Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Nu Kappa Chapter at Fairleigh Dickinson University Metropolitan Campus
National History
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated is an international service organization that was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. on January 15, 1908. It is the oldest Greek-lettered organization established by African-American college-educated women.
T​he first step of establishing a national body in perpetuity was taken on January 29, 1913 when Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority was legally incorporated.
The purpose of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated is:
*To 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 maintain a progressive interest in college life
*TO BE OF SERVICE TO SERVICE TO ALL OF MANKIND
Our 20 Pearls
Ethel Hedgemen Lyle
Anna Easter Brown
Beulah Elizabeth Burke
Lillie E. Burke
Marjorie Hill
MarGaret Flagg Holmes
Lavinia Norman
Lucy Diggs Slowe
MarIe Woolfolk Taylor
Norma Boyd
Ethel Jones mowbray
Alice Murray
Sarah Meriweather Nutter
Joanna Berry Shields
Carrie Snowden
Harriet Terry
THE INCORPORATORS
Julia Evangeline Brooks
Nellie May Quander
Nellie Pratt-Russell
Norma Boyd
Minnie Beatrice Smith
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HIGH scholastic
ðical
standards
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UNITY & FRIENDSHIP
AMONG COLLEGE WOMEN
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"service
to all
mankind"
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Chapter History
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On May 4, 1980, on the Teaneck and Rutherford campuses of Fairleigh Dickinson University, a group of female students who had expressed an interest in becoming members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. formed a community service group called “Sisters Inc.” This group of students later became the “Nineteen Strivers”. Becoming the first Black Greek Letter Organization on Campus.
These phenomenal women were:
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Since its chartering, the Nu Kappa chapter has worked diligently to uphold the legacy of both our Founder’s and Charter Members by developing programs that focus on the social, economic, health, and educational needs on the Fairleigh Dickinson University campus, and endlessly being of “Service to All Mankind.”
[RUTHERFORD CAMPUS]
Phyllis Anderson
Jacqueline Barnes
Ferne Bell
Phyllis Hodge
Shelly Jones
Towanna Lewis
Shawn Sturdivant
Kaye Thames
[TEANECK CAMPUS]
Bernadine Abraham
Victran Bonners
Terry Boone
Donna English
Gigi Langston
Mavis Littlejohn
Angela Martin
Clementine Potts
Deidre Traylor
Yvonne White
Sylvia Williams
Graduate Advisor: Brenda Davenport