CVIC has been the UND Alpha Chi Omega’s charity of choice since 1992, and it’s a tradition the current Vice President of Philanthropy Shelby Middaugh has embraced with compassion and creativity.
In October, during national Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Shelby was awarded the 2026 CVIC at UND Changemaker award for her contributions to further CVIC at UND’s mission on campus.
“Each year, students, staff, and faculty nominate a person at UND who’s making a difference for violence prevention and abuse on campus,” said CVIC at UND’s Prevention and Education Coordinator Caleb Eilts. “We are always excited to celebrate someone who is making such an incredible impact and furthering our mission on campus.”
Shelby said that after learning more about ending violence through safety, healing and education through her sorority, she went on her own mission.
“I wanted to tell everybody,” she said. “I wanted everybody—girls and boys—what healthy love should look like.”
Since her sorority’s charity of choice is domestic-violence-related, Shelby’s responsibilities as the chapter’s philanthropy leader is to coordinate event logistics, speak at events, and use social media and chapter outreach to educate Greek organizations about domestic violence and healthy relationships.
“I just really like the ‘why’ behind why we do this as a sorority,” she said. “To see my sorority and Greek life come together and work together to support CVIC just shows that we are taking a stance against it.”
Shelby Middaugh, 2026 CVIC at UND Changemaker award recipient
In 2026, Shelby organized the annual Mock Rock event, a dance competition amongst the fraternities on campus.
A Pre-Occupational Therapy and Psychology major, Shelby graduates in 2028 with an education from UND that’s steeped in higher learning, community building and violence prevention education.
“After college, I will continue raising awareness for domestic violence and I hope to become a person people can look up to and have trust in,” Shelby said. “Because everyone deserves healthy love and to know that they are cared for.”
Shelby Middaugh is a Pre-Occupational Therapy and Psychology major at UND.
Alpha Chi Omega’s Philanthropy Statement
Our philanthropy of Domestic Violence Awareness tends to be a hard topic to talk about. We take pride in our ability to discuss this topic openly and free of judgment. Every year, our chapter, and chapters all over the nation hold Philanthropy Events where all of our proceeds go towards ending the stigma surrounding Domestic Violence and supporting those that have been affected by Domestic Violence.
100% of our proceeds go towards the Community Violence Intervention Center (CVIC) which is a service that supports families in our area of Grand Forks that are directly affected by Domestic Violence. Meaning, we get to see where our proceeds go every year.
Our philanthropic events include things like Strike Out Domestic violence, Pizza Pie with Alpha Chi, Snowcones with AChiOs, and our most coveted event Mock Rock which is a dance competition between the fraternities on our campus.
Alpha Chi Omega actively supports Domestic Violence Awareness because we believe that 1 in 4 women affected is too many.