As Alpha Zeta finished its first year long Prospective Member process, new initiates to the brotherhood stepped up in various roles. From the office of Alumni Secretary to the office of Vice President, Epsilon Alpha has surely made its impact upon AZ.
In order to find more qualified members for recruitment, AZ decided to switch to a year long process, instead of two p.m. classes per academic year. As EA became adjusted to what and how AZ operated for the department of bands as a whole, two members particularly showed their desire to strive for the highest.
Sarah Wever and Dylan Suehiro stepped up and took on positions even though they didn’t necessarily have the knowledge initially to do so. In particular, Suehiro the office of V.P. and being the guiding spirit for Epsilon Beta. For an office that is reserved for elder members, a new initiate, took his first hand experiences, previous lesson plans, and guidance of fellow brothers to provide a unique experience to those seeking admittance. Suehiro took former V.P, Jessi Reddick’s guidance and taught the five new prospective members of EB the history of Kappa Kappa Psi, the importance of brotherhood, traditions of AZ, and how the lessons learned by being a brother of Psi can have a positive impact on oneself and be used in everyday occurrences.
By being an n.i. himself, Suehiro could offer the understanding of being a p.m. in a year long process, and having to deal with a process that still doesn’t have all the nuts and bolts worked out quite yet. For the time being, the p.m. process became a learning process for all those involved, and will continue to have to be tweaked to allow the chapter to strengthen.
Another n.i. that stepped up to an executive position within AZ was Sarah Wever. As Alumni Secretary, Wever took over the task of co-chairing the communications committee, and running the Alpha Zetan.
“It's been a lot of fun seeing the ‘behind the scenes’ to everything that was going on last year before we were initiated. I also feel like it's given me a good way to contribute especially during the spring since I'm not in ACB,” Wever said. Since Marching Hundred is associated with the fall semester, it becomes difficult to be involved with AZ during the spring. Being on the executive council gives brothers the opportunity to be involved specifically in at least one aspect (communications/brotherhood/fundraising/membership ed. etc...) of the fraternity.
As the year long process continues to develop and more brothers take the journey, n.i.’s will have the opportunity to form closer and more comfortable relationships within the chapter, and contribute their ideas and strong qualities to a diverse organization. Although n.i.’s don’t necessarily understand quite how the inner workings of AZ operate when they are sworn in, that doesn’t mean that they are any less qualified to offer suggestions and/or be a leader.
No comments:
Post a Comment