What is the definition of sorority? - answerSociety of women with selective membership limited by the invitation of persons who are already
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What is the definition of Boule? - answerThe periodic assembly of the total membership
What is the Directorate? - answerThe governing body of Alpha Kappa Alpha when the Boule is not in session
Soror - answersister
Membership Classification - answerundergraduate, graduate, general, associate, life, honorary
What is the difference between undergraduate and graduate chapters? - answerUndergrad chapters are those established by a charter to a collegiate institution or to a specified geographical area for college students; grad chapters are set up specifically for alumnae in specific geographical region
Directorate - answerDr. Glenda Glover- Supreme Basileus (elected 4 years in advance and holds title of 1st Supreme Anti-Basileus before coming into office)
Danette Anthony Reed- 1st Supreme Anti-Basileus
Jasmyne McCoy- 2nd Supreme Anti-Basileus
Chelle Luper Wilson- Supreme Grammateus
Gail P. Miles-Scott- Supreme Tamiouchos
Bonnie Murdah- Supreme Parliamentarian
Alysse Guerrier, Jasmine Williams- Undergraduate Members-at Large
Central Regional Director - answerSonya L. Bowen; her job is to oversee the management of the central regional chapters
Former Living Supreme Basilei - answerMattelia P. Grays, Norma S. White, Carolyn House Stewart, Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson
How many undergraduate and graduate chapters are there in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority? - answer1037
How many regions are there? - answer10 including International Region
What states make up the central region? - answerIL, IN, KY, WI, MN, ND, SD, St. Louis and Cape Girardeau, Missouri
What is the regional conference? - answerA study session designed to clarify procedures and resolve problems of the chapters within a region through workshops, discussions, demonstrations, and other types of group activity.
What is the Leadership Seminar? When is it held? - answerA training session for officers and members which is held in alternate years when the Boule does not meet.
What is the Ivy Leaf? - answerThe official publication of the sorority.
How do you become a member of the International committee? - answerAll committee members, except Nominating, are appointed by the Supreme Basileus. (Nominating members are elected regional representatives).
What is the founding date for Alpha Kappa Alpha? - answerWednesday, Jan. 15, 1908 at Howard Univ., Washington D.C. in Miner Hall
Why was Alpha Kappa Alpha founded? - answerThe organization was founded as an instrument to make college experiences as meaningful and as valuable as possible in enhancing the capacity of college-trained women for significant self-realization
Who was the moving spirit in the establishment of Alpha Kappa Alpha? - answerEthel Hedgemann Lyle
Who was Ethel Hedgeman Lyle influenced by? - answerBy schoolteachers: Tremain Robinson and Elizabeth Appa Cook
Who are the nine founders? - answerEthel Hedgemann Lyle, Anna Easter Brown, Beulah Elizabeth Burke, Lillie Burke, Marjorie Hill, Margaret Flagg Holmes, Lavinia Norman, Lucy Diggs Slowe, Marie Woolfolk Taylor
Who are the 7 sophomores? - answerAlice P. Murray, Carrie Snowden, Ethel Jones Mowbray, Harriet Josephine Terry, Joanna Mary Berry Shields, Norma Elizabeth Boyd, Sarah Merriwether Nutter
Who are the Incorporators? - answerOriginal 3 that initiated incorporation: Nellie May Quander, Norma E. Boyd and Minnie Beatrice Smith—and later expanded to include sorority officers Julia Evangeline Brooks, Ethel Jones (Mowbray) and Nellie Pratt (Russell)
What is the incorporation date? - answerJanuary 29, 1913
Why was the organization incorporated? - answerTo ensure perpetuity
What is the purpose of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.? - answerThe purpose of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. is to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and friendship among college women, to help study and alleviate problems concerning girls and women in order to improve their social stature, to maintain a progressive interest in college life and to be of service to all mankind.
What is the symbol? - answerGreen enameled ivy leaf with AKA engraved in gold at each point
How are chapter programs determined? - answerBy the International Program Committee, as defined by the Supreme Basileus
What are the programs developed to assist graduate members of the sorority? - answerFellowships, financial aid and job placement
In 1965, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. became the first women's organization to have the opportunity to assist the government in preparing women and girls for the responsibilities of citizenship through an anti-poverty program called? - answerThe Cleveland Job Corps Center
In 1968, AKA began publishing a series of brochures detailing the accomplishments of Black women called? - answerThe Heritage Series on Black Women
What is the Alpha Kappa Alpha Connection? - answercommunications network
What is the Leadership Fellows Program and whom does it serve? - answerA two-phase development program for undergraduates designed to improve their leadership skills through structured theoretical exposure and pragmatic training
What are the five program targets? - answer1. HBCU for Life: A Call to Action
2. Women's Health and Wellness
3. Building Your Economic Legacy
4. The Arts!
5. Global Impact
When was the first national office opened? - answerOctober 8, 1949
Where was the first international chapter? - answerEstablished in Liberia in 1948.
Where is the corporate office and what is the phone number? - answer5656 South Stony Island Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
773-684-1282
Who is the Chief administrator of the corporate office and what is her job? - answerCynthia D. Howell who serves as the Executive Director.
Her job is to maintain permanent records, transact business and implement programs of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
What is "Ivy Beyond the Wall?" - answerA final ritual for a deceased soror
What is the role of the Basileus of a chapter? - answerHer role is to preside at all meetings of the chapter, appoint members of committees, and serve as an ex-officio member of all committees
What 5 undergraduate chapters are overseen by Alpha Mu Omega? - answerKappa- Indianapolis, IN- Butler University, IUPUI, Marian University, Franklin College, University of Indianapolis
Tau- Bloomington, IN- Indiana University
Beta Phi- Muncie, IN- Ball State University
Epsilon Xi- Terre Haute, IN- Indiana State University
Pi Lambda- Greencastle, IN- DePauw University
Titles - answerBasileus- President [Show Less]