Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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improved self With emphasis on leadership, involvement, achievement - nen set the stage for chapter, individual success Reviving a commitment to leadership, community participation and campus and scholastic achievement, four Men of Acacia gave members tools to implement a set of self- improvement programs. We study what makes an effective leader, Joseph Thomas, president and senior in architectural engineering, said. Our goal is to have everybody in the chapter have some sort of leadership role on campus. Their vision was the driving force behind the 14-person group since the fraternity ' s reinstatement into the Interfra- ternity Council, fall 2002. Four Men worked with the board of directors to reinvent the chapter after it lost standing with the IFC in 1999. Alumni —called Senior Men of Acacia —approached Thomas; Lucas Shivers, senior in elementaryeducation; Tyler Turner, gradu- ate student in agricultural economics, and Aaron Rodehorst, K-State alumnus, with the idea spring 2001. They wanted diversity, Shivers said. They gave us a cornerstone and we filled in the foundations. Senior Men funded renovation of the chapter house and the Men of Acacia moved in Aug. 20. We didn ' t have anything to start with: Shivers said. It was like moving into a brand new house. As part of the developments, members established a framework for the organization in a 75-page manual. Using their guiding principles, members recruited other men who shared the same vision of personal development, Shivers said. We look for really motivated men whowant to not just get through college, get a job and that ' s it, but who want tosucceed in all areas of life: Brian Murphy, senior in finance, said. Murphy, the fifth member recruited, said recruitment was slower-paced. It ' s a one-on-one approach rather than the big rush events, he said. It fits what we want to do better? ' Pledges—named Young Men —were paired with at least one Man of Acacia as Partners in Encouraging and Enlighten- ing Relationship for Success to help them through the process of initiation. Once initiated, there is an equal relationship, Murphy said. They both push each other to better each other. They don ' t necessarily need us, but with help from all the brothers in the house, they can get to where they want to be. Alumni involve- ment and input was • Acacia was established another important at K-State in 1913 as one part of their system. of the first four fraternities Thomas said. We loo k at what on campus. they value from their • Five campus buildings fraternity experience, were named after see what elements Acacians: Seaton, Willard, they lacked and try Waters, Ford and Bushnell to implement them in halls. Acacia now, he said. The relationships encouraged Men of Acacia to achieve their personal goals. All members created goals using four key areas: physical, social and emotional, mental and spiritual, as well as a personal mission statement. We make sure we can teach the young men to balance their lives and not over-do it in any area, Murphy said. We do that by sitting down and writing out our goals. The Board of Directors and Men of Acacia established programs to aid in leadership skills and personal growth. (The programs) are a start, Shivers said. It takes time to find what does work. We want to tailor it to the things they need. Greek Organization 339