΦ ΑΦΓ ΒΧΘ ΧΔΘ ΔΕΨ ΔΚΔ ΔΣΙ ΔΦΩ ΙΝΔ ΚΦΓ ΚΦΛ ΛΦΕ ΠΑΦ ΠΔΨ ΣΒΡ ΣΟΠ ΣΨΖ ΣΦΩ ΧΡΟ
Christianfraternities and sororities	ΑΔΓ ΑΔΧ ΑΓΩ ΑΛΩ ΒΕΓΓΑΡΣ ΒΣΨ ΒΥΧ ΣΑΩ ΣΘΕ ΣΦΛ ΦΒΧ ΧΑΩ
Historically Jewish	ΑΕΠ ΑΕΦ ΖΒΤ ΣΑΕΠ ΣΑΜ ΣΔΤ ΤΔΦ ΤΕΦ
Multicultural	ΔΞΝ ΔΞΦ ΓΗ ΖΣΧ ΖΦΡ ΖΧΦ ΘΔΣ ΘΝΞ ΛΤΩ ΛΨΔ ΜΣΥ ΣΛΒ ΣΛΓ ΣΘΨ ΤΦΣ ΨΣΦ ΩΔΦ ΩΦΧ Delphic
Historically Scout-affiliated	ΑΦΩ ΕΤΠ ΓΣΣ ΩΦΑ
LGBTQ	ΑΛΖ ΔΛΦ ΓΡΛ ΘΠΣ ΚΘΕ ΟΕΠ ΣΦΒ
Native American	ΑΠΩ ΦΣΝ ΣΟΕ
Latino and Puerto Rican	ΑΒΧ ΑΖ ΑΨΛ ΑΟΣ ΔΤΛ ΓΑΩ ΓΖΑ ΗΓΔ ΚΔΧ ΛΑΥ ΛΠΥ ΛΠΧ ΛΣΥ ΛΘΑ ΛΘΝ ΛΘΦ ΛΥΛ ΜΑΦ ΝΑΚ ΝΣΒ ΣΔΑ ΣΙ ΣΙΑ ΣΛΑ ΣΛΥ ΣΠΑ ΦΔΓ ΦΗΜ ΦΙΑ ΦΛΑ ΦΣΑ ΧΥΣ ΨΑΚ ΩΦΒ
Major specific	ΑΓΡ ΑΓΣ ΑΚΨ ΑΣΚ ΑΩΕ ΔΣΠ ΚΚΨ ΣΑΙ ΤΒΣ ΦΣΓ ΦΣΡ Ceres FarmHouse Triangle
Social sororities	ΑΓΔ ΑΔΠ ΑΕΦ ΑΞΔ ΑΟΠ ΑΣΑ ΑΣΤ ΑΦ ΑΧΩ ΓΦΒ ΔΔΔ ΔΓ ΔΖ ΔΦΕ ΖΤΑ ΘΦΑ ΚΑΘ ΚΒΓ ΚΔ ΚΚΓ ΠΒΦ ΣΔΤ ΣΚ ΣΣΣ ΣΨ ΦΜ ΦΣΣ ΧΩ Clovia
Social fraternities	ΑΔΦ (Fraternity/Society) ΑΚΛ ΑΣΦ ΑΤΩ ΑΦΔ ΑΧΑ ΑΧΡ ΒΘΠ ΔΚΕ ΔΣΦ ΔΤΔ ΔΥ ΔΦ ΔΧ ΔΨ ΖΨ ΘΔΧ ΘΞ ΘΧ ΚΑ Order ΚΑ Society ΚΔΡ ΚΔΦ ΚΛΨ ΚΣ ΛΧΑ ΟΚΕ ΠΚΑ ΠΚΦ ΠΛΦ ΣΑΕ ΣΔΑ ΣΘΠ ΣΝ ΣΠ ΣΤΓ ΣΦ ΣΦΔ ΣΦΕ ΣΧ ΤΚΕ ΦΓΔ ΦΔΘ ΦΔΨ ΦΚΘ ΦΚΣ ΦΚΤ ΦΚΨ ΦΛΧ ΦΜΑ Sinfonia ΦΜΔ ΦΣΚ ΦΣΦ ΧΓΕ ΧΦ ΧΨ ΨΥ Acacia
See also	Alumni Alumni association Freemasonry Odd Fellows Old Boys Old boy network Gentlemen's club Secret society

v t e Christian fraternities and Christian sororities
National, social Greek letter organizations for Christian men and women
Fraternities	Twenty or more chapters Beta Upsilon Chi, 1985 Ten or more chapters Beta Sigma Psi, 1925 Alpha Gamma Omega, 1927 Alpha Nu Omega, 1988 Gamma Phi Delta, 1988 Less than ten chapters Sigma Theta Epsilon, 1949 Chi Alpha Omega, 1987 Mu Omicron Gamma, 2001
Sororities	Twenty or more chapters Sigma Phi Lambda 1988 Sigma Alpha Omega, 1998 Ten or more chapters Alpha Delta Chi 1925 Phi Beta Chi 1978 Alpha Nu Omega 1988 Alpha Lambda Omega 1990 Delta Psi Epsilon 1999 Less than ten chapters Delta Phi Psi 2008

References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u William Raimond Baird; Carroll Lurding (eds.). "Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities (Baird's Manual Online Archive)". Student Life and Culture Archives. University of Illinois: University of Illinois Archives. Retrieved 5 April 2022. The main archive URL is The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage.
2. ^ Torbenson, Craig L.; Parks, Gregory (2009). Brothers and Sisters: Diversity in College Fraternities and Sororities (Print). Madison, New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 230. ISBN 9780838641941. OCLC 254527263. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
3. ^ a b c d e Phi Beta Chi. "Collegiate Locations". Retrieved 2025-12-02.
4. ^ Noted among Purdue's student organizations on its portal page, accessed 5 April 2022.
5. ^ Noted by Texas A&M among its student organizations on its official portal page, accessed 5 April 2022.
6. ^ Noted as an active chapter on UNC's portal page for the sorority. Accessed 5 April 2022.
7. ^ This school closed in 2021.
8. ^ In a naming coincidence, an earlier group called Phi Beta Chi (local) had formed at Greenville in 1957, noted in a historical profile of Greenville campus sororities, accessed 5 April 2022. That group would affiliate with Alpha Phi national sorority in 1960, becoming its Delta Alpha chapter, which was active until 2018. See also the campus newspaper article of November 12, 1959 announcing the affiliation. The later, Lutheran sorority chapter came about from a colony established specifically for that purpose in 2004.
9. ^ Noted on the Bradford Greek Life portal, accessed 5 April 2022.

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