Alpha Phi Omega at Parkland

We will be holding our New Member ritual on Friday, February 16th at 6pm! This will be held in U-141.

If you are an alumni, please get there at 5:30pm. We may need help setting up.

We would love to have as many alumni there as possible to support our new members! We will have pizza after the ceremony.

Brothers,

The events of the past week have been heartbreaking and so I write to you today on behalf of the national leadership of Alpha Phi Omega to let you, our student and alumni members, know that we share in your pain, anger, confusion, and sadness.

No one should ever have to live in fear. No one. We condemn and denounce racism, brutality, hate, violence, and bigotry as we call for all of Alpha Phi Omega to stand with our black community members in the battle against inequality and systemic racism.

Furthermore, we recognize and appreciate the change and peace that many brothers are seeking to make in their communities both locally and globally. It reminds us that Alpha Phi Omega was founded to help college students learn how to make a positive difference on our campuses and in our communities through service to others - in order to create a better, more peaceful world in which to make a living and a life.

Now is the time to join together as students, alumni, chapters, regions, and most all of, as dear friends, to find ways to battle hate through meaningful and thoughtful service and clear and focused leadership. We must help those who struggle to be heard. We must come together to build better and stronger communities through compassion and service.

As one of the world’s largest Greek-letter organizations, Alpha Phi Omega can also do more to better educate and empower college students on being stronger, more inclusive community leaders. Let us work together to seek equity and further inclusivity for all on our campuses and in our communities. It is more urgent than ever that we seek to understand opinions different from ours and to seek resolutions and systems that create a more peaceful world. In the coming days, I will ask our program committees to focus more of their work on social justice and inclusivity programming, and we will communicate these efforts in the coming months.

While we cannot change the past, we can work to change tomorrow by being a positive force in our communities. The world is calling out for Leadership, Friendship and Service, and all of us in Alpha Phi Omega have a role to play.

Thank you for your Leadership, Friendship and Service.

Robert M. Coop, P.E.
Alpha Phi Omega National President

Thank you to our 100+ alumni, current students, and the campus administration of Parkland College for making the Alpha Zeta Omega chapter ever stand united for 7 consecutive years!

On a snowy afternoon three years ago today, the chartering members of the Alpha Zeta Omega chapter at Parkland College were initiated and formally established the 744th chapter of Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity, USA!

Since then, we have been proud to give unselfishly of our time and energy building a program of service for our fraternity, the Parkland campus, the Champaign-Urbana community, and our nation as participating citizens.

Thank you to our actives, alumni, advisors, pledges, and the campus administration for continuing to make our presence at Parkland College possible!

Congratulations to Katherine (Klindworth) Jordan - past chapter president, DSK recipient, spring pledge class namesake, and one of our current chapter advisors - on her marriage today!

We are very lucky to call Brittany Webb an alumna of our chapter. Way to go, APO is very proud of you!

Parkland grad finishing at SIU on Defense Department's dime Urbana alum Brittany Webb was part of the 12 precent of SMART scholarship applicants who earned summer internships, full education funding, a $25,000 yearly stipend and employment after graduation.

Congratulations to Ahmad Ahmad and Dulcenea Scott for making the Fall 2016 Dean's List at Parkland College!

Top of the Morning, Jan. 8, 2017 With a 4.0 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale, LaTianna Dumas is among the highest achievers on Parkland's fall semester's dean's list.

One of our chapter's two voting delegates, Chad Greenwood, served as the Region VI representative to the Leadership Development reference committee. Thank you for your dedication and service to the governance of our fraternity!

Alpha Zeta Omega chapter representing at yesterday's Region VI Meeting. We are just a few of the over 1700 members of APO from around the US and Canada at the Alpha Phi Omega National Convention.

Opening Ceremonies for are kicking off with free swag and a circus show!