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Decatur Alumnae Deltas Award $28,000 in College Scholarships
The Decatur Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated awarded over $28,000 in scholarships and book stipends to area students at its Annual Scholarship Recognition Breakfast at Beulah Missionary Baptist Church. More than 40 high school seniors from DeKalb County and surrounding areas competed in this year’s scholarship competition. Top honors went to the following winners: [...]
Sigma Frater Clinton Perry sworn in as President of the Association County Commissioners of Georgia
Taylor County Commissioner Clinton Perry was sworn in as President of the Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG) after being selected by his peers to serve on the organization’s Board of Managers. The installation ceremony was conducted by Department of Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens during the “Celebrating Leadership Luncheon” at the 2012 ACCG Annual Meeting, [...]
AKA Soror Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Hammond named Central State University’s President, first woman in 125-year history
The Central State University Board of Trustees announced today Dr. Cynthia Jackson Hammond as the 8th President of the University. Dr. Hammond has built a distinguished career in higher educational leadership. Under her guidance as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Coppin State University, she guided six prominent initiatives: the reformation of the [...]
Birmingham Sigmas Win the 2012 Divine 9 Big Brothers Big Sisters Greek Bowling Tournament for Kids Sake
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc/ Birmingham Chapter of Alabama sponsored a team to participate in the Divine 9 Birmingham Big Brothers Big Sisters Greek Bowl for Kids Sake on April 14, 2012 at Brunswick Riverview Lanes. The team consisted of Khary Wray, Raphael Bryant, Joe and Laura Evans. The team raised $250 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of [...]
New Jersey Students Receive Scholarship Awards At Annual Benefit
The North Jersey Alumnae Chapter (NJAC) of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. held its 50th Annual Scholarship Benefit Luncheon on Saturday April 21, 2012 awarding more than $50,000 in scholarship awards. Sixteen New Jersey high school students received scholarship awards ranging from $1,000- $4,500. Renewal awards were given to 6 students currently enrolled in college [...]
Obituary: Oklahoma University resident director Ennis Koonce remembered for kindness, life lessons
Source Ennis Koonce never left a day of work without stopping by each coworker’s desk to say goodbye. Those same coworkers now walk past the same neatly kept, now-vacant desk as a reminder of his untimely passing April 5. Koonce had a multi-faceted career at OU. He served as an Adams Center resident director, higher [...]
Tampa Alumni Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma named the Model Chapter of the Year
Source For the third year in a row, the Gamma Eta Sigma, Tampa Alumni Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity has been named the Model Chapter of the Year, as well as earning Gold Level Membership status. The award came during the fraternity’s 98th Anniversary Southern Regional conference in Biloxi, Miss. The organization also received the honor [...]
Body of missing Alabama student, Kappa Frater Charles Jones III found in river
Source Authorities found the body of missing Alabama student Charles Edward Jones III around 1:55 p.m. Friday, April 6. Jones disappeared Thursday night during a cruise on the Black Warrior River. Jones was a 20-year-old sophomore from Demopolis and a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity at UA. Tuscaloosa police confirm that Jones was [...]
Alpha Phi Alpha marks 100 years on the campus of the University of Minnesota
Source It started with 12 black men at the University of Minnesota who started a social club in 1911. The club became a chapter of the national Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity in 1912. In less than a week, the fraternity will celebrate its 100th year on campus. The historically black fraternity will celebrate in conjunction [...]
University of Nebraska Sigmas Holds Sleepout for Homeless Donations
Source Members and friends of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity collect donations to help the homeless. They are calling it a sleepout. Beginning at 9:00 p.m. Thursday, some 20 members and friends of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity camped out on both sides of Vine near 20th Street. Their mission, to collect donations to help [...]
