Laurel, MD – Psi Epsilon Omega’s history began with twenty-seven professionally diverse members who were committed to a common goal of chartering a chapter to service the cities of Laurel, Bowie, and Greenbelt, Maryland. The charter members were as follows:

Deatrice Besong LeeAnn Calhoun Joyce Crowder Alicia Freeman-Campbell Adrienne Watts Haggins Deborah L. Hamilton-Diggs Malynda VanPorter Hill Kimberly Hughes Shawn A. Jackson

Tonya Jackson Marilyn K. Femi Manners Kya Mathews Maleika Anne Matthews-Nell Wandra V. McKee Sandranette Moses Avise Watts Pollard LaTario T. Powell-Brown Natalie L. Stephenson

Prima Roechelle Tatum Jacqueline R. Lewis Taylor Letitia F. Toomer LaShaun Washington-Batts Donna West Michelle D. White Ianthya D. Williams Karen L. G. Williamson Latrise Marie Workman

On Sunday, April 29, 2007, Evelyn Sample-Oates, Centennial North Atlantic Regional Director, with the assistance of Barbara A. McKinzie, Centennial International President, chartered Psi Epsilon Omega Chapter as the 69th Graduate Chapter in the North Atlantic Region. The ceremony and chartering celebration luncheon was held at the Greenbelt Marriott in Greenbelt, Maryland. It was attended by members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., city, county, state and national dignitaries; fellow Greeks from other National Pan-Hellenic organizations, along with family and friends of the twenty-seven charter members of Psi Epsilon Omega. Major highlights of the chartering included the attendance of the Centennial International President, Barbara A. McKinzie, former North Atlantic Regional Directors, Erma Barron and Anne Mitchem Davis, and Honorary Member Muriel “Puff” Lyle Smith, granddaughter of Founder Ethel Hedgeman Lyle. Psi Epsilon Omega was celebrated in song by soloist Sandra E. Collins, in dance by a quintet of members and in music by the Thomas G. Pullen Performing Arts Focus School Select Strings Chamber Orchestra. The first elected president of Psi Epsilon Omega was Michelle D. White.