{"id":71051,"date":"2025-09-18T07:42:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T11:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=71051"},"modified":"2025-09-28T12:19:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T16:19:20","slug":"a-new-chapter-students-launch-lambda-theta-alpha-utcs-newest-sorority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/a-new-chapter-students-launch-lambda-theta-alpha-utcs-newest-sorority\/","title":{"rendered":"A new chapter: Students launch Lambda Theta Alpha, UTC\u2019s newest sorority\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_71053\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"786\" data-attachment-id=\"71053\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/a-new-chapter-students-launch-lambda-theta-alpha-utcs-newest-sorority\/lta\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/09\/LTA.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,786\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1744143386&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LTA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/09\/LTA-1024x629.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-71053 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/09\/LTA.jpeg\" alt=\"Eight women wearing matching maroon jackets and blue jeans sit side by side on a low brick wall outdoors, linking their arms to form an interlocking hand sign. Green grass and leafy trees surround them, and a brick building with blooming white-flowered trees is in the background.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/09\/LTA.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/09\/LTA-1024x629.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/09\/LTA-768x472.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/09\/LTA-800x491.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/09\/LTA-580x356.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/09\/LTA-610x375.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Eta Kappa Chapter of Lambda Theta Alpha (from left): Glennis Qui\u00f1ones, Krystal Arellanos, Joana Da Silva, Valeria Carmona Ascencio, Leah Madrigal, Jessica Velasquez, Jacqueline Alvarado, Jana Guffey<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga\u2019s Eta Kappa Chapter of Lambda Theta Alpha didn\u2019t appear overnight.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It took more than a year of meetings, fundraising and paperwork for the eight founding members to officially bring the sorority to campus. During the spring 2025 semester, they were formally recognized as UTC\u2019s first Latin sorority.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lambda Theta Alpha, founded nationally in 1975, describes itself as \u201cLatin by tradition, not by definition.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At UTC, the sorority is open to anyone interested in joining.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For chapter president Joana Da Silva, a junior Innovations in Honors student majoring in photography and media art, taking the lead on this project was about finding a space on campus that felt like home.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWhenever I was looking into colleges, it could have made or broken my decision if I knew there was a Latin sorority here,\u201d said Da Silva, who was born and raised in Venezuela and lived in Atlanta before coming to UTC. \u201cFor Hispanic girls, they\u2019re looking to have a place where they feel seen and heard.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe are open to girls that want to learn more about our culture.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Discussions of bringing the sorority to campus began in 2022, but it wasn\u2019t easy. The group had to meet University requirements, keep a minimum number of interested members and raise money to cover the costs of becoming a chapter.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe didn\u2019t want cost to be the reason someone couldn\u2019t join,\u201d Da Silva said. \u201cWe did fundraising events so we\u2019d have funds set aside in case any girl needed help and so we\u2019d have a base for future students.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Founding member and orientation advisor Jacqueline Alvarado said she first heard talks of the sorority in her freshman year. Now as a senior, she has a list of accomplishments to look back on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe put so much hard work and effort and fundraising into it,\u201d said Alvarado, a political science major and Spanish minor from Nashville. \u201cWe talked to other LTA members who were already in the sorority, but not at UTC.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For her, building Lambda Theta Alpha at UTC was about creating a \u201chome away from home.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cHaving a sisterhood that you can rely on and feel like you belong is something that I wanted to bring to UTC and is why I wanted to be a part of the founding line,\u201d Alvarado said. \u201cI really wanted this to be something that is not just for me, but for future sisters that join.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">She added that joining the sorority helped her grow as a person.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt was critical for me because I was very introverted,\u201d she said. \u201cBeing around the girls, being in the sorority, it really put me out there and made me more of an extrovert. It taught me new things that I didn\u2019t know I could do.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThey pushed me to be the best version of myself.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jessica Velasquez, who serves as the group\u2019s chapter recruitment and retention advisor, said UTC hadn\u2019t even been on her radar until joining a college prep program called Camp College. Not long after, she stumbled across Lambda Theta Alpha during a Hispanic Heritage Month event.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI didn\u2019t even know there was a Latina sorority,\u201d said Velasquez, a sophomore entrepreneurship major from Chattanooga. \u201cI attended one of their meetings and I got really interested, and I guess that\u2019s how I got here. I was never interested in Greek life, but now it\u2019s like I have seven sisters who I can rely on and talk to about anything.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt\u2019s made the college experience better\u2014one that I never knew I would have.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Beyond building community, Lambda Theta Alpha also focuses on academics and philanthropy. Members host study sessions and support each other to succeed in the classroom, which is something Alvarado described as \u201creally important to us.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The sorority also supports St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital through fundraising events, with many involving cooking and baking.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe will probably do a lot of Hispanic desserts. Miss Jessica is the cook of the group,\u201d Da Silva said of Velasquez. \u201cWe did an empanada sale. We were cooking for a long time, but that was fun.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Da Silva said the chapter hopes to expand its volunteer work and connections in Chattanooga.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cA big part of the sorority is the amount of connections that you gain,\u201d she said. \u201cA lot of people are willing to talk to you and just help you because they consider you a sister, even if you don\u2019t know them.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Despite all the work, Da Silva said she wouldn\u2019t change the experience, but she wishes she could have even more time with her sorority sisters.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI feel like it would have made my college experience\u2014from the beginning\u2014completely different,\u201d she said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cBut now I still have seven girls that I can\u2019t escape,\u201d she added with a laugh. \u201cNot that I want to. 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