About CUACP
Our Purpose
The purpose of the Cheyney Alumni Association is to promote the advancement of education by sponsoring, supporting, encouraging, aiding and conducting educational activities of all kinds through scholarship aid to individuals. Grants funds for the support of outreach and study
Offers funds for the development of facilities, programs and administration
Purchases capital equ
ipment and books for the libraries, laboratories and other facilities. Our Mission Statement
The CUACP mission is to promote a harmonious, social and professional relationship between the members of the chapter and to promote the advancement of Cheyney University by sponsoring educational activities, providing scholarship aid to individuals, and by providing support for the university’s program and facilities. Standing Committees
Fundraising
Membership
Public Relations
Recruitment
Scholarship
Sunshine
Our History
The Cheyney Alumni Association met for the first time on commencement day in May 1862. The meeting was held in Sansom Hall in Philadelphia where graduation exercises were scheduled. The association proved to be very active during its early years taking on projects of significant social and economic importance. Being acutely aware that education was the best means to help eradicate prejudice against our race, the members set up a project that involved determining the number, location and condition of all black school in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware and Ohio. Their purpose was to supply “Negro” teachers to schools that needed them. Thus, the first organized attempt at placing graduates was through the efforts of the Cheyney Alumni Association. Over the years, the Cheyney Alumni has grown and taken on broader responsibilities. In 1970, the association was incorporated and a non-profit organization known as the Cheyney State College General Alumni Association was formed.
