History
In the Fall of 2005, Laurie Bailey set out
to establish a Christian Sorority on the campus of the Florida
State University in Tallahassee, Fla.
After working with the University of Florida
chapter of another pre-existing national Christian Sorority,
Laurie was able to communicate with the national office; however,
for one reason or another, the chapter was not able to be
established.
Laurie did not give up hope and in the Spring
of 2006, with the help of the Theta chapter of Kappa Upsilon
Chi at the Univeristy of Florida, Laurie set out to start
a new sorority all together. Laurie prayed about the decision
and decided that God was pushing her to prayerfully begin
a new Christian sisterhood.
With help from the Theta chapter of Kappa
Upsilon Chi, Laurie set out to write out the rituals, constitutions,
infrastructure, accountability guidelines and the other necessary
components for national organization.
At this time, curiosity began to grow in the
hearts of several girls about starting Theta Alpha at the
University of Florida.
Caroline Burns, a junior at the University
of Florida, worked with Laurie and the Alpha and Beta chapters
were established that April. FSU held initiation on April
20, 2006 when they initiated their eleven charter members
and four officers from the University of Florida. On April
28, 2006, UF held their own initiation for their two remaining
officers and five charter members.
Laurie Bailey, Caroline Burns, Kristen Rupert,
Lindsey Soulis, and Kaitlin Griffiths are recognized as founders
of Theta Alpha at the national level.
In its first year of existence, the Beta chapter
held two rounds of recruitment and initiated eighteen in the
Fall of 2006 and eighteen in the Spring of 2007.
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