For Immediate Release
September 13, 2010
Major Structural Change Sanctioned at 12th Annual National Convention
of Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA – Voting members of Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. have enacted the most significant structural change to the 13–year–old organization since the ratification of its founding constitution.
At the Sorority’s 12th annual national convention this past weekend, September 9–12, a delegation of undergraduate and Graduate, Alumnae and Professional (GAP) chapter representatives approved the final stage
of a three–year effort to establish a regionalized internal structure.
The purpose of regionalization is to alleviate workload congestion within the National Board, to provide specialized attention to colonies and chapters of the organization, and to achieve an environment conducive to strategic planning among executive officers.
The Sorority has added nine new National Board positions, including National Vice President for Undergraduate Affairs (VPUA), National Vice President for GAP Affairs (VPGA), National Vice President for Intake and Expansion (VPIE), National Vice President for Membership Affairs (VPMA), and five Regional Directors.
Seven positions were retired, including National Vice President, GAP Member Advocate, Director of Undergraduate Affairs, Director of GAP Affairs, Director of Undergraduate Intake, Director of Undergraduate Expansion, and Director of GAP Intake and Expansion. While it was not retired, the Executive Director position was re-titled National Administrator.
Five Regional Directors will assume responsibility for the five newly developed regions: Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, Southeast, Central, and West. State assignments within these regions will be posted on the national website, thetanuxi.org, along with other informational materials.
One of the immediate duties of the Regional Directors will be to communicate with the college and university administrative offices that oversee the Sorority’s undergraduate chapters. Each Regional Director will be responsible for standards, programming, new member intake and expansion, officer training and member development within her respective region.
In an effort to afford ample time to lay the groundwork for this regionalized structure, the National Board has instituted a moratorium on new undergraduate expansions, effective November 1, 2010. This suspension will
not affect interest groups currently in progress. Expansion groups that are not already in the process of creating new undergraduate chapters will be placed on hold until December 1, 2011.
Women interested in forming a chapter of the Sorority should contact the National Vice President for Intake and Expansion for more information about this moratorium.
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Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. was founded on April 11, 1997, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a mission to promote leadership, multiculturalism, and self-improvement through academic excellence, involvement in and service to the campus and community, as well as being living examples of sisterhood across different races, cultures, religions, backgrounds, and lifestyles. To learn more about Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. visit
www.thetanuxi.org.
CONTACT: Rashida Rawls, Director of Communications, Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc., e-mail:
director_communications@thetanuxi.org
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Check out the regions here:
http://thetanuxi.org/res_regions.htm
