INDIANAPOLIS (October 14, 2015) Last week, in honor of the fraternity’s founding 111 years ago, the Alpha Kappa Psi Foundation kicked off its Founders’ Day Challenge. By joining the Yellow Rose Society, 100 students honored the fraternity’s founders with their gifts during the challenge.
The Yellow Rose Society is the foundation’s donor recognition club for students. These students join the fraternity alumni in providing financial support for educational initiatives such as the Principled Business Leadership Institute and the leadership Academy. Through these charitable contributions, the foundation helps offset program expenses so the fraternity can make educational opportunities accessible and affordable to as many students as possible.
The Founders’ Day Challenge may be over, but students can still join the 2015-16 Yellow Rose Society through June 30. Students can join the YRS with a minimum gift of $10 or can join at the Phoenician Society level with a gift of $60 ($5/month). First time members receive the official AKPsi monogram button and all YRS members are recognized at fraternity events and in the foundation’s magazine, The Diary of Alpha Kappa Psi.
Congratulations to the 100 2015-16 Yellow Rose Society members:
Joseph Adeoye, Towson
Alex Andronikos, Henderson State ‘14 Alex Arce, Henderson State ‘15-Life Jamesia Banks, Southern Illinois ‘15 + Kira Baum, Arizona ‘15 Chadrick Black, Southern Illinois ‘14 Caitlin Bowcock, South Florida ‘13-Life * Anthony Brister, Henderson State ‘15 Natalie Brown, Illinois State ‘14 Taylor Brown, Washington State ‘13 Ashley Bryant, Henderson State ‘15 Marcus Burdyshaw, Oregon State ‘12 Victoria Burrow, Henderson State ‘15 Demetre Calhoun, Henderson State ‘15 Kevin Carballe, Florida International ‘12 Jake Chapman, Loyola New Orleans ‘12-Life Anna Chekalkina, Christopher Newport ‘15 Sunny Chen, Baruch College ‘14 + Bryan Chipman, Portland ‘13 Jennifer Chipman, Portland ‘13 Julie Cissell, Henderson State ‘14 Jen Cline, Northern Colorado ‘13-Life * Maya Cook, George Mason ‘13 Allison Cooper, Stetson ‘14-Life *+ Madeline Curry, Wyoming ‘13 * V’Lemia Curry, Southern Illinois ‘15 Daghar Daghar, Towson ‘14 A.J. DiRosa, High Point ‘14 Jennifer Donegan, Wisconsin – Milwaukee ‘14 Jacob Drees, Toledo ‘11-Life *** Alyssa Eckert, Nevada ‘12 ** Karam El-Harami, San Diego ‘14 Emily Embick, Lock Haven ‘14 Logan Fisk, Henderson State ‘14 Andrew Fuller, Missouri Western ‘14-Life *+ Lisdye Garcia-Gonzales, Arizona ‘13 Michael Gil, Arizona ‘14 Maggie Goodall, Henderson State ‘15 Nick Green, Tennessee State ‘13 Brittny Harris, Grand Valley State ‘13 Steve Hibbard, Henderson State ‘14 Brendin Humrickhouse, Indiana State ‘13 Aaron Hunt, Henderson State ‘14 Fatima Javani, Southern Illinois ‘14 Elizabeth Johnson, Henderson State ‘14-Life Joslyn Johnson, Henderson State ‘15 Kelly Jordan, Illinois State ‘13 Terrance Joyner, Tennessee State ‘14 Baback Khosroabadi, Southern Oregon ‘12 *** Santiago Kloehr, Arizona ‘14 |
Agnes Kowalski, Illinois State ‘14 +
Stephanie Krautscheid, Oregon State ‘14 Nicholas Lam, Carnegie Mellon ‘13 ** Annemarie Lewandowski, Oregon State ‘14 Kaitlyn Lynch, Ramapo College ‘14 Alysa Malcolm, Toledo ‘12 Seth Marlow, Wyoming ‘14 Tiffany May, Henderson State ‘14 Christine Mbarga, Henderson State ‘14 Eugenia McElroy, Henderson State ‘14 * Alec Morand, Loyola Marymount ‘13 Joe Myers, Indiana State ‘13 ** Marc Newborn, Henderson State ‘14 Amos Noyes, Henderson State ‘15 Katherine Oakes, Arizona State ‘14 Nicholas O’Donnell, Marshall ‘15 Fatimah Ogungbade, George Mason ‘14 Alec Paschke, Henderson State ‘14 Kaylan Patterson, Toledo ‘14 * JaMesha Plummer, Henderson State ‘14 Chezley Polk, George Mason ‘13 Jenna Ravenscraft, Lock Haven ‘14 Benjamin Renfrow, Henderson State ‘14 Samantha Rice, Tennessee State ‘13 Jordan Richards, Washington State ‘14 Katie Richmond, Portland ‘14 Shae Rogers, Henderson State ‘15 Christopher Ruland, Carnegie Mellon ‘13 Katie Salaris, George Mason ‘12-Life Aldrin Santamaria, Nevada ‘13 ** Nicholas Schrager, Buffalo ‘13-Life * Mylee Scott, Henderson State ‘15 Moriah Shay, Oregon State ‘14 Emily Shonka, Washington State ‘13 Austin Shurtleff, Henderson State ‘14 Halina Siegel, Towson ‘14 Jasmine Spear, Henderson State ‘14 Erin Stephens, Portland ‘13 ** Kammer Strachan, Northwestern ‘13 Jamal Tate, Winthrop ‘11 Stefanie Taylor, Tennessee State ‘13 Serri Toyloy, Fresno State ‘15 Lillian Tyson, Lock Haven ‘13 Colby Wagner, Lock Haven ‘14 Hosea Walker, Henderson State ‘15 Amelia Watson Sheesley, Wyoming ‘14 ** Anthony Weisler, Florida ‘14 Nac Williams, Henderson State ‘14 Megan Winsor, Oregon State ‘12 Sasha Zavala, Henderson State ‘14 |
+ Also holds elite status as a member of the Phoenician Society
* YRS member since 2014-15 academic year
** YRS member since 2013-14 academic year
*** YRS member since 2011-12 academic year