About us

​​Welcome to the Beta Chapter of Alpha Delta Chi!  We are a group of Christian women dedicated to serving the Lord and living in fellowship with our sisters. 

Alpha Delta Chi Beta chapter started at the University of Berkeley in 1929 and was rechartered in 1979. We are proud to provide a Christ-centered sisterhood whose mission is to encourage others in their walk with Christ.

The goals of Alpha Delta Chi are to provide spiritual, social, and scholastic support to our sisters across the nation. What was founded in 1925 on the campus of UCLA has developed into a nationwide sorority that has touched the lives of countless women on over 20 college campuses. We hope you enjoy your visit to our online home; read below to learn more about our Sisterhood.

Aims & Purposes

To strengthen the spiritual lives and testimonies of the members of the National Fraternity resulting in service and outreach to others.

To promote higher scholastic standards among the members of the National Fraternity.

To provide social fellowship among the university students living the Christian life and active in Christ's service.

Membership Requirements

Upon acceptance of a bid Sisters commit to following these thirteen membership requirements. They are:

1. Personal acceptance of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
2. Enrollment in a university where a chapter of the National Fraternity has been chartered by the National Board.
3. Active participation in Christian service.
4. Regular attendance or membership in an evangelical church or in some other church approved by the National Board.
5. Interest in leading others to Christ.
6. Willingness to avoid situations which would cause one's sister or brother to stumble.
7. Willingness to abstain from sexual relations until marriage.
8. Willingness to abstain from smoking and illegal use of drugs.
9. Willingness to abstain from alcohol in circumstances where the Christian witness would be adversely affected.
10. A scholarship rating of at least a "C" or its equivalent maintained in all university work.
11. Passage of annual examinations on the National Constitution, II Corinthians 3, and the active chapter's bylaws.
12. Procurement of a membership pin.
13. Payment upon graduation or leaving the university, of an amount specified by the chapter to their Scholarship and Housing Funds.

History of the Beta Chapter

In 1929, Karin Anderson and Edith Bishop McAulay, Areta Alpha Chapter members and UCLA graduates, were attending the University of California at Berkeley as graduate students. On February 4, 1929, they organized the Beta Chapter.

In 1935, an alumnae chapter and Mother's Club were formed to encourage and support the Beta chapter. Both of these groups set up an Advisory Board to help with problem solving and to bring the body to common understandings.

At the National Convention of 1969 in Los Angeles, it was reported by a Beta alumna that there were no active chapter members. The National Board declared the chapter inactive at this time.

In the fall of 1978, a group of girls who were members of "Friends of Alpha Gamma Omega" chose to recharter the Beta Chapter. With the guidance of ten dedicated alumnae, these new chapters members were initiated in the winter of 1979.
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History of Alpha Delta Chi

The founding chapter of Alpha Delta Chi was started at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1925.

The original founders were:
Alice Slingerland McEachern
Alma Becker
Amy Culp
Dora Marie Showalter-Goertz
Dorothea Harvey Schultz
Evelyn Kepple Kay
Marion Wright Madden
Ruth Umsted Ohly
Theta Slingerland Dean
Willard Crowder Clawson

The first annual convention of Alpha Delta Chi was held in Berkeley, California, on April 6-7, 1939. At this meeting the National Association of Areta and the National Executive and Advisory Board were formed. Areta, a Greek word meaning virtue and the original name of the National Fraternity, was changed to Alpha Delta Chi at the June 1943 National Convention. In 1946, under the leadership of National President Celestia Major Jasaitis, Alpha Delta Chi became incorporated under the laws of the State of California.