Alpha Kappa Alpha Study Guide - Comprehensive
Define soror ✔️Ans - Sister
Define directorate ✔️Ans - Governing body of alpha kappa alpha when
boule is not in session
By who was ethel hedgeman lyle influenced? ✔️Ans - 2 teachers. Tremain
Robinson and Elizabeth Appa Cook
In feb 1908, 7 members were admitted into the sorority without initiation,
Who were they? ✔️Ans - Joanna Berry Sheilds, Norma Elizabeth Boyd,
Carrie Snowden, Ethel Jones Mowbray, Sarah Meriwether Nutter, Alice P.
Murray, Harriet Josephine Terry
Who was the first honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha ✔️Ans - Jane
adams
Who was the first chairmen of Alpha kappa alpha ✔️Ans - Norma Boyd
When and where was Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority founded ✔️Ans - Jan 15
1908 on the Campus of Howard university in Washington, D.C.
When was the first international chapter set up? Where was it located?
✔️Ans - Liberia
What is the international program? ✔️Ans - Global leadership through
timeless service
What happened on Oct 8, 1913 ✔️Ans - The second chapter was founded
(beta chapter)
What days were the details adopted? (Color, purpose, seal, etc) ✔️Ans - On
Feburary 21, 1908
When was Alpha Kappa Alpha incorporated? ✔️Ans - Jan 29, 1913
When Are the constitutions and by laws revised? ✔️Ans - Every 2 years
Who was the moving spirit in the establishment of Alpha Kappa Alpha?
✔️Ans - Ethel hedgeman lyle
Who was elected as the first president of Alpha kappa alpha? ✔️Ans - Lucy
diggs slowe
How many girls were in the original group. List their names ✔️Ans - Ethel
hedgeman Lyle , Marjorie Hill, Lucy Diggs Slowe, Little Burke, Anna Easter
Brown, Beulah Burke, Marie Woolfolk Taylor, Margarette Flagg Holmes,
Lavinia Norman
Are all of the directorate members graduate sorors? Explain. ✔️Ans - No 3
are undergraduates. 1 is second supreme anti basileus and 2 are
undergraduate members at large.
, State the sorority's purpose as stated in the constitution? ✔️Ans - To
cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards, to promote
unity and friendship among college women, to study and alleviate all
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.
What is the highest honor which the sorority can give? ✔️Ans - Honorary
membership
Why was Alpha Kappa Alpha incorporated? ✔️Ans - To ensure perpetuity.
What is the sorority's board of directorates called? ✔️Ans - Directorate
Define boule ✔️Ans - The periodic assembly of total membership
What does the designation "ivy beyond the wall" mean? ✔️Ans - Deceased
soror
1965, Alpha kappa alpha became the 1st woman's organization to have the
opportunity to assist the government in preparing women and girls for the
responsibilities of citizenship through an anti-poverty program. What is this
program called? ✔️Ans - Cleveland job corps
What is the Alpha kappa alpha connection ✔️Ans - Communications
network.
What is the sorority's corporate office address and telephone number?
✔️Ans - 5656 South Stoney island ave. 60637 Chicago, il.
A study session designed to clarify procedures and resolve problems of the
chapters within a region through workshops, discussions, demonstrations,
and other types of group activities is called what? ✔️Ans - Regional
conference
How often are regional conferences held? ✔️Ans - Annually
What is the leadership seminar and when is it held? ✔️Ans - A training
session for officers and members which meet in alternate years when boule
does not meet
How many regions make up alpha kappa alpha ✔️Ans - 10 including
international
What is the ivy leaf? ✔️Ans - The official publication of the sorority
How often does boule meet? ✔️Ans - Biennially
To who do you repot to as a candidate? What is her role ✔️Ans -
Membership chairmen. To serve as liaison between chapter and candidates.
What is leadership fellows program? Who does it serve? ✔️Ans - A two
phase development program for undergraduates designed to improve their
leadership skills
Define soror ✔️Ans - Sister
Define directorate ✔️Ans - Governing body of alpha kappa alpha when
boule is not in session
By who was ethel hedgeman lyle influenced? ✔️Ans - 2 teachers. Tremain
Robinson and Elizabeth Appa Cook
In feb 1908, 7 members were admitted into the sorority without initiation,
Who were they? ✔️Ans - Joanna Berry Sheilds, Norma Elizabeth Boyd,
Carrie Snowden, Ethel Jones Mowbray, Sarah Meriwether Nutter, Alice P.
Murray, Harriet Josephine Terry
Who was the first honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha ✔️Ans - Jane
adams
Who was the first chairmen of Alpha kappa alpha ✔️Ans - Norma Boyd
When and where was Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority founded ✔️Ans - Jan 15
1908 on the Campus of Howard university in Washington, D.C.
When was the first international chapter set up? Where was it located?
✔️Ans - Liberia
What is the international program? ✔️Ans - Global leadership through
timeless service
What happened on Oct 8, 1913 ✔️Ans - The second chapter was founded
(beta chapter)
What days were the details adopted? (Color, purpose, seal, etc) ✔️Ans - On
Feburary 21, 1908
When was Alpha Kappa Alpha incorporated? ✔️Ans - Jan 29, 1913
When Are the constitutions and by laws revised? ✔️Ans - Every 2 years
Who was the moving spirit in the establishment of Alpha Kappa Alpha?
✔️Ans - Ethel hedgeman lyle
Who was elected as the first president of Alpha kappa alpha? ✔️Ans - Lucy
diggs slowe
How many girls were in the original group. List their names ✔️Ans - Ethel
hedgeman Lyle , Marjorie Hill, Lucy Diggs Slowe, Little Burke, Anna Easter
Brown, Beulah Burke, Marie Woolfolk Taylor, Margarette Flagg Holmes,
Lavinia Norman
Are all of the directorate members graduate sorors? Explain. ✔️Ans - No 3
are undergraduates. 1 is second supreme anti basileus and 2 are
undergraduate members at large.
, State the sorority's purpose as stated in the constitution? ✔️Ans - To
cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards, to promote
unity and friendship among college women, to study and alleviate all
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.
What is the highest honor which the sorority can give? ✔️Ans - Honorary
membership
Why was Alpha Kappa Alpha incorporated? ✔️Ans - To ensure perpetuity.
What is the sorority's board of directorates called? ✔️Ans - Directorate
Define boule ✔️Ans - The periodic assembly of total membership
What does the designation "ivy beyond the wall" mean? ✔️Ans - Deceased
soror
1965, Alpha kappa alpha became the 1st woman's organization to have the
opportunity to assist the government in preparing women and girls for the
responsibilities of citizenship through an anti-poverty program. What is this
program called? ✔️Ans - Cleveland job corps
What is the Alpha kappa alpha connection ✔️Ans - Communications
network.
What is the sorority's corporate office address and telephone number?
✔️Ans - 5656 South Stoney island ave. 60637 Chicago, il.
A study session designed to clarify procedures and resolve problems of the
chapters within a region through workshops, discussions, demonstrations,
and other types of group activities is called what? ✔️Ans - Regional
conference
How often are regional conferences held? ✔️Ans - Annually
What is the leadership seminar and when is it held? ✔️Ans - A training
session for officers and members which meet in alternate years when boule
does not meet
How many regions make up alpha kappa alpha ✔️Ans - 10 including
international
What is the ivy leaf? ✔️Ans - The official publication of the sorority
How often does boule meet? ✔️Ans - Biennially
To who do you repot to as a candidate? What is her role ✔️Ans -
Membership chairmen. To serve as liaison between chapter and candidates.
What is leadership fellows program? Who does it serve? ✔️Ans - A two
phase development program for undergraduates designed to improve their
leadership skills
