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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 [...]
Raleigh Alumni Chapter Names Kappa Scholars
Source Ariel Bushel, Adrienne Boone and Ebonie Coley were three of many Wake County high school juniors named Kappa Scholars this spring by the Kappa Charitable Trust of the Raleigh Alumni Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. The Kappa Scholars program recognizes 11th-grade African-American students who have maintained a 3.0 or better GPA. The awards ceremony took [...]
Brooklyn Zeta Phi Beta Foundation to Provide $10,000 Scholarship to Worthy Student
BROOKLYN FOUNDATION WILL PROVIDE A $10,000 SCHOLARSHIP TO A WORTHY NYC STUDENT Brooklyn, New York – Today, The Extolling Excellence Foundation for Service and Scholarship, Inc., (EEFSS), a philanthropic arm of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Sigma Kappa Zeta Chapter (Brooklyn, NY), is excited to announce the launch of our Extolling Excellence Scholarship. The Extolling [...]
June Key Delta Community Center Creates Educational Garden
Source The neighborhood surrounding the Peninsula Park Rose Garden is about to look a lot greener. Neighbors of the June Key Delta Community Center, located on the corner of N Albina and N Ainsworth, have watched the Living Building Challenge remodel of the gas station since last August, but on May 29 neighbors noticed hard hat-clad volunteers [...]
Sigma Frater Braylon Edwards keeps promise, pays for 100 students to attend college
Source Call former Michigan wide receiver Braylon Edwards what you will, but make sure you call him extremely charitable and a man of his word, too. CBSSports.com reports that Edwards, who was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in 2005, followed through with a promise he made four years ago through his foundation. In 2007, he [...]
Zeta Soror Nicole Carmona Nets $20K in Culinary Scholarships
Source To say that Nicole Carmona is a hard worker is an understatement. The Sleepy Hollow senior and second-year Culinary Arts student at the Southern Westchester BOCES Center for Career Services has literally been working overtime to balance academics (she’s an AP Honor student) and her training at BOCES with the after-school tutoring she gives middle [...]
Alpha Kappa Alpha Women Honor, Reward High-Achieving Graduating Seniors With Scholarships
Source Eleven young ladies graduating from schools in Cobb County this spring have been honored with scholarships from the Rho Zeta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. The students exemplified incomparable intellect, leadership and community awareness, according to the Marietta-based chapter of the sorority. The scholarships totaled $15,000 and were presented in conjunction [...]
SGRho Soror Ariane Arlie, Aurora University’s Top Honor Student
Source Ariane Arlie of Chicago, an Aurora University senior business and commerce major, received AU’s Spartan Award — the school’s top student honor — at an annual Honors Convocation at Crimi Auditorium on April 15. The convocation recognized students and faculty for academic achievements and campus contributions. AU President Rebecca L. Sherrick presided at the [...]
Alabama Kappas Award Over $11,000 in Scholarships at Annual Banquet
Source The Talladega/Sylacauga Kappa Alpha Psi Scholarship Foundation held its Sixth Annual Banquet Sunday April 17 at the J. Craig Smith Community Center in Sylacauga. The guest speaker was Donta’ L. Wilson, president of BB&T of Alabama. Wilson addressed some 250 guests, family, friends, and supporters and focused his remarks on the students, sharing his [...]
Leadership, self-esteem focus of Ivy Academy at Marshall University
Source Marshall University will host 70 young Tri-State women on Friday, April 8, for the Ivy Academy leadership conference. The event, sponsored by Marshall’s Office of Multicultural Affairs in partnership with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Beta Tau Omega chapter, is open to those in eighth to 12th grades. The conference runs from 8:45 a.m. [...]
