The academic year is coming to a close. Many Greek-letter organization (GLO) members graduated this past weekend. Others celebrated Greek Week, an event which typically includes service and raising funds for a non-profit organization. Others celebrated Founders’ Day or hosted a Spring Formal. On my twitter feed, I saw many pictures of good deeds being done and large checks being presented as well as tweets about collegiate chapter days ending.
Other interesting items which came through my twitter feed (@GLOhistory).
Yesterday’s postings on the internet trended on the #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay meme. Sigma Nu honored one of their own, actor Harrison Ford (Star Wars’ Han Solo), with a tweet. 
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On April 29, 2014, Theta Xi celebrated its sesquicentennial (150 years). Theta Xi alumnus and Garfield creator Jim Davis created this very special (and clever!) greeting for the event.
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On Throwback Thursday, a famous Tri Delta posted this picture from a 1979 University of Virginia Delta Delta Delta spring formal.
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On September 14, 2014, Miss America 2014, Nina Davuluri, Sigma Kappa, will crown her successor. The first state contestant for Miss America 2015 has been chosen and she is a sorority woman. Congratulations to Miss Vermont 2014, Lucy Edwards, Delta Delta Delta at the University of Vermont! To keep up with the list of sorority women who will compete in the Miss America 2015 competition, bookmark this page http://wp.me/P20I1i-1eS. It will be updated regularly.
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On a rather sad note, yesterday was the 44th anniversary of the Kent State University shootings which took place in the midst of anti-Vietnam War protests. On May 4, 1970, four Kent State University students, Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Lee Scheuer, and William Knox Schroeder, were killed by the National Guard. Nine others were injured. The Kent State campus was closed for six weeks after the shootings. Protests and a national student strike led to demonstrations at other college and universities. The Kent State campus remained closed for six weeks. Alpha Xi Delta Sandy Scheuer, an honors student studying nursing, was shot as she was walking between classes. The Phi Kappa Tau web-site noted that “One of the students killed was Jeff Miller who, following his older brother Russ Miller, Michigan State ’65, associated Alpha Alpha chapter as a legacy in 1968, and later transferred to Kent State.” May they all rest in peace.
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