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Front row: (seated left to right) Janice Smith, Deidre Stephens, Audrey B. Singleton (graduate advisor), Irene W. McCollom (regional director), Amanda Robinson, Krystle Johnson, Salaia Sifford. Second row: Albertina Ivy, Tonetta Ray, Rena Dixon, Carnika Donald, Andrea Carter, Tameka Rucks, Brianna Bellamy, Misty Ellison, Iris Frye, and Dekira Bowe

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Installs Founding Members at AASU

Savannah, GA—July 6, 2005—Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., recently installed the founding members of the Sigma Tau Chapter at Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU). The sorority is an international organization of college and graduate women whose purpose is to encourage scholarship, friendship, and service. Founded in 1908 at Howard University, Washington, D.C., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is the oldest sorority founded by women of African descent.

The chapter was chartered by the South Atlantic Regional Director, Mrs. Irene Westbrook McCollom. The charter members are as follows: Brianna Bellamy, Dekira Bowe, Andrea Carter, Rena Dixon, Carnika Donald, Misty Ellison, Iris Frye, Albertina Ivy, Krystle Johnson, Tonetta Ray, Amanda Robinson, Tameka Rucks, Salaia Sifford, Janice Smith and Deidre Stephens.

The addition of this sorority brings the total number of national Greek organizations to 4 sororities and 3 fraternities on the AASU campus. For more information about greek life at AASU, call Robin Jones at 912.927.5300 or email her at jonerobi@mail.armstrong.edu.