Mission Statement
Alpha Omicron Pi is an international women's Fraternity promoting friendship for a lifetime, inspiring academic excellence and lifelong learning, and developing leadership skills through service to the fraternity and community.
Year Founded: 1897 at Barnard College |
Symbol: Jacqueminot Rose |
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Year Founded at BGSU: 1989 |
Jewel: Ruby |
Color: Cardinal Red |
Mascot: Panda |
Philanthropy: American Juvenile Arthritis |
Publication: To Dragma |
Philanthropy
The international philanthropy of AOII is Arthritis Research. Since 1967, nearly 1 million dollars in grants have been rewarded to qualified researchers to find the cure for arthritis. The philanthropy events we hold each year are AO Pie in the Face and Family Feud. The money raised from these events go to Camp Busy Bee, a Juvenile Arthritis Summer Camp in Toledo.
History
Alpha Omicron Pi was founded on January 2, 1897 at Bernard College, Columbia University in New York, New York by four friends. AOII's founders were: Stella George Stern Perry, Helen St. Clair Mullan, Elizabeth Heywood Wyman, and Jessi Wallace Hughan. Since 1897, AOII has chartered 178 collegeiate chapters and over 120,000 women have found a home in Alpha Omicron Pi.
