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Beta Psi Chapter Continuing the Legacy
T he Beta Psi chapter has excelled collectively and individually in academics, fraternity, and the community. This year Beta Psi has volunteered with the OK Program based in Topeka, KS as mentor team- mates. The Program’s primary goals are to help young men develop leadership and critical thinking skills, promote academic excellence, and reduce the high rates of incarceration and homicide young African-American males face. The chapter has also had the opportunity to host several on campus events to benefit the community such as their 1st an- nual fashion show where students come together to showcase their fashion skills while also collecting clothes to donate to children in the Manhattan, KS USD 383 School District. Just recently, they worked with the Boys and Girls Club of Manhattan, KS to host a trunk-or-treat for area children. At the Middle Western Province C. Rodger Wilson Leadership Conference Brother Breckenridge gave a presentation on financial awareness. Beta Psi partnered with local chapters to organize activities to serve the com- munity. The first of which was the annual St. Jude’s Sunday of Hope church service held at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Topeka, KS. During the event, Topeka Alumni and Beta Psi raise over $1,300 for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Late last semester, the Manhattan Non- violence Initiative reached out to Beta Psi for help with their community soup
luncheon. Brothers from Beta Psi and Rho were there to answer the call serving hundreds of people at First Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, KS. Chapter Brothers Ramone Armstrong: Marketing, Entre- preneurship major. Lyndon Breckenridge: Served as a student financial counselor at Powercat Financial, is the Treasurer of the College of Business Ambassadors, Completed a Sales Internship for the Annual Auction to Support Muscular Dystrophy Research, worked as a Finance Intern at GTM Sportswear, studied Economics and Mar- keting in Northern Italy, elected NPHC Vice President and served as an Intern with Spotify this past summer. Finance major. Dan Harris: Performed in the K-State Ebony Theatre Production “Not Without Laughter”, and participated in the Kaleo Spiritual Leadership Program this past summer. Sociology and Criminology major. Chris Hullaby: Interned for the Kaufman Scholars Foundation in Kansas City. Psychology major. Gabriel Jordan: Was inducted into Sigma Alpha Pi, National Leadership & Success Honor Society, received his Personal Training Certification from the American Council on Exercise, worked with K-State Recreation Services as a Personal Trainer. Leonard McFadden: Mechanical
Engineering major. Aaron Moore: Was elected Programs Chairman of the National Society of Black Engineers- Kansas State University Chap- ter. Civil Engineering major. Jared Sterling: Participated in the Kaleo Spiritual Leadership Program for the 2018 Summer and is the BSU Delegate. Busi- ness Administration major. Stephen Taylor: Had an art piece se- lected as the winner of the Touchstone Art Competition. His work was featured on the cover of the magazine. Fine Arts major. SamWilson: Played a lead role in the K-State Spring Opera and was NATS Spiritual Category Semi-Finalist. Applied Music major. History The Beta Psi of Kappa Alpha Psi was chartered on March 17, 1947 at Kansas State University. Beta Psi has a long his- tory of leadership and achievement at KSU and community service in the Manhattan area. Throughout its history, the Beta Psi Chapter has been guided by the Topeka Alumni Chapter and particularly Very Switzer, who was the undergrad advisor to the chapter for 25 years. In the 1940s and 1950s and again in 1970s and 1980s, Beta Psi was known for the Kappa House (first located at 1010 Yuma and then at 315 N. 14th Street in Manhattan). At one point in the late 1970s the chapter boasted 42 members in a campus with a little over 300 African American stu- dents. Beta Psi held influence over SGA,
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