Kim Whitney:  

THIS IS MY UPDATED STORY,: ( REVISED ) OLDER STORY- FIRST OF ALL, IN MY PROFILE PHOTO,**( JUST UPDATED IT--ONLY ME 4/14/12 ) - THIS IS FROM MY OLDER STORY- I'LL REVISE IT AT SOME POINT! I'M THE PERSON ON THE LEFT , THE OTHER PERSON IN THE PHOTO IS MY SORORITY SISTER VICKI YOUNG ( MEMPHIS, TN ), WE GRADUATED FROM LINCOLN UNIVERSITY TOGETHER. ALL OF MY AKA SORORITY SISTERS REMAIN CLOSE TO THIS DAY. I'M A KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI NATIVE, I GRADUATED FROM LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY. LINCOLN UNIVERSITY IS OUR LEGACY INSTITUTION, MY OLDER COUSIN ALSO GRADUATED FROM LINCOLN, MY YOUNGER SISTER, KELLY WHITNEY ALSO ATTENDED LINCOLN, BUT GRADUATED FROM PARK UNIVERSITY. I AM A PROUD SOROR OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC.,. WHILE ATTENDING LINCOLN, I WAS MAJORETTE, MISS. BRICKHOUSE, MISS. JUNIOR, AND MISS. SENIOR. I MAJORED IN EDUCATION AND RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE. I MUST TELL YOU THAT EDUCATIONALLY, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I COULD HAVE RECEIVED BETTER ANYWHERE ELSE. I ENJOYED EVERY DAY THAT I WAS THERE, AND I CRIED THE DAY THAT I LEFT; LEAVING ALL OF MY SORORITY SISTERS AND OTHER FRIENDS BEHIND, WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS I'VE EVER HAD TO DO IN MY LIFE. WE WERE TOGETHER EVERYDAY, WE HARDLY EVER WENT HOME AFTER OUR ADJUSTMENT PERIOD THE FRESHMAN YEAR. MY SORORITY SISTER'S ARE AS CLOSE TO ME AS MY NATURAL SISTERS. THE FIRST FRIEND THAT I MADE WHEN I ARRIVED; WAS BOBBIE MERRIWEATHER ( MY AKA - SOROR ), FROM MEMPHIS-TN, IS STILL MY BEST FRIEND TODAY, WE TALK TO EACH OTHER ALMOST EVERYDAY! ELINOR/ELAINE OGLETREE, RHONDA STATEN-HARPER, PAM REYNOLDS, AND LA TAYNE BRUCE-SIMPSON ARE ALSO SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS FROM FRESHMAN YEAR THAT I REMAIN FRIENDS WITH TO THIS DAY! ALL OF MY LINE SISTERS ( THE GIRLS THAT I PLEDGED WITH ) REMAIN CLOSE TO THIS DAY EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS IS TRULY THE WAY SISTERHOOD WAS MEANT TO BE! AFTER GRADUATION, I WORKED IN SALES AND MARKETING, THEN WORKED IN EDITING FOR FOR A BUSINESS JOURNAL - THE DAILY RECORD, FROM THERE I WORKED FOR AN ORGANIZATION CALLED INROADS/KANSAS CITY, INC., WHICH DEVELOPED AND PLACED MINORITY STUDENTS IN POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP IN BUSINESSES AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. I SERVED AS A COORDINATOR, THEN MANAGER, PROVIDING TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, SALES AND MARKETING. LATER, I WORKED FOR PENN VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN RECRUITMENT ADMISSIONS, ACADEMIC PLACEMENT, ENROLLMENT SERVICES, ACADEMIC AND GED TESTING. AFTER LIVING IN KANSAS CITY FOR MOST OF MY LIFE, I NEEDED A CHANGE OF SCENERY, SO IT WAS OFF TO "THE BIG EASY", I MOVED TO NEW ORLEANS, LA, I ACCEPTED A POSITION AS THE ASSISTANT TO THE DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT XAVIER UNIVERSITY.. IT WAS MY DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY TO INCREASE AND ENHANCE ENROLLMENT OF BUSINESS MAJORS, AND TO MANAGE AN IN-HOUSE SUMMER MENTORING PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND SENIORS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN BECOMING BUSINESS MAJORS. OH, I CAN'T LEAVE NEW ORLEANS WITHOUT MENTIONING THE FOOD, OUTRAGEOUS SEAFOOD! AS YOU KNOW IT WAS TO-DIE FOR, WE HAD SPECIAL PLACES THAT WE WOULD GO TO, YOU WOULD HAVE TO ASK ALL OF THE LOCALS, WHERE THE BEST PLACES TO EAT WERE. THE HOLE-IN-THE-WALL PLACES WERE SOME OF THE BEST! LUCKY, ME I ACTUALLY MET DENZEL AND HIS WIFE AT CAFE' DUMONDE', ON THE REAL! AND DON'T THINK THAT I DIDN'T INTERUPT THEM AND INTRODUCE MYSELF LIKE I WAS BEYONCE' AND ASK FOR AN AUTOGRAPH, PLEASE, I'D NEVER GET THAT CHANCE AGAIN, SO PAULETTE WAS JUST GOING TO HAVE TO BE PATIENT, YET, AGAIN! ( SMILE ) SHE WAS VERY NICE ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I ASKED VERY NICELY, BUT I WAS GOING TO GET THAT AUTOGRAPH AND THAT HUG TOO! LATER I MOVED TO PENSACOLA FLORIDA, TO ENJOY, SUN, SAND, THE BEACH AND MY DOG. I TOOK A LONG VACATION, ONE I HAD NEVER HAD FOR THAT LENGTH OF TIME. OH, I'VE HAD VACATIONS BEFORE BUT NEVER THIS LONG, I REALLY NEEDED THIS, AFTER WORKING WITH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR WHAT SEEMED LIKE FOREVER...BELIEVE ME,, I LOVE MY STUDENTS BUT GIVE ME A BREAK---PLEASE!! NEXT, IT WAS ON TO BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA--LOOK--I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD NEVER LIVE IN THE SOUTH, BUT ONCE I GOT THERE, IT SEEMED THAT I WOULD NEVER LEAVE, THE PEOPLE WERE SO WONDERFUL, AND SO WAS THE FOOD! I WAS OFFERED AND ACCEPTED A POSITION AT TALLADEGA COLLEGE AS THE DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS. NOW, I'M BACK IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA ENJOYING MY FAMILY, MY SORORS AND MY "OLD SCHOOL FRIENDS'", AND IT'S WONDERFUL., BELIEVE IT OR NOT SOME OF MY FRIENDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL ARE STILL AROUND AND STILL CONTACT ME, WE CALL, EMAIL AND STAY IN TOUCH. I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THAT ALL OF YOU ADD YOURSELF TO CLASSMATES.COM ALSO, THE MEMBERSHIP IS INEXPENSIVE, I'VE BEEN A MEMBER FOR YEARS, AND SO MANY PEOPLE FROM ELEMENTARY -HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE HAVE CONTACTED ME, IT'S REALLY FUN TO LOOK AT THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES AND TO GET EMAIL FROM THEM. IT REALLY BRINGS BACK GOOD MEMORIES. FOR ALL YOU LINCOLN UNIVERSITY ALUMS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DONATE WHAT YOU CAN, ESPECIALLY TO THE BAND, AND TO THE SCHOOL IN GENERAL, AND PLEASE, PLEASE GO TO HOMECOMING EVERY YEAR! LOVE TO ALL, KIMBERLYN D. WHITNEY *************************** THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL STORY WRITTEN FOR CLASSMATES: OH GREAT! THIS STORY THING IS TOO HARD TO WRITE, WHERE DO YOU BEGIN?? HERE GOES..... I ATTENDED CENTRAL MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI, BUT LATER TRANSFERRED FROM CENTRAL IN JANUARY OF MY FRESHMAN YEAR, BECAUSE WE WERE "MOVIN ON UP' LIKE THE JEFFERSON'S, MY MOM FOUND THIS GREAT HOUSE, WHICH GAVE THE OLDER KIDS A ROOM TO THEMSELVES. I WAS SPOILED, ALWAYS AS THE OLDEST GIRL - I ALWAYS HAD MY OWN ROOM - IT WAS EVEN BIGGER THAN MY PARENT'S ROOM, MY MOM FELT THAT I NEEDED THE SPACE FOR ALL OF MY CLOTHES AND SHOES (SMILE) --YOU KNOW HOW GIRLS ARE! WELL, BACK TO SCHOOL; I...Expand for more