All Entries in the "Awards & Recognition" Category
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Omega Frater Jeff Tate Named To Savoy Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America
Jeff Tate, Vice President, Finance, Dow Performance Plastics has been named to Savoy Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America 2012 issue. Savoy is geared toward African-American business professionals and profiles prominent African-American business leaders. With 100,000 readers per issue, the magazine serves as a premier forum for issues of workplace diversity and [...]
Scholarship created to honor slain Kappa Frater Steven Agee II
Source There wasn’t an empty seat at the Steven R. Agee II scholarship fund kickoff Monday. The event was hosted by Steven’s mother, Kimberly Agee, in the Holmes Student Center Capitol Room. “I think it was a wonderful night,” Kimberly said. “So many students came out. I didn’t expect this. His fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi, [...]
Sigma Frater Assoumou Sahou, Kean University Greek of the Week
Source Proudly wearing his royal blue and pure white attire Assoumou Sahou,truly embraces Phi Beta Sigma’s motto of “culture for service and service for humanity.” Founded in 1914 Phi Beta Sigma International Fraternity Incorporated has been an enormous part ofSahou’s life. Crossing in Spring 2011 and being a part of the Mu Pi chapter has changed Sahou’s life in many [...]
Delta Soror Maj. Gen. Marcelite Harris leads way as first African-American female general
Source Born about the time the Tuskegee Airmen were earning their reputation over the skies of North Africa and Italy, Marcelite Harris would go on to break a number of racial and gender barriers during an illustrious Air Force career. Harris was born Jan. 16, 1943, in Houston and attended Spelman College in Atlanta, where [...]
Sigma Frater Brandon P. Brown To Receive National Award For Service To Higher Education
Source Having reached his 36th birthday in September, Brandon Pendarvis Brown is a testament to the old adage that age is just a number, based on the many accomplishments Brown has garnered in such a relatively short period. He’s about to add one more accolade to the long list of achievements. In good company, Brown, [...]
SGRho Soror Tonya Lee Williams Becomes Recipient of MLK Achievement Award
Source Actress Tonya Lee Williams will receive the Martin Luther King, Jr. Achievement Award at the Black Theatre Workshop (BTW)’s 26th Annual Vision Celebration Gala a week from Saturday in Montreal for her contribution in the Black performing arts. Williams remains best known as fan favorite Dr. Olivia Williams on the top-rated daytime soap, The Young [...]
Sigma Frater Kevin Saunderson: Seven things you didn’t know about the techno music pioneer
Source Techno pioneer Saunderson recently relaunched influential US techno outfit Inner City, whose first two albums had combined sales of more than six million, for a new album due early next year. We find out more about the 47-year-old New York DJ. He really wasn’t cut out to be a pop star. ‘It was a [...]
