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National Chapter Advisors and National Fraternity Leaders Receive Professional Development Training at the Annual Meeting of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors
By Claude Grimes and Darryl K. McGee
The National Chapter Advisors Training Cluster Committee members along with national fraternity leaders including Grand Polemarch Reuben A. Shelton III, Esq. (with hat) received professional development training, met with Greek Life officials from various colleges and universities, and conducted their yearly committee meeting at the Annual Meeting of the AFA in Anaheim, CA in December.
The AFA Annual Meeting
Grand Vice Polemarch, Rhen C. Bass, Grand Keeper of Records and Exche- quer, John F. Burrell, Executive Director, Timothy C. Woods, Polemarch Western Province, and Ryan E. Tucker, Director of Undergraduate and University Affairs. AFA Annual Meeting opening keynote speaker was Priya Parker. Parker chal- lenged audiences to get to the root of why and how we make connections, create communities, and build organi- zations. Parker is a founding member of the Sustained Dialogue Campus Network, where she worked on race re- lations on college campuses. Her TEDx talk on purpose has been viewed over one million times. The AFA Annual Meeting provided leadership the opportunity to attend a plethora of educational sessions includ-
ing the following three:
• The Four-Year Fraternity Experi- ence: A Longitudinal Study of the Impact of Fraternity Membership. Session presenters highlighted the finding of a longitudinal study which articulated the experiences and intervention of fraternities’ members. The study indicated four areas which impacts mem- bership: brotherhood, mentality, hazing and time. Brotherhood indicates solidarity. If solidarity is too low, members lose interest. If solidarity is too high, members may develop gang-like mentality. Mentality indicates the socializa- tion of the organization. If men- tality is low, members do not have the need to fellowship with other members. If too high, members
The Association of Fraternity Advisors (AFA) is committed to professional development, academic and applied research that examines the entire spectrum of the fraternity/sorority experience and the advising profession, and collaborations within and between the higher education and interfraternal communities. AFA’s Annual Meeting is an excellent opportunity for Kappa Alpha Psi’s national leaders to meet with Greek Life officials from various higher educational institutions in one location instead of incurring the traveling cost to visit those institutions. Leadership including Grand Polemarch Reuben A. Shelton III, Esq., Linnes Finney, Jr. Esq., Senior Grand Vice Polemarch, Evan R. Jackson, Junior
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