Theta Nu Xi’s sole member recruits

Senior Sara Wilson is the last remaining member of Theta Nu Xi, Indiana University’s only all-inclusive and multicultural sorority.
Wilson, Theta Nu Xi’s president, said she looks to recruit a steady number of new members this month.
“We are a social greek organization that embraces the different races, cultures, religions, backgrounds and lifestyles of women or those who identify as female,” Wilson said.
Although other sororities on campus are culturally inclusive, all other cultural sororities are oriented around a specific ethnicity, Wilson said. Theta Nu Xi aims to recruit members of all ethnicities and cultures.
Theta Nu Xi is the only multicultural organization at IU part of the National Multicultural Greek Council, and is not subject to traditional Panhellenic recruitment.
Wilson said she is looking for seven new pledges. Aside from Wilson, all previous members graduated at the end of last year.  
“We’re typically a smaller sorority,” Wilson said, “Sometimes it’s harder for us to recruit because we don’t have a specific demographic.”
Theta Nu Xi needs younger members to help the chapter grow, Wilson said, especially because she will have to pass on her duties to a new member. She will be studying abroad in Togo in West Africa next semester and plans to graduate upon returning.  
Jasmine Collins, an IU alumna and Theta Nu Xi’s IU chapter advisor, said the group was created for women who don’t feel like they fit into a specific single racial or ethnical affiliation.
“We are diverse by design,” Collins said, “We were founded to be a multicultural organization. It’s in our name. It’s part of our mission.”
Wilson said fall recruitment is not only important for new members, but also to keep the sorority at IU.
“IU needs something like Theta Nu Xi to truly bring diversity to the campus and to speak out about social issues and controversial topics,” Wilson said. “I don’t want IU to be without it.”
Wilson plans to recruit at today’s Student Involvement Fair, and will be offering free hand-made earrings to potential members, Wilson said.   
Theta Nu Xi is also planning an event called “TNX-Giving” this year, which will give international students a chance to experience a traditional, American Thanksgiving.
“We want the student population to be emerged in a different type of culture,” Wilson said.
Wilson said she looks forward to integrating her charity work into the new pledge class. he has worked with Pages for Prisoners, English as a Second Language and the Hilltop Garden.
“We do a lot of community service, so in a way, we’re very much advocates for social change,” she said.
Theta Nu Xi’s letters are designed to promote their main theme of uniformity, said Wilson. The Greek letters are meant to look like the word “one”.
“We want our image out there to be one of togetherness and equality,” she said.

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