All Entries in the "Awards & Recognition" Category

Zeta Soror Sheryl Edwards, sets standard in military, civic life

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Sheryl Edwards, top ranking military noncommissioned officer
A loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, mentor and community activist, Sheryl Edwards is known to a great number of people in the Fort Wayne community. What many might not know, however, is that she is a history making military veteran. She distinguished herself by becoming the first African American [...]

Zeta Soror Coletta Williams honored on 90th birthday

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The H.F.V. Wilson Community Center played host to a joyous celebration Saturday to honor a key member of the Ardmore community.
The community center’s ballroom teemed with friends, family, neighbors and church members celebrating the 90th birthday of Coletta Williams.
Williams will be among those featured in a new wing of the Greater Southwest Historical Museum honoring [...]

AKA Soror Nicole Betschman named woman of the year

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Nicole Betschman has been selected 2010 Woman of the Year by the Pirate Charter Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association.
Betschman has a bachelor’s degree in biology from Bowling Green State University and bachelors’ and master’s degrees in health education from East Carolina University. She has taught several classes at ECU.
Betschman is involved in the [...]

Delta Soror Renee Horton receives Trailblazer Award

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Renee Horton has overcome numerous obstacles in her life, including raising three children as a single parent, and last week she conquered another as she received the Trailblazer Award.
Horton, a graduate student studying material science, said the Trailblazer Award recognizes those who are making an impact at different stages of their career.
Horton received the award [...]

Omega Frater Darrell Edmonds, top 40 under 40

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Darrell Edmonds Director, AtlantiCare Behavioral Health / Oakcrest Teen Center

Darrell graduated from the University of Delaware in 2002 and received his master’s of science in non-profit management in 2006 from Eastern University where he was honored with the Distinguished Strategic Management Award. In 2003 he began working for AtlantiCare Behavioral Health with the Atlantic [...]

Gamecocks of the Week: Sigma Gamma Rho Soror Tekedra Hankins & Owen Black

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Two USC students were awarded a trip to New York City after being recognized by the American Advertising Federation.
Owen Black, a marketing and management student, and public relations student Tekedra Hankins were both nominated for the honor by Bonnie Drewniany, the faculty advisor for the University’s AAF chapter. Black was named among the AAF’s Most [...]

Award named in honor of Late Zeta Soror Monica Taylor, for her service

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The women of Zeta Phi Beta plan to name a Community Service Award in honor of their sorority sister and Illinois Wesleyan University alumna Monica Taylor, class of ’88. The first ceremony will be held on Saturday, March 13 from 2-4 p.m. in the Davidson Room of Illinois Wesleyan’s Memorial Center (104 University St., Bloomington).
Taylor, [...]

Museum honors Vallejo’s first black teacher, Grace Logan Patterson

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Vallejo’s first black teacher might have been small in stature, but she was big in presence, friends and family agreed Saturday.
“I don’t think I ever remember (Grace Logan Patterson) raising her voice,” said Elissa Shanks Stewart, principal of South Vallejo elementary school that bears Patterson’s name.
Stewart was one of 30 or so people who attended [...]

AKA Soror Sheila Adams honored for work with Urban League

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As a black woman growing up in Cincinnati, Sheila Adams was aware the city had racial problems.

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But her awareness grew the night her teenage son and a friend tried to purchase sodas at a convenience store in an upper-class white neighborhood.
“My youngest son came home at one or two o’clock, [...]

Delta Soror Jeanenette Glenn, receives human resources award

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McLeod Health is pleased to announce that Jeannette Glenn, McLeod Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Education and Training, has been awarded the 2010 Award for Professional Excellence in Human Resources Management.
This highly prestigious award recognizes creative approaches and consistently high performance that benefits the nominee’s company as well as the business and professional community. [...]