Founders' Day Group Photo

Following brunch, Founders' Day ceremony and singing of traditional (and non-traditional!) Alpha Xi Delta songs, alumnae and WPI collegians posed for a group photo at Higgins House.

Founders Day Brunch, April 2007

Alumnae from Greater Boston and collegiate colony members from Worcester Polytechnic Institute celebrated Founders Day 2007 with a brunch at Higgins House at WPI.

Founders Day Lunch -- April 7, 2007

Mark your calendar and save the date: on Saturday, April 7th the Greater Boston Alpha Xi Delta Alumnae Association will be celebrating Founders' Day with the new chapter at WPI in Worcester! The event will run from 11am-3pm. The details of the luncheon are still being worked out; details on cost of the meal will be sent out as soon as they are finalized.

Please RSVP to Kendra or bostonalphaxi@comcast.net by Thursday, April 5th if you are able to attend. If you need a ride to WPI, please let us know. And, if you are planning to go and will be driving, please let us know if you would be willing to carpool.

Our Centennial Celebration -- March 8, 1907 - 2007

March 8, 2007 is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Boston Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Xi Delta. The Boston Alumnae Association is proud of its 100 years of service to the community and the fraternity. It is the second-oldest Alpha Xi Delta Alumnae Association, and was a founding member of the Boston Alumnae Panhellenic Association in 1921.

It came into being at the same time as Lambda chapter at Jackson College (now part of Tufts University) in Medford, Massachusetts. The 20 collegiate members and 25 alumnae of a local sorority (Tau Epsilon Sigma) were installed as members of Alpha Xi Delta; the alumnae became the first members of the Boston Alumnae Chapter (now the Greater Boston Alumnae Association.)

A prominent founding member of the association was Ruth Sibley Haskell. An early history of the fraternity states: "The innate love of people which made her so loved as a fraternity officer [she served nine years on Alpha Xi Delta's National Council] also made her an earnest worker in the cause of woman suffrage and an untiring Red Cross worker during the [first] World War." She and her husband became benefactors of Tufts University; a scholarship and a dormitory at the university bear their name.

On this anniversary we celebrate the many Alpha Xi Delta sisters who have contributed to "The Sisterhood of Women" in the Boston area!

Save the Date -- April 7, 2007 -- Founders' Day with the WPI Colony

The Boston Alumnae Association will be celebrating its centennial year Founders' Day with the Fraternity's newest chapter -- the colony at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Save Saturday, April 7 for this great event. Details will be sent out shortly.