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Knoxville Alumni Alphas Receive Outstanding Alumni Chapter of the Year Award
Source The Alpha Mu Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. won the 2011 Outstanding Alumni Chapter of the Year Award at its district convention in Johnson City. The Knoxville chapter has been in existence since 1930. The criteria for the award is based on fraternity and community service, as well as developing programs [...]
Phi Beta Sigma Takes a Stance on Hazing
Source The General Board of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., unanimously voted to authorize the Fraternity, in concert with the International President, to expel any member found guilty of hazing. The decision was made on January 7, 2012 at the winter of the General Board in Memphis, Tennessee. International President Jimmy Hammock has expressed [...]
Roland Martin: “Only students can truly end hazing”
Source In November 2010, I watched “HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” and saw a piece on the hazing antics at several historically black colleges and fraternities. I took to Twitter to share my thoughts on the issue. Much of the report focused on Southern University, and man, did the floodgates open as a number [...]
Sketch released of man suspected of assaulting Delta Sigma Theta alumnae
Source Texas police on Friday released a composite sketch of a man they believe broke into the homes of four former members of the same sorority, then sexually assaulted them. No name has been given for the suspect in the alleged break-ins and attacks, which took place between November 2010 and October 2011, according to [...]
Sigma Frater Braylon Edwards pays for 100 students to attend college
Source Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards is a man of his word. And because he is, 100 students are going to college on his dime. In 2007, Edwards promised 100 Cleveland high school students that he would pay for their college tuition—a total value of $1 million—if they maintained grade point averages at 2.5 or [...]
Sigma Gamma Rho To Recognize Female Soldiers for the Holidays
Source The Delta Kappa Sigma Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., in conjunction with SoftSheen-Carson and the Torchlight Foundation of New Jersey, have shared the holiday spirit by preparing and shipping care packages to female soldiers serving in the US military overseas. With the sponsorship of the Sister Soldier Project, we are providing [...]
NPHC Membership Dues for Fiscal Year 2012
NPHC Membership Dues for Fiscal Year 2012 It is time to remit dues for fiscal year (FY) 2012! NPHC, Inc. operates on a fiscal calendar of January 1 to December 31. Annual dues are to be remitted by January 31 of a given fiscal year. Undergraduate councils are responsible for dues in the amount of [...]
Gwinnett County AKA Chapter Accepts Applications for $1,000 Biz Grants
$1,000 Economic Success = Partnership Grants Available Lawrenceville, GA – November 30, 2011, the Upsilon Alpha Omega Chapter, along with its non-profit affiliate, The Gwinnett Pearls of Service Foundation, Incorporated, will end the application phase in their second Economic Success = Partnership business grant program. First awarded at the beginning of 2011, these $1,000 grants [...]
Alpha males gather to invest in the future
Source When more than 100 undergraduate and alumni fraternity brothers gather for a state convention, it’s time to roll out the kegs of beer, right? Well, good fellowship will certainly be a part of this weekend’s conference in Erie of Alpha Phi Alpha’s Pennsylvania chapters, but the fraternity’s leaders have more important things on their [...]
AKA Sorority Sister Breast Cancer Survivors Enjoy Day of Pampering at Clarksville Salon
Source More than 20 women in the greater Clarksville area were treated to an evening of pampering at the Eden Day Spa. The Nu Kappa Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., hosted breast cancer survivors at their annual “Pink Party” on Oct. 20. The spa was filled with survivors from as far as [...]
