Alpha Phi Alpha (Α Φ Α)

XI OMICRON CHAPTER

FOUNDED: 1906, CORNELL UNIVERSITY

CHARTERED AT DELAWARE: 1980

PHILANTHROPY: National March of Dimes Foundation

Martin Luther King Memorial Foundation

Alpha Phi Alpha Educational Foundation

COLORS: OLD GOLD & BLACK

FLOWER: YELLOW ROSE

SYMBOL: SPHINX

NATIONAL WEBSITE: www.APA1906.net/

Since its founding on December 4, 1906, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has supplied voice and vision to the struggle of African-Americans and people of color around the world.

Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-Americans, was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, by seven college men who recognized the need for a strong bond of Brotherhood among African descendants in this country. The visionary founders, known as the "Jewels" of the Fraternity, are Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy.

The Xi Omicron Chapter was founded on Friday April 11, 1980, at the University of Delaware. Since then, the brothers of Xi Omicron have excelled academically and participated in many programs that have benefited the UD community. Xi Omicron has also served the New Castle County area by participating in mentoring and service programs. Through these programs, Xi Omicron fulfils the Alpha Phi Alpha Motto: "First of All, Servants of All, We Shall Transcend All."

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