05/14/2025
Hi all! Been a while since I checked in here, but that's not too surprising with as busy as spring gets for me. I'm planning a few update posts about what's been going on in recent months, and this is the first!
I recently attended the Southwest District Convention for Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma to honor my friend Andy Melvin as he concludes his service as Southwest District Governor, and it was great to catch up with him and other friends I haven't seen in a while. It also capped an interesting run of events around that time.
Those of you who have known me for a while know that Kappa Kappa Psi has been a big part of my life for a long time now, but it's been less so for these past two years. I'm happy, but still somewhat surprised, to say that will be changing.
I've been asked here and there if I would ever be interested in serving as a chapter sponsor, specifically here at OSU. My answer has always been yes, but that it needed to be a student-initiated decision. So, thanks to my students and those of you who gave them a nudge to restart that conversation with myself and our Director of Bands, Dr. Brad Genevro; I'm proud to say I have joined my friend Wayne Bovenschen as a Sponsor of the Alpha chapter. I'm excited to work with the student membership and let my knowledge be a resource for them, and I'm happy there is still a place for me in the Fraternity. This means a lot to me personally, and you all know they will get my best efforts.
But that's not all...
Earlier this semester, I was invited to become an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia by the Delta Tau chapter here at OSU. I was as surprised as some of you reading this! But, I was honored that the students would extend such an invitation, and was happy to accept. And it turns out that they had something else in mind as well - about a week after initiation, the brothers elected me to serve as one of their Faculty Advisors alongside my friend Steve Sanders. This was definitely unexpected, but I'm humbled by the faith these students have placed in me. I'm excited to learn more about Sinfonia and use my student organization experience to assist Delta Tau as well.
So there you have it - in the span of a few days, I added the sponsorship of two student organizations to my activities. I'm looking forward to the opportunities, to our conversations this summer, and for what next year will bring!
Next time, we'll talk announcing work (and a lot of it)!