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Obituary: Zeta Soror Alvider Burgess
Source Mrs. Alvilder I. Burgess, of 2120 New Wilkinson Ave., Orangeburg, passed Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, at the Regional Medical Center of Orangeburg. Funeral services will be held at noon Thursday, Oct. 20, at Brown Chapel AME Church, Brown Chapel Road, Cameron. The Rev. Rufus Gaymon will officiate. The casket will be placed in the [...]
Syleena Johnson – Chapter 5: Underrated (Review by Soultracks)
Source In an ideal world, those with better looks than vocals or hooks would be out striking poses so that more could hear true artists like Syleena Johnson. Thanks to her lineage (the daughter of blues star Syl Johnson), experience (training in gospel, jazz and classical music) and ability to evoke pain and passion with searing lyrics [...]
Obituary: Zeta Soror Dr. Beatrice Gregg Sanders, 94
Source Dr. Beatrice Gregg Sanders, the youngest of six children, was born Oct. 31, 1916, in the Rafting Creek community of Sumter County, to the late Joseph and Dinah Wright Gregg. She departed this life on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, at Sumter Health and Rehab Center. She was the widow of William B. Sanders Sr. [...]
High Point Zetas Take Over Stork’s Nest Closet at the Guilford County Department of Public Health Read more: High Point Enterprise – Sorority adopts Guilford agency’s program
Source A clothing program for young moms has received a boost from a service project. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., Delta Kappa Zeta Chapter, has taken over coordination on the Stork’s Nest Closet at the Guilford County Department of Public Health in High Point. Donations for the closet, which specializes in clothes for newborns, dropped [...]
Grammy-Nominated R&B Singer Syleena Johnson Launches National Step Competition
CLICK HERE FOR CONTEST DETAILS & RULES Grammy-Nominated R&B Singer Syleena Johnson launches national step competition Chicago, IL- August 5, 2011-Attention all Greek letter organizations of the National Pan- Hellenic Council (NPHC), Grammy-nominated recording artist, Syleena Johnson wants to know who’s boss. In a partnership with The Boss Network and Progressive Greek Magazine, Syleena [...]
Zeta Soror Kate McConnell Helps Darthmouth Win SWAC Bowling Title
Source It was a very busy, emotional and exciting year for 20-year-old Kate McConnell of Dartmouth. During her sophomore year at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., her bowling team won the Southwestern Athletic Conference title, but it didn’t come easily. Last March 4, 5, and 6 in Bessemer, Ala., six of the eight SWAC [...]
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 [...]
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Phi Zeta Zeta Chaper (Queens, NY) Elects New Officers
Source Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc, Phi Zeta Zeta Chapter (Queens, NY-Graduate Chapter) welcomes newly elected officers. The officers were installed by Stacie N.C. Grant, Immediate Past Chapter President, Atlantic Region Representative to the National Nominating Committee and candidate for National First Vice President. The 2011-2013 Executive Board will continue to build upon the sorority’s [...]
Obituary: Zeta Soror Alclair Mays-Pleasant, community activist, teacher, black historian, 105
Source Alclair Mays Pleasant, a longtime Corpus Christi teacher, civic activist and black historian, died Sunday in Tulsa, Okla. She was 105. Friends and relatives gathered Thursday during a rosary service to remember the woman who taught disadvantaged children for decades, was an active member of many churches and kept local historical records, many donated [...]
Assault, Hazing Charges Against University of Maryland Zetas Dropped
Source State prosecutors have dropped all charges against the seven Zeta Phi Beta sorority members who were accused of hazing and assaulting a university student in October. A 22-year-old student accused the women — alumna Bridget Blount, 24; alumna Zakiya Shivers, 26; Tymesha Pendleton, 26; Monika Young, 23; student Kandyce Jackson, 20; student Montressa Hammond, [...]
