Dear Sorors,

We rise in glory and soar in pride!  Thank you sorors, family, and friends for an awesome regional conference.  We came nearly 2500 strong to Tampa Bay for a gathering to remember.  Your attendance and desire to uphold our love and honor is appreciated.  We accomplished a lot; learned a lot; and left full of energy and unified.

The month of May brings transition for many of our members.

Congratulations to our graduating sorors.  Today is a new day!  We wish you the best in your post-graduate plans.  As our newest graduate members, I hope you enjoy full and lifelong membership as an active general member or an active chapter member of a graduate chapter.

Here are this month’s chapter operational and personal empowerment tips:

• Graduate Advisors. Be sure to issue the Transfer Verification Form to each graduating soror using the correct form and mail to the Office of the Regional Director.  This form is due by postmark deadline June 16, 2008.

• Graduate Advisors.  Be sure to complete the Grade Report Form using the correct form and mail to the Office of the Regional Director.  This form is due by postmark deadline June 16, 2008.

• Graduate Advisors.  Be sure to complete the Graduating Sorors Form using the current form and mail to the Office of Regional Director and the Corporate Office.  This form is due by postmark deadline June 16, 2008.

• Graduating Sorors. Be sure to obtain the Transfer Verification Form from your Graduate Advisor prior to departing your college town.

• Keep posted on the region’s website for the registration information for the Undergraduate Round Up scheduled September 5-7, 2008 in Jacksonville, FL.

• Start planning your chapter’s fall reclamation activity.

• We have an official South Atlantic Regional Patch that can be worn on your blazers or golf-style shirts or affixed on traveling gear.  The official patch has an adhesive iron-on backing or can be sewn on.  The cost is $5.00 per patch.  See the sorors only section for ordering details.  Limited edition…get your patch prior to Boulé. 

Thank you for all that you do.

With Extra Sisterly Pride,

Soror Ella

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA MEMBER PEGGY QUINCE TO LEAD FLORIDA SUPREME COURT

She becomes first black woman to serve as chief justice

Peggy Quince, Florida Supreme Court Justice and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha’s International Membership Committee, has been elected chief justice, the highest judicial position in the state.

Quince’s milestone is doubly significant. She becomes the first black woman to lead the Florida Supreme Court or any branch of state government. The chief justice also oversees the entire state court system.

Known for her quick mind and probing questions on the bench, and an engaging personality off, Quince will assume her role as chief justice on July 1.

In a statement, Quince thanked her colleagues for electing her in a 6-0 vote. She said she looked forward to serving the people of Florida. “It is an honor and a privilege being a member of the Court and serving with outstanding Florida public servants,” Quince said.

Barbara A. McKinzie, international president of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, congratulated Quince on her latest achievement. McKinzie hailed Quince as an example of the essence of Alpha Kappa Alpha members, and as a role model for women throughout the United States and around the world.

“We salute our member for reaching another milestone in her stellar judicial career. Her election as chief justice shows young girls and women that they, too, can aspire for and obtain greatness.”

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