Delta Phi Omega Sorority, Inc.: Personal Statement

One of the main reasons I was initially interested in Delta Sigma Pi was the professional aspect of it and how it focused on skill development and cultivating a better future. Although I have come to find over the past semester and a half that there is so much more to the fraternity than just that, business professionalism is still the fundamental cornerstone of this organization.

I am Corey Dante Jones, and I am seeking to become an active member of your fraternity. I am 29 years old, a husband, a father of four (Two boys, Two girls) and was born and raised in Mobile, Al. Graduated from McGill-Toolen Catholic High School, and attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham and majored in Criminal Justice. I have also served in the United States Army for the past 8years as an 11Bravo (Infantry Man) and 88November (Transportation coordinator). I am now working as a civilian contractor with the military as an Aerostat Operator, and I am also a Professional MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighter.

As I sought out to become a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. I saw that the organization matches my personality and what I stand for. My true passion is to make a difference in this world, I desire to make a significant impact on the lives of the youths to inspire them to reach their full potential. I know that Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity was established to accomplish the same things that I do, this is one of the many reasons I aspire to join this great fraternity.

The members of the Magnificent Monroe, NC Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated have been extremely busy in the first half of the 2016-2017 sorority year. The Gamma Upsilon Sigma Alumnae Chapter eagerly accepted the Call to Service issued by International Grand Basileus Deborah Catchings-Smith and have strived to make an impact in Union County and the surrounding areas.

A native Patersonian, Audrey McDowell is the daughter of the late Cornell and Laura Parker. Audrey received her early childhood education at Dale Avenue School, and Our Lady of Lourdes in Paterson. She is a graduate of Wayne Hills High School in Wayne. Audrey completed her post secondary education at William Paterson College in Wayne New Jersey graduating with honors with a BS degree in Community Health Education.

As I walked into the glittery ballroom once again, trying my hardest to remove the white cat hair from my black sweater, I noticed that almost everyone had heels on and ignored the Panhellenic letter that suggested we wear “church attire.” I was already nervous about having to wear an overly conservative dress that didn`t match my style for the second day of sorority recruitment, so seeing that everybody else looked like runway models only added to my nausea. However, when I looked around the room I saw many girls who were didn`t fit in, like me; some who opted for slacks, some who decided to wear no makeup, some who just didn’t look like everyone else. We all had similar demeanors: uncertain smiles, furrowed brows, and faces that were pointed straight down, as if we were being reprimanded.

The reason I would love to participate and actually be a contillionette of the Suffolk Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and Incorporation is because I think this would be a wonderful experience to take part in. I’ve been in two previous events of the same nature so it’s not like I don’t have any experience at all. Another reason is that I actually enjoyed my past experience and actually learned a lot. I wasn’t just there to get and take. I was very happy to be there and to receive and give anything that I could. I most definitely feel like this will be the same. I’m excited that I would come to enjoy my time in this organization, the experience that will be gained, and the knowledge that will be shared, and hopefully I’ll meet new

Monroe, NC, July 12, 2017 – The ladies of the Gamma Upsilon Sigma Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. have been busy during the fourth quarter of the 2016-2017 fiscal year. The chapter’s activities included welcoming four new members, expansion on the campus of Wingate University, Susan G Komen Pink Sunday, and celebrating 52 years of service.

My personal quest for knowledge has been ongoing since the first day I picked up a science book. I have never been more interested in any subject. It truly spoke to me. At a college level, there is a magnitude of opportunities. I had the opportunity to participate in the Student Dissector program on campus in the Spring of 2015, I visited the Stanford Cadaver Lab with Biology Club this semester, and I traveled to see a talk by the world renowned American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator, Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Growing up, Professor Mitra was inclined to most of the sciences—with the exception of chemistry—but it wasn’t until her 10th grade AP biology class that she felt a stronger inclination towards a particular field in STEM. It was during the unorthodox instruction she received from her AP biology teacher—in which he would encourage innovation and critical thinking by having her and her fellow classmates answer problem sets with a library of science textbooks, and in which he would assign oral biology

I became very involved with the orphanage and always looked to improve the kids’ lives, because I can’t help but feel helpless when I see the thousands of orphans roaming the streets of Port-au-Prince, and helping those kids makes me feel like I am contributing, in one way or another, to the improvement of my country’s youth.

As I began my descent down the middle school corridor, I was abruptly pulled aside by a teacher I did not recognize. She informed me of a science program, STARS, that would cram a whole year's worth of biology into my head in a mere two weeks. I looked into it and ultimately decided it would benefit my transition into my high school biology class. I woke up as I normally would for school and sat in 7 hour sessions at UT Southwestern over the the summer. The teachers taught us the science course we were to take once the summer was over.In the following summers they taught me chemistry and physics as well.

Since I was first exposed to the subject of biology in junior middle school, I have fallen in love with life sciences. I bought a light microscope and used it to observe materials at my fingertips, such as leaves and slices of meat. After I became a university student, I dive deeper, down to cell and molecular levels in cell and molecular biology (CMB) program. A passionate professor I met in my cell biology course has motivated me a lot.

Coming from a very sport/business orientated household, asking for Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species for my 14th birthday must have taken my parents by surprise. My mum said she knew of my fascination for biology when I was using my pocket money to buy the Sun newspaper every weekend to receive the next free David Attenborough “The Wildlife Collection” DVD. Also when I made her write to the sun newspaper for a new copy of the “Blue Planet” DVD because I’d scratched the old one. As I got older, my enthusiasm for the medical side of biology developed. Most notably from the curiosity of understanding the body I was living in. I was bewildered by the fact people around me were not as completely unsatisfied as I was with not knowing how every process

Most of my academic career felt like I was training for a marathon. I had been training and conditioning myself for college since middle school, choosing the most rigorous classes, spending weekends doing community service and only hanging out with the “right” crowd of peers– the kind of students who had the same aspirations of attending top notch universities and respectable careers. But senior year of high school with the finish line in sight I wanted to drop out of the race. Suddenly, everything I had been working towards seemed so artificial. I began questioning what I was doing and why I was doing it. If I graduated from a prestigious university, would that really make me happy? My whole life felt like I was always preparing for the next big thing, that I hardly slowed down to enjoy my teenage years. School was a constant stream of doing good, but not good enough, of constantly comparing myself to my classmates to see who could be the best. One day it hit me hard: I could not do four more years of this.