Category: Leadership

On Sunday, 8/27, Rho kicked off their annual DKE Fall Conference in the Oechsle Center for Global Education. The conference was spearheaded by current chapter President James Cochran ’18 and President of the Rho House Association Mike Rupolo ‘12. Alumnus and Vice President of Campus Life for Rho, Jared Piette ’12 was also in attendance.…

On December 4th, Lafayette College covered the results of our August strategic planning conference: The fraternity holds leadership conferences before the fall and spring semesters, each with a different focus. This fall, DKE turned its attention to improving its members’ academic performance and increasing its community involvement. The entire chapter, its alumni leadership board, Shupp,…

Brothers Seery and McAndrew reported from this summer’s DKE Leadership Summit that the Rho Chapter placed in the overall Lion Trophy award this year, behind Psi (Alabama) and Iota (Centre College).  We placed second in the individual categories of Scholarship and Alumni Relations. Congratulations to all Rho Dekes who worked towards these achievements. I would…

The Spring 2013 edition of the Lafayette Magazine provides coverage of DKE’s leadership initiatives. You can view the online edition of the Lafayette Magazine here or read the article about DKE directly here. The article includes a quote from Andrew O’Brien ’13 as well as recognizing the contributions of our faculty advisor Richard Shupp ’67,…

DKE is hosting our winter Leadership Conference on January 26th in the Simon Auditorium to kickoff the spring semester. The morning sessions include a presentation by student leaders on our progress on the strategic initiatives, goals, and actions plans for this year. The conference’s afternoon sessions will focus on recruitment, public relations, officer transitions and…

Lafayette College recently announced that the Presidential Search is requesting input from the Lafayette community via this survey about what to consider in the search for the College’s next President. Send your input to the Search Committee today! In addition, the College is hosting regional forums as described in this update from the Search Committee.…

DKE alumni leadership guided our students through a two day Strategic Planning conference with the assistance of our faculty advisor, Professor Richard Shupp ’67, and the Director of Fraternity & Sorority Life, Stuart Umberger. Students set their vision for the next 3 years, their mission for this year to work towards that vision, and the…

On Saturday August 25-26, Delta Kappa Epsilon is hosting a leadership conference at Lafayette College to kickoff the 2012-2013 academic year for the Rho chapter. For the past several months DKE alumni have been teaching student leaders about Strategic Planning. At this conference DKE alumni will assist student leaders in guiding the entire chapter through…

Thanks to the generosity of our alumni funders, Brothers William Brandt ’13 and Jon Simmons ’13 attended the Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute (UIFI) at the University of Indiana earlier this summer at no cost to the students. The NIC describes UIFI as, “UIFI is a five day institute that brings together fraternity men and sorority women…

On March 29th, Implementation and Assessment Group on Greek Life (IAGGL pronounced eagle) posted its metrics for review and comment from the Lafayette Community. The announcement by the Chair is available here. The metrics cover three of the four Board’s four objectives for Greek Life, which are described in the announcement. IAGGL is still working…