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Gainesville Omegas award scholarships to graduates
Source The Beta Pi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. recently awarded the 2010 Neil A. Butler and Richard E. Dukes scholarships to Stacey Williams and Cornelius Stewart. Williams, a graduate of Buchholz High School, will attend Webber International University. Stewart, a graduate of Gainesville High School, plans to attend Santa Fe College. Shawn [...]
Omaha Kappas adopt Kellom Elementary School
Source A group of college students in the Omaha area isn’t sitting around waiting for academic achievement to improve among the city’s African-American boys. Members of the historically black fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi are working to make the change happen. In a ceremony designed to make an impression on the students at Kellom Elementary at [...]
Alpha Phi Alpha- Zeta Upsilon Lambda Chapter foundation provides recognition, scholarships
Source The Joyce-Gillespie-Harrington (JGH) Educational & Charitable Foundation, Inc. of the Zeta Upsilon Lambda (ZUL) Alumni (Reston, VA) Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, held its 27th Annual Academic Achievement and Scholarship Awards Program at Westfield High School in April. Robert Dixon, Jr., senior executive in the Defense Intelligence Agency and a member of the [...]
Delta Soror Josephine Levy receives academic honors
Source Josephine Levy, Abbeville General Hospital Board Member, traveled to Springfield, Massachusetts to share in the commencement celebration of her daughter, Cassie Levy, who received a Master of Human Services degree. Cassie was selected by her Houston campus to represent the Human Services Department as the Student Marshall of the 2009-2010 class of graduate students. [...]
Gainesville AKAs co-host Camp Money Que$t to teach teens how to manage their dollars
Source Teens and judicious money management don’t usually go together, but thanks to the 4th annual Financial Literacy Money Que$t Camp, a group of high school students received the tools to make sound financial decisions that may have a lasting impact in their future. Parents and their children braved torrential rains last Tuesday to attend [...]
Economic wisdom: the Stone Mountain-Decatur Sigmas provide quality service
Source With knowledge, comes wisdom; with economic wisdom, individual and collective and empowerment can take place. From this mantra, the Stone Mountain-Decatur Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, inc. is presenting its Economic Wisdom Workshop series. Their next installment takes place on Wednesday,June 23rd, from 6:30pm-8:00pm at the Roy Yancey Sr. Public Library (47 Cleveland Ave in Atlanta). [...]
Sigma Gamma Rho Soror Larrisa Smith, Ph.D. student to study indigenous Filipino group
Source Larrisa Smith, a University of Illinois at Chicago Ph.D. student in anthropology, says she loves her academic field because of its goal to “show the beauty that exists in all cultures.” The Ata tribe of the Philippines, an overlooked and understudied group, caught Smith’s interest during a visit to the island nation two years [...]
Grand Bahama Delta Chapter salutes most improved students
Source The Grand Bahama Alumnae Chapter (GBAC) of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated has recognized the “most improved” sixth grade students from several primary schools on the island through its “Reach for the Stars” program. Keeping with the Sorority’s thrust of promoting economic development in the community, newly-installed chapter President Shery Poiter said there is [...]
Delta Soror Dr. Charlotte Morris named interim president of Tuskegee University
Source Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer, Chairman of the Tuskegee University Board of Trustees, announced today the appointment of Dr. Charlotte P. Morris as Interim President of the institution, effective August 1, 2010. Her selection was the result of an enthusiastic vote of the entire Board. She will serve in this capacity while the search committee [...]
Delta Soror Raynesha Rogers to study in Kenya
Source Raynesha Rogers, a student at Indiana University Purdue University of Indianapolis in the School of Physical Education has been selected to study abroad in Iten, Kenya from July 3 through July 26. Rogers, currently in her junior year at IUPUI-Indianapolis studying occupational therapy/exercise science, was chosen from among many applicants in the department to [...]
