Monthly Archives: November 2011
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc presents the 2012 Great Lakes Regional Conference!
| November 27, 2011 | Filled under Great Lakes Region, Headlines, News |
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Welcome to the 2011 Great Lakes Regional Conference website! On the pages and links contained within this website, you will find all of the necessary information for our 86th Annual Great Lakes Regional Conference! April 26-29, 2012 is poised to be one of the most exciting and monumental weekends in the history of the Great Lakes Region.
October Alumni Brother of the Month – Brother Claude Gibson
| November 17, 2011 | Filled under Great Lakes Region, Headlines, News |
The Great Lakes Region, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. would like to congratulate Brother Claude Gibson, Iota Nu Sigma Chapter (Chicago, IL) for being selected as the October 2011 Great Lakes Region Alumni Brother of the Month!
More than 250 attend vigil at U of I for shooting victims
| November 15, 2011 | Filled under Great Lakes Region, Headlines, Illinois, News |
URBANA — More than 250 people turned out at the University of Illinois Quad on Monday night for a candlelight prayer vigil for those affected by the weekend shootings. Friends and fellow members of Phi Beta Sigma asked the crowd to pray for UI alumnus Brian Reed, who was critically injured after being shot at a house party early Sunday in Urbana.
BREAKING NEWS: U of I Sigmas shot on campus
| November 14, 2011 | Filled under Great Lakes Region, Headlines, Illinois, News |
On 11/13/2011 in the early morning hours three members of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign family-two alumni and one current student-were shot at a private house party near campus. Response Team members from the Counseling Center will be available for students impacted by the shooting incident at the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (BNAACC) at 7:00 p.m.
Highest Social Action Award bestowed on Honorable Judge Edward Ewell and Recognition of Sigma Judges in Michigan
| November 4, 2011 | Filled under Great Lakes Region, Michigan |
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On Saturday, January 7, 2012, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Alpha Alpha Beta Sigma Metropolitan Detroit Alumni Chapter will bestow its highest Social Action Award on the Honorable Judge Edward Ewell, Third Judicial Circuit Court, to honor him for his commitment to equality and justice in the Detroit community. Also, (5) other current or retired Michigan judges will be recognized by the fraternity for their community endeavors and judicial success. The theme is “Honoring Men of Sigma in the Judicial and Legal Community.” The keynote speaker will be the Honorable Judge Carl A. Walker, Cook County 1st Subcircuit Court in Chicago, Illinois, who is a member of the fraternity’s Distinguished Service Chapter (“DSC”).
Sigma News: Centennial Two-Year Countdown Celebration: Memphis 2012!
| November 2, 2011 | Filled under Headlines, National |
This 2012 National Founders Day event honoring the life and legacy of our esteemed Founder, THE HONORABLE BRO. ABRAM LANGSTON TAYLOR, will be held in Memphis, TN.
Great Lakes Region Effective Program Database
| November 2, 2011 | Filled under Great Lakes Region |
At our board meeting in Chicago the motion was passed to create the Great Lakes Region Effective Program Database. This program is designed to be an online collection of effective and successful programs that our chapters have put on to promote our 3 national programs, as well as fundraising.