Cheyney University National Alumni Association (CUNAA)

Cheyney University National Alumni Association (CUNAA) The official page of the National Alumni Association of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania.

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 perhaps the best means at the time to help eradic

ate prejudice against their race, the members set up a project that involved determining the number, location, and condition of all black schools in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware and Ohio. Their purpose was to supply black teachers to schools that needed them. Thus, the first organizes attempt at placing graduates was through the efforts of the alumni association. Over the years, the alumni association has grown and taken on broader responsibilities. In 1970, the association was incorporated and a nonprofit organization known as Cheyney State College General Alumni Association was formed with its purpose being as follows:

To promote the advancement of education by sponsoring, supporting, encouraging, aiding and conduction educational activities of all kinds through scholarship aid to individuals, the granting of funds for the support of research and study; the development of facilities, physical plant, program and administration; purchasing capital equipment, books, libraries, laboratories or other facilities for the purchase, lease, construction or provision of the same in any manner whatsoever.

This Alumni Weekend, 1838 Black Metropolis invites you to experience a powerful recreation of the Institute for Colored ...
04/14/2026

This Alumni Weekend, 1838 Black Metropolis invites you to experience a powerful recreation of the Institute for Colored Youth (ICY) graduation ceremony, held at the historic Mother Bethel AME Church.

At this recreated graduation, based on actual ICY graduation programs, actors step into the roles of ICY graduating students and professors. In front of a live audience, these students will undergo a rigorous public examination, just as students did in the 1860s.

Historical reenactors portraying figures such as F***y Jackson Coppin, Ebenezer Bassett, Octavius Catto, and Caroline LeCount will lead the ceremony, question students, and confer honors.

This play is directed, written, and narrated by Cheyney Alum Jann Ellis-Scruggs. It also features Cheyney Alum Marques Daughtry as Octavius V. Catto.

Date: May 1, 2026
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Mother Bethel AME Church
419 South Street, Philadelphia, PA
Cost: FREE (There are Limited Tickets. Use Link Below)

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/institute-for-colored-youth-commencement-exercises-registration-1985614809346?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=ae132f51a6690ff7fe23cd687a85cb85bcc68c541611173ef64d2abd44a48f8f6ac0a8a57315bccf929164b2861b0672c9c3ade1264967bedf39cb98847dfae25ead9a292f3f356125684c9f35f6

https://bit.ly/CUAW2026 To purchase tickets for alumni breakfast and luncheonhttps://bit.ly/AWCUNAA26 Link to register f...
04/13/2026

https://bit.ly/CUAW2026 To purchase tickets for alumni breakfast and luncheon

https://bit.ly/AWCUNAA26 Link to register for workshop , meeting and cookout if you plan on bringing a grill .

Alumni Weekend 2026!!! CU there !!

https://bit.ly/CUAW2026 To purchase tickets for alumni breakfast and luncheonhttps://bit.ly/AWCUNAA26 Link to register f...
04/11/2026

https://bit.ly/CUAW2026 To purchase tickets for alumni breakfast and luncheon

https://bit.ly/AWCUNAA26 Link to register for workshop , meeting and cookout if you plan on bringing a grill .

Alumni Weekend 2026!!! CU there !!

The Forty Under 40 awards will be given to 40 Alumnus under the age of 40 for their career achievements and communi...
03/30/2026



The Forty Under 40 awards will be given to 40 Alumnus under the age of 40 for their career achievements and community involvement. The winners are chosen by a panel of Cheyney Alumni who have equally demonstrated their business successes, civic, and philanthropic activities.

You don’t have to be member to be nominated but must be nominated by an active (Financial) Cheyney Alumni Member. All nominees must have graduated before 2021 to be considered and must be a financial member before award ceremony, if not currently financial. Nomination deadline is June 15, 2026.

https://bit.ly/2026Top40under40

Homecoming 2026!
03/14/2026

Homecoming 2026!

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P.O. Box 288
Westtown, PA
19342

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