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Executive Director Introduces Trenton A. Nettles, M.S. as Kappa’s Director of Undergraduate and University Affairs
with you in anticipation of what comes next. We are at a nexus between the world as it was and what it will be. Every generation faces a unique set of trials. We have the great honor of stand- ing amid a legacy of brothers that for over one hundred years have met every challenge and exceeded every barrier set before them. Although we are in uncertain times, of this I am sure- you will be no different. You too will rise to overcome the obstacles of this era. Brothers, you are being called into a future that needs you more than ever. It will be up to you to dream the new dreams and to do the work required to move yourselves, our communities, our beloved fraternity, and our nation forward. The world is yours for the remaking.
years traveling the country as an edu- cational speaker and supporting college students in fraternity sorority life. His previous roles included; serving as the Assistant Director of Fraternity/Sorority Life at Florida International University; Senior Health Educator at Arizona State University, and the Director of Health Education at Maryland Institute Col- lege of Art. Brother Nettles received his Bachelor’s degree in ASL/English Inter- preting from Western Oregon University and his Masters of Science in College Student Services Administration. As we welcome Brother Nettles to our executive team, let us (personally and collectively) reach out to him with help- ing hands to make our undergraduate chapters the best that they can be. Let us recognize that our survival depends on the viability of our undergraduate chapters, and the willingness of univer- sities to welcome Kappa as partners on their campuses.
O n February 14, 2020, and in keeping with our ongoing efforts in the 34 th Admin- istration to strengthen the infrastructure at our International Headquarters, we have moved to fill the vacant position of Director of Under- graduate and University Affairs. This position is critical to the purpose of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., and the mission to make our membership as stable as our Founders envisioned. The search committee identified a brother whose background demon- strates that he has the passion for undergraduate chapters and the need to diminish the potential for liabilities when the rules of the fraternity are not strictly followed. We have selected Brother Trenton A. Nettles, MS, initi- ated in the Spring 2010 semester at the Oregon State University Chapter, the Iota Iota of Kappa Alpha Psi. He served as Western Province Board of Directors member; Iota Iota Chapter Polemarch; Iota Iota Vice Polemarch; Mental Health panelist for National Founders’ Day; and a fellow of the Undergraduate Leadership Institute (ULI).
Yours in the Bond, Trenton A. Nettles Director of Undergraduate and University Affairs
Yours in the Bond, John F. Burrell Executive Director
*** To the undergraduate brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.: T he COVID-19 pandemic places us in an unprecedented moment in history. Many of you have missed graduation ceremonies. All of you have missed time on your campuses. Some of you have lost loved ones. We have watched the world slow down and seemingly stop as we figure out a safe way forward. It is important that you reach out if you are in need of assistance. Check on each other to offer your support. I want to as- sure you that your brothers are here for you. We mourn with you for the devasta- tion inflicted by this crisis. And we stand
Brother Nettles has spent the past ten
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