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Delta Soror Andrea Zopp to lead Chicago Urban League
Source The Chicago Urban League today will name Andrea Zopp as the eighth president and chief executive in the civil rights organization’s 94-year history. Zopp, 53, has been with Exelon Corp. since 2006, serving most recently as its executive vice president and general counsel. She also has held corporate jobs with Sears Holdings Corp. and [...]
Delta Soror Dr. Roslyn Clark-Artis named chief academic officer at Mountain State Univ.
Source Dr. Roslyn Clark-Artis, executive vice president of Mountain State University’s Beckley campus, has been named chief academic officer for the university. Artis will be responsible for all curricular and programmatic academic decisions regardless of the campus or modality. All academic decisions will be centralized under her leadership to ensure consistent and high quality education [...]
Delta Soror Willie Mae Danford Miles, Tallahassee Alumnae charter member dies
Source Willie Mae Danford Miles, wife of a former Florida A&M University (FAMU) dean of students Rev. Moses General Miles, passed away on August 23, at the Miracle Hill Nursing Home in Tallahassee. Her funeral service is scheduled for Saturday, August 28, at 11 a.m. at the Philadelphia Primitive Baptist Church located at 840 Dunn [...]
Ernest Just Middle dedicates statue of school’s namesake
Source The granddaughter of biologist and educator Ernest Everett Just dabbed away tears from her eyes Friday morning as a statue of her grandfather was unveiled at the Mitchellville middle school named after him, eight years after the school opened and more than six years after work for the statue began. “This is important for [...]
Delta Soror Kelly Smith-Beaty to compete on new season of “The Apprentice”
Source NBC, DONALD TRUMP AND MARK BURNETT INTRODUCE 16 CANDIDATES TO COMPETE ON NEW EDITION OF ‘THE APPRENTICE,’ PREMIERING SEPTEMBER 16 (9-11 P.M. ET) Candidates Hit Hard by Economic Downturn Fight Back to Rebuild Their Careers NEW YORK – August 26, 2010 – NBC, Donald Trump and Mark Burnett offer 16 economically challenged candidates the [...]
Zeta Soror Monica Fortune named director of admissions for Lincoln College-Normal
Source Monica Fortune was selected as director of admissions for Lincoln College-Normal. In this role, she will supervise all student recruitment for the campus including community college transfers, associate’s and bachelor’s degree programs including the online bachelor’s degree completion program, and enrollment at Midwest College of Cosmetology. She began her duties on Aug. 4. Prior [...]
Delta Soror Felicia Norwood named Valdosta State alumna of the year
Source The Valdosta State University Alumni Association named Felicia Norwood the 2010 Distinguished Alumna of the Year for her momentous professional accomplishments, community service and continued dedication to the university. The president of Mid-America Region for Aetna, Inc., will ride in the VSU Alumni homecoming parade float Friday, Oct. 1; the university community will honor [...]
FAMU mourns the death of civil rights icon, AKA Soror Wilhelmina Jakes Street
Source Civil Rights icon and Florida A&M University (FAMU) alumna Wilhelmina Jakes Street passed away at the age 80. Jakes Street is highly celebrated for her role in initiating the Tallahassee Bus Boycott of 1956. Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, August 21, at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Central, 499 Northwest 27th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, [...]
Omega Frater Rev. Alexander Smith elected President of the General Grand Masonic Congress
Source On July 28, 2010, during the 95th Biennial Session in Baton Rouge, LA, the Illustrious Most Worshipful Reverend Alexander Hendrix Smith, 33º was elected President of the General Grand Masonic Congress, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of the United States of America. President Smith, who currently resides in Apopka, Fla., is the first person from [...]
Alpha Kappa Alpha joins the American Diabetes Association’s movement to stop Diabetes
Source Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) is joining forces with the American Diabetes Association’s African American Initiatives — known as Live EMPOWERED — to stop diabetes in the African American Community. The collaboration is driven by the reality that African Americans are greatly affected by diabetes; they are 1.8 times more likely to have type 2 diabetes [...]
