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| Service Fraternity Gives Back in Charity Competition |
Some Georgetown students move on to pursue careers in which their alumni network plays a large part. Scott Beale (COL ’98) is one of those who have benefited. As a member of Georgetown’s Alpha Phi Omega fraternity as an undergraduate, Beale continued on to create Atlas Corps, a new international nonprofit organization. Currently, members of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity are becoming involved in a new venture with the company. The organization is entered in the Pepsi Refresh Contest, and just through electronic voting could benefit tremendously from the Georgetown community’s support. This week, The Guide sat down with Chris Leader (COL ’10), APO’s vice president of Fellowship as well as an intern at Atlas Corps this semester, to find out more about their collaborative efforts.
Read the article at The Guide.
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| UPDATE: Brother Dominick Moreno elected youngest councilor in history of Commerce City, Colorado! |
Mu Alpha Chapter and the Mu Alpha Alumni Association are pleased to share the news that Brother Dominick Moreno has been elected to represent Ward I of Commerce City, Colorado, City Council at the age of 24. Dominick is currently a member at large to the Mu Alpha Alumni Association Board of Directors. He was awarded the Mu Alpha Chapter Distinguished Service Key in 2007. Prior to this honor, he served as a voting Delegate to the 2004 National Convention in Denver, Colorado; chapter Historian in 2005, and Vice President of Membership in 2005.
Said Dominick to NBC 9 News: "This is where my roots are. . . A lot of people don't have a favorable image of Commerce City. It is more industrial than other cities, but I think that's a very necessary aspect of a metropolitan area."
For more follow this link to 9 News in Colorado.
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| Mu Alpha Alumna Lorraine Riley Honored as "Fantastic Teacher" |
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When she left her home in Brooklyn last year, the last place Lorraine Riley expected to find herself was on the 50-yard line of the Louisiana Superdome. But that's just where she ended up recently when she was honored by Saints executive Rita Benson LeBlanc and Saints mascot Gumbo as a Teach For America Fantastic Teacher.
Riley, an English teacher at St. Bernard Middle School, was recognized for her outstanding effort in helping her students make significant gains in language arts and writing. Because of her accomplishments, Riley was one of two teachers from a field of nearly 400 local educators to be recognized by TFA and the New Orleans Saints.
Read more from the Times-Picayune.
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| Alumnus Dominick Moreno Seeks City Council Seat |
Mu Alpha Alumnus Dominick Moreno has thrown his hat into the ring for a city council seat in Commerce City, Colorado.
Read all about it in his own words.
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| Alumnus and Nonprofit Leader Profiled in Georgetown's 'Career Spotlight' |
"...I am a member of Alpha Phi Omega, the national coed service fraternity, and that has been very helpful in my career in the nonprofit sector. The friends I made at APO in Georgetown have provided the critical support I needed to launch Atlas Corps." -- Scott Beale, Founder & CEO, Atlas Service Corps, Inc. (Atlas Corps)
Click here to read the entire profile. |
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| Son of Mu Alpha Chapter accepts honorary membership in Phi Beta Sigma |
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42nd President of the United States of America and 1966 initiate of Mu Alpha Chapter William Jefferson Clinton has been inducted as an honorary member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Brother Clinton is not only the first Mu Alpha initiate to become a member of Phi Beta Sigma, but is also the first United States President to become a member of a predominately black fraternity.
Phi Beta Sigma is an international organization dedicated to the principles of Brotherhood, Scholarship and Service, founded in 1914 at Howard University in Washington, DC. The fraternity is comprised of college and professional men, predominantly of African American origin, and has been open from its inception to men of all race, religion, class and national origin. The Fraternity holds as its motto, "Culture for Service and Service for Humanity." Phi Beta Sigma has over 150,000 alumni and collegiate members, located in over 500 chapters throughout the United States, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia.
The first African American National President of Alpha Phi Omega Lucius Young was also a member of Phi Beta Sigma.
Click here for the Phi Beta Sigma news release. |
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| Recent Mu Alpha Alumna Featured on BBC America, speaks on post-graduate service and City Year |
Davine Scarlett (COL '09) was featured on BBC World News America on Tuesday, June 9, 2009. A new member of City Year, Davine spoke to the BBC in a "first person" segment about the importance of service, especially as an option after graduation from college.
Toward the end of the segment, you can see Davine donning her graduation regalia. This regalia includes an Alpha Phi Omega graduation cord sold by the national office. The Mu Alpha Alumni Association bestows this cord upon graduating seniors to signify their rite of passage from Active member to Alumni member.
See the clip from the BBC.
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| Mu Alpha Brother Among Three Co-Founders of Campus Garden |
Three Georgetown students with a shared love of gardening finally turned their plans for a garden on campus from a seed into a bloom. Mara Schechter (COL '11), Ben Sacher (MSB '12) and Maddie Howard (COL '12) formed Georgetown University Sustainable Garden Initiative (GUGSI) with support from a $3,000 Reimagine grant from The Corp. GUGSI placed a number of raised beds in a gravel area behind Kehoe field. They received a few smaller spots nearby to use as well. The group aims to use compost from The Corp and from Leo's for fertilizer. By connecting with APO and other social justice groups on campus, the members of GUGSI hope to provide gardening education to the greater D.C. area.
Read More in A Garden for Georgetown in the April 26, 2009 Edition of the Georgetown Independent
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| Honorary Mu Alpha Brother Profiled in One Day Magazine |
At most schools, coming within inches of kicking an adult in the head would get a student suspended. At KIPP AMP Academy, a middle school in Brooklyn, N.Y., eighth grader Brandon Thomas just earned a pat on the back and a return kick from Executive Director of Team and Family Services Ky Adderley (D.C. Region '01).
The fifth through eighth grade school revolves around capoeira, a form of Brazilian martial arts infused with music and dance. "It teaches self-advocacy and self-resiliency," Adderley explains. "You can teach math and reading, but it's hard to teach character."
Read more from The Good Fight in the Winter 2009 One Day: The Teach for America Alumni Magazine.
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| Mu Alpha Alumnus featured in The Washington Post |
...I wondered what the possible business applications of Twitter could be. While I was wondering, I got a pitch from entrepreneur Scott Beale, who used Twitter, Facebook, Craigslist and a bunch of other Web sites to win $100,000 from online contests to fund his District startup.
The start-up is a non-profit. Don't press the snooze button yet. Beale approached the project as if he were building the next Google.
The 33-year-old Georgetown graduate and former U.S. State Department employee quit his $42,000-a-year Foggy Bottom career three years ago and, using the same Web skills that President Obama used to raise campaign funds, built what he calls a "Peace Corps in reverse."
His creation is Atlas Corps, which lures highly-skilled non-profit decision-makers from India and Colombia to the United States for a year, running Sept. 1 to Aug. 30.
Read More from Value Added: The Nonprofit Entrepreneur in The Washington Post from March 16, 2009
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| Mu Alpha Pledge Featured in Hometown Newspaper |
Stepping onto a tropical island with beautiful, white, sandy beaches and gorgeous weather every day sounds like a dream come true.
And it is.
But for Sarah Sahlaney of Armagh, the dream was stepping past the beaches to teach and to learn from the people who make the island home.
Read more of "Summer school: Westmont grad teaches English to island children" in the Johnstown (PA) Tribune Democrat. |
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| Mu Alpha Chapter the subject of a Feature Article in The Hoya |
"One of the most active groups of community service volunteers on campus, APO combines a dedication to brotherhood and to service. At a Jesuit university that does not officially recognize social fraternities, the group has established itself as more than either a student volunteer organization or a fraternity. It is this unique quality of the group that drew in prospective pledges this past week when APO began its spring semester pledge process..."
More from Tradition and Service: Pledging a Georgetown Fraternity (The Hoya, February 5, 2009)
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| Honorary Brother Chosen as a Washingtonian of the Year |
The Washingtonian magazine has chosen Honorary Mu Alpha Brother John J. DeGioia as one of 12 Washingtonians of the Year.
"...he has also increased Georgetown's involvement in the community. In 2007, the scope of its Meyers Institute for College Preparation, an outreach program providing academic help, counseling, mentoring, and family support to DC seventh-graders, more than doubled. Meyers students, primarily in Ward 7, receive help through middle and high school and have classes and activities on the GU campus on Saturdays and for three to five weeks each summer."
Pick up the January 2009 edition of The Washingtonian magazine for more about Brother DeGioia's contributions to Georgetown and the communities of the District of Columbia
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| Mu Alpha Senior Appears on Fox News |
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On Election Day 2008, Brother Shebestain Palmer (COL '09) appeared on Fox News with other Georgetown students as they celebrated Barack Obama's win at the White House. |
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| Honorary Mu Alpha Brother Receives Honorary Degree from Queen's University in Northern Ireland |
During a Sept. 25 [2008] ceremony in New York, Georgetown President John J. DeGioia received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Queen’s University, located in Northern Ireland, for his commitment and service to global education.
“In honoring him … Queen’s is recognizing an eminent and visionary educationalist who has played a pivotal role in enhancing the valuable links between our two institutions and between the United States and Northern Ireland,” said Queen’s President and Vice Chancellor Peter Gregson.
More from The Blue & Gray.
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| Mu Alpha Brother Selected for Fulbright Award |
Washington, D.C. – Georgetown University graduating senior Hammad B. Hammad (SFS’ 08), of Livermore, Calif., was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright award to the Netherlands. Through graduate and volunteer work, Hammad will study viable approaches to establishing peace between Palestine and Israel, examining the different implications of a human-rights based foreign policy in the Palestinian areas. While there, Hammad will participate in Utrecht University’s Conflict Studies and Human Rights program, volunteer at United Civilians for Peace and intern at the International Court of Justice.
See 2008 Press Release from the Georgetown University Office of Communications.
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| Three Mu Alpha Brothers Honored with Landegger Community Service Awards |
...For Janieasha [Freelove-Sewell], promoting diversity goes hand-in-hand with community service. In 2006 she created the Justice and Diversity in Action Living and Learning Community as a venue for diversity in Georgetown residence halls. In addition, she volunteered at an inner-city middle school in Washington, D.C. with the Kids 2 College program. There, she mentored and taught a group of 25 students about the importance of pursuing higher education. Janieasha also served as a volunteer with Alpha Phi Omega Community Service Fraternity and Leaders in Education about Diversity where she trained students, faculty and staff about how to discuss and implement topics related to diversity.
2008 Awards also honored Gina Bulett and Hammad Hammad: Georgetown University Office of Communications. |
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| Mu Alpha Brother Among Patrick Healy Fellows Studying Youth Initiatives Abroad |
I along with Georgetown’s four other senior Patrick Healy Fellows were no different from many of our peers when we chose the tropical locale of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic as our spring break destination. However, Instead of spending a week at the beach, we traveled to the Caribbean island to learn about important issues affecting the country -- youth policy, race relations and problems among the refugee and migrant communities.
During the week, I along with the four other Healy Fellows -- Mahen Gunaratna (SFS '08), Xaivier Ringer (COL '08), Perla Silva (SFS '08) and Jinsun Bae (SFS '08) -- met with a variety of nongovernmental organizations, religious groups and government offices to become more familiar with the people, culture and concerns of the island nation....
2008 article from Indra Sen, via the Georgetown University Office of Communications.
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| Brother Wins Student Diplomat Essay Contest |
Georgetown University senior Hammad B. Hammad (SFS’08) of Livermore, Calif., was recently announced as the winner of the second annual Student Diplomat Essay Competition by NAFSA: Association of International Educators and Abroad View, the global education magazine for students. Hammad will receive a cash prize and STA Travel voucher for his winning submission on defining identity and building connections in a cultural divide between the Middle East and the United States...
2008 article: Georgetown University Office of Communications.
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| Chapter President Profiled by College of Arts & Sciences |
Joe Reilly, currently preparing for a research career in chemistry, has spent his undergraduate career in the Georgetown Chemistry Department working on a wide range of projects.
“I’ve been fortunate,” he explains. “The variety means that I’ve been exposed to many of the different kinds of tools chemists use in day-to-day work. It’s allowed me to decide exactly what I want to pursue in graduate school.”
Full 2007 Article in Molecules & Matter section of Research News: Science.
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| Mu Alpha Brother Recognized as an Outstanding Senior |
Elisa [Perez] has dedicated much of her extracurricular time at Georgetown to giving back to the Washington, D.C., community. But after she graduates in May, she’ll start on a bigger task: Returning to her neighborhood in East Los Angeles, to head a not-for-profit educational organization for those in need. Elisa, who majored in government with a Spanish minor, has received two fellowships from UCLA, where she'll also pursue a graduate degree.
While at Georgetown, Elisa has worked closely with Alpha Phi Omega, a service fraternity at Georgetown, volunteering at rehabilitation centers, women’s shelters, and youth centers in DC, volunteered in the university's Center for Minority Educational Affairs, and was selected to be one of 20 Latina students in the country to participate in a Hispanic Leadership Institute in Washington.
2005 Press Release: Georgetown University Office of Communications
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| Five Mu Alpha Brothers Awarded Prestigious Service Award |
...Rashad [Jones] is a co-founder of an all-male campus sexual assault prevention group, Georgetown University Men Advocating Relationship Responsibility (GUMARR.) As the ambassador for GUMARR, he organizes service opportunities for the group at Washington locations such as the Calvary Women’s Shelter. Rashad has also been involved in Georgetown’s Partnership in Athletics, Community Service and Tutoring (PACT) and is a board member for the Student Safety Advisory Board. “Since I was young, I have always been taught that doing service is one of the greatest ways I could ever succeed in life,” he said of his volunteer work.
2005 Press Release also mentioning John Goodman, Charles Harris, Elizabeth Walley, and Erica Weisgerber: Georgetown University Office of Communications.
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