Archive of: Recognition
Outstanding Beginning Teacher – Branden Beeler
Published on: March 29, 2021
Branden Beeler (Alpha Eta–Westminster ’17) was recently named as an outstanding beginning teacher by the Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Branden is a physical education teacher for Bush Elementary School in Fulton, Missouri. To celebrate his achievement, friends and collegues surprised him with a caravan of cars decked out with signs and streamersMonday…
2020-21 KAOEF Scholarship Recipients
Published on: October 19, 2020
The Kappa Alpha Order Educational Foundation (KAOEF) Scholarship Program remains an important benefit to members of Kappa Alpha Order. As a primary focus of the KAOEF, these academic, merit and needs-based scholarships serve as an inspiration for excellence inside and out of the classroom and oftentimes prove the difference in whether recipients can continue their undergraduate…
Centenary Number I Serves as Governor’s Fellow
Published on: October 15, 2020
Though Covid-19 limited what many of us did last summer, Patrick Riley (Alpha Iota–Centenary ’19) spent part of the summer months participating in the 2020 Governor’s Fellows Program in Louisiana Government in Baton Rouge. A senior and a political science major at Centenary, and the president of Alpha Iota, Riley underwent an arduous application process…
Satcher Elected as President of FSPAC
Published on: October 5, 2020
The Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee (FSPAC) has elected Former Knight Commander Ben W. Satcher, Jr. as its President for the 2021. Ben is the Executive Vice President for the Kappa Alpha Order Educational Foundation and recently completed a term as President of the Foundation for Fraternal Excellence. The FSPAC is the largest political…
Louisiana Tech Alumnus Named to Association of for Healthcare Philanthropy’s 40 Under 40
Published on: October 1, 2020
The Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) recently released it 40 Under 40 Program recipients for 2020, and Kappa Alpha Order Educational Foundation (KAOEF) Trustee Erik T. Showalter (Gamma Alpha–Louisiana Tech ’02) was included in the listing. The AHP’s 40 Under 40 Program recognizes the future leaders within the healthcare development community and honors the industry’s…
Mississippi State Alumnus honored by Southern Public Relations Federation
Published on: September 25, 2020
Checky Herrington (Beta Tau–Mississipi State ’76) was honored with the 2019 Professional Achievement Awarded by the Southern Public Relations Federation (SPRF). The SPRF established this award to recognize an individual that has continually demonstrated the highest ideals of the profession as well as a commitment to advance the profession of public relations. Joined by his…
Simpson Receives Young Alumnus Award from Francis Marion University
Published on: September 25, 2020
W.R. “Cody” Simpson III (Delta Tau–Francis Marion ’11) was awarded the Benjamin Wall Ingram III Young Alumnus Award by Francis Marion University at its annual Alumni Awards Gala at the FMU Performing Arts Center on Thursday, February 28th, 2019. Simpson, who is special assistant to South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, graduated from FMU in 2013…
Jordan to Serve as 2019 Mississippi State Alumni Fellow
Published on: September 14, 2020
Dr. John W. Jordan (Beta Tau–Mississippi State ’72) was recently selected as a 2019 Alumni Fellow by the Mississippi State University Alumni Association. Selected by each of the eight academic colleges, the Program recognizes alumni who have distinguished themselves in their respective careers, and Fellows are invited to return to campus to meet with students,…
Ole Miss Graduate Earns Award from CPA Exam Score
Published on: September 14, 2020
Hayden Poer (Alpha Upsilon–Mississippi ’15) was just one of six students from the Patterson School of Accountancy at the University of Mississippi who received the 2019 Elijah Watt Sells Award after taking the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination. Of the 75,000 individuals who sat for the exam in 2019, only 137 candidates met the criteria…
Georgia Souther Alumnus Named to Statesboro 20 Under 40
Published on: September 1, 2020
Winfield J. “Win” Lee III (Delta Theta–Georgia Southern ’12) was named to the 2020 listing of Statesboro Herald’s 20 under 40 which highlights the city’s top up and commers. Win graduated in 2016 from Georgia Southern University with a degree in tourism and received a certificate in biblical studies from Liberty University. As an undergraduate,…
