Membership

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated

Gamma Upsilon Chapter Savannah State University

New Members – Undergraduate

An undergraduate, to be considered a candidate for membership in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, must be a woman of high ethical and moral standards, matriculating as a full-time student at the school where the campus chapter is located or matriculating as a full-time student in a school in the community where a city chapter of undergraduate status is located, and must have creditably completed one grading period in school.

Undergraduate candidates must have attained the cumulative average of C+ and the semester average of C+ in the semester immediately prior to submitting an application for membership. In those two, three, or four-year senior colleges or universities using pass-fail, required competency, or good standing systems of grading, either shall be acceptable.

Undergraduates desiring to become a candidate for membership must attend the official Rush.

Legacy Status - Undergraduate

An undergraduate who is the daughter, granddaughter, adopted daughter, stepdaughter or legal ward* of an active or deceased soror is considered a Legacy Candidate. The living family-member soror must have been active for at least two (2) years immediately preceding the membership application for the undergraduate Legacy Candidate. Any undergraduate who applies for membership under the legacy provision must meet all of the qualifications required for undergraduate membership.

*For Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, a legal ward is defined as one whose permanent care, control, and custody legally have been placed with a soror by an appropriate court of law.

Benefits of Membership

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority membership has its privileges! By uniting our individual efforts we have built a strong, cohesive organization that positively impacts the lives of our families and communities. Our success is based on the depth of commitment, vision, and confidence of our members.

We therefore seek women who will promote and extend the policies and programs of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. The Sorority, in return, is a conduit through which individuals can grow and develop personally and professionally while at the same time provide service to mankind.

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