Join the Crew in ABQ: Alpha Chi's 2023 Convention Comes to Albuquerque

Alpha Chi is excited to finally bring you the convention we were so close to having in March 2020. And we’re sure that once you have made your way to the Clyde Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on March 30th, you will already be enchanted by the unique geography and the feeling of wide open spaces that you will find nestled between the Sandia Mountains and the Rio Grande. After an opening ceremony led by committee members, our keynote speaker, Dr. Lyla June Johnston, will share the principles that guide Diné people in their service to life on Earth through her research, worldview, and music.

Thursday evening will also feature networking and a rocking trivia night led by your regional student representatives. On Friday, we’ll enjoy a morning of student and alumni presentations, regional meetings, and chapter-strengthening workshops before heading out at noon for the rest of the day and evening to experience what Albuquerque has to offer! We hope your chapter will come with plans in mind for this time, but we will have some small groups heading off to a few nearby highlights just in case.

Saturday is the largest day of programming beginning with a popular feature of recent conventions, morning yoga–this time overlooking the cityscape with the Sandia mountains in view! For those who may need a little more sleep, your day will start with more member presentations by academic discipline, collaborative student research projects, and then sustenance for the body at our celebratory Honors Brunch. Next, settle in to receive inspiration from this year’s Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, Dr. Ronald Johnson, professor of history at Baylor University and alumnus of Alpha Chi from Texas State University.

Before we break for local dining excursions, there will be more presentations, a service opportunity, and a special session for advisors After lunch, there will be more member presentations (don’t forget that most of these presenters will be competing for a prize in their field)! As the judges evaluate and tally the results, delegates can enjoy dinner in the city There are so many nearby restaurants and food vendors that we don’t want anyone to miss experiencing the local cuisine. And don’t you dare settle with a national chain; grab a new friend and go on a tasty two-hour adventure!

Our traditional closing awards session will bring everyone back together in their Alpha Chi blues and greens as we cheer each other on as an impressively long list of scholarship and prize winners is revealed, new Council members are installed, and the most prestigious chapter prize, the 2023 President’s Cup, is awarded!

Conventions are traditionally the most exciting member experience Alpha Chi has to offer. With travel and housing grants to support your chapter sending a delegation, we hope many chapters and graduated alumni will “join the crew in ABQ” from March 30th to April 1st!