Kappa Alpha Theta at NC State

Kappa Alpha Theta, the first Greek-letter fraternity known among women, was founded in 1870 at DePauw University in Indiana by Bettie Locke Hamilton, Alice Allen Brant, Bettie Tipton Lindsey, and Hannah Fitch Shaw. Theta is now over 170 chapters strong with houses all across the United States, as well as in Canada. Over 170,000 women have been initiated into Kappa Alpha Theta. Notable alumnae include Laura Bush, Sheryl Crow, Tory Burch, Amy Grant, and more. Membership in Kappa Alpha Theta leads women into a life of friends, experiences, and goals that they might not have had otherwise. Being a Theta leads a woman to personal excellence, offering her ways to become her best self. Our ritual, in fact, commands us to be nobler women, to lead ourselves to personal excellence and to lead others there as well. It commands us to set the bar high. And when Thetas model personal excellence, we not only have the chance to lead on our campuses, in our communities, and in our professions, but we also have the chance to effect real change - just as our founders Bettie, Hannah, Alice, and Bettie did.