The interest in starting a sorority did not start with the six members sitting on the first Board of Directors of the College of Notre Dame’s chapter of Omega Phi Alpha.  Attempts to start a sorority pop up in many places in the college’s history and the struggle to bring Greek life to Notre Dame’s all women’s college have been a bug in the administration’s ear long before the founding executive board brought a service sorority to the school.
The girls originally wanted a social sorority but could not persuade the administration to go along with this idea.  It did not fit the population of girls at Notre Dame.  It seemed like a losing battle until the girls discovered service sororities.  They found Omega Phi Alpha, a sorority whose purpose seemed very familiar to the Notre Dame girls, who soon realized it was because the purpose of Omega Phi Alpha almost echoes the purpose of the College of Notre Dame.  After many meetings with the administration, an unprecedented accomplishment was achieved and the girls at the College of Notre Dame were given permission to start colonization to soon become a chapter of Omega Phi Alpha.
The six founding members anxiously hoped that their work would not be for nothing, that at least ten other girls at the school were interested in becoming a sister of Omega Phi Alpha. The response was staggering.  Over forty-five girls signed the initial petition for a chapter and the College of Notre Dame generated one of the largest pledge classes at one of the smallest schools in Omega Phi Alpha’s history.  It showed how eager the girls were to officially become a chapter.  Furthermore, the determination to complete service projects, hold fundraisers, and to plan recruitment and induction in only three months, are a testament to how perfect a match Omega Phi Alpha is for the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.