Alpha Omicron Pi will be the seventh women’s Greek organization to join Washington University’s campus, the Women’s Panhellenic Association announced Sunday.

The women’s fraternity is set to join campus in Spring 2009, with representatives coming to the University in one week. Alpha Omicron Pi (AOPi) will work with the Women’s Panhellenic Association (Panhel) on a public relations campaign and colonization schedule over the coming weeks to detail the process of joining the Greek community.

Local alumnae of the fraternity and a full-time consultant will also work with Panhel to transition AOPi onto campus.

The decision this past April to add a seventh women’s Greek organization, according to a press release sent out by the Greek Life Office, resulted from increased enrollment at the University, coupled with rising interest in the school’s sororities.

Panhel selected AOPi over Delta Delta Delta and Gamma Phi Beta, which also applied to be the newest women’s Greek organization here.

“Alpha Omicron Pi is an international women’s fraternity promoting friendship for a lifetime, inspiring academic excellence and lifelong learning, and developing leadership skills through service to the fraternity and community,” the press release stated.

AOPi was founded in 1897 at Barnard College of Columbia University in New York City.