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COLUMBIA (SC) ALUMNI CHAPTER The Columbia (SC) Alumni Chapter has been active this spring within the fraternity and beyond. During the Spring 2024 MTA period, they had the honor of initiating 10 new brothers into the bonds of fraternity. They would like to congratulate those brothers and look forward to how they will advance their impact on the community. The chapter also had an opportunity to witness the fruit of their labor from their Kappa League program. Many young
In February 2024, the chapter celebrated 77 years of achievement. The Columbia (SC) Alumni Chapter was chartered on February 2, 1947. The chapter hosted a celebration gathering at the Brookland Banquet & Conference Center on February 18th. The keynote speaker was the Honorable Brother Clifton Newman. Brother Clifton Newman served as a Circuit Court judge in South Carolina for more than 2 decades and gained national prominence in handling some of the state’s most complex and high-profile cases as a trial judge. A year of commitment to the fraternity, their community, and each other was showcased as the chapter was awarded the 2023-2024 J. Michael Graves Chapter of the Year Award (Large Chapter) at the 98th Southeastern Province Council held in North Charleston, South Carolina, on April 18-21 (pictured at bottom of page). This award is a testament to the chapter’s commitment to “inspire service in the public interest” in Columbia and surrounding communities. While some members of the chapter were in Charleston for the Province Council, other brothers with many of their Kappa Leaguers were back in Columbia participating in the Walk MS event (pictured below). This event supports the fight against Multiple Sclerosis by raising awareness and funds for MS research and programs.
men have matriculated to institutions of higher learning due to their program; however, this MTA class allowed the chapter to witness two former members of their Kappa League program to be initiated into the fraternity. Brother Aaron Williams (pictured top right as Kappa Leaguer) was initiated through the University of South Carolina Chapter, the Zeta Epsilon, while Brother Alexander Johnson (pictured bottom right as Kappa Leaguer) was initiated through the Limestone University Chapter, the Nu Chi. The chapter would like to congratulate these brothers and we look forward to seeing the achievements they experience on their campuses and beyond. Along with experiencing new brothers on the
undergraduate level, the chapter celebrated the graduating seniors at their supervised chapters with a luncheon. This luncheon gathered undergraduate brothers from the Newberry College Chapter, the Xi Pi; the Allen University Chapter, the Beta Rho; the Benedict College Chapter, the Gamma Mu; and the University of South Carolina Chapter, the Zeta Epsilon, for a time of food,
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