Las Vegas Aces forward A’ja Wilson, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., was just named WNBA MVP for a second time in her career. Wilson, who had already been named WNBA Defensive Player of the Year for this season, is now the seventh player in league history to win MVP honors more than once, joining […]
Kennedy Whisenant, a soror of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and a student at Clark Atlanta University was just crowned Miss Collegiate America 2022. Whisenant, an initiate of the Alpha Pi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., broke barriers by becoming the first African American woman to win the Miss Georgia Collegiate America Pageant […]
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.’s International President and CEO Dr. Glenda Glover, the president of Tennessee State University, was just appointed by President Joe Biden to serve as the Vice Chair of the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The announcement was made on Wednesday via Alpha Kappa Alpha’s social […]
Another FIRST for the brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.! David Echeverria a member of Alpha Phi Alpha was just crowned Homecoming King at the University of Louisville, making him the first Latino to wear the crown in the history of the university. Echeverria is a Spring 2019 initiate of the Alpha Pi Chapter […]
History has been made as the General President of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has named Ramon E. Peralta, Jr. LHD, the fraternity’s first-ever chief creative advisor. According to a press release issued by the fraternity, this is the first of such roles among National Pan-Hellenic Council fraternities and sororities. Peralta is a 1989 […]
Every year, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. hosts its Belford V. Lawson Oratorical Contest in which collegiate members demonstrate their oratorical skills. The contestants compete first at the chapter level, with the winner competing at the state, regional and general convention. According to the fraternity, “the purpose of the Belford V. Lawson Oratorical Contest is to […]
Michigan’s Chaundee Brown reached an agreement with the Los Angeles Lakers shortly after the draft ended Thursday night. Brown, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. signed an exhibit-10 contract with the Lakers, a one-year contract that guarantees an invitation to training camp, the Detroit Free Press reports. Under this contract, Brown can earn a bonus […]
Though the coronavirus pandemic has made it difficult for comedians to find consistent work, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. brother Tone Bell [Delta Eta, ‘02] has not allowed the outbreak to slow him down. The Georgia-born comedian has appeared in various TV shows over the past few years, but his most recent roles as Dickie […]
In an effort to highlight the people who are leading graduate chapters across the nation, we at Watch The Yard reached out to the brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.’s Phi Lambda Chapter in Wake and Johnston Counties in North Carolina including Raleigh, Cary, Apex, Garner, and Clayton and did an interview with Eddie […]