2017 CIAA Football Championship Education Day
November 10, 2017 | 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 a.m.
Inviting all high school and community college students! Join the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) for its Education Day event on November 10, 2017 at Salem Civic Center in Salem, Virginia! The CIAA Education Day goal is to provide high school juniors and seniors with an engaging introductory to the CIAA, its member institutions, culture, and collegiate athletics and academics.
The Roanoke (VA) Alumni Chapter hosted its 20th annual Spring Scholarship Ball on May 13, 2017 from 6:30 PM – 12 AM at the Holiday Inn Valley View Hotel. The event featured a dinner/dance format. Guests enjoyed a delicious plated dinner, a complimentary drink from the cash bar, and an evening of dancing as the Roanoke (VA) Alumni Chapter raised funds for their annual college scholarship awards.
Mayo and Anderson Awarded Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Scholarships
The Roanoke Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. recently awarded Garrison Mayo of Lord Botetourt High School, and Erica Anderson of William Byrd High School $1,000 college scholarships for their post secondary education. The Roanoke Alumni Chapter awards scholarships to college-bound high school seniors on a competitive basis of academic excellence, personal achievement and awards, community involvement, and recommendations.
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. was founded Jan. 5, 1911, at Indiana University in Bloomington. Undergraduate chapters have been chartered on college campuses nationwide and alumni chapters in cities internationally. The Roanoke (VA) Alumni Chapter was chartered in 1950, and serves the communities of the Greater Roanoke Valley.
Pictured left to right: Emanuel Arnold, Chapter President; Garrison Mayo, scholarship recipient; Erica Anderson, scholarship recipient; Dr. Pink Wimbish, III, Chapter Treasurer, and Al Elliott, Chair, Scholarship Committee.
The Roanoke (VA) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity had its annual Kappa Relays Track Meet on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. The Kappa Relays is a city-wide middle school track meet that awards athletes for their athletic and academic success. Coach Sherley Stuart and the late Coach Rudy Dillard helped start this event in the 1980s.
Participants from Roanoke City middle school track teams included Breckinridge Middle School, James Madison Middle School, Lucy Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle School, Woodrow Wilson Middle School, and Jackson Middle School. Student athletes competed in the following events:
The overall team winners for the boy’s and girl’s team was James Madison Middle School. In addition to track and field events, male and female athletes from each team were recognized for their outstanding academic achievements. Chapter member Tommy Bowles coordinated this event for the Roanoke (VA) Alumni Chapter. Our event photographer was Jourdan Baxley.
The Roanoke (VA) Alumni Chapter volunteered at the Rescue Mission’s 2nd Helpings Thrift store on Saturday, March 18th. The brothers in attendance helped with sorting and tagging inventory for the thrift store, whose proceeds support the Rescue Mission’s services of comprehensive care for people in crisis. The Rescue Mission is the largest provider of emergency shelter in Roanoke. Its components include a health care center, male recovery program, family and female shelter, and transient male shelter. Emanuel Arnold coordinated the project. (Pictured left to right: Eugene Sellers, Stephen Barber, Emanuel Arnold, Rick Smith, Chris Trower, Albert James, Maurice Coffey).
On Saturday, May 13, 2017, the Roanoke Kappa Foundation is hosting its Spring Scholarship Dinner Dance: “Once Upon a Dream” at the Holiday Inn Valley View from 6:30 pm – 12:00 am. Ticket holders will enjoy a plated dinner, a complimentary drink from the cash bar, as well as an evening of dancing to the musical selections of BAD1 Productions (DJ Jerome). The cost of the dinner dance is $40 per ticket, and attire is semi-formal. This annual event is the primary fundraiser for the college scholarships awarded by the Roanoke Kappa Foundation. For questions, please contact Al Elliott at (540) 520-1170.
Purchase TicketsThe Roanoke Kappa Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Roanoke Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, with a qualified 501c3 non-profit status. We annually award $1000 scholarships to deserving college-bound seniors in the Roanoke Valley community. Last year, we awarded $3000 in scholarships to three deserving high school seniors in the Roanoke Valley.
The Roanoke Kappa Foundation Scholarship was established for the purpose of providing financial assistance to graduating African American high school students in the greater Roanoke Valley area who desire advanced education. We provide two (2) $1000 college scholarships to qualified high school seniors demonstrating academic achievement, leadership potential, service, and participation in activities both in and out of school. These scholarships are independent of any other assistance you may receive to attend college. Application packets are due by April 24, 2017. Applications postmarked after the deadline will NOT be considered.
For additional information, please contact Al Elliott (540) 520-1170.
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