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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. – Happy Founders Day

Leshell Hatley — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:47:57 +0000

“If she wears the Delta Symbol, then her first Love is DST….”

Happy Founders Day to the all members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. across the globe – all 950+ chapters, located in the United States, England, Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), Germany, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas and the Republic of Korea (making it the largest sorority in the world).

For 97 years, the women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. have embodied sisterhood, intelligence, dignity, and the sorority’s programmatic Five Point Thrust: Economic Development, Educational Development, International Awareness and Involvement, Physical and Mental Health, and Political Awareness and Involvement.

With its inception on January 13, 1913 at Howard University (Minor Hall to be exact), The Sorority’s 22 Founders (listed below) created a new kind of African-American woman!

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. boasts a rich history; a history which is tightly embedded into the fabric of this country in the years since its founding.

From participating in the 1913 Women Suffrage March just months after its founding, to establishing a lineage of strong women inspiring others to say “I wanna be Delta!”, the sorority’s founders started a ritual of integrity, community service, and the highest regard for education. With traditional components (Delta Days, Delta Research and Development Foundation, Jabberwock), and others created and observed in chapters across the world (Woman to Woman Conference at Howard University, Delta Week, May Week), it’s clear that the founders, and hundreds of notable Deltas after them (Dorothy I. Height, Marian Write Edelman, Shirley Chisholm, Mary-McLoed Bethune, Betty Shabbazz, Ruby Dee Davis, Mary Church Terrell to name a few) have contributed greatly to society.

Only members of the organization know that special feeling and personal sentiment of sisterhood today brings. Again, Happy Founders Day! And as we all reminisce on the life changing days of becoming, being, and making Deltas (whether they are few or years in number), please continue to follow in the footsteps of the legacy that has been laid before us.

“….you have to be a DELTA, to know the reason why!”

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is a spectacular organization and this highlight comes at no better time. Let us continue to work together and respond with service to those in need, both on a daily basis and as a result of devastating events as the recent earthquake in Haiti. I’m sure doing so makes our founders extremely proud.

Founders
As the sorority celebrates 97 years of service and dedication, it is only fitting to pay homage to the founders individually. A special thanks for giving the gift of Delta: Osceola Macarthy Adams, Marguerite Young Alexander, Winona Cargile Alexander,, Ethel Cuff Black, Bertha Pitts Campbell, Zephyr Chisom Carter, Edna Brown Coleman, Jessie McGuire Dent, Frederica Chase Dodd, Myra Davis Hemmings, Olive C. Jones, Jimmie Bugg Middleton, Pauline Oberdorfer Minor, Vashti Turley Murphy, Naomi Sewell Richardson, Mamie Reddy Rose, Eliza Pearl Shippen, Florence Letcher Toms, Ethel Carr Watson, Wertie Blackwell Weaver, Madree Penn White, and Edith Motte Young.
Happy Founders Day Sorors and a special Happy Anniversary to fellow members from Alpha Chapter!

Yours in Delta,

-Leshell Hatley
3-A-91

Also featured on Alumni Roundup

Here is a list of Black Scholars who are members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and who have been featured thus far (in no particular order):

Dorothy I. Height - http://blackscholarsindex.com/2009/10/dorothy-i-height-educator-activist-and-civil-rights-leader/

Marian Wright Edelman – http://blackscholarsindex.com/2009/07/marian-wright-edelman-activist-naacp-lawyer-founder-of-childrens-defense-fund/

Shirley Chisholm – http://blackscholarsindex.com/2009/07/shirley-chisholm-1st-black-woman-elected-to-congress-1st-black-woman-presidential-candidate/

Mary McLeod Bethune – http://blackscholarsindex.com/2009/07/hbcu_presidents-mary-mcleod-bethune-bethune-cookman-college/

Regina Benjamin – http://blackscholarsindex.com/2009/07/regina-benjamin-new-us-surgeon-general/

Dr. M. Lucia James – http://blackscholarsindex.com/2009/06/bsi-celebrates-m-lucia-james/

Johnnetta Cole – http://blackscholarsindex.com/2009/07/spelman-presidents-manley-cole-tatum/

Rebecca & Rachel Crouch - http://blackscholarsindex.com/2009/10/rachel-rebecca-crouch-emerging-artists-educators-leaders/

[HBCU Presidents] Dr. Ivory V. Nelson: Lincoln University

Leshell Hatley — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:29:00 +0000

Dr. Ivory V. Nelson, who has achieved a national reputation for his distinguished leadership in higher education, became the twelfth president of Lincoln University on August 15, 1999. Before coming to Lincoln, Dr. Nelson had served as the president of Central Washington University (CWU) for more than seven years. He was formally inaugurated as Lincoln’s president on April 14, 2000. A trained chemist, Dr. Nelson is listed among the world’s top scientists.

Education
He graduated magna cum laude from Grambling State University, in Louisiana, in 1959, with a bachelor’s degree in secondary education, chemistry. He immediately entered the University of Kansas, Lawrence, where he graduated with the Doctor of Philosophy degree in analytical chemistry with high departmental honors.

While at the University of Kansas, Dr. Nelson’s academic honors included induction into Phi Beta Kappa honorary society, Phi Lambda Upsilon honorary chemical society and the society of Sigma Xi for scientists. He has subsequently been inducted into Kappa Delta Phi education honor society, Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Phi Sigma physics honor society.

Career

In addition, he has a record of active community involvement throughout his 30-plus years in higher education. He served on the board of directors of Key Bank of Washington and was a member of the Washington State Commission on Student Learning, by gubernatorial appointment. He also was a member of the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Arts, State of Washington. Dr. Nelson’s career in higher education includes receiving the Fulbright Lectureship, teaching graduate and undergraduate chemistry, and serving as department head, assistant dean of academic affairs, and vice president for research.

During the early 1980s, Dr. Nelson also served one year as acting president of Prairie View A&M University and three years as executive assistant to the chancellor of the Texas A&M University System. From 1986 to March 1992, he served as chancellor of the Alamo Community College District, San Antonio, Texas.

Dr. Nelson’s Accomplishments at Lincoln University:

Dr. Nelson has authored eleven technical publications in the field of analytical chemistry, a chapter in one book and a chapter in a monograph. He has secured extensive outside funding through grants and proposal writing. In addition, he has acquired significant funding from state legislatures to construct major academic facilities.

His career in the corporate sector includes assignments as a research chemist for both Union Carbide and American Oil Company. Dr. Nelson is profiled in a book entitled, Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century.

The Central Washington University Foundation honored Dr. Nelson by establishing a $50,000 Ivory V. Nelson Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry, and the Board of Trustees of CWU passed a Resolution in August 1999 conferring on him the title of President Emeritus.

About Lincoln University:

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Information obtained from Lincoln University’s website.

Rachel & Rebecca Crouch: Emerging Artists, Educators & Leaders

Leshell Hatley — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:04:06 +0000

Discover the soulful journey of twin emerging artists, scholars, and leaders from Chicago, Rachel and Rebecca Crouch. Both graduated from Howard University with degrees in Mathematics. Both are painters and educators. Both have aspirations to use their talent and intellect to educate youth with culturally relevant lessons in math and art history within elementary and college classrooms. Both should be watched for their coming accomplishments!

These Chicago natives were born of the seasoned and inspiring brush stroke of artist and mother, Dianne Crouch. As children, they were immediately immersed into the world of art and had no choice but to develop that natural born aptitude. They both produce work in varied media using color, texture, movement, and flow.

RACHEL CROUCH

Every good painter paints what he is.” -Jackson Pollock, American Abstract Expressionist artist.

This short phrase speaks to the work of Rachel Crouch. Her pieces are about the impossible and the discovery of promise. Music, life, limits, and change are just a few themes prevalent in Rachel’s work. Her poignant pieces are not only beautifully intoxicating stories, but also timeless works of art. Of her many accomplishments, the most recent was her performance at the 24th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards in Washington DC, where she and her twin sister painted a live mural in eight minutes. Indulge in the art of Rachel D. Crouch, where she tells her story, one painting at a time.

REBECCA CROUCH

Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck – but, most of all, endurance.” – James Baldwin, American novelist.

Truer words were never spoken with regard to Rebecca Crouch. Drawing and painting is her indigenous gift and she produces art rich in both form and content that speaks to her endurance both personally and professionally. After receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Howard University, Rebecca returned to the south side of Chicago to pursue another one of her many passions, teaching. Currently teaching high school Math for Perspectives Charter Schools, Rebecca is providing opportunities for inner city students to be victorious in mathematics. Her flair for art and love of teaching are united in her classroom décor and pedagogy. Heartache, forgiveness, and new beginnings are just a few of the themes prevalent in Rebecca’s work. Her emotive pieces are not only eye-catching, but also, as Picasso states, wash away from the soul the dust of everyday life. Please look for yourself and drown deep in the world of Rebecca D. Crouch – where life imitates art.

An affair of the senses is only a stroke away. – JLK

THIS JUST IN: Rebecca Crouch has been commissioned to paint the first African American painting that will hang in Northwestern’s Law School. It will be installed for Black History Month! It will be of Harold Washington.

VIEW THIS SLIDESHOW OF THEIR WORK: