Editing Lambda Chi Alpha (section)

{{Short description|North American collegiate fraternity}}
{{Distinguish|Chi Alpha|Chi Alpha Omega}}
{{Infobox Fraternity
| name = Lambda Chi Alpha
| letters = {{lang|grc|ΛΧΑ}}
| coat of arms = Lambda Chi Alpha Coat of Arms.svg
| image_size = 165px
| founded = {{start date and age|1909|11|2}}
| birthplace = [[Boston University]]
| affiliation = NIC
| type = Social fraternity
| scope = International
| status = Active
| motto = ''{{lang|la|Per Crucem Crescens}}'' (Crescent through the Cross)<br />
''{{lang|grc|Χαλεπά τά καλὰ}}'' (Naught Without Labor)<br />
''{{lang|la|Vir Quisque Vir}}'' (Every Man a Man)
| member badge = [[File:Lambda_Chi_Alpha_badge.png|left|90px]]
| colors = {{color box|#52237F}} Royal Purple, {{color box|#016A3A}} Kelly Green, and {{color box|#D4A037}} Old Gold
| flag = [[File:Lambda Chi Alpha flag.jpg|150px]]
| symbol = [[Cross]] and [[Crescent]]
| flower = [[rose|White Rose]]
| mascot = [[Lion rampant]]
| publication = ''Cross and Crescent'', ''Paedagogus'', and ''Purple, Green and Gold''
| philanthropy = [[Feeding America]], [[Movember]], [[The Jed Foundation]] and [[American Red Cross]]
| chapters = 185 active, 322 chartered
| members = 8,600+
| lifetime = 300,000+
| nicknames = Lambda Chis, Lambda, LCA, LXA, Chops/Choppers
| address = 10 W. Carmel Drive, Suite 220
| city = [[Carmel, Indiana|Carmel]]
| state = [[Indiana]]
| ZIP code = 46032
| country = United States
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.lambdachi.org|}}
| footnotes = <ref>Chapter count, avg undergraduate membership, and total initiates [https://www.lambdachi.org/ noted on the national website homepage], accessed 21 Oct 2021.</ref><ref name="aboutlxa">[https://www.lambdachi.org/about/chapter-directory Lambda Chi Alpha Chapter Directory] lambdachi.org, accessed January 13, 2014.</ref>
}}

'''Lambda Chi Alpha''' ('''{{lang|grc|ΛΧΑ}}'''), commonly referred to as '''Lambda Chi''', is a [[fraternities and sororities|collegiate fraternity]] in [[North America]]. With over 300,000 initiates as of 2024, it is the third-largest social fraternity in the world by number of initiates. It has almost 8,700 current undergraduate members affiliated with chapters and associate chapters at 166 colleges and universities in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]].<ref name="lcachapters">{{citation|url=https://www.lambdachi.org/chapter-score-card/|title=Chapters|publisher=Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity|access-date=2024-08-22}}</ref> Its members may be known variously as Lambda Chis, LXAs, LCAs, Lambdas, Chops, or Choppers at different campuses.

Lambda Chi Alpha was founded at [[Boston University]] in 1909. It is a member of the [[North American Interfraternity Conference]] (NIC), which it rejoined in November 2023 after withdrawing from the conference in 2015.<ref name="nicrejoin">{{Cite web |last=Brewer |first=Hillary |date=2023-11-28 |title=NIC welcomes Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity back to the Conference |url=https://nicfraternity.org/nic-welcomes-lambda-chi-alpha-fraternity-back-to-the-conference/ |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=NIC {{!}} North American Interfraternity Conference |language=en-US}}</ref> Among the largest 15 social fraternities in the world, Lambda Chi Alpha is the youngest.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambdachi.org/|title=Home|last=fuelvm|website=Lambda Chi Alpha|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-21}}</ref> Since 2014, after maintaining its headquarters at various locations in [[Indiana]], [[Massachusetts]], and [[Pennsylvania]], it has been headquartered in [[Carmel, Indiana]], outside [[Indianapolis]].