Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Alpha Kappa Alpha
  • Undergraduate chapter: Alpha Kappa 听
  • Denver Chapter: Epsilon Nu Omega
  • Motto: By Culture and By Merit
  • Founded: Jan. 15, 1908 at Howard University 听
  • Colors: Salmon Pink and Apple Green
  • Flower: Pink Tea Rose
  • Symbol: Ivy Leaf
  • Nickname: AKAs
  • Contact: Susan Trahan, Undergraduate Advisor听

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. was founded on Jan. 15, 1908 at Howard University in Washington D.C. by 16 collegiate women. Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded on a mission comprised of five basic tenets that have remained unchanged since the sorority鈥檚 inception more than a century ago. Alpha Kappa Alpha鈥檚 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 鈥渟ervice to all mankind.鈥澨