University of North Alabama - Diorama Yearbook (Florence, AL)

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Z BZTAArAAAnAKAA AATll , CASAESXZOBZTAArAAAn k IXOKA KSFIJI MnKAXA TAAFAAAnAKAAOAATll XAESXZOBZTAArAAAn ; KXFIJIOMnKA2A Alpha Phi Alpha. Anthony Sparks, Justin Taylor, Bryan Softley. FIRST SERVANTS OF ALL; WE SHALL TRANS CEND ALL Alpha Phi Alpha is the first historically African- American Greek letter organization. Alpha Phi Alpha was founded December 4, 1906, at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. It was established with goals of striving for excellence, scholarship, and manly deeds, and those goals still live on today within the orga- nization. The fraternity initially served as a study and support group for minority students who faced racial prejudice, both education- ally and socially, at Cornell. The Jewel founders and early lead- ers of the fraternity succeeded in laying a firm foundation for Alpha Phi Alpha ' s principles of scholarship, fellowship, good character, and the uplifting of humanity. The visionary founders, known as the Jewels of the frater- nity, are Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene 150 Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy. The Kappa Gamma chapter was the first historically African-American Greek-letter organization on the campus of UNA. Kappa Gamma likes to help the community through phil- anthropies such as Go to High School, Go to College, Voteless People is a Homeless People, Alpha Head Start, Seven Sons of Alpha, Project Alpha, and Leadership Development Institute. When the Alphas aren ' t busy keeping up their GPAs and reaching out to the community, they are participating in campus events. They also independently host their own events as well. The Alpha Ball, for instance, is a formal affair celebrating the end of each successful school year. The Alphas ' are also known around campus for Skee-Phi Week where the brothers co-host with the ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha, and end the week with the

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