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March 4, the first Monday in March, is NPC International Badge Day. It is a day for members to wear their respective NPC badges. If  “pin…

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, the first Greek-letter organization for African-American women, was founded on January 15, 1908 by nine young female Howard University students. They…

This week has in it the founding days of three of the four National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) Sororities. All three, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Alpha…

Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice, died on December 1, 2023, at the age of 93. Although there are…

One hundred years ago today, the National Panhellenic Conference was meeting in Boston.  Grace Goodhue Coolidge, Pi Beta Phi, had become the First Lady in August.…

How fitting that Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the first one on this list. Her stamp was release this week. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg was initiated into…

Jimmy Buffet dead? It can’t be. The man epitomizes joie de vivre. He’s been in the background of my life, via Radio Margaritaville. I often listen…

Robert William “Bob” Barker, longtime host of “The Price is Right” game show, was a member of the Sigma Nu chapter at Drury University. He died…

Nancy Osborn (Brataas) was born on January 19, 1928. After high school, she enrolled at the University of Mineesota where she became a member of Alpha…

Emma F. Lowd was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1865. Months before she graduated from Boston University in 1887, she became a charter member of the…