UNDERGRADUATE NEWS: LEAD KAPPA 2017
Above, from left: Ericka Dunlap,the first African American to be crowned Miss Florida and later Miss America in 2004 discusses etiquette during the Corporate Day Session,. Leonard K. Spencer (Gamma Epsilon 1992) presents with his team at Disney ® . Participants engage in team-building. Major General Hawthorne Proctor, US Army Retired, makes a point during Corporate Day to the participants.
traversing the course, which at times in- volved treks as high as 30 feet above the ground. However, where some showed reservation, others provided encourage- ment as members of their teams under- took the obstacles at-hand. It was only a matter of time before the brothers found use for that good “ol’ Kappa Spirit,” sing- ing several Kappa classics popularized by impeccable voice of the late Brother Jonathan P. Hicks. By course-end, brothers were no doubt tired, but also energized having cemented a foundation on which to build stronger relationships as the week continued. Sunday began with a focus on heal-
ing the spirit at New Covenant Baptist Church, where Brother Rev. Dr. Ran- dolph Bracy, Jr., a Fall 1966 initiate of the Gamma Theta of Kappa Alpha Psi ® at Bethune-Cookman College, delivered an impassioned sermon to the congrega- tion. Fraternity leaders and the LEAD Kappa participants were enthralled by Brother Bracy’s charge for courageous moral and ethical leadership in this national moment of social controversy and political challenge. Once service concluded, the brothers swiftly moved into “Campus Day” at the University of Central Florida (UCF). With the sup- port from local LEAD Kappa participant Kevin Louidor, and other undergradu-
ates from the Lambda Omega Chapter, brothers undertook a campus tour of the classrooms and university facilities utilized by UCF students. Wearing their respective college and university para- phernalia, the brothers widely explored the more than 1000-acre university grounds before arriving at the Harris Corporation Engineering Center. There, participants were engaged in classroom style learning sessions related to the theory and practice of leadership. First, Brother Anthony G. Stepney, a certified professional with the Professional Golf Association and a Spring 2015 initiate of the Winter Park (FL) Alumni Chapter, introduced LEAD Kappa to the impor-
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