Rho Delta Chi
ΡΔΧ
Founded	January 17, 1991; 33 years ago (January 17, 1991) University of California, Riverside
Type	Social
Scope	National  United States
Motto	Together as One, Striving for Excellence
Pillars	Sisterhood, Scholastics, Service, Social
Colors	Dusty Rose      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 USA
Website	Official website

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. Rho Delta Chi focuses on 4 main pillars which include: Sisterhood, Service, Scholastics, and Social. It is a rapidly growing multicultural sorority that has expanded to over 6 chapters in the U.S.^[1][2]

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.

Founding Mothers

Traditions and Symbolism

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.

Rho Chant

Sorority chants are used at meetings, social events, public events, and step shows. Different sororities and fraternities create chants as a response to their organizations being called in a roll call of attending sorority and fraternity events. The national Rho Chant is as follows:

Who are we?

Rho D.

D. What?

Delta Chi

One-Nine

Nine-One

Rise Together
Rhos Forever.

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 by every chapter, shorter variations may exist among individual chapters

Philanthropy

In the year of 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.^[1]