Self-Study Section 1
Define four terms:
a. Sorority
b. Boule
c. Directorate
d. Soror - answera. Sorority: A society of women with selective membership limited by
the invitation of persons who are already members.
b. Boule: The periodic assembly of the total membership.
c. Directorate: The governing body of Alpha Kappa Alpha when the Boule is not in
session.
d. Soror: Sister
How is the membership in Alpha Kappa Alpha classified? - answerUndergraduate,
Graduate, General, Associate Life, and Honorary.
What is the highest honor, which the sorority can give? - answerHonorary Membership.
Differentiate between undergrad and graduate chapters? - answerUndergraduate
chapters are those established by charter to a collegiate institution or a specified
geographical area for college students, while graduate chapters are those set up
specifically for alumnae in a specified geographical area.
How often does the Boule meet? - answerBiennially
Why was Alpha Kappa Alpha incorporated? - answerTo ensure perpetuity.
What is the sorority's board of directors called? - answerDirectorate.
State the sorority's purpose written in the Constitution. - answerThe purpose of Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority is cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards,
to promote unity and friendship among college women, to study and help alleviate
problems concerning girls and women in order to improve their social stature, to
maintain a progressive interest in college life, and to be of service to all mankind.
How many officers make up the current Directorate? List names and positions -
answerEighteen.
Are all of the members graduate sorors? Explain. - answerNo. Three are
undergraduates- Second Supreme Anti-Basileus and two Undergraduate Members-at-
Large.
Define four terms:
a. Sorority
b. Boule
c. Directorate
d. Soror - answera. Sorority: A society of women with selective membership limited by
the invitation of persons who are already members.
b. Boule: The periodic assembly of the total membership.
c. Directorate: The governing body of Alpha Kappa Alpha when the Boule is not in
session.
d. Soror: Sister
How is the membership in Alpha Kappa Alpha classified? - answerUndergraduate,
Graduate, General, Associate Life, and Honorary.
What is the highest honor, which the sorority can give? - answerHonorary Membership.
Differentiate between undergrad and graduate chapters? - answerUndergraduate
chapters are those established by charter to a collegiate institution or a specified
geographical area for college students, while graduate chapters are those set up
specifically for alumnae in a specified geographical area.
How often does the Boule meet? - answerBiennially
Why was Alpha Kappa Alpha incorporated? - answerTo ensure perpetuity.
What is the sorority's board of directors called? - answerDirectorate.
State the sorority's purpose written in the Constitution. - answerThe purpose of Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority is cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards,
to promote unity and friendship among college women, to study and help alleviate
problems concerning girls and women in order to improve their social stature, to
maintain a progressive interest in college life, and to be of service to all mankind.
How many officers make up the current Directorate? List names and positions -
answerEighteen.
Are all of the members graduate sorors? Explain. - answerNo. Three are
undergraduates- Second Supreme Anti-Basileus and two Undergraduate Members-at-
Large.
