NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WEEK PROGRAM
AAA Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. to host Achievement Week 2014 on Saturday November 8, 2014 , at West Virginia University Mountainlair, Rhododendron Room; the cost is $20 with pre-registration and $25 at the door without paper download RSVP. National Achievement Week is a mandated program of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., that was originally designed to promote the study of African American life and history. It's beginnings date back to the 1920 Grand Conclave in Nashville. It was at this Conclave that Bro. Carter G. Woodson inspired the overall idea. In 1927, at his urging, the Fraternity made National Negro Achievement Week an annual observance. In 1976, this commemoration evolved into Black History Month. Presently, the Achievement Week Program is used to recognize those individuals at the local and national levels who have made significant contributions toward improving the quality of life for African Americans. Objectives of the Observance
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Omega men from the state of West Virginia rally together before the snapping of the official 4th district pictures in Cleveland, Ohio.
AAA Chapter (Morgantown) crosses its first line on March 22, 2014. The line was a mixed group of undergraduates and one graduate student. The undergrads will ultimately be pushed back over to Nu Zeta Chapter upon securing the minimum number of members required to constitute an active chapter. Barsham Murphy was the lone graduate member initiated into the chapter as a Graduate Student at West Virginia University. Damon Cogdell is in his first year as an assistant coach on the defensive staff at West Virginia. He comes to West Virginia after serving as a highly successful high school head coach and director of athletics at Class 8A Miramar High in Miramar, Fla. He was at Miramar from 2002-2014, serving as head coach since 2007 and defensive coordinator since 2002. He compiled an impressive 72-19 overall record, won the 2009 state championship, finished second in 2011 and advanced to at least the second round of the state high school playoffs each year. Read more .... Bro. Cogdell was initiated at West Virginia University Nu Zeta Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. 2013 Bro Cogdell was among the reactivation group to reestablish an Omega presence in Northern West Virginia through AAA Chapter (Morgantown). |
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