Editing Alpha Omicron Pi (section)

{{Short description|North American collegiate sorority}}{{Infobox fraternity
| name = Alpha Omicron Pi
| letters = {{lang|grc|ΑΟΠ}}
| crest = Alpha_Omicron_Pi_logo.png
| image_size = 170px
| founded = {{start date and age|1897|01|02}}
| birthplace = [[Barnard College]]
| affiliation = NPC
| status = Active
| type = Social sorority
| scope = International
| motto = ''Inspire Ambition''
| member badge = [[File:Alpha Omicron Pi badge.png|90px]]
| colors = {{color box|#C41E3A}} [[cardinal (color)|Cardinal]]
| flower = [[Rosa 'Général Jacqueminot'|Jacqueminot rose]]
| symbol = [[sheaf (agriculture)|Sheaf of wheat]]
| jewel = [[Ruby]]
| mascot = [[Panda]]
| publication = ''To Dragma''
| philanthropy = The [[Arthritis Foundation]]
| chapters = 143
| lifetime = 191,000 +
| address = 5390 Virginia Way
| city = [[Brentwood, Tennessee|Brentwood]]
| state = [[Tennessee]]
| ZIP code = 37027
| country = United States
| homepage = {{URL|alphaomicronpi.org}}
}}

'''Alpha Omicron Pi''' ('''{{lang|grc|ΑΟΠ}}''', '''AOII''', '''Alpha O''') is an international [[Fraternities and sororities in North America|sorority]] founded on January 2, 1897, at [[Barnard College]] on the campus of [[Columbia University]] in [[Manhattan]], New York City.<ref name="Baird's">{{cite book |editor1-first=Jack L. |editor1-last=Anson |editor2-first=Robert F. |editor2-last=Marchenasi |title=Baird's Manual of American Fraternities |edition=20th |year=1991 |orig-year=1879 |publisher=Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. |location=Indianapolis |pages = IV-13–15|isbn=978-0963715906 }}</ref><ref name="Baird's Manual Online">{{cite web|editor1=William Raimond Baird |editor2=Carroll Lurding |title=Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities (Baird's Manual Online Archive), showing Alpha Omicron Pi chapters |url=https://uofi.app.box.com/v/womens-pdf-folder/file/459803154069 |website=Student Life and Culture Archives |publisher=University of Illinois Archives |access-date=30 December 2021 |location=University of Illinois |language=English}} The main archive URL is [https://www.library.illinois.edu/slc/welcome/fraternity-sorority-almanac/ The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage].</ref>

"AOII," and "Alpha O," the familiar names of the fraternity,<ref>For convenience, all women's fraternities are collectively known as sororities to distinguish them from men's groups, while legal documents and more formal writing may refer to a group as a women's fraternity.</ref> is open to women regardless of ethnicity, religion or socio-economic background,<ref>To Dragma. Fall/Winter 2012,</ref> with over 140 active collegiate chapters and 159 active alumnae chapters in Canada and the U.S.A.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-06-06 |title=Alpha Omicron Pi |url=https://studentlife.oregonstate.edu/chapter-profile/alpha-omicron-pi |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Office of the Dean of Students |language=en}}</ref> The fraternity is headquartered in [[Brentwood, Tennessee|Brentwood]], [[Tennessee]], and is a member of the [[National Panhellenic Conference]].<ref name="Baird's" /> Major symbolism includes the color [[cardinal (color)|cardinal]],  the [[ruby]] and the [[Rosa 'Général Jacqueminot'|'Général Jacqueminot']] rose. The fraternity publishes a magazine for the benefit of members, named ''To Dragma''.<ref name="Baird's" />

Alpha Omicron Pi was founded on the ideas found in the object of the fraternity—character, dignity, scholarship, and college loyalty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alphaomicronpi.org/about/values/|title=Character {{!}} Dignity {{!}} Scholarship {{!}} Loyalty|website=Alpha Omicron Pi|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-15}}</ref>