 Alpha Kappa Alpha ( AKA ) at Dartmouth College was founded in 1983 as the Xi Lambda chapter of the national sorority . Alpha Kappa Alpha was the first historically African @-@ American sorority at Dartmouth College . The College supported the sorority with dedicated apartment housing until it became defunct in the spring of 2003 . The sorority had no members of the class of 2004 and was unable to recruit new members for subsequent classes because of a national moratorium on recruitment related to a hazing incident at another chapter . In February 2008 , it was announced that Alpha Kappa Alpha would return to campus and resume activity in the spring or fall of 2008 . 
