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Marshall University AKAs Serve Homeless Children at Area Shelter
Source A local sorority has dedicated itself to making life better for homeless children in the area. The Marshall University Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority adopted a room at Hovah Hall Underwood Children’s Home in Ona, W.Va. The room serves as a short-term emergency children’s shelter operated by The Children’s Home Society of West Virginia. “We are [...]
Metro Detroit AKAs Giving Back
Source It is not always easy to put the needs of others before your own, but that feeling you get when you serve your fellow man is phenomenal. That is something Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior believed in and my sorority sisters do, too. On the day when the nation remembers the dream, the legacy [...]
AKA Soror Kristen Bridges Among Top Student-Athletes at Ole Miss
Source A West Jones High School graduate is among 10 Ole Miss student-athletes selected to the 2011-12 Who’s Who Among students In American Universities and Colleges for the University of Mississippi. Jones County resident Kristen Bridges, daughter of Rev. W. E. and Janice Bridges, is among those selected for the honor. She is a member [...]
Alpha Kappa Alpha Arrives at Washington and Lee University
Source At Howard University in 1908, sisters Beulah and Lillie Burke helped to found Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) sorority. At Washington and Lee University 103 years later, sisters Devin Cooper ’11 and Amber Cooper ’12 helped to found a W&L chapter of that Greek organization. “We tease them and call them the Burke sisters,” said Tamara [...]
U.S. lawmaker: Even hazing victims should lose financial aid
Source In the wake of a college drum major’s death in Florida, a lawmaker from the state plans to introduce anti-hazing legislation when Congress returns in mid-January. The bill would strip financial aid from anyone sanctioned by a university for hazing or witnessing hazing and failing to report it – including the victim, said Democratic [...]
Alpha Kappa Alpha to Celebrate The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with Annual Commemorative Breakfast
PEOPLE MOTIVATING OTHERS (PMO) and PI MU OMEGA CHAPTER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC. CELEBRATE THE LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WITH ANNUAL COMMEMORATIVE BREAKFAST Charitable Organization Challenges Community to Do Something for Others; Community Leader and United States Army Officer Brigadier General Barrye L. Price will honor us with a [...]
Roland Martin: “Only students can truly end hazing”
Source In November 2010, I watched “HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” and saw a piece on the hazing antics at several historically black colleges and fraternities. I took to Twitter to share my thoughts on the issue. Much of the report focused on Southern University, and man, did the floodgates open as a number [...]
NPHC Membership Dues for Fiscal Year 2012
NPHC Membership Dues for Fiscal Year 2012 It is time to remit dues for fiscal year (FY) 2012! NPHC, Inc. operates on a fiscal calendar of January 1 to December 31. Annual dues are to be remitted by January 31 of a given fiscal year. Undergraduate councils are responsible for dues in the amount of [...]
Cox Promotes AKA Soror Rhonda Taylor To Chief People Officer
Source Cox Louisiana human-resources executive Rhonda Taylor has been named the Cox Communications chief people officer, effective immediately, succeeding Mae Douglas, who announced her retirement recently. Douglas is leaving at the end of the year and will assist in the transition. Taylor, who also has been named executive vice president, reports to Cox president Patrick Esser. [...]
Obituary: AKA Soror Dr. Pamela C. Williams, 57
Age 57 of Nashville, passed on November 21, 2011 following a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. Dr. Pamela Williams was born in Savannah, GA and was educated in the public schools of that city. She completed three years of medical undergraduate studies at Fisk University before entering Meharry Medical College, School of Medicine. Dr. [...]
