Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated ® (AKA), an international service organization, was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1908. It is the oldest Greek-letter organization established by African American college-educated women.

 

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® was founded on a mission of five basic tenets that have remained unchanged since the sorority’s inception. Our mission is

• to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards,

• to promote unity and friendship among college women,

• to study and help alleviate problems concerning girls and women in order to improve their social stature,

• to maintain a progressive interest in college life,

• and to be of “Service to All Mankind.”

 

The Delta Gamma Chapter was founded on the campus of The Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA on March 14, 1953. It was the first Black sorority chartered on Penn State’s campus.