AKA MIP LATEST 2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Are some of the members elected geographically? Who? When would you be
eligible to run for this office? - ✔✔Yes. Regional Director. After serving at least one term
as a Basileus of a graduate chapter and attending at least one of the last three regional
conference immediately preceding nomination and residing in the region
✔✔Who is Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority's chief officer? What is her role? - ✔✔Supreme
Basileus.
-She shall be at all boule and directorate meetings.
- She shall appoint with the approval of the Directorate, the chairmen and members of
all committees of the sorority and fill any vacancies except as otherwise provided in the
Bylaws.
-she shall exercise general supervision over employed personnel over the boule
✔✔How many undergraduate and graduate chapters are there in Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority? - ✔✔1,018
✔✔How many regions make up Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority - ✔✔Ten, including the
international region
South-Eastern Region, Mid-Atlantic Region, North Atlantic Region, South Atlantic
Region, Great Lakes Region, International Region, South Central Region, Mid Western
Region, Central Region, Far Western Region
✔✔Which states make up where you live? - ✔✔Southeastern- Mississippi, Alabama,
Tennessee
✔✔Who is the Regional Director of your region? What is her role? - ✔✔-Mitzi Paige
-Serves as member of the Board of Directors and follows guidelines, program targets,
and procedures set by the Supreme Basileus
✔✔What is a regional conference? - ✔✔A study session designed to clarify procedures
and resolve problems of the chapters within a region through workshops, discussions,
demonstrations, and other types of group activity.
✔✔How often are Regional Conferences held? - ✔✔Annually
✔✔What is the Leadership Seminar? When is it held? - ✔✔A training session for
officers and members which is held in alternate years when the Boule does not meet.
✔✔Regarding Alpha Kappa Alpha Constitution and Bylaws, when may the Bylaws be
amended? - ✔✔The bylaws may be amended at a regular meeting of the Boule by two-
, thirds of the votes cast, provided that the proposed amendments shall have been
circulated to chapters no later than April 30 preceding the Boule
✔✔How far in advance is the Supreme Basileus of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority elected?
Does she hold this title at the time of her election? - ✔✔Four years. No, she serves as a
first supreme anti-basileus for four years following her election, and then is installed as
the supreme basileus
✔✔How does a Soror become a member of an International Committee? - ✔✔All
committee members, excluding Nominating, are appointed by the Surpreme Basileus.
The Nominating Committee is composed of elected regional representatives
✔✔What is the Ivy Leaf? - ✔✔The official publication of the sorority.
✔✔Which former Supreme Basilei are still living? - ✔✔Larzette Golden Hale (Wilson),
Mattelia Bennett Grays, Bernice Irene Sumlin, Faye Becerly Bryant, Eva Lois Allmon
Evans, Norma Solomon White, Barbara Anne McKinzie, Carolyn House Stewart
✔✔To whom do you report to as a candidate? What is her role? - ✔✔Membership
Chairman (Graduate Advisor)
-serves as a liaison between the chapter and the candidates
✔✔When and where was Alpha Kappa Sorority founded? - ✔✔1908 at Howard
University in Washington D.C.
✔✔Why was Alpha Kappa Alpha founded? - ✔✔Alpha kappa alpha was founded as an
instrument to make college experiences as meaningful and as valuable as possible in
enhancing the capacity of college trained women for significant self realization
✔✔Who was the moving spirit in the establishment of Alpha Kappa Alpha? - ✔✔Ethel
Hedgeman Lyle
✔✔By whom was she influenced? - ✔✔Tremain Robinson and Elizabeth Appa Cook,
schoolteachers
✔✔How are chapter program activities determined? - ✔✔By the International Program
Committee, as defined by the Supreme Basileus
✔✔How many individuals were in the original group? Name and tell two facts about
each individual person. - ✔✔Ethel Hedgeman Lyle -was the visionary and principal
founder & served as National treasured for 23 years
Annie Easter Brown- first treasurer of the sorority & taught in Rocky Mount NC for over
30 years
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Are some of the members elected geographically? Who? When would you be
eligible to run for this office? - ✔✔Yes. Regional Director. After serving at least one term
as a Basileus of a graduate chapter and attending at least one of the last three regional
conference immediately preceding nomination and residing in the region
✔✔Who is Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority's chief officer? What is her role? - ✔✔Supreme
Basileus.
-She shall be at all boule and directorate meetings.
- She shall appoint with the approval of the Directorate, the chairmen and members of
all committees of the sorority and fill any vacancies except as otherwise provided in the
Bylaws.
-she shall exercise general supervision over employed personnel over the boule
✔✔How many undergraduate and graduate chapters are there in Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority? - ✔✔1,018
✔✔How many regions make up Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority - ✔✔Ten, including the
international region
South-Eastern Region, Mid-Atlantic Region, North Atlantic Region, South Atlantic
Region, Great Lakes Region, International Region, South Central Region, Mid Western
Region, Central Region, Far Western Region
✔✔Which states make up where you live? - ✔✔Southeastern- Mississippi, Alabama,
Tennessee
✔✔Who is the Regional Director of your region? What is her role? - ✔✔-Mitzi Paige
-Serves as member of the Board of Directors and follows guidelines, program targets,
and procedures set by the Supreme Basileus
✔✔What is a regional conference? - ✔✔A study session designed to clarify procedures
and resolve problems of the chapters within a region through workshops, discussions,
demonstrations, and other types of group activity.
✔✔How often are Regional Conferences held? - ✔✔Annually
✔✔What is the Leadership Seminar? When is it held? - ✔✔A training session for
officers and members which is held in alternate years when the Boule does not meet.
✔✔Regarding Alpha Kappa Alpha Constitution and Bylaws, when may the Bylaws be
amended? - ✔✔The bylaws may be amended at a regular meeting of the Boule by two-
, thirds of the votes cast, provided that the proposed amendments shall have been
circulated to chapters no later than April 30 preceding the Boule
✔✔How far in advance is the Supreme Basileus of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority elected?
Does she hold this title at the time of her election? - ✔✔Four years. No, she serves as a
first supreme anti-basileus for four years following her election, and then is installed as
the supreme basileus
✔✔How does a Soror become a member of an International Committee? - ✔✔All
committee members, excluding Nominating, are appointed by the Surpreme Basileus.
The Nominating Committee is composed of elected regional representatives
✔✔What is the Ivy Leaf? - ✔✔The official publication of the sorority.
✔✔Which former Supreme Basilei are still living? - ✔✔Larzette Golden Hale (Wilson),
Mattelia Bennett Grays, Bernice Irene Sumlin, Faye Becerly Bryant, Eva Lois Allmon
Evans, Norma Solomon White, Barbara Anne McKinzie, Carolyn House Stewart
✔✔To whom do you report to as a candidate? What is her role? - ✔✔Membership
Chairman (Graduate Advisor)
-serves as a liaison between the chapter and the candidates
✔✔When and where was Alpha Kappa Sorority founded? - ✔✔1908 at Howard
University in Washington D.C.
✔✔Why was Alpha Kappa Alpha founded? - ✔✔Alpha kappa alpha was founded as an
instrument to make college experiences as meaningful and as valuable as possible in
enhancing the capacity of college trained women for significant self realization
✔✔Who was the moving spirit in the establishment of Alpha Kappa Alpha? - ✔✔Ethel
Hedgeman Lyle
✔✔By whom was she influenced? - ✔✔Tremain Robinson and Elizabeth Appa Cook,
schoolteachers
✔✔How are chapter program activities determined? - ✔✔By the International Program
Committee, as defined by the Supreme Basileus
✔✔How many individuals were in the original group? Name and tell two facts about
each individual person. - ✔✔Ethel Hedgeman Lyle -was the visionary and principal
founder & served as National treasured for 23 years
Annie Easter Brown- first treasurer of the sorority & taught in Rocky Mount NC for over
30 years
