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The purpose of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and friendship among college women, to study and help alleviate problems concerning girls and women to improve their social stature, to maintain a progressive interest in college life, and to be of service to all mankind.
Lillie Burke (died December 16, 1949) was an American woman who was one of the original founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha in 1908, the first sorority founded by African-American women. Burke and her sister Beulah Burke were two of the nine cofounders. In her leadership as an educator and organizer, Burke created important social capital.
Cultural interest sororities can be found in cultural interest fraternities and sororities. Men's and co-educational fraternities are listed in Lists of social fraternities . Some organizations in this list have a specific major listed as a traditional emphasis.
Alpha Kappa Alpha members can join the organization either as an undergraduate student or become a part of a graduate chapter if they’ve already earned a bachelor’s or an advanced degree from ...
Gamma Sigma became the first international high school fraternity when it chartered Alpha Zeta chapter in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada in late 1927. Kappa Alpha Pi (ΚΑΠ) founded was in 1904 in Chicago, Illinois. Omega Eta Tau (ΩΗΤ), formed as Torch and Dagger in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1859, was the first known high school fraternity ...
The hall was named after fellow Alpha Kappa Alpha founder Lucy Diggs Slowe, first dean of women at Howard University . [ 9 ] In addition to her work with the sorority (below), Burke was an active member of both professional - the National Education Association - and civic associations: the NAACP and the YMCA , in Washington, D.C. [ 4 ]
Alpha Gamma Upsilon: ΑΓΥ: 1922 – May 1965: National Independent Traditional Inactive [i] Alpha Kappa: ΑΚ: 1878–1884 Local Yale University: Traditional, Sophomore Inactive [4] Alpha Kappa Lambda: ΑΚΛ: 1914 National NIC: Traditional Αληθεια και Λογος [sic] (Truth and the Word) Active Alpha Kappa Pi: ΑΚΠ: 1921 ...
Other early foundations were Kappa Alpha Society at Toronto in 1892 and at McGill in 1899, and Alpha Delta Phi at Toronto in 1893 and at McGill in 1897. The first sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, was established in Toronto in 1887. In 1902, the first international chapter of Phi Delta Theta was established at McGill University as the Quebec Alpha. [1]