ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Regarding Alpha Kappa Alpha Constitution and Bylaws, when may the Bylaws be
amended? - ✔✔The Bylaws may be amended at a regular meeting of the Boule by two-
thirds of the votes cast, provided that the proposed amendments shall have been
circulated to chapters no later than April 30 preceding the Boule.
✔✔How far in advance is the Supreme Basileus of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is
elected? Does she hold this title at the time of her election? - ✔✔Four years. No. She
serves as First Supreme Anti-Basileus for four years following her election, and then is
installed as Supreme Basileus.
✔✔How does a Soror become a member of an International Committee? - ✔✔All
committe members, excluding Nominating, are appointed by the Supreme Basileus. The
Nominating Committee is composed of elected regional representatives.
✔✔What is the Ivy Leaf? - ✔✔The official publication of the sorority.
✔✔Who do you report to as a candidate? - ✔✔Graduate Advisor
✔✔Supreme Basileus - ✔✔Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson
, ✔✔First Supreme Anti-Basileus - ✔✔Glenda Baskin Glover
✔✔Second Supreme Anti-Basileus - ✔✔Keniece Gray
✔✔Supreme Grammateus - ✔✔Charletta Wilson Jacks
✔✔Supreme Tamiouchos - ✔✔Danette Anthony Reed
✔✔Supreme Parliamentarian - ✔✔Martha L. Perine Beard
✔✔Undergraduate Member-at-Large - ✔✔Victoria Simpson
✔✔Undergraduate Member-at-Large - ✔✔Antoria C. Frazier
✔✔North Atlantic Regional Director - ✔✔Meredith L. Henderson
✔✔Mid-Atlantic Regional Director - ✔✔Joyce Henderson
✔✔South Atlantic Regional Director - ✔✔Sharon Brown Harriott
✔✔Great Lakes Regional Director - ✔✔Toni S. Kendrick
✔✔South Eastern Regional Director - ✔✔Mary B. Conner
✔✔Central Regional Director - ✔✔Kathy A. Walker Steele
✔✔South Central Regional Director - ✔✔Katina Semin
✔✔Mid-Western Regional Director - ✔✔Jan Carpenter-Baker
✔✔Far Western Regional Director - ✔✔Carol R. Dixon
✔✔International Regional Director - ✔✔Gizette L. Thomas
✔✔When and where was Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority founded? - ✔✔1908. Howard
University. Washington, D.C.
✔✔Why was Alpha Kappa Alpha founded? - ✔✔Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded as an
instrument to make college experience as meaningful and as valuable as possible in
enhancing the capacity of college-trained women for significant self-realization.
✔✔Who was the moving spirit in the establishment of Alpha Kappa Alpha? - ✔✔Ethel
Hedgemen Lyle.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Regarding Alpha Kappa Alpha Constitution and Bylaws, when may the Bylaws be
amended? - ✔✔The Bylaws may be amended at a regular meeting of the Boule by two-
thirds of the votes cast, provided that the proposed amendments shall have been
circulated to chapters no later than April 30 preceding the Boule.
✔✔How far in advance is the Supreme Basileus of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is
elected? Does she hold this title at the time of her election? - ✔✔Four years. No. She
serves as First Supreme Anti-Basileus for four years following her election, and then is
installed as Supreme Basileus.
✔✔How does a Soror become a member of an International Committee? - ✔✔All
committe members, excluding Nominating, are appointed by the Supreme Basileus. The
Nominating Committee is composed of elected regional representatives.
✔✔What is the Ivy Leaf? - ✔✔The official publication of the sorority.
✔✔Who do you report to as a candidate? - ✔✔Graduate Advisor
✔✔Supreme Basileus - ✔✔Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson
, ✔✔First Supreme Anti-Basileus - ✔✔Glenda Baskin Glover
✔✔Second Supreme Anti-Basileus - ✔✔Keniece Gray
✔✔Supreme Grammateus - ✔✔Charletta Wilson Jacks
✔✔Supreme Tamiouchos - ✔✔Danette Anthony Reed
✔✔Supreme Parliamentarian - ✔✔Martha L. Perine Beard
✔✔Undergraduate Member-at-Large - ✔✔Victoria Simpson
✔✔Undergraduate Member-at-Large - ✔✔Antoria C. Frazier
✔✔North Atlantic Regional Director - ✔✔Meredith L. Henderson
✔✔Mid-Atlantic Regional Director - ✔✔Joyce Henderson
✔✔South Atlantic Regional Director - ✔✔Sharon Brown Harriott
✔✔Great Lakes Regional Director - ✔✔Toni S. Kendrick
✔✔South Eastern Regional Director - ✔✔Mary B. Conner
✔✔Central Regional Director - ✔✔Kathy A. Walker Steele
✔✔South Central Regional Director - ✔✔Katina Semin
✔✔Mid-Western Regional Director - ✔✔Jan Carpenter-Baker
✔✔Far Western Regional Director - ✔✔Carol R. Dixon
✔✔International Regional Director - ✔✔Gizette L. Thomas
✔✔When and where was Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority founded? - ✔✔1908. Howard
University. Washington, D.C.
✔✔Why was Alpha Kappa Alpha founded? - ✔✔Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded as an
instrument to make college experience as meaningful and as valuable as possible in
enhancing the capacity of college-trained women for significant self-realization.
✔✔Who was the moving spirit in the establishment of Alpha Kappa Alpha? - ✔✔Ethel
Hedgemen Lyle.
