THE SIGMA CHAPTER CENTENNIAL
lege Fund. The chapter raised at least $1,000 for three consecutive years, the minimum amount for an organization to present a check "live" on television dur- ing the annual UNCF Telefund drive. Other noteworthy chapter achieve- ments: In 1989, the chapter helped start the University of Michigan-Dearborn Chap- ter, the Nu Epsilon of Kappa Alpha Psi. • Awarded Northern Province Chapter of the Year; • Placed second in the Kappa Kwiz
candidates. In the early 1970s, the first of three Black Action Movements (BAM) occurred on campus. BAM was a series of protests led by African Ameri- can students against the university poli- cies. Brothers Ronald C. Harris (Sigma 1968) and Ronald L. Thompson (Sigma 1967) were at the forefront of these movements. Thompson also became the school's first president of the Black Student Union on campus. In 1986, chapter members participated in an on- campus rally against the South African government and its apartheid policies. In the late 1980s, a third significant African-American student movement known as BAM III with many of the original issues in play and addressed the issue of Apartheid. Brother Jeffrey Wil- liams (Sigma 1985) served as president of the Black Student Union during this time. In 2014 Arnold Reed II (Sigma 2013), also President of the Black Stu- dent Union led, another student move- ment known as Being Black at Michigan (BBUM). ULI and LEADKappa In recent years, Sigma Chapter had representation at the Fraternity's flag- ship undergraduate leadership programs, the Undergraduate Leadership Institute (ULI) and LEADKappa. Ian R. Grant, II (Sigma 2010) is a member of the Epsilon Klass (2012) of ULI, and Silas K. Shorter (Sigma 2017) is a member of the Theta Klass (2018) of ULI. In 2015, Brandon Grant, Jared K. McNeir, and Charvez Wesley, all Sigma 2013, represented the chapter and the school at the LEADKappa program held at the 82nd Grand Chapter Meeting in New Orleans, LA. Sigma Chapter Foundation In April 2017, the alumni of Sigma Chapter established the Sigma Chapter Foundation to provide support for the undergraduate members of the Sigma Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi and create a scholarship. The foundation focuses on fundraising for events and scholarship, planning its centennial celebration, a Sigma Chapter memorial for the family
Bowl at the 75 th Grand Chapter Meeting held in Cleveland, OH;
• Marvin E. Dunham (Sigma 1985), Roy G. Rogers (Sigma 1997), and Ian R. Grant, II
(Sigma 2010) each served as the Northern Province's Junior Vice Polemarch;
• U-M NPHC named Sigma
Chapter its Chapter of the Year in 2011, 2012, & 2013;
• U-M NAACP named Sigma
Kappa Alpha Psi Journal: October 1959
Chapter its Fraternity of the Year in 2011, 2012, & 2013
The Detroit (MI) Alumni served as the advising alumni chapter for Sigma Chapter for most of its existence, while in more recent decades, the Ann Arbor- Ypsilanti-Inkster (MI) Alumni advised Sigma Chapter. Michigan Athletics and Sigma Chapter Like other undergraduate chapters, Sigma Chapter had numerous chapter members from the 1950s through the 1980s who played varsity sports, espe- cially football, basketball, and track & field. In addition to earning a Michigan degree and competing for the Wolver- ines, multiple chapter members played at the professional level in the NFL, CFL, and NBA. The chapter also fielded competitive teams in intramural sports. Campus Activism In 1968, chapter members, along with other African-American U-M students, held a lock-in protest of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Lu- ther King, Jr. Later in 1968, the chapter removed its candidate for homecoming queen due to charges of bias judging
of members who has joined Chapter Invisible, and connecting members via social media and other methods. Sigma Chapter Centennial - 2022 Chaired by Kevin J. Hood (Sigma 1987), the Centennial Committee consisting of the alumni initiates and the current members of the Sigma Chapter spending the last few years planning the chapter's centennial, which will be celebrated throughout 2022. During the centennial observation week of February 18-20, activities include a Sigma Chap- ter tradition, hosting a campus talent show, a reception, and a brunch. In April 2022, the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti (MI) Alumni and Sigma Chapters host the Northern Province Council Meeting, including a reception observing Sigma's centennial observance of its chartering. In the summer of 2022, Sigma Chapter host a picnic at the Detroit (MI) Alumni Kappa Kastle. Other activities include a golf outing, a centennial gala on the Michigan Union, and a Centennial pic- nic at Lower Huron Metro Park.
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PUBLISHING ACHIEVEMENT IN EVERY FIELD OF HUMAN ENDEAVOR
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