Chapter History

Alpha Xi Delta has been a national organization since 1893. The ten amazing women who founded our sorority at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois are Alice Bartlett Bruner, Almira Lowry Cheney, Frances Elisabeth Cheney, Bertha Cook Evans, Eliza Drake Curtis Everton, Julia Maude Foster, Lucy W. Gilmer, Harriet Luella McCollum, Lewie Strong Taylor, and our first president, Cora Bollinger Block. They had the vision of creating a close-knit sorority of women who valued knowledge, leadership, service, and sisterhood.

A little over a hundred years later, the Iota Nu chapter of Alpha Xi Delta came to Monmouth University on April 22, 2007. Ever since we were founded here at Monmouth, our chapter has continued to carry on the legacy of our first ten founders inspiring every one of our members to reach excellence.

Here are the founders of the Iota Nu chapter of Alpha Xi Delta at Monmouth University:

Tara McMenamin

Lisa Orchier

Jen O’Donnell

Jen Huey

Jackie Price

Danielle Minkin

Sara Morrison

Alyce Quinlan

Melissa Dreher

Melissa Feltynowski

Angela Blasi

Jess Blain

Jade Spinelli

Kristi Tinnes

Noelle Martinez

Jen Giordano

Nicki Reese

Ashley Deitchman

Jen Marcucci

Marie Scott

Amanda Nagy

Heather Kelly

Michele Kaplan

Lisa Pikaard

Heather Bryson

Mary Hues

Sara Chamberlain

Nicole Stevens

Lastny Rodriguez

Lexann Maldonado

Christina Wanis

Danielle Ciadella

Heather Sary