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Sorority Spotlight: Alpha Xi Delta

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Cortni Cheyenne Risley Student Contributor, Oklahoma State University
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National Website: Alphaxidelta.org

Alpha Xi Delta was founded at Oklahoma State on March 16th, 1968!

Founders:

  • Cora Bollinger Block 
  • Alice Bartlett Bruner
  • Bertha Cook Evans 
  • Harriett Luella McCollum
  • Lucy W. Gilmer 
  • Lewie Strong Taylor 
  • Almira Lowry Cheney 
  • Frances Elizabeth Cheney 
  • Eliza Drake Curtis Everton 
  • Julia Maude Foster 

Motto: “The Pen is Mightier than the sword”; “Realize Your Potential” 

Philanthropy: Autism Speaks

Colors: Light Blue, Navy Blue, Gold

Flower: Pink Killarny Rose

Symbols: The Quill 

 

Mascot: Teddy Bear/BetXI Bear. 

Jewels: Pearl and Diamond

Noted Alpha Xi Delta’s:

Entertainment

  • Audrey Banach (Alpha Kappa) – Miss Kansas USA 2013
  • Megan Blake (Gamma Eta) – actress, The Young and the Restless, The Opposite Sex, It Takes Two; Miss Georgia 1983
  • Nichole Greene (Gamma Beta) – Miss West Virginia USA, 2016
  • Jane Henson (Beta Eta) – co-founder of The Muppets with her husband, Jim Henson
  • Gail Kobe (Alpha Xi) – actress, The 10 Commandments, Gunsmoke, Bewitched, The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone; executive producer of Guiding Light
  • Carol Lawrence (Alpha Theta) – actress, singer, and dancer
  • Alyssa Murray (Theta Gamma) – Miss Delaware 2012
  • Pamela Paugh (Gamma Beta) – Miss West Virginia 1980
  • Amanda Pennekamp (Epsilon Iota) – Miss South Carolina USA 2004; Miss Earth USA 2006
  • Patsy Ramsey (Iota) – Miss West Virginia 1977; mother of Jonbenet Ramsey
  • Laurie Lea Schaefer (Pi) – actress; Miss America 1972
  • Jen Schefft (Pi) – reality TV contestant on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette
  • Kim Webster (Iota) – actress, The West Wing, The Glass House
  • Rebecca Yeh (Gamma Tau) – Miss Minnesota 2013
  • Chrissie Fit (Theta Xi) – actress, Pitch Perfect 2, Pitch Perfect 3

Business

  • Verna Kay Gibson (Gamma Beta) – first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company (The Limited stores)
  • Betsey Johnson (Eta) – fashion designer
  • Kelley Earnhardt Miller (Zeta Chi) – Vice President and General Manager of JR Motorsports
  • Carolyn Rafaelian (Beta Upsilon)– founder of Alex and Ani bracelets
  • Karen Marie Shelton (Epsilon Xi) – Internet (Hairboutique.com) and telephony (T&S software) entrepreneur

Writers

  • Carol Aebersold (Gamma Chi) – co-author of The Elf on the Shelf
  • Karen Tumulty (Beta Alpha) – national political correspondent for Time magazine and The Washington Post

Government and military

  • Jan Davis (Gamma Eta) – NASA astronaut
  • Mimi Blackburn Drew (Nu) – first female Rear Admiral, United States Navy
  • Deborah Pryce (Psi) – politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio
  • Susan Winckler (Sigma) – former Acting Chief of Staff of the Food and Drug Administration

 

 

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Cortni Cheyenne Risley

OK State '20

HerCampus OKState Vice President. A Fashion Merchandising major that considers herself a professional crafter and glitter enthusiast with a love for corgi's, queso, and iced Carmel Macchiato's. Alpha Xi Delta PC 2015. National American Miss Oklahoma 2016. The riegning Royal International Miss Oklahoma 2019. 
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