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AKA’s Award Scholarships to Some of the Area’s Best and
Brightest
Special to The Truth
On Saturday May 12, 2018,
several young women and one young man were honored at the
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, Zeta Alpha Omega
Chapter, Scholarship Reception held at the Kent Branch
Library. The awards ranged from $150 for Legacy Book
Scholarships to $1000 for academic scholarships.
This year’s scholarship
recipients were Dakari Parish-Baker, Ramona Stephenson,
Danielle Thomas and Courtney Draper for $1000 scholarships;
Nikaija Colbert, Nakiya White, and Nonye Williams for $500
scholarships. Maurice Sturdivant and Cortney Allison were
recipients of $150 Legacy Book Scholarships.
Alpha Kappa Sorority,
Incorporated® was founded on the campus of Howard University
in 1908. It is the oldest Greek-letter organization
established by African-American women. The sorority has a
legacy of “service to all mankind.” The Zeta Alpha Omega
Chapter was founded in 1952 and has been awarding
scholarships to Toledo area students for many decades. To
qualify for the scholarship, students must have a cumulative
grade point average of 3.0 and have been accepted to an
accredited college or university for the fall of 2018.
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Guest speaker Victoria McDuffie, Zeta Alpha Omega Graduate
Chapter
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The 2018 Scholarship
Committee members are: President Mogannia Dawson,
Vice-President Nicole Williams, Chairman Cheryl Slack,
Co-Chairman Daphne Derden-Willis, Theo Simmons-Hampton,
Genevia Odoms, Donnetta Carter, Pamela Green-Jones, Angeline
Murry, Mary Dawson, Pamela Cockrell, Malinda Prowell,
Stephanie White, and Staci Sturdivant.
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