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100 YEARS YOUNG! || Last week #NMACDST had the pleasure of visiting one of our charter members, Velma Canon, to celebrate her 100th birthday. It is always an honor to sit in her company. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO NMACDST’s own VELMA CANON!!!⁣⁣ 
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A few years ago we featured Ms. Canon. We’re reposting that text because her 100th trip around the sun is all the reason we need: ⁣⁣
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“#FridayFeature celebrating #NMAC35 - charter member Velma Canon: Velma Canon is a charter member of the North Manhattan Alumnae Chapter where she served as Treasurer for nine years, chaired the Audit Committee for ten years, chaired the Fundraising Committee and is a part of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated’s Legacy of Firsts. ⁣⁣
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After graduating from Hampton Institute(now Hampton University) in 1941 with a B.S. in Business Ms. Canon had many opportunities for employment. She worked for the Dean of Knoxville College, an adoption agency and even an African Prince. In 1951 she went to the Urban League and applied for the position of stenographer at the New York Times. She got the job at the place which would become her life’s work. ⁣⁣
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Among her many accomplishments Velma Canon was the first African American stenographer and later became the first African American secretary to work at the New York Times. #NMACDST #DST #DST102 #NMAC35 - One Love, One Heart, One Sisterhood.”
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Who is in the April 2016 #SororSpotlight? Soror Nicole Kimberly McCauley - Nicole Kimberly McCauley is a native New Yorker, who has spent the past 15 years working on behalf of young people in New York City. She started her career as an Admissions Officer at Pace University and then served as the Assistant Director of Recruitment at Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO). In this role, she transformed the scholars’ program recruitment and admissions process into a strategic and comprehensive operation. Hoping to make a greater impact, Nicole joined the Recruitment team at Harlem Village Academies (HVA), a nationally recognized charter school network where her primary responsibilities included hiring teachers and staff members for five schools. This past fall, Nicole joined the Office of Teacher Recruitment and Quality with the New York City Department of Education, where she is responsible for staffing over 1,800 public schools throughout New York City. Closing the academic achievement gap continues to be a passion and inspiration for her work with young people. She chooses to direct her skills towards helping disenfranchised students gain access to higher education and become first-generation college graduates. Nicole received her B.A in Philosophy, Politics and Law from Binghamton University and an M.A in Criminal Justice Leadership from St. John's University. She was extremely involved in a number of student organizations on campus, including Delta. Soror McCauley was initiated at Binghamton University in the spring of 1999, where she became a member of the Pi Eta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, Sorority Inc. She served as the President and Vice President of the chapter and was recognized as “Sorority Woman of the Year” two years in a row. This year Nicole is celebrating 17 years in Delta and has remained a committed member of the North Manhattan Alumnae Chapter... Read more about Nicole K. McCauley at www.nmacdst.org under the #SororSpotlight tab; learn what quote she lives by and MORE. #NMACDST #DST #DST103 #DST1913 #NMAC35 - One Love, One Heart, One Sisterhood.