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Decatur Alumnae Deltas Award $28,000 in College Scholarships
The Decatur Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated awarded over $28,000 in scholarships and book stipends to area students at its Annual Scholarship Recognition Breakfast at Beulah Missionary Baptist Church. More than 40 high school seniors from DeKalb County and surrounding areas competed in this year’s scholarship competition. Top honors went to the following winners: [...]
AKA Soror Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Hammond named Central State University’s President, first woman in 125-year history
The Central State University Board of Trustees announced today Dr. Cynthia Jackson Hammond as the 8th President of the University. Dr. Hammond has built a distinguished career in higher educational leadership. Under her guidance as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Coppin State University, she guided six prominent initiatives: the reformation of the [...]
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 [...]
Alpharetta-Smyrna Kappas Boosts STEM Education
Source Since 1996, the Alpharetta-Smyrna Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi has conducted its mentoring and tutorial program with the goal of making a positive impact among male middle school students. Since then, over 350 youth have been guided to more positive social interactions and higher scholastic pursuits. Today, the Kappa collaboration with the Georgia Tech Research Institute is [...]
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 [...]
