02 Sep 2014

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Celebrates 101 years of service

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Celebrates 101 years of service

Left to right: Ms. Ann Brown, director, Community Outreach and Volunteerism; Deidra Gary, program director, Community Development Corporation; Dr. Kristene Kelly, associate athletic director and senior woman administrator, Department of Athletics; Ms. Erica Ray, assistant registrar, Office of the Registrar; Ms. Drusilla Dunn, administrative assistant, School of Liberal Arts and Education; President Dianne Boardley Suber; Ms. Nichole Lewis, executive director, Belk Center and Professional Development; Miyoshi Polk, admissions counselor, Office of Admissions; Dr. Kaye Celeste Evans, chair and assistant professor, Department of Theatre; and Ms. Breona Hayes, coordinator, Freshman Writing Initiative Program.

President Dianne Boardley Suber and other Saint Augustine’s University faculty and staff who are members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. celebrated their 101st anniversary on Monday, January 13, 2014. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was founded on January 13, 1913 by 22 collegiate women at Howard University. The sorority is a private, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world. The sorority currently has 1,000 collegiate and alumnae chapters located in the United States, England, Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), Germany, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica and the Republic of Korea.

Saint Augustine’s University campus chapter is Gamma Rho.