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Dovely Magazine Releases Spring Issue
The Spring 2011 Issue of Dovely Magazine is here! In this issue: National First Anti-Basileus and 2012 IGB Candidate Mary Breaux Wright has A LOT to say, Soror Kendra Hatcher-King and her Power Moves as a Top Advertising Executive, Dr. Syleecia Thompson on maintaining a healthy business, Soror Tamara Manning on living FINER, and [...]
Alpha Frater Darrell Barnes Writes Book on Success
Source After being raised in a single-parent family and incarcerated for a crime he did not commit, Darrell Barnes found his calling as a motivational speaker and author. Barnes, a Houston resident who graduated from Texas Tech in 1995 after studying television communications, is described by friends as a trooper. “If I had to sum [...]
Former Phi Beta Sigma Treasurer, Terry Davis sentenced in bank fraud case
Source Terry Davis, 43, the former elected National Treasurer of Phi Beta Sigma, an international fraternal organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to time served of 31 months in prison for committing bank fraud stemming from his theft of more than $50,000 from the fraternity’s bank accounts, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen [...]
Three Alpha fraters named to 2011 Marcus Graham Project Summer Boot Camp Team
The Marcus Graham Project announces its 3rd Summer Boot Camp Team 11 men and women selected for intense advertising, marketing and media training program The Marcus Graham Project (MGP) announced today, the selection if its 2011 iCR8 Summer Boot Camp team. The team selected represent some of the most dynamic and creative future leaders in [...]
Alpha Frater Jerry D. Blakemore named VP, general counsel of Northern Illinois University
Source Growing up in East Chicago Heights, Jerry D. Blakemore clearly recognized the importance of education and public service. His father, J.D., who worked in the Youngstown Sheet and Tube steel mill for 31 years, held a seat on the village board and volunteered as a police officer and firefighter. His mother, Mattie, an operator [...]
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[Video] Kenmore Live Studio: Date Night Hero with Alpha Frater, Chef Judson Todd
Here at the Kenmore Live Studio Chef Judson Todd of Healthy Infused Cuisine introduces a night of “foods that put you in the mood” before showcasing some of the contestants in his “Next Great Musical Star” competition. This isn’t your same old “American Idol!” Watch to see some talented Chicago area.
Kappa Frater Robert Morris profiles African American war heroes in new book
Source Robert Morris’ goal is to tell the stories that aren’t often told — the stories of forgotten African American war heroes. As Black History Month comes to a close, approximately 20 people congregated in the IMU Thursday to hear Morris speak about his new book, Black Faces of War: A Legacy of Honor from [...]
Sigma, Alpha fraters co-edit three new books
1. The Obamas and a (Post) Racial America?, Edited by Gregory S. Parks and Matthew W. Hughey. Foreword by Charles J. Ogletree (Oxford University Press, 2011) “After the wave of journalistic books on the ascendance of Barack Obama and his Presidency, here is one of the first social science books on these topics. It is a [...]
GEICO names Delta Soror Machell Hamlin Assistant Vice President
Source Machell Hamlin of Mitchellville, Md., has been named assistant vice president of the GEICO companies with staff counsel responsibilities. “Machell has excelled at every stage of her GEICO career,” said Don Lyons, GEICO senior vice president. “Machell and her legal team have made considerable progress. We are fortunate to have someone with her breadth of [...]
Zeta Phi Beta- Kappa Iota Zeta Chapter; A progressive sisterhood
Updates submitted by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Kappa Iota Zeta Chapter located in Atlanta, GA. Keep up the good work ladies!!! Soror Linda Isabel was recognized for her commitment to service with the presentation of the inaugural Pacesetter Award at the 76th Southeastern Regional Conference in Atlanta. Additionally, she received the prestigious President’s Volunteer [...]
