Announcement

Nov. 23, 2021

SC State alumna elected to presidency of national sorority

ORANGEBURG, S.C. – South Carolina State University alumna Cheryl A. Hickmon, Class of 1984, has been elected national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

Hickmon, a native of Hartford, Connecticut, joined SC State’s Alpha Xi Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta in 1982. She is the university’s first alumna to lead the national organization and Delta Sigma Theta’s 27^th national president.

She is a Golden Life Member of Delta Sigma Theta and a member of the Hartford Alumnae Chapter. She has served the organization as national vice president, national secretary, eastern regional director, south Atlantic regional representative, co-chair of the National Documents Review and Revision Task Force, co-chair of the National Leadership Academy, and president of the Hartford Alumnae Chapter and Alpha Xi Chapter.

Cheryl A. Hickmon

Professionally, Hickmon supervises the In Vitro Fertilization Laboratories for Andrology and Endocrinology at Montefiore’s Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Health, a division of the Montefiore Medical Center and a teaching hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Hickmon received the Outstanding Accomplishments and Achievement Award from SC State. She also received several other awards including the “100 Most Influential African Americans in the State of Connecticut” by the Connecticut Chapters of the NAACP, and the Citizen of the Year Award from Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. (Tau Iota Chapter).

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated. is a private, not-for-profit organization with the purpose to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world. The sorority has 1,000 collegiate and alumnae chapters located in the United States, Canada, Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), Germany, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica, and the Republic of Korea.

Delta Sigma Theta was founded at Howard University in 1913. The Founders' first act of public service was participating in the Suffrage March of 1913.

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Founded in 1896 as a land grant institution with a mission of providing service to the citizens of the state, South Carolina State University has evolved from a small teachers’ college into a major University center of learning and research. Located in Orangeburg, S.C., South Carolina State offers more than 50 different fields of study on the undergraduate and graduate levels. South Carolina State University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and is a member of the Council of Graduate Schools.