UNDERGRADUATE AWARDEES
Guy L. Grant Awardees
J eremias Elston is a senior computer science major at Tennessee State University where he signed a letter of intent to play Quarterback. He is the son of Kym Thompson Dukes and James Dukes Sr. At Tennessee State University, he became an active member of Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) as the Recruiting Coordinator. Next, he joined the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and participated in the Black Engineer of the Year Awards STEM Conference. He volunteered at the Nashville Rescue Mission, Samaritan Ministries and participated in multiple Residential Developments with AEI. He was elected President of Architectural Engineering Institute and elected Recruiting Coordinator of American Society of Civil Engineers. He also secured internships, one with Dream Inc., a local development firm, along with Metro Water Civil Engineering, Verizon Wireless, and The Home Depot. He is currently in the process of developing a web-based application that combines teaching elementary school kids’ arithmetic and music. Elston is a Spring 2017 initiate of the Alpha Theta Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and has held the positions of Keeper of Exchequer, Vice Polemarch and Polemarch of the Alpha Theta Chapter. He is a Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi and now a two-time Junior Province Vice Polemarch of the South Central Province. We salute Brother Elston! T ré Jeter, a native of Spartanburg, South Carolina, is the son of Arthur and Fenissa Jeter. He is a senior at Claflin University double majoring in Computer Science and Computer Engineering while minoring in Cybersecurity, possessing a 3.78 GPA. He is a Spring 2020 initiate of the Gamma Nu Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. where he currently serves as Polemarch. Under his leadership, the Gamma Nu Chapter was awarded the James B. Hardy Undergraduate Chapter of the Year for the Southeastern Province. Jeter has received the Southeastern Province’s Willie J. Heggins, II Scholastic Award and the David M. Dupree Scholastic Sports Award. Jeter has been given the Outstanding Achievement and Scholarship Award for the School of Natural Science and Math- ematics Computer Science Department at Claflin University. He served as a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory intern for two consecutive summers in the capacity of a Cybersecurity Engineer Intern and Computational Intern and has been granted a third internship opportunity with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, returning as a Graduate-Level Computational Intern. He has been listed on the Claflin University President’s and Dean’s List six times. He has served as the 62 nd Student Government Association Business Manager, President of the Alpha Theta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society, President of the Omicron Alpha Beta Chapter of Phi Beta Lambda Business Fraternity, and Vice President of Chi Alpha Sigma Athlete National Honor Society. We salute Brother Jeter! It is evident that these Brothers' lives epitomize ACHIEVEMENT and that each sees obstacles as opportunities to achieve in spite of not because of. We are thankful to their parents, for God’s most precious gift to them has been a blessing to the Noble Clan of Kappa Alpha Psi...
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VIRTUAL 85 TH GRAND CHAPTER MEETING
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